Name Change: The Virtual Stoic
New Book: Teach yourself Stoicism
Quick update… You may already have noticed, gentle reader, that I’ve changed the name of my blog from The Philosophy of CBT (although I’m sticking with the domain name for now) to The Virtual Stoic. The main reason is that this has turned into more of a blog focused on classics and philosophy (with a psychotherapy twist), whereas most of my posts on CBT are on my other blog (www.londoncognitive.com).
The other reason (and this is news item #2) is that I’m currently writing a new book, under contract to a major publisher, called Teach yourself Stoicism, due out next year. This will be my second or third book on Stoicism, depending on whether you count Build your Resilience (2012), another book in Hodder’s Teach Yourself series, which contains references to Stoic philosophy throughout and has a final chapter dedicated to this subject. My first book on Stoicism, The Philosophy of CBT (2010), was a bit more of an academic text on philosophy and psychotherapy, Teach yourself Stoicism is more of a self-help book for the mass market. It’s well under way now and bits of it (at least the draft version) are being used in the downloadable handbook for the “Living the Stoic Life” study at the University of Exeter.
Hence, in case you wondered what’s going on, I’ve been churning out lots of posts recently on Stoic-related trivia. In case you missed anything interesting, here’s a little bonus, the archive of recent blog posts – enjoy!
- Stoic Philosophy as a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
- Excerpt: The Practicing Stoic by Ward Farnsworth
- New: Introducing How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- Photos: Event at Ben McNally Books
- Giveaway: Stoicism and the Art of Happiness (2nd Edition)
- Video Interview: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- Book Review: The Practicing Stoic
- First Amazon Review: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- Stoicism and the Art of Happiness in Toronto
- Free Socrates Comic Strip
- Podcast: A Stoic Response to Death, Pain, and Desire
- Stoic Book Review: More Than Happiness by Antonia Macaro
- The Stoic Philosophy of Michael Cohen?
- Book Review: Does Happiness Write Blank Pages? by Piotr Stankievicz
- Audio Version of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- Talk in Toronto: Stoicism Living With Love and Anger
- Socrates the Pimp and the Celestial Art of Love
- Save $5 on Pre-orders of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- Book Review: Aristotle’s Way by Edith Hall
- Preliminary Data from Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training (SMRT) 2018
- Order Your Signed Copy of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- Socrates and Theodote the Courtesan
- New: Free Email Course on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- Jon Meacham on Marcus Aurelius
- Don’t Miss Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training (SMRT) 2018
- Second Edition of Teach Yourself Stoicism is #1
- Writing “How to Think Like a Roman Emperor”
- NEW: Free Email Course on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- Now Enrolling: Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training (SMRT) 2018
- Free Crash Course in Stoic Pain Management (Beta)
- Video: Four Emotional Resilience Strategies from The Stoic Socrates
- Video: The Choice of Hercules
- Book Review: Unshakeable Freedom by Chuck Chakrapani
- Stoicism Program on The Forum (BBC World Service)
- Script: Stoicism for Pain Control
- Roundup: Women in Ancient Stoicism
- Video: Stoicism Interview for Greek City Times
- Athens: The Delphic Oracle
- Lady Stoics #4: Chrysippus’ Mysterious Old Woman
- Athens: Visiting Plato’s Academy
- Enrollment Starts Today for How to Live Like Socrates (Live from Athens)
- How to Live Like Socrates: Live from Athens!
