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229 – Conscious Communcation
Read more…: 229 – Conscious CommuncationOut beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. —Rumi Have you ever thought about how often we have judgments in our language? Are you even aware of how often we communicate our opinions and feelings about others? What…
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228 – Offended
Read more…: 228 – OffendedChoose not to be harmed — and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed — and you haven’t been.” —Marcus Aurelius How often have you been offended by someone? When we are offended by something it’s because of the thoughts we have about it and…
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227 – Self Commitment
Read more…: 227 – Self CommitmentHow long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself? —Epictetus. How often do you find yourself starting something only to notice a few weeks or months later that you let it fall by the wayside?
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226 – Cognitive Dissonance
Read more…: 226 – Cognitive DissonanceEverything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. — Marcus Aurelius Why do humans resist changing their minds, even in the face of overwhelming evidence? How often have you changed your opinions when presented with…
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225 – Be Yourself
Read more…: 225 – Be YourselfThe life of those who live under a mask cannot be happy and without anxiety. — Seneca. How much of our lives do we spend living in way to please other people? How much unhappiness do we feel in our lives because we’re not being…
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224 – To You or For You?
Read more…: 224 – To You or For You?It does not matter what you bear, but how you bear it. — Seneca Do you think that life just happens to you? That you are simply a pawn in the game of life? Because there are so many things that we don’t have control…
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223 – Changing Others
Read more…: 223 – Changing OthersWhen someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn’t have to look outside themselves for approval. — Epictetus. Why do we spend so much time trying to change other people or expecting that other people will change for us?
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222 – Power Over Your Mind
Read more…: 222 – Power Over Your MindThe stoics are pretty clear that we control very little on our lives, but we do control the one thing that will make the biggest impact on our lives – our own minds. You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this,…
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221 – Accept Life
Read more…: 221 – Accept LifeBe content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. — Lao Tzu What does it mean to accept fate?
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220 – Stoics and Emotions
Read more…: 220 – Stoics and EmotionsToday’s episode is about stoics and emotions. So earlier this week on reddit, in the stoicism subreddit, somebody posted a link to an article in Psychology Today called stoicism as a fad of philosophy. I decided to take the time to read the article and…
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