#125: Your moral gerrymandering is hurting you
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges of maintaining a moral framework that prioritizes others at the expense of self-care.
You're a good person. You try to be a good friend, a good colleague, and a good neighbour. You care about other people, you pull your weight, and you don't let anyone down. But, sometimes, you feel you're not enough. You're exhausted, but taking time for yourself means doing wrong by somebody else. You feel like you need to destroy yourself just to avoid being a bad person. If this sounds familiar, you're not crazy or inadequate. The problem is that you've constructed a moral framework that u...
People in this episode
Host: Rebecca Roache
Topics covered
- moral framework
- self-care
- exhaustion
- personal ethics
- mental health
Keywords
- moral gerrymandering
- self-worth
- exhaustion
- good person
- mental health
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