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Stoic Coffee Break

177 - Get Comfortable with the Uncomfortable

Mar 8, 2021
11:48
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The podcast explores the connection between Stoicism and emotions, emphasizing the role of thoughts in generating emotions. It challenges the misconception that being stoic means not reacting to situations and emphasizes personal responsibility for managing emotional states. It also discusses the impact of uncomfortable emotions and provides strategies for processing them.
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Quick takeaways

  • Stoicism is not about repressing emotions but about understanding our emotions and using our minds to benefit ourselves and others.
  • By sitting with uncomfortable emotions, we can recognize that they will eventually pass and avoid being controlled or manipulated by others.

Deep dives

The power of emotions and sitting with uncomfortable emotions

Emotions are powerful drivers of action in our lives. Learning to sit with uncomfortable emotions is challenging but important. Stoicism is not about repressing emotions or being emotionless, but about understanding our emotions and using our minds to benefit ourselves and others. Emotions are like the weather, constantly changing. By sitting with uncomfortable emotions, we can recognize that they will eventually pass.

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