052 | 3 Reasons Jealousy Is NOT A Bad Thing

WORTHY with Sandra Chuma

Have you ever been jealous of somebody else's success? Have you ever felt jealous of someone who achieved something that you wanted? I'll put my hand up because, yes, I have felt jealous of other people's success.

As good little girls, we were taught that being jealous is a bad thing. I'm a preacher's kid too, and in church we were taught that it is evil to even want something that someone else has. Envy is a bad thing.

You do not want to feel those bad feelings, and yet, all feelings are valid. And so when we say to ourselves, “Don't feel jealous,” we are suppressing our feelings. When we suppress our feelings, bad things happen. When we don't process our feelings and they just stay stuck in our bodies, unprocessed feelings lead to so many issues, including physical manifestations as disease.

And so why do I think that being jealous is a good thing?

Let’s try to unpack why we feel jealous. In this episode, I share three reasons that I think we primarily feel jealous, and how to change our mindset of these reasons into something good that can help you achieve your goals.