Why “Just Love Yourself” Is Keeping You Stuck

Somewhere along the way we confused loving ourselves with never expecting anything of ourselves. In this episode, Flo unpacks the one lie that's quietly keeping so many Catholic women stuck, the belief that wanting to change means you don't love yourself, and the one cardinal virtue that can actually get you moving.

If you've been circling the same goal for years, afraid that structure and discipline will cost you your freedom or your food peace, this one's for you. Flo makes the case that you can hold two things at once: I am made good and lovable, AND there are things in my health, habits, and life I want to change.

In This Episode:

• Why "radical self-acceptance" can quietly become self-abandonment

• How to tell whether you actually accept where you are, or you're just lying to yourself about it

• Why the structure you're avoiding is far less frustrating than six more months of halfway results

• Aquinas' three steps to prudence (counsel, judgment, command) and how to use them on your health goals this month

• The trellis and the garden: how to build structure that makes you blossom instead of shrink

• The script to use on yourself when you fall short, and why shame shuts your brain down completely

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