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SHE with Jordan Lee Dooley

A Biblical Take on Self-Love and Investing in Your Health

SHE with Jordan Lee Dooley

Jordan Lee Dooley

Health & Fitness

4.94.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever wonder if it’s possible to live a Biblical life of self-denial while prioritizing your own wellness? Is self-care selfish? Sometimes it can feel like you’re being pulled in two different directions by the world and by our faith when it comes to self-love.  You either neglect your wellness and health in the name of “selflessness” or you feel guilty for spending the money on a gym membership, organic produce, clean skin products, or professional medical care (and the list goes on).  If you feel conflicted and trapped between these two extremes, then get ready to hear some wisdom as Jordan unpacks just what it means to care for yourself while also dying to self.  Get ready and turn up the volume because you won’t want to miss this! You’re going to learn: What it means to “love your neighbor as yourself” The Biblical purpose of self-care Why self-love and self-denial are not mutually exclusive The difference between stewardship and selfishness Why it is not vain to invest in your health  Practical ways to prioritize your wellness

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0:00.0

So here is the question of the century for us young women, especially in this modern culture,

0:06.4

and for believers, especially if you share my faith, this is probably a big question that you

0:11.6

are wondering as well, which is, is it vain to invest in my health? And then I think you could take

0:18.8

that question even further and ask, is that the same thing as self-love? And is self-love,

0:25.9

selfish, is it what we are called to biblically is, you know, I think there's a lot of debate. I

0:32.4

see this on social media a lot. I feel like there's a lot of debate on self-care isn't selfish and,

0:37.1

you know, love yourself and all of this stuff. And there's, I think a lot of, I don't even know if

0:42.1

it's debate. I think a lot of people and most of us would agree, like, no, taking care of yourself

0:46.0

can be a good thing, right? Like, you can't bore from an empty cup. So I think we could all agree on

0:50.6

that foundational fact or truth. Then I think it's like, okay, but then where's the line on this thing

0:55.6

because, you know, at what point does it become unbiblical? Like, at what point does it become

0:59.7

excessive or selfish? Is there a point at which it does? Can we debunk the myth that investing in

1:05.0

our health at all is just vain as a whole? And simultaneously, can we address this concept of

1:12.0

self-love and what the Bible has to say about it and how that can really give us a guide when it comes

1:18.5

to investing in our health, making financial and time investments into our well-being, our wellness,

1:26.7

all of that. So I want to dig into this in this episode. I don't have all the answers. I am not a

1:32.4

Bible teacher. I'm not a theologian. So instead of trying to argue doctrine with you and things

1:37.0

like that, I'm just going to share in this episode a lesson that my pastor recently shared with us

1:44.0

and not me personally, but, you know, I was sitting in the crowd and listening. And I'm going to pass

1:48.4

that on because it really convicted me and gave me a strong way to think about this or a different

1:53.4

way to think about this and a very, I think, diluted and loud social media world that we navigate

1:59.9

every day as young women. And then simultaneously, I want to dig into kind of debunking the myth

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