TOPLINE WELLNESS: The new stoics
10 months ago

TOPLINE WELLNESS: The new stoics

Daily Mail  

Timeline Stoicism is an ancient idea– as in 3rd century BC old. Writer Brigid Delaney told The Times that practising stoic philosophy has made her ‘more settled and grounded than ever’. Stoics don't feel the weight of things they can't control Key line Mulligan has written a Stoic handbook, also named The Everyday Stoic, full of ‘practical ways’ to live like a stoic. Mulligan’s example is ‘Holiday cancelled = Engage with that to-do list you’ve never got around to’. Here’s a stoic ‘exercise’ addressing mindset: look around the room and count the red objects.

Control Line Zeno Stoic Mulligan  mulligan  stoics  topline  control  stoic  virtues  line  cant  wellness  philosophy  things  zeno  theres

History of this topic

How I learned to stop worrying and rediscover the ancient philosophy of Stoicism
5 years, 7 months ago

How I learned to stop worrying and rediscover the ancient philosophy of Stoicism

Salon  

Your twenty-five-year college reunion was supposed to be fun. In the twentieth century, Stoicism inspired a family of schools of effective psychotherapy called cognitive behavioral therapy, starting with Albert Ellis’s rational emotive behavior therapy in the 1950s. The ideas of Zeno, Seneca, Epictetus, and others have also inspired a vibrant movement of new Stoicism in the modern day, attracting people …

Discover Related