Trudging Through Your Own Life? Here's the Stoic Fix | Maria Semple
About this episode
How to do your best work, reframe life's bullshit, and stop making your happiness hostage to outcomes.
Maria Semple is the bestselling author of Today Will Be Different, Where'd You Go, Bernadette, and This One Is Mine. Before writing fiction, Maria wrote for TV. Her newest book is called Go Gentle.
In this episode we talk about:
- Cognitive reframing tools to shift your mindset
- Maria's daily Stoic routine
- The limits of Stoicism
- What to do when mediating gives you anxiety
- The danger of "baited bounties"
- How to "get shit done" with non-attachment
- Using fantasy as a coping mechanism
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- Stoic Practices for Getting Rid of Mental Junk, Your Morning Routine, and Talking to the Dead | Ryan Holiday
- Stoic Advice for Handling Setbacks, Insults, and Death | William Irvine
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