Welcome. I'm Kevin Miller. This is a podcast about how we make meaning of our lives and experience the miracle of living. In this episode, managing versus suppressing ourselves with stoicism. So stoicism has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, making a comeback from the old-school

stoicism, which is commonly criticized for promoting emotional suppression and fostering

passivity in the face of injustice and being psychologically unrealistic. Well, modern day focus

has upheld the stoic traits that focus on cultivating inner peace and resilience through virtue, rationality, and acceptance of what can't be controlled.

Psychology models more and more these days are calling to the need for personal agency.

And stoicism is a leading model for taking responsibility for our perceptions and our values

and our held beliefs in life.

I appreciate seeing new personalities and perspectives come to the forefront of what I feel

are worthwhile initiatives.

And in Stoicism, Tanner Campbell has brought a fresh

take to the concept. Tanner's an American philosopher of Stoicism, whose goal is to clear up

contemporary miscommunications about Stoicism with a focus to uphold what virtue really is against

the traditional interpretation of stoicism, challenging

as he says, the watered down Silicon Valley take on stoicism. Well, a few years ago,

Tanner launched a podcast called Practical Stoicism. And it kind of went viral, quickly eclipsed 500,000 downloads per month, which is to say

the show did in a matter of months what many of us podcasters took years to attain. So wherever

you're listening to this, you can find practical stoicism. And Tanner also has a book out since we did this conversation

together. The books titled, What is Stoicism? A Brief and Accessible Overview. So coming up next,

my conversation with Tanner Campbell and a look at how to utilize Stoicism for benefit in your

life. Let's see how we can stoicism for benefit in your life.

Let's see how we can make better meaning of our lives today.

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