Episode 65: Self-Compassion vs. Self-Denial: Finding the Balance - podcast episode cover

Episode 65: Self-Compassion vs. Self-Denial: Finding the Balance

Mar 15, 202225 minEp. 65
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Episode description

Discussed in this episode: 
  • “Become who you are.” - Pope St. John Paul II;
  • How to make sense of our call to both take care of ourselves and enter into Christ’s suffering through self-denial;
  • Rooting our penance, mortification and sacrifice in our immense dignity as sons and daughters of God;
  • The beauty of the Catholic mystery in the “both/and”;
  • Your truest version of yourself is the saint version of yourself.
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