- Socrates and the Stoics at the Lyceum
- Athens: Visiting the “Prison of Socrates”
- Where They Laughed at Socrates
- Athens Day One: The Stoa Poikile
- Photos: Stoicon 2018
- Stoicon Questions
- Stoic Psychological Techniques (Stoicon 2018)
- Press Release: Stoic Week 2018
- Stoic Book Review: Antifragile by Nassim Taleb
- Book Review: Happy by Derren Brown
- Free Mini-Course on Socrates
- How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Comic #2: The Boar and the Fox
- Enroll now for Stoic Week 2018
- Book Review: Stoicism, A Very Short Introduction by Brad Inwood
- How to Think Like a Roman Emperor Comic: The Town Mouse
- Book Review: Meditations on Self-Discipline and Failure by William Ferraiolo
- Interview: Tom Butler-Bowdon on Marcus Aurelius
- Book Review: REBT a Newcomer’s Guide by Matweychuk and Dryden
- Socrates versus Roger Stone
- Interview with Gregory Lopez about Marcus Aurelius
- Detailed Review: How to be a Stoic by Massimo Pigliucci
- Interview: Justin Vacula on Marcus Aurelius
- Free Facebook Live Webinar: Friday 27th 7.30pm EST – The Secret of Stoicism in Marcus Aurelius
- Course Enrolling Now: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- Interview: Walter J. Matweychuk on Marcus Aurelius
- Interview: Jules Evans on Marcus Aurelius
- Interview with Massimo Pigliucci about Marcus Aurelius
- Video: Warrior Philosophies with Franklin Annis
- Tickets now on sale for Stoicon 2018 in London
- Interview: Chuck Chakrapani on Marcus Aurelius
- Interview: John Sellars on Marcus Aurelius
- Interview: Scott Perry on Marcus Aurelius
- Sign up for my free email course on Epictetus
- Book Review: Backbone by Karen Duffy
- Complete List of my Free Stoicism Courses and Downloads
- Roundup of Videos on Stoicism
- Book Review: How to be a Stoic (2017) by Massimo Pigliucci
- The Stoics on Phocion the Good
- Socrates on Finding Jobs for Refugees
- What books to read next on Stoicism
- Why I don’t allow Trolling in my Stoicism Group
- Video: Socrates, Stoicism, and Cognitive Therapy
- New Course: How to Live Like Socrates
- Stoicism and Parenting (Stoic Mums and Dads)
- The Stoic Socrates: Four Emotional Resilience Strategies
- Three Strategies of the Stoic Socrates
- Help Support the Modern Stoicism Non-Profit Organization
- Was Socrates a Real Person? and Other Questions
- Teach Yourself Stoicism (Second Edition)
- Stoic Meditations Calendar for 2019
- New Book: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- 🎁 Happy birthday, Marcus Aurelius!
- Podcast: The Life and Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius
- Three Ideas the Stoics Learned from Socrates
- Why I am a Stoic and an Agnostic
- Parenting: What Socrates Said
- Four Stoic Meditation Exercises
- Free Crash Course on Socrates
- Three Sources of Joy in the Stoicism of Marcus Aurelius
- Please Share: Socrates HD Wallpapers
- Why everything isn’t totally indifferent to Stoics
- Lady Stoics #3: Annia Cornificia Faustina Minor
- The Stoic Socrates
- The Life and Opinions of Socrates
- Enrolling Now: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- Free E-book: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- Stoicism Simplified
- Podcast: Code of Character
- Notes on Stoic Ethics in Cicero’s De Finibus
- Free Mini-Course on the Stoic Contemplation of Death
- Free E-book: Marcus Aurelius in the Roman Histories
- Free Meditations Made Simple Audiobook Chapter
- The Death of Marcus Aurelius
- Video: Poppy and I Review Little Stoics Children’s Books
- Why did Marcus Aurelius allow Commodus to succeed him?
- What do the Stoic Virtues Mean?
- Support my work via Patreon
- Revised: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- Free Download of New Stoic Therapy Toolkit (PDF)
- The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
- Free Mini-Course on Stoicism
- What’s the difference between stoicism and Stoicism?
- Criticisms of Marcus Aurelius from Roman Histories
- Epictetus: The Stoic in a Storm at Sea
- Donald Robertson Interviewed by Greg Sadler
- Thrasea and the Stoic Opposition
- Free Crash Course in Stoicism
- Webinar: Marcus Aurelius on Anger
- Facebook Live Webinar on Stoicism and Anger
- Video: Introduction to Stoicism
- The Metaphor of the Sun in Marcus Aurelius
- Socrates and Forgiveness
- New Facebook Page for Marcus Aurelius
- Stoic Politics and the Republic of Zeno
- Free Download: E-book on the Stoic Philosophy of Eulogium of Marcus Aurelius
- Please Share: Marcus Aurelius HD Wallpapers
- Did Stoicism Condemn Slavery?
- New Halifax Stoicism Meetup
- NEW: Crash Course in Stoicism
- Stoic Week 2017
- How Much of Marcus Aurelius is Epictetus?
- Starting Today: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- Last Chance to Enrol on my New Stoicism Course!
- Enrolling on How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- Stoics Should Avoid Trivial Debates
- Coming Soon: How to Think Like a Roman Emperor!
