Stoic Coffee Break 15 - Emotional Responsibility
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Jan 23, 2018 Exploring the connection between emotional responsibility and Stoicism, the hosts discuss taking control of your emotions and assigning meanings to situations. Urging listeners to regain control of their emotions, they provide examples to emphasize this point.
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You Control Emotional Meaning
- You are largely in charge of your emotional responses because you assign meaning to events.
- Changing the meaning you give to an event changes your emotional outcome without changing the event itself.
Epictetus' View Of Invincibility
- Epictetus frames invincibility as resisting upset from externals by choice.
- True resilience comes from refusing outside events power over your inner state.
Pay Attention And Reframe
- Pay attention to the thoughts and meanings you assign when you feel strong emotions.
- Actively reframe the situation to take back control of your emotional state.