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May 27, 2021

Episode 43 – Don’t be the annoying vegan at the party

You have ideas, thoughts and opinions. And when you decide on an opinion, you don’t come to it lightly. You evaluate, consider and mull over your options (hopefully) before you come to a conclusion on what your opinions are. But even with all that reflection can you be certain that your opinions are the ultimately correct ones?   Not a […]

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May 16, 2021

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (May 16, 2021)

Hello there, Summer is around the corner…spring is in the air…vaccines are finding their ways into arms…oh yeah,, I foresee lots more human interaction in our future. With that in mind let’s look at some words from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations X 9: “Drama, combat, numbness, and subservience – everyday these things wipe out your sacred principles, whenever your mind entertains […]

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May 9, 2021

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (May 9, 2021)

Hello there, We can make all the excuses we want (time, logistics, motivation, etc…), but in reality journaling is not difficult. It can be done in a notebook, in a letter, it could be done during a quiet meditation or reflection…or (in this case) it could be a post. Usually when I write these weekly exercises, they often double as […]

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May 2, 2021

Stoicism for a Better Life – Weekly exercise (May 2, 2021)

Hello there, For this week’s practical exercise, let us seek some inspiration from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations V 8:  “And so accept everything that happens, even if it seems disagreeable, because it leads to this, to the health of the universe and to the prosperity and felicity of Zeus (the universe). For he would not have brought on any man what […]

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