When most people hear the word “Stoic,” they picture a stiff upper lip: bottling up emotions, keeping silent about suffering, and pretending not to care. Psychology — and clients I see showing up in ...

Douglas J. Witten is a mediator, arbitrator, negotiation coach and founder of Innovative ADR International LLC. After becoming a mediator in 2003, Witten has dedicated his career to helping ...

Nancy Sherman is University Professor and a professor of philosophy at Georgetown University. She is the author of “Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons for Modern Resilience.” Stoicism is an ancient Greek ...

Thirty-three-year-old Jess* (who didn’t want her real name to be used), who is currently single, explains that she has turned to Holiday’s books about Stoicism during the coronavirus pandemic in ...

Robertson, a founding member of the organization Modern Stoicism and the president and founder of the Plato’s Academy Centre nonprofit, is the author of Marcus Aurelius: The Stoic Emperor In the ...

Ryan Holiday isn’t a trained philosopher, but hundreds of thousands of people turn to him for a daily dose of wisdom and insight. Holiday’s status as a college dropout makes him a “pen-and-ink ...

Sandra Woien does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Some people obsessively monitor presidential election polls. Others ignore any political news like an overdue bill. And a few probably wish they could just press a button and fast-forward past this ...