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Reframe Your Cravings & Indulgences (Stoic Lesson #44)

What if you thought of wine as fermented grapes and cheese as breast milk from a goat? Would...

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Design a Mindful Life (Stoic Lesson #33)

If you always have an audience - where someone is watching you - would that change the ways in...

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How to Do Whatever 'Political' Good You Can (Stoic Lesson #30)

Are you doing whatever you can to help your 'polis'? That's the question the Painted Porch Team...

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What would Marcus Aurelius Do? (Stoic Lesson #28)

How can you be reminded to stay on the virtuous path when the proverbial s**t hits the fan? Who...

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How to Deal with Frustrating People (Stoic Lesson #25)

While the calendar may reflect a change to the year, the reality is that - without intentional...

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Choose Well the Company You Keep (Stoic Lesson #21)

How does the company you keep help you in developing your character and virtues? Are your...

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Model Those You Admire (Stoic Lesson #17)

For Week 17 in our 52-week journey from A Handbook for New Stoics, we build on prior lessons'...

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How to Start Practicing Minimalism (Stoic Lesson #13)

For Week 13's lesson from A Handbook for New Stoics, we explore the stoic version of minimalism,...

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