Your Worth Isn't Measured by What You Do for Others

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of self-love and challenges the notion that worth is tied to self-sacrifice.

Send us Fan Mail Ever noticed how we're quick to call self-care "indulgent" but consider self-sacrifice "noble"? Something's deeply wrong with that equation, and it's exactly what we're tackling in this raw, honest conversation about why self-love isn't just nice—it's necessary for survival. Most of us were raised with messages that our worth is tied to what we do for others. We were praised for being the helpers, the fixers, the ones who would "give the shirt off our backs." This conditioni...

People in this episode

Hosts: Lena Servin, Noel Factor

Topics covered

• self-care
• self-worth
• self-love
• mental health
• personal growth

Keywords

• self-care
• self-worth
• self-love
• mental health
• personal growth
• self-sacrifice
• indulgence

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