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Marcus Aurelius' Secret: What He Wrote Alone At Night

Marcus Aurelius' Secret: What He Wrote Alone At Night

It's 3 AM, and your mind is rehearsing a disaster that hasn't happened yet. For over two thousand years, people have been lying awake like this, and someone already solved it. What if the most powerful ruler in the Western world and a man born into slavery arrived at the same conclusion about anxiety?

In this episode, we explore how two figures from ancient Rome, Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus, confronted the same sleepless fears that plague us today. Discover the practical wisdom they offered for interrogating emotion and building inner…

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