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Stoicon Preview: Transformation
Change takes place not just on a cosmic scale, but on a human scale too. Human development is part of the natural cycle of transformation.
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Brittany
- Jun 18, 2022
- 13 min
Rational Love: A New Spiritual Exercise
There you have the focus of this spiritual exercise: respecting your self, cherishing other people, and welcoming events into your life.
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- Feb 5, 2022
- 10 min
How Stoicism Can Save You from Emotional Manipulation
We often think about Stoicism as a way to handle our own emotions. But it’s also an excellent framework for helping you to avoid being...
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- Jan 8, 2022
- 16 min
The Reason for Reason
Exploring the relationship between rationality and sociability through the lens of cognitive science, with interesting takeaways for Stoics.
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- Nov 6, 2021
- 6 min
Great-Hearted
It's not a word you hear very often, but just stop and think about it for a moment: great-hearted is a beautiful word for a beautiful...
Brittany
- Sep 5, 2021
- 7 min
The Three Relationships
When you think about your relationships, what comes to mind? Probably your connections to the people closest to you, like your friends...
Brittany
- Apr 11, 2021
- 8 min
Happiness Is a Quiet Ego
It's no coincidence that Stoicism follows the traditional ego-quieting pattern that is found in the great wisdom traditions of the world.
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- Mar 20, 2021
- 6 min
Changing Your Definition of Success
Applying the Stoic standard of success will radically shift your mindset and help jumpstart your journey to eudaimonic joy.
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- Jan 10, 2021
- 7 min
Epictetus, Identity, and Moral Self
For on whatever side “I” and “mine” are set, to that side the living creature must necessarily be inclined; if they’re in the flesh, it...
Brittany
- Dec 12, 2020
- 8 min
Making Progress as a Stoic with Michael Tremblay
How do we live a happy and philosophical life? How do we cultivate virtue as Stoics? To explore these questions and more, please join me...
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- Nov 1, 2020
- 8 min
Philosophy as the Education of Grown-Ups
See my talk at Stoicon-x Orlando 2020 based on this essay. When I was in graduate school, I took a class called Academic Socialization....
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- Oct 4, 2020
- 7 min
The Value of Spontaneity
We should be able to bend and mold ourselves to whatever comes along so that we may enjoy a smooth flow of life.
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