Stoic Morning Practice: Quiet The Inner Critic
About this episode
This episode guides listeners through a Stoic practice to address and diminish the influence of the inner critic.
You haven't done anything yet, and the voice is already running its commentary. Too slow, too weak, not enough. The day hasn't started and you're already failing in advance. This guided Stoic practice works with the inner critic directly — not to silence it, but to strip it of the authority it doesn't deserve. You'll practise the Stoic technique of examining your impressions: separating the bare facts from the judgements your mind adds automatically. Drawing on Epictetus's principle that it'...
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