Do you ever find yourself going back to the same things, hoping they’ll make you happy, but they never quite do? In this episode, Nathaniel Binversie reflects on the quiet disappointment many of us experience: the things we chase can satisfy us for a moment, but they don’t last. Again and again, we return to them, only to find ourselves empty. He contrasts this with a different way of living. A life shaped by self-denial, not as something negative, but as a path to real freedom. When we stop living for our own appetites and begin living for others, something shifts.

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0:00 Introduction
0:11 Can Self-Denial Make You Happier?
1:08 What We Think Will Make Us Happy
2:05 The Cycle of Pleasure and Emptiness
3:11 The Christian Life Is Hard
4:16 Why Self-Denial Feels Unattractive
5:10 What It Means to Put Others First
6:08 Who You Give Yourself To Matters
7:06 This Is the Real Life
7:50 Like & Subscribe!

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Nathaniel Binversie | Episode #7

This is a weekly video series by Called to More featuring Nathaniel Binversie. Drawing on over a decade of experience in men’s formation and evangelisation, Nathaniel offers practical, direct Catholic teaching on vocation, virtue, and spiritual maturity. New episodes drop every Monday at 9pm Irish time (4pm Eastern / 1pm Pacific).

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