About this episode

The episode explores the philosophy of restraint through historical examples and its relevance in dealing with family conflicts.

Drawing from Tao Te Ching chapter 69, we discuss the history and philosophy of restraint. Jeff provides three historical examples when not acting led to catastrophe and three where it just might have saved the world from nuclear annihilation. How does all this relate to the ways in which we deal with verbally abusive relatives at family gatherings?

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff, Stacie

Topics covered

• restraint
• philosophy
• family dynamics
• nuclear history
• Taoism

Keywords

• restraint
• Tao Te Ching
• family gatherings
• nuclear annihilation
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tao Te Ching

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