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Podcast: Craft & Character
Episode: The Best of You with Alison Cook
Description: In Christian circles, thinking about yourself is often labeled selfish. Psychologist and theologian Dr. Alison Cook pushes back on this assumption, explaining why caring for yourself is actually the best way to care for others. It’s the oxygen mask principle you always see in airplane safety videos: Put on your own mask so you can assist those around you.With jolting clarity, Dr. Cook debunks the narratives we use to justify self-neglect:
We tell ourselves it’s all about them, but actually we just want to be needed.
We tell ourselves we’re being sacrificial, but ac...