- Marcus Aurelius, Politics, and Freedom
- New Elearning Site for Stoicism
- How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
- LinkedIn Stoicism Group
- Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training 2017
- Stoicism, Insults, and Political Correctness
- Elearning Survey
- Stoic Arguments Against Hedonism
- Announcing Stoicon-x Toronto 2017
- The Threefold Nature of Stoic Ethics
- Themistius on Roman Stoics
- Stoic Ethics: Specific Examples
- Marcus Aurelius, Stoicism, and Mithraism
- The Royal Purple of Stoicism
- Lady Stoics #2: Fannia
- Stoicon 2017: Modern Stoicism Conference
- Marcus Aurelius at the Amphitheatre
- An Ancient Stoic Meditation Technique
- Marcus Aurelius on Stoic Physics
- Marcus on the Emperor Antoninus Pius
- The Missing Stoics in Diogenes Laertius
- Marcus Aurelius: The Education of a Philosopher
- Marcus Aurelius and the Civil War in the East
- Marcus Aurelius: the Civil War in the East (Children’s Version)
- Stoicism, Love, and Resilience: Slideshow
- What Seneca Really Said about Epicureanism
- Book Review: The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday
- How “eclectic” were the Stoics?
- The Teachings of the Stoic School
- Did Marcus Aurelius Persecute the Christians?
- Socrates the Soldier
- The Emperor Meditates Before Battle
- Antisthenes and Stoicism
- Ad Hominem Arguments and the Principle of Charity
- What the Stoics Really Said
- The Dog of Philosophy
- Making Big Decisions
- Book Review: The Daily Stoic
- Virtue is its own Reward
- Now Available: Stoic Week 2016 Handbook
- Official Press Release: Stoic Week 2016
- Beginners Guide to Stoicism
- The Teachings of Zeno of Citium
- Completing SMRT 2014
- Introducing: The Philosophy of CBT (2010)
- Announcing Stoic Week 2016
- SMRT Week Four: Stoic Resilience
- SMRT Week Three: Stoic Mindfulness
- Consolation Literature and Stoic Self-Help
- Paconius Agrippinus
- SMRT Week Two: Stoic Virtues
- STOICON lands in the Big Apple
- Interview: Michael Connell, Stoic Comedy
- Some Stats from SMRT 2016
- Stoic Comedy
- NEW: Free Stoic Mindfulness Course
- SMRT 2016
- Epicurus versus the Cyrenaics
- Cicero on Epicurus’ Ambiguity
- The Pythagorean-Epicurean Succession
- Epictetus: Stoicism versus Epicureanism
- Diogenes the Cynic on Facing Hardships
- Some Titles of Early Stoic Books
- The Philosophy of Antisthenes
- Bion of Borysthenes
- Stoicism Defends Itself (Draft)
- Notes from Stoicon Talk and Workshop
- Download the Stoic Week 2015 Handbook
- Starting Stoic Week 2015
- The Stoic Week 2015 Handbook
- Stoic Week 2015: Modern-day Meditations Inspired by Marcus Aurelius
- Why Stoic Week Matters
- Register now for Stoic Week 2015
- Seneca and the Stoic Hercules
- Similar Passages from Seneca and Marcus Aurelius
- Marcus Aurelius in Steinbeck’s East of Eden (1952)
- Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training (SMRT) 2015
- 2014 in review
- Socrates the Stonemason
- John Lambton and the Wyrm
- Stoicism and Love: Workshop Notes and Video
- Completing Stoic Week 2014
- Stoic Week 2014 Handbook (PDF) and MP3 Files
- The Stoic Week 2014 Handbook is Now Available
- Starting Stoic Week 2014: Monday, Nov 24th
- Cover Design: Stoic Week 2014 Handbook
- Preparing for Stoic Week 2014
- Join Stoic Week 2014
- Stoic Week 2014: How do I Participate?
- Podcast: The Painted Porch with Patrick Ussher
- Three Unorthodox Stoics
- The Contemplation of Death: Sample Chapter from Teach Yourself Stoicism (2014)
- The Ancient Stoic Paradoxes
- Report on Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training 2014
- Follow Stoic Week 2014 on Twitter
- Maverick Stoics: Dionysius the Renegade
- The Myth of Hercules in Cynicism and Stoicism
- News: Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training
- Video: Stoic Attitudes Meditation Recording
- Stoic Attitudes Script
- New Online Course: Stoic Mindfulness and Resilience Training
- Athenodorus: Stoic Anger-Management
- Marcus Aurelius and Junius Rusticus
- Some Reviews of Teach Yourself Stoicism
- Spinoza’s Philosophical Psychotherapy
- News: Online Course on Stoicism
- Stoic Week: What did we learn?
