If the stupidity and irrationality overrunning our culture are getting on your nerves, let me suggest the philosophy of the Stoics as an antidote. I've written a new book on the subject (The ...

“What if someone told you that much of the suffering in your life was simply due to the way you think about things?” This rhetorical question opens The Pocket Stoic, written by John Sellars and ...

Of course, this is selfish—and like most selfish things, also short-sighted. Because this article almost certainly introduced tens of thousands of people to a topic I care about, people who would be ...

Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy that promises modern minds a rare luxury: composure. It prizes clarity over chaos, resilience over reactivity, and self-mastery over self-display. At its heart, ...

Ephemeral, meaning lasting for a very short time. A word that has been recently going viral for being said by actor Joju George in the Malayalam movie Narayaneente Moonnaanmakkal. Before diving into a ...

Stoicism may be having a renaissance. For centuries, the ancient philosophy that originated in Greece and spread across the Roman Empire was more or less treated as extinct – with the word “stoic” ...

I have learned many things from my mom, a woman who raised five kids from the '50s through the 90s. Humor. Discipline. How to make a great fruitcake. When to say "Because I said so." Most importantly, ...