Classical Wisdom Speaks

How Stoicism Can Help: Finding a Philosophy for Life


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If Seneca said Luck is when preparation meets opportunity... is Resilience when preparation meets struggle?

Even if you aren't suffering pain, loss, or anxiety now... the reality is one day you will, and how you handle it can be greatly influenced by how you prepare for it...

Aka, it's always worthwhile to do the 'work', philosophically speaking that is... 😉

Stoicism can help with health issues like Chronic pain, PTSD and anxiety...  it can improve your relationships as well as your home life...and it has useful tactics that stick... whether you learn them when you need them, or when you prepare for the inevitable.

Listen to this fascinating panel bring together the philosophical and the practical on Stoicism: health, home and community.

Featuring: Karen "Duff" Duffy, model, television personality, actress, and author of “Wise Up”; Donald Robertson, a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist, trainer, writer as well as one of the founding members of the non-profit group, Modern Stoicism; and Nancy Sherman, Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University and New York Times Notable Author.
Moderated by Anya Leonard of Classical Wisdom, a site dedicated to bringing ancient wisdom to modern minds.

You can buy Duff's fantastic book, "Wise Up: Irreverent Enlightenment from a Mother Who's Been Through It" Here:
https://www.sealpress.com/titles/karen-duffy/wise-up/9781541620483/

You can learn more about Classical Wisdom and Classical Wisdom Speaks here: https://classicalwisdom.com/

Get your FREE Guide: How to Be Happy: An Ethical Guide to ancient Philosophy here: https://classicalwisdom.com/how-to-be-happy/

You can enjoy Donald's book, How to Think like a Roman Emperor here: https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Like-Roman-Emperor/dp/1250196620#

Get your own copy of Nancy's Book: Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Resilience here:
https://www.amazon.com/Stoic-Wisdom-Ancient-Lessons-Resilience/dp/0197501834

About the speakers: 

Karen Duffy is the New York Times bestselling author of Model Patient... and most recently, "Wise Up: Irreverent Enlightenment from a Mother Who's Been Through It ". She is a producer, actress, and former MTV VJ. She has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She lives in New York. 

Nancy Sherman is a New York Times Notable Author. Her most recent book is Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience. She is also the author of Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of our Soldiers; The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of our Soldiers a New York Times Editors' pick; Stoic Warriors: The Ancient Philosophy Behind the Military Mind; Making a Necessity of Virtue: Aristotle and Kant on Virtue; The Fabric of Character: Aristotle's Theory of Virtue,  and the editor of Critical Essays on the Classics: Aristotle's Ethics. She has written over 60 articles in the area of ethics, military ethics, the history of moral philosophy, ancient ethics, the emotions, moral psychology, and psychoanalysis. She has delivered over 60 named or keynote lectures and plenary addresses here and abroad.  Nancy Sherman holds the distinguished rank of University Professor at Georgetown University.

Donald Robertson, president of Plato’s Academy centre, is a writer, trainer, and cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist. He is a dual UK and Canadian citizen, with permanent residence in Greece. He is the author of six books on philosophy and psychotherapy, includin

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