Category Archives: Applied Philosophy

What is Self-Compassion made up of? Here are its Three Ingredients!

What is Self-Compassion?  With self-compassion, we give ourselves the same kindness and care we’d give to a good friend. Instead of judging and criticizing yourself for various failures, self-compassion means you are kind and understanding when confronted with personal failings. Using self-compassion, when I undergo frustrations, failures, or limitations I can choose to honor and […]

Ancient Greece Already Knew What We Know Today About Tackling Stress!

Before we dive into what Stoics had to say about stress, let us first understand a little about the school.  Stoicism was a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium, in Athens, in the early 3rd century BC. The Hellenistic school supported a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic […]