The Stoic Compass
Created by the staff at The Heroic Stoic. Epictetus, Laozi, and Jung discuss topics relevant to life today. theheroicstoic.com
The Stoic Compass
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When Does Acceptance Become an Excuse? Epictetus's Broken Leg
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi examine the thin line between genuine acceptance and sophisticated avoidance, using Epictetus's broken leg as their starting point to ask: when does accepting what you cannot change become an excuse to stop acting o...
How Does Discipline Become a Cage? Breaking Free From Rigidity
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi examine why the discipline you built to free yourself can become a prison, and why you keep tightening the cage even when you feel it closing in. Through their debate, you'll learn that the real problem isn't lack o...
What Are You Actually Protecting When You Fear Loss?
When you grip something too tightly out of fear of losing it, you're usually not protecting the thing itself—you're protecting a story you've been telling about who you are. Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi explore what happens when you turn your a...
What Happens When You Stop Defending Your Gap Between Real and Ideal Self?
When you stop defending the gap between who you are and who you think you should be, three very different voices—Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi—argue about what actually closes first: the distance, or your willingness to see it clearly. You'll wa...
Why Does Virtue Matter If No One Ever Knows?
When you do the right thing in private and no one ever knows, does it still count? Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi explore why we hunger for recognition even in our most private moments, and what that hunger actually reveals about who we are. You'...