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Sharon Lebell

Article will be available on Friday, November 27th, 2020

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Friday, November 27th, 2020

Your Mind Is Always Yours

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

Practice self-sufficiency. Don’t remain a dependent malleable patient: Become your own soul’s doctor. These lines, inspired by Epictetus, are from my book The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness.

Article will be available on Thursday, December 31st, 2020

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Thursday, December 31st, 2020

My Mama Told Me... But I Didn’t Listen

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

Mama warned me about roaming around dodgy neighborhoods, but I didn’t heed her advice. Old enough to prefer seeking most of my knowledge from physical books and other print sources, I decided to enlarge my world by poking around the internet to read some discussions in assorted self-described Stoic forums around the world. 

Article will be available on Friday, January 29th, 2021

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Friday, January 29th, 2021

Faith, Belief, and Truth

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

The storming of the United States Capitol with its mob violence and wanton destruction on January 6 sadly showcased the power of “The Big Lie” in action. “The Big Lie,” perpetrated by Hitler, Goebbles, and others during WWII is the notion that if you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it and act on it.

Article will be available on Friday, February 26th, 2021

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Friday, February 26th, 2021

The Skill of Using Logic: Fun with Fallacies

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

“The Ancient sage Booboo Baba described the healing powers of celery and skunk dung poultices.”

Article will be available on Friday, March 26th, 2021

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Friday, March 26th, 2021

Are We Wise or Playful?

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

Keeping the creative spark alive.

Article will be available on Friday, May 28th, 2021

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Friday, May 28th, 2021

Stillness points us outward

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

“Stillness is not a means to deny, submerge, or otherwise repudiate the self. It is simply through the wisdom of stillness we see that the self or the soul is healthiest and happiest when it is pointed outward rather than inward.”

Article will be available on Friday, June 25th, 2021

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Friday, June 25th, 2021

Shift your attention to flourish

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

Stoicism speaks of flourishing as an ideal. Many ask, “flourishing sounds great, but how do you do it?” By these itty-bitty shifts in attention. That’s it.

Article will be available on Friday, July 30th, 2021

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Friday, July 30th, 2021

The trap of ‘Stoic creed’

Feature || Sharon Lebell

“Stoicism has neither a catechism nor an official declaration of faith.”

Article will be available on Friday, August 27th, 2021

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Friday, August 27th, 2021

Seeing virtue as the answer

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

“Virtue is the answer to just about any of our questions.”

Article will be available on Friday, September 24th, 2021

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Friday, September 24th, 2021

Stoicism and wabi-sabi

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

“Wake up to the simple exquisite now. To this. Not to what could be, not to more would be better, but to a deep appreciation of the supposed minor details of everyday life.”

Article will be available on Friday, October 29th, 2021

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Friday, October 29th, 2021

Being true to ourselves

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

“Holding to our true aspirations no matter what is going on around us is an endeavour that naturally arises from courage, moderation, justice, and wisdom.”

Article will be available on Friday, November 26th, 2021

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Friday, November 26th, 2021

Disaster is virtue’s opportunity

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

“Holding to our true aspirations no matter what is going on around us is an endeavour that naturally arises from courage, moderation, justice, and wisdom.”

Article will be available on Friday, December 31st, 2021

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Friday, December 31st, 2021

Put virtue first, joy will follow

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

“This is the genius of Stoicism: removing the factors that eclipse joy.”

Article will be available on Friday, January 28th, 2022

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Friday, January 28th, 2022

A roadmap out of depression

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

“Stoicism reminds us that beneficial, sustained improvement tends to grow incrementally. ”

Article will be available on Friday, February 25th, 2022

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Friday, February 25th, 2022

In praise of trying

Feature || SHARON LEBELL

“Let us return again and again to the courage it takes to try and try again.”