I’ll never forget the moment a stranger convinced me he could read my mind. It was one of those corporate parties: music too loud, bar lines too long, and conversations full of polite small talk while ...

Parents are embracing the writings of the Stoics to help navigate the challenges of raising a child — especially during today’s pandemic. The parental interest in Stoicism is in part, a response to ...

What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, obviously the roads — the roads go without saying. How about guidance on how to live in the 21st century? That seems less likely, but in fact, the last few ...

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The ability to focus has become one of the most valuable skills we can develop. Recently, I watched Ryan Holiday from the ...

As we all know, modern society is marked by anxiety disorders, addictions, depression and other mental health problems. Even though we have every information and convenience at the tip of our finger, ...

The terms “ancient school of philosophy” and “sweeping the culture” rarely — OK, never — appear in the same sentence, but in recent years, Stoicism, or what some call New Stoicism, has become the ...

Late-Roman Stoic and emperor, Marcus Aurelius, viewed illness as prescribed by Nature, as a physician prescribes bitter remedies. I have long been a follower of Stoicism, particularly as expressed by ...