When Someone You Love Is Suffering: A Stoic Response (AMA)
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Someone you love is suffering and you cannot fix it. What does the dichotomy of control ask you to do then? This episode is a preview of a longer listener Q&A covering that question, holiday indulgence without guilt, and the ways I have leaned on Stoicism in my own life. The final question is the one that matters most: how to stay useful, loving and steady when another person’s pain is outside your control. I do not have a neat answer. I work through the distinction the Stoics make between caring deeply and trying to control what was never yours to control.
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