# Suzy Reading: Why self-care feels selfish and how to stop feeling guilty about rest

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Podcast: [Dial Emma](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dial-emma-5229217)
Published: 2025-11-10T00:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://dial-emma.captivate.fm
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## Resource

Welcome back to Dial Emma! Each week, I'll be answering your dilemmas with honesty, empathy, and a few therapeutic truth bombs to help you make sense of life's stickiest moments. If you've ever wished you had a therapist in your back pocket, Dial Emma is here to help. This week, I'm delighted to be tackling our listener dilemma with another special guest: psychologist and author of How to Be Selfish , Suzy Reading. Suzy joins me to talk about the emotional toll of constantly “holding everything together” and why so many people, especially women, struggle to rest without guilt. Responding to a listener who feels invisible after years of caring for her children, ageing parents, and partner, we explore how cultural conditioning and inherited beliefs teach us that self-worth comes from selflessness, and how we can reframe those beliefs to find better self-advocacy in our daily lives. If you have a dilemma for Emma, please fill out this form.   --- Dial Emma is hosted by Emma Reed Turrell, produced by Lauren Brook. --- Social media: Emma Reed Turrell @emmareedturrell Dial Emma @dialemmapodcast Email: contact@dial-emma.uk

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