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David Kessler on Finding Meaning in Grief and Practicing the Art of Memento Mori Oct 05, 2024

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In Meditations, Marcus Aurelius wrote “You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” Death is inevitable for all of us and practicing the art of Memento Mori reminds us to live each day to the fullest and with virtue.

David Kessler, a grief and loss expert, joins Ryan today to talk about why a meaningful life comes from embracing rather than fearing death, how grief can shape our understanding and appreciation of life, the balance between grief and joy, and how losing his son changed everything he thought he knew about grief.

David’s personal experience with grief started very young, as a child witnessing a mass shooting while his mother was dying in a hospital. For most of his life, David has taught physicians, nurses, counselors, police, and first responders about the end of life, trauma, and grief. Even after years of studying grief and counseling those experiencing it, his life was turned upside down by the sudden death of his twenty-one-year-old son.

David co-authored two books with Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, including On Grief and Grieving, and after experiencing the death of his son, he updated her 5 stages of grief with a 6th stage: meaning.

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It’s Tempting To Tell Yourself This | All For One, One For All Oct 04, 2024

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We can flatter ourselves that we’re essential, that we’re one of the good guys, that we’re preventing things from being worse. But are we? Or is that just what we want to believe?

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Will You Meet Your Moment? | Ask DS Oct 03, 2024

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Destiny taps each of us on the shoulder, will we be able to answer? Will we have cultivated the skills and virtues necessary to answer well? That’s what philosophy is about—preparing you for whatever fortune has in store, big and small.

Ask DS:

What is the Stoic way to process and receive compliments?

What is Ryan’s advice to stop obsessing over what could go wrong?

How did the Stoics approach parenting and creating a generational impact?

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You Can Live Well Anywhere Oct 02, 2024

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If you need money and success to live well, then you’re vulnerable to things not going well.

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Brigid Delaney’s Life Changing Year of Living Like a Stoic Oct 02, 2024

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Brigid Delaney was at a unique point in her life and found herself looking for answers around life’s deepest questions: What does it mean to be a good person? How do we stop letting the things out of our control rule our emotions? Can our anger be tamed? After learning more about Stoicism, Brigid decided to let the ancient wisdom from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca guide her decisions for a year.

While in Australia on tour, Ryan had the chance to meet Brigid in person and talk with her about why Stoicism resonated with her, how to successfully apply Stoicism to modern problems, and the common misconceptions around Stoicism being exclusively for men. To learn more about Brigid’s experience, check out her book Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times.

Brigid Delaney is the author of Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times and Wellmania: Extreme Misadventures in the Search for Wellness. Be sure to check out the Netflix series Brigid co-create, inspired by her book Wellmania!

📚 Books Mentioned:

Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times by Brigid Delaney

The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday

On Anger: De Ira by Seneca

The Therapy of Desire by Martha Nussbaum

Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero by James Romm

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This Doesn’t Change But You Do | The Daily Routine That Built Marcus Aurelius Oct 01, 2024

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So much has changed over the course of a decade…so little as well. The 10th anniversary edition of The Obstacle Is the Way has relevant and insightful lessons (including a new foreword) that Ryan couldn’t have possibly written a decade ago. If you have been listening to the podcast for a while but haven’t read The Obstacle Is the Way yet, this is a fantastic time and place to start—it will advance your understanding of the lessons of the Stoics and how to apply them to your life.

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The Most Disciplined Side Wins | Practice Silence Sep 30, 2024

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The Stoics—just like activists—didn’t always win but they showed themselves always as worthy of winning. They showed themselves to be the most disciplined side.

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The Hobby That Changed Ryan Holiday's Life Sep 29, 2024

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Some people travel for the food. Others for the nightlife. Some travel for work. Others travel to get away. Ryan travels for the swimming.

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Wright Thompson on Untangling Myth from History in America Sep 28, 2024

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Wright Thompson grew up in the Mississippi Delta, unaware that his family farm was just 23 miles away from the barn where 14 year old Emmett Till was murdered in 1955. When writing The Barn, Wright had to take a look at the place he had always known as home with fresh eyes and courageously uncover the details of Emmett's tragic story that had been buried for decades.

In today’s episode, Wright and Ryan continue their conversation about Emmett Till’s legacy, the complexity of American history, why it’s important to know where you come from, and the responsibility of preserving Emmett’s story.

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This Is What You Do | What Will Prosperity Reveal? Sep 27, 2024

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We don’t have the power to bring the people we love back, but by choosing to embody the virtues of loved ones we have lost, we not only carry forward their spirit in our actions, we transform our pain and suffering into meaning and purpose.

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