Stoic Week 2020 Saturday, October 24th, 2020 Theme: Resilience Today’s theme and midday exercise reflected on resiliency training. Stoics believed that we could practice our way into being more resilient. They accomplished this by repeatedly facing that which brings up passions, either head on or through negative visualization. It works in a way to inoculate…
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Stoic Week 2020 Monday, October 19th, 2020 Theme: Progress This year’s focus during Stoic Week matches the themes of last year but expands it to how we can care for ourselves, others, and our wording during a pandemic. COVID-19 has had a lingering presence in my own life like much of yours. I am a…
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Pages: 277 Ideal Reader: Everyone. Especially those who are interested in Stoic philosophy in general or as a philosophy of life, anyone seeking peace of mind and tranquility throughout their life, and those who wish to better manage their emotions. Ideal Issues: Managing Desires and negative emotions Interacting and relating to others Depression Anxiety Personal…
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Stoic Week 2019 Thursday, October 10th, 2019 Theme: Community: Relationships with Other People and Society Morning Reflection: Affection for others is part of our nature; beginning in the family we are born into and expressed to others as we age. This affections can be directed toward ourselves and flows outward to others so that we…
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Stoic Week 2019 Wednesday, October 9th, 2019 Theme: Virtue: Clarifying Your Values When we say virtue, we do not mean virginal or chaste or however its mostly interpreted today. Instead, virtue can be understood as the qualities a person possesses (and will express) that enable us to lead a happy life (you know, one according…
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Stoic Week 2019 Tuesday, October 8th, 2019 Theme: Happiness: The Goal of Life Alright, so I really wanted to stay with the format I had on day one of Stoic Week, but with a topic like “happiness” the morning, midday, and evening meditations and exercise all kind of blend together (in my head and in…
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Stoic Week 2019 Monday, October 7th, 2019 Theme: Progress Reflecting on this morning’s meditation: Every day provides us with the opportunity to make progress in virtue and movement toward happiness, freedom from passions, and serenity. So long as we make progress toward virtue, no matter how small, the day was worth it, and was not…
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Pages: 283 Ideal Reader: Everyone. Especially those bothered by negative emotions, searching for peace of mind, are bullied or insulted frequently, or who are looking for a guided way to live their life. Ideal Issues: Being insulted Depression Grief or Bereavement Anxiety Negative thinking Dealing with change and transitions in life Facing personal hardship Feeling…
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Life is filled with many choices. Some are relatively easy to make like what to where, your favorite color, or what you want to eat for dinner (okay, maybe that last one isn’t so easy). Some choices, those life changing choices, are more difficult. Choices like what you want to be when your grow up,…
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If you find yourself sitting across from me in the therapy room, there’s a very good chance you will hear me say, “You can curse all you want in here. The only ‘swear word’ here is ‘should.’” By now some of my clients might think I have a personal vendetta against the word. In truth,…
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Heather is an Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who unites systemic therapy with philosophical concepts. She has interests in Couples therapy, Consensual Non-Monogamy, Veteran Couples/Caregivers/Family, Philosophical Counseling, Sex therapy, and how to live a good life. Learn more about her here
