This therapeutic tool with Stoic roots involves imaging the worst possible scenario (including memento mori, the assumption that we will all die one day) and drawing on reason, humility and ...

Importantly, the Stoic approach does not seek to directly suppress bad emotions but focuses instead ... "Time" uses numerous musical strategies to draw attention to the fragility of human life.

The Benefits: Stoicism as Self-Help Stoicism’s practical approach to emotional resilience is a significant draw. By urging individuals to distinguish between what they can and cannot control ...

This article may seem at odds with others I have written about the value of emotions and emotional expression—but hear me out. I recently picked up William Irvine’s 2019 book, “The Stoic ...

Rather, the goal of stoicism is to transform the reactionary emotions of anger ... Instead, to be a stoic is to be able to draw a distinction between situations bound by nature, such as natural ...

They describe “proto-emotions” that we feel and can ... not the external world. Drawing on Stoic thought in “The Obstacle Is the Way,” Ryan Holiday of the Daily Stoic writes, “When ...