The Manosphere Got Stoicism Backwards

The Manosphere Got Stoicism Backwards

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Overthinking Is Not a Thinking Problem

Most advice for overthinking points you at the thoughts themselves. Journal them. Replace the negative ones with positive ones. Breathe. Meditate. Run. But what if the thoughts were never the problem?Epictetus taught that it is not events that disturb us, but our judgements about ...  Show more

The Anxiety Trap: Why Fighting Makes It Worse

For most of my adult life I had a low-level hypervigilance running in the background. I tried to fight it with books, breathwork, control techniques, willpower. The harder I fought, the worse it got.In this episode I share the breakthrough that came when I stopped fighting and st ...  Show more

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