A special COVID-19 release: I’ve released two episodes to help with the current Pandemic situation and give some very pertinent Stoic practices to help you through these uncertain, anxious and tough times. Here are five additional useful Stoic practices for you. Want to send in a voice message to Anderson Silver? You may have your voicemail featured or answered on […]
Hello there, For this exercise, let us seek some inspiration from Epictetus’ Discourses III 24 84: “Whenever you experience the pangs of losing something, don’t treat it like a part of yourself but as a breakable glass, so when it falls you will remember that and won’t be troubled. So too, whenever you kiss your child, sibling, or friend, don’t […]
A special COVID-19 release: I’m releasing two episodes to help with the current Pandemic situation and give some very pertinent Stoic practices to help you through these uncertain, anxious and tough times. Want to send in a voice message to Anderson Silver? You may have your voicemail featured or answered on a Stoicism for a Better Life episode. Not a […]
Hello there, For this week’s exercise, let us look at an excerpt from the last Great Emperor’s own journal. This is from the Meditation IX 5: “Often injustice lies in what you aren’t doing, not only in what you are doing.” As the Emperor of Rome, Marcus Aurelius fought “injustice” and “evil” in war, politics, natural disasters, economics, plagues and […]
Looking for something to listen to? Here’s a link to a great interview of Anderson Silver by Juan on Juan for some information on Stoicism and the author himself. #10 – Stoicism for a Better Life with Anderson Silver
Hello there, If there was a trophy for “most likely candidate to make it as a stand-up comedian” award for our ancient Stoic guides, then it would be unanimously awarded to Epictetus. For this week’s exercise, I will use some words from his Enchiridion VII: “Don’t seek everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything […]
Hello there, For this exercise, let us look at an excerpt from the Moral Letters of Seneca to Lucillius XLVII: “Show me someone who isn’t a slave! One is a slave to lust, another to greed, another to power, and all are slaves to fear…No servitude is more abject than the self-imposed.” You may not like the sound of it, […]
First off, this will be the first time I show my face to my readers and followers EVER! There are no other pictures or videos out there so come out and and meet me for the first time! Secondly, since I am stuck at home, I get to finally do a live AMA event I have been wanting to do. […]
Hello there, The Coronavirus (COVID 19) has changed the way we all live. If you’re like me, you are one of many who are living in extended isolation. But no matter where you are in the world, you have been (and continue to be) faced with uncertainties, panic and fear. With that in mind, we can still look back at […]
Hello there, I’m going to try and shorten our weekly exercises a little and simplify them. So let’s get started with a quote from Epictetus’ Discourses III 3.18: “What is bad luck? Opinion. What are conflict, dispute, blame, accusation, irreverence, and frivolity? They are all opinions, and more than that, they are opinions that lie outside of our own reasoned […]