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Reasons not to Worry

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We’re all searching for answers to the biggest questions: How can we be good? Find calm? Properly grieve? Beat FOMO? Work out what truly matters? Well, the good news is that the wisest minds in history asked the exact same questions—and they found answers. The ancient philosophy of Stoicism shows us that we are already in possession of the very tools we need to excavate this much-needed wisdom for ourselves.

So into the past we go with Brigid Delaney, to a time not unlike our own: one full of pandemonium, war, plagues, pestilence, treachery, corruption, anxiety, overindulgence, and—even back then—the fear of a climate apocalypse. By living and learning the teachings of three ancient guides, Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, Brigid shows us how we can apply their lessons to our modern lives in a way that allows us to regain a sense of agency and tranquillity.

Awash with insight, humour and compassion and filled to the brim with ways you can wrest back control, here are all the reasons not to worry.
Author Brigid Delaney
Narrator Blazey Best
Duration 8 hours and 22 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781004101429
Format Audiobook
Publisher W. F. Howes Ltd
Genre Self-help, personal development and practical advice
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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