Stoic Week starts tomorrow, Monday, October 18. I’ve been doing this annual program for quite a few years and it has been so helpful to me, especially in finding some emotional balance. I have a pretty easily triggered fight-or-flight response to conflict, and practicing Stoic principals has helped me find ways to step back when I feel threatened and see things from a more detached place. I’m still working on this, and in no way can I claim to be calm in the face of everything, but more and more I’m able to stay in my body and think things through, and this is in large part due to reading and thinking about Stoicism.

There’s still time to enrol in this free course, and this year they are offering a new program for students or those who are caring for or instructing young people. They have added more video and audio supports, which is helpful to people like me who are not strong readers. I have an especially busy week ahead, and there is a bit of a time commitment to doing the readings and exercises each day, but it will be worth finding the time for a Stoic reboot.