A personal newsletter from an author in a multi-year apprenticeship at a plant-medicine retreat center, mixing reflections on self-mastery with Stoic and samurai-style aphorisms and book commentaries. Readers get a mix of intimate updates, a practice like the Courage List, and short essays on classic texts.
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A newsletter of short meditations on mortality, attention and living deliberately, drawing on Stoic and other philosophical and religious writers such as Seneca, Epictetus, Simone Weil and Marcus Aurelius. It includes book chapters, a weekly Seneca letter series with practices, and podcast versions, with some content for members only.
Donald J. Robertson, a cognitive-behavioural therapist, explains Stoic philosophy and its practical techniques, drawing on ancient sources such as Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and Musonius Rufus. Readers get articles, course lessons and commentary on how Stoic exercises compare with modern psychotherapy.
A 76-year-old writer living in a van and on her Louisiana porch shares personal essays about starting over after 60, self-respect, aging and rebuilding a life. Each issue offers reflective, first-person reflections on boundaries, forgiveness and choosing one's own terms.
Philosopheasy turns one great thinker per week into a practical idea for everyday life, pairing a short audio episode with a longer essay. Recent issues cover Aristotle on akrasia (acting against one's own judgment) and Bonhoeffer and philosophers on the paradox of forgiveness, with anecdotes and clear explanations.
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