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Meredith Kunz

Article will be available on Tuesday, January 1st, 2019

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Tuesday, January 1st, 2019

Coping with others’ judgments: A Stoic approach

Stoic Reflections || MEREDITH KUNZ

Social media and AI judge us all the time 

In the series Black Mirror, there’s an infamous episode, Nosedive, where the main character is judged minute-to-minute by the people around her. 

Article will be available on Friday, February 1st, 2019

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Friday, February 1st, 2019

Realistic Expectations: Stoic-style

Stoic Reflections || MEREDITH KUNZ

One of the major causes of our unhappiness is the gap between our expectations and reality. Stoics argued that reality is not under our control. So, instead of trying to reset reality, we are better off resetting our expectations. Our contributing editor, Meredith Kunz tells us how.

Article will be available on Monday, April 1st, 2019

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Monday, April 1st, 2019

Protecting our greatest asset: our ruling center

Stoic Reflections || MEREDITH KUNZ

In this insightful article our contributing editor Meredith Kunz points out how little we really need to flourish. Drawing from her own personal experiences, she points out that some of her most memorable experiences occurred when she was living in a two-bedroom cottage with a broken window—a window she couldn’t fix because she couldn’t afford to. 

Editor 

Article will be available on Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

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Wednesday, May 1st, 2019

Resisting hate, the Stoic way

Stoic Reflections || MEREDITH KUNZ

Gun violence motivated by hate has devastated far more than one community. Whether it is in New Zealand or Pittsburgh, people across the world are filled with horror and disbelief. 

Article will be available on Saturday, June 1st, 2019

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Saturday, June 1st, 2019

Fight stress and improve health

Stoic Reflections || MEREDITH KUNZ

Competing to prove ourselves 

Article will be available on Saturday, June 1st, 2019

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We tend to be self-centred. We constantly wonder what I should do if I fall ill, if I get angry, if someone is angry at me, if I don’t have enough money, if my coworkers are jerks, if my boss embarrasses me in front of others, if I fail to get the job I want … But while we are busy thinking about ourselves, life presents us with situations that we are not prepared for. Now what? Modern Stoics respond to our last month’s picture, the burning image of the Notre Dame Cathedral. 

Article will be available on Thursday, August 1st, 2019

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Thursday, August 1st, 2019

Three things you need to be happy

Stoic Reflections || MEREDITH KUNZ

My friend asked me a question about Stoic practice: “I know that in Stoicism, you don’t rely on external things for happiness. But if you stop counting on those things to make you happy, then is your default state to just be happy?” This really made me think. 

Article will be available on Sunday, September 1st, 2019

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Sunday, September 1st, 2019

Beyond ‘busyness’: Embracing the present

Feature || MEREDITH KUNZ

Everyone hurries his life on and suffers from a yearning for the future and a weariness of the present. But he who bestows all of his time on his own needs, who plans out every day as if it were his last, neither longs for nor fears the morrow. 

Seneca,  On the Shortness of Life 

Article will be available on Tuesday, October 1st, 2019

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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019

Everyday decisions: Seeking the truth

Feature || MEREDITH KUNZ

If anyone can refute me—show me I’m making a mistake or looking at things from the wrong perspective—I’ll gladly change. It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance. 

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, VI, 21 

Article will be available on Friday, November 1st, 2019

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Friday, November 1st, 2019

What should you seek? Courage to face the world

Feature || MEREDITH KUNZ

We are all physically vulnerable 

Humans have always been physically vulnerable. We are not born with huge teeth, curving tusks, or thick horns. We don’t have the advantage of size or strength compared with other creatures on Earth. And yet, through the use of our flexible brains, we have become the planet’s dominant species. It’s our mental fortitude that carried the day. 

Article will be available on Sunday, December 1st, 2019

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Sunday, December 1st, 2019

Learning to like habits (or at least accept them)

Feature || MEREDITH KUNZ

Growing up, I was never a fan of habits. I tried to organize my life so that I wouldn’t be beholden to the daily movement of the clock. I rebelled against habits as basic as waking up early enough to get to school on time.

Article will be available on Wednesday, January 1st, 2020

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Wednesday, January 1st, 2020

Traveling within: The skill of being with yourself

Feature || MEREDITH KUNZ

Traveling is a good learning experience 

Growing up, I thought that traveling somewhere else would turn me into a different person—a more interesting, cooler person. 

Article will be available on Saturday, February 1st, 2020

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Saturday, February 1st, 2020

A Stoic Cyclist: When People Behave Badly on the Roads

Feature || MEREDITH KUNZ

When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly.

Article will be available on Sunday, March 1st, 2020

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Sunday, March 1st, 2020

Is ignoring violence Stoic? What should a Stoic do?

Feature || MEREDITH KUNZ

We are the same as we always have been

Article will be available on Friday, May 1st, 2020

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Friday, May 1st, 2020

The art of handling uncertainty

Feature || MEREDITH KUNZ

We all face many uncertain times in our lives. But the current pandemic is a time of collective uncertainty, the like of which most of us have never experienced. What has Stoicism got to say in coping with a situation that is so uncertain? Our contributing editor Meredith A. Kunz offers a three-step plan based on Stoic principles to cope with uncertainty. 

Chuck Chakrapani, Editor