- Stoic Week REDUX
- NEWS: Launching modernstoicism.com
- New Video: Stoicism for Everyday Life
- 2013 in review
- Lorem ipsum and the Meaning of Life
- Review: CBT for Work (2012) by Gill Garratt
- Now Available: Teach yourself Stoicism and the Art of Happiness (2013)
- Lady Stoics #1: Porcia Catonis
- Free Sample Chapter: Teach Yourself Stoicism (2013)
- A Manifesto for Modern Stoic Communities
- Stoic Week in the News
- Marcus Aurelius in the Historia Augusta
- Stoic Week 2013 starts on Monday!
- Some Stoic Pictures
- New Book: Teach yourself Stoicism and the Art of Happiness (2013)
- Short Video Introduction to the Stoic Handbook of Epictetus
- @Stoicweek 2013 – How to stay in the loop?
- News: Download the @Stoicweek 2013 Handbook
- New Video: Morning Meditation-Routine for @Stoicweek 2013
- Stoicism and Early 20th Century Psychotherapy
- Follow @Stoicweek on Twitter
- Audio Recording: Stoic Mindfulness Exercise
- Flyer for Stoic Week 2013
- @StoicWeek 2013 is starting soon!
- Review: Stoic Spiritual Exercises by Elen Buzaré
- Stoic Meditation on Virtue (Slideshow Lesson)
- Stoic Self-Monitoring Record Sheet
- Online Poll: Who is your favourite Stoic?
- Slideshow: Stoic Ethical Contemplation Exercises
- Roundup of Recent Posts (August 2013)
- Stoic Video Playlist on Youtube
- The Stoic Handbook of Epictetus (New Powerpoint Slideshow)
- Episode 13, Donald Robertson
- Perspectives: ‘The Philosophical Methods of CBT’ by Tim LeBon
- Video: Marcus Aurelius’ Stoicism
- Stoicism Today, so far and in the future…
- Pleasure, Deprivation, and Indifference
- Seneca’s Stoic Role-Models
- Roundup of Recent Posts (June 2013)
- New Book: The Routledge Handbook of the Stoic Tradition (2016)
- New Book: Teach yourself Stoicism and the Art of Happiness (2013)
- Stoicism Group on Facebook has nearly 300 members now!
- Stoicism and the death of Socrates
- Psychotherapy and philosophy (part 2)
- Philosophy and psychotherapy (part 1)
- Wanted Dead or Alive: Socrates
- Stoics are not unemotional!
- How to Deal with Overwhelming Feelings: Postponement in Stoic Practice
- Stoicism and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Roundup of Recent Posts (May 2013)
- Stoicism and Rational Psychotherapy
- Stoic Infographic by Michel Daw
- Review of Irvine’s A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (2009)
- New Stoicism Group on Facebook
- Teach Yourself Stoicism and the Art of Happiness
- How Spartan were the Stoics?
- Stoic Week 2012: The Student View
- Roundup of Recent Posts (May 2013)
- New Stoa: Interview with Donald Robertson about Stoicism and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- New Video on Ancient Philosophy & Health Research from University of Exeter
- Zeno meets King Antigonus (Excerpt from Teach Yourself Stoicism)
- New Book – Teach Yourself: Stoicism and the Art of Happiness (2013)
- The Sale of Diogenes the Cynic by Pirates
- The Choice of Hercules in Stoicism
- Roundup of Recent Posts (March 2013)
- The Philosophers of the Stoic School
- Verses from the Cynic Philosopher Crates of Thebes
- The Cynic Prayer of Crates
- Poems about Diogenes the Cynic
- Stoic Fatalism, Determinism, and Acceptance
- Menedemos: Cynic in Fancy Dress?
- Roundup of Recent Posts
- The Succession of Philosophical Schools
- Script for a Stoic Mindfulness Exercise
- Some Comments on Stoicism & Cynicism
- Marcus Aurelius on Overcoming Anger and Developing Empathy
- How has Stoicism been of value to you as a philosophy of life?
- Introduction to Stoicism: The Three Disciplines
- Roundup of Recent Posts (February)
- Gem from Roman Imperial Period Depicting Zeno of Citium
- New Stoicism Group on Facebook
- Channel-Surfing Ancient Stoic Television
- A Simplified Modern Approach to Stoicism
- Marcus Aurelius
- New Stoicism Discussion Group on Facebook
- Action with a “Reserve Clause” in Marcus Aurelius
- The Influence of Socrates on Stoicism
- Complete Online: The Stoic