Being Human Episode 266: You're Giving Too Much! Uncovering How Anxiety Disguises Itself as Holiness
Feb 17, 2026
01:06:42
What if the reason you feel anxious, resentful, or exhausted from "doing the right thing" isn't a lack of generosity—but anxiety hiding behind virtue? This episode explores the crucial difference between authentic Christian self-gift and giving that's really about survival, revealing how true sacrifice should expand freedom, not erase you.
Key Topics:
- The difference between Christian self-gift and anxiety-driven giving
- Why humility is not the same as self-erasure
- How attachment wounds can fuel overgiving
- How dependent and narcissistic patterns reinforce each other
- Why true love always increases freedom
Learn More:
- Love and Responsibility by Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II)
- Casti Connubii (Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on Christian Marriage)
- Being Human episode on the Dependent Defense Pattern:
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