Writer and podcaster Elise Loehnen describes how reinterpreting the seven deadly sins can help women reject negative social messaging about their value and celebrate their desires, emotions, and spirituality.

Why are women socialized to abandon their desires and put the needs of everyone else above their own?

Elise Loehnen is a writer and podcast host best known for her role as the former chief content officer at Goop, a lifestyle and wellness company founded by actor Gwyneth Paltrow.

In her book, On Our Best Behavior: The Price Women Pay to Be Good, Loehnen describes how the Christian teaching of the seven deadly sins has negatively impacted women in Western societies.

Drawing from the histories of Christianity and patriarchy and her own experience as a woman, Loehnen examines patriarchal interpretations of the seven deadly sins.

Loehnen argues that women should embrace the drives and desires behind the seven deadly sins to embrace their wholeness and practice self-trust.