How to Handle Difficult People: Stoic Strategies, Empathy vs. Compassion, and Communication Techniques

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The Stoic Skill Underneath Every Other Skill

You look up and twenty minutes have gone. The problem is not only the phone. It is the tiny judgements your mind keeps accepting while you scroll.In this episode, I explain prosochē, the Stoic practice of attention, and share Name the Hook: a one-word exercise for catching what h ...  Show more

Stoic Morning Practice: Start Before You Feel Ready

Some mornings, nothing has gone wrong and the day already feels like too much. This guided Stoic morning practice starts from Marcus Aurelius's own argument with the bed in Meditations 5.1. Rather than manufacturing enthusiasm, you will choose one real reason to move and one obst ...  Show more

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