We’re all getting older, yet as our 40s tick over into our 50s and 60s, there is an almost imperceptible shift in outlook toward the final period of our lives. This is often quite hazy because we prefer not to focus on it, keeping it at arm’s length. It can be scary to think about how many years we have left. Most people dislike the idea of ageing so much that they avoid thinking about it altogether. Rather than processing these uncomfortable feelings or planning for the future, we distract ourselves or talk in jokey cliches about reading glasses, bus passes, and ‘senior moments' to hide our discomfort. The Stoics suggested a different path. They argued that facing our ageing head-on is key to living well.

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Exam/assessment/test anxiety is very common, not just for school children, but also for university/college students and adults facing tests or exams at work. This anxiety exam anxiety and panic attacks.

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These are the good days, these are the best days, these are great days.

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The good news is that you're already living the dream life. The bad news is that the dream in question isn't being had by you but by someone else. Welcome to the world of the quantum leap.

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Can visualising negative events make you happy? You wouldn't think so, but the stoics did, and they were right.

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Introducing a philosophy of living that connected with me in a way that my work and practice in psychological theories and therapies didn’t.

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