PinnedInActive Minds HubbyStoicminds Channel·Apr 4The Dark Psychology Trick Marcus Aurelius Used Every Night (That Therapists Now Charge $200/Hour…How a Roman emperor’s private evening ritual became modern therapy’s most profitable technique — and how you can use it tonight for free.A response icon78A response icon78
Stoicminds Channel·5h agoMy Friend’s Son Stopped Calling Her in August (I Was Sure I Knew Whose Fault It Was)“Liz is setting a place for her son at Thanksgiving. He hasn’t called since August, and I had already decided why.”
InActive Minds HubbyStoicminds Channel·1d agoI Was Nicer to a Stranger at the Post Office Than to My Own Sister (Psychologists Know Why)“I told a stranger at the post office there was no hurry at all. An hour later I hung up on my sister.”
Stoicminds Channel·3d agoSeneca Said the Complaining Is the Only Real Trouble (Listen for Who Always Has It Worse)“Every story she told at book group ended with someone treating her unfairly. Then I drove home and told my husband about her the same…
Stoicminds Channel·5d agoMarcus Aurelius Said Listen Carefully (Then Notice Who Never Asks You a Single Question)“Ninety minutes of lunch, and not one question about me. Then I counted mine.”
Stoicminds Channel·Nov 8Epictetus Said Socrates Never Needed the Last Word in an Argument (Some People Always Do, and…“Denise has closed every homeowners meeting for six years with one more sentence. Last week I wrote mine in the car on the way home.”
Stoicminds Channel·Nov 6Caring for an Aging Parent While Your Siblings Do Less Is Its Own Quiet Kind of Grief (What Finally…“Thirty-one hours last month. My brother, nine. My sister, two. I had it all in a note on my phone, and it was making me miserable.”
Stoicminds Channel·Nov 4Epictetus Said Everyone Sells Themselves at Their Own Price (Count How Often You Say I Don’t Mind…“I’d hosted Thanksgiving three years running. Every year my sister asked, and every year I said I don’t mind. I minded.”A response icon1A response icon1
Stoicminds Channel·Nov 2Marcus Aurelius Had to Talk Himself Out of Bed Every Morning (What He Said Back to the Voice Asking…“The most powerful man in the world lay under his blankets arguing with himself. That’s the most comforting thing I’ve read all year.”
Stoicminds Channel·Nov 1Epictetus Gave His Students One Question for the Conversation You Keep Replaying at Night…"I gave a two-minute speech at a retirement party. I replayed it for four nights. She doesn't remember a word of it."
