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How to Get Out of Your Own Way

How to Get Out of Your Own Way

Update: 2025-05-28
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In this episode, we explore how our judgments—not external events—shape our emotional world, from a child’s toy envy to ancient Stoic parables and the quiet wisdom of Nan Shepherd.


Using Epictetus’s insights and Shepherd’s meditative reflections, we examine how reclaiming control over our perceptions can free us from needless suffering and open us to a richer, more grounded experience of life.



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How to Get Out of Your Own Way

How to Get Out of Your Own Way