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The episode explores the Stoic idea of changing one's relationship with reality rather than trying to control life events.

Send us Fan Mail What if the to peace isn't about controlling your life, but changing your relationship with reality? In this episode, we explore one of the most challenging ideas in Stoicism through a single line from Epictetus: "Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well." At first glance, it sounds like surrender. Lower your expectations. Stop caring. Accept mediocrity. But that's not what the Stoics meant. We...

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