How to Put Down the Weight You've Carried Your Whole Life
Train Calm: How Marcus, Seneca, and Epictetus Made Chaos Harmless
There is a low, constant pressure behind the sternum that most people never name, and Stoic practice offers a way to set it down without changing circumstances. This episode centers on Amor Fati and the Stoic boundary between what depends on you and what does not-what happens when you stop trying to control the uncontrollable and instead change your response?
In this episode, we walk through the Stoic idea that chronic low-level suffering comes from misplaced effort and attachment, and we consider how Marcus Aurelius, Seneca…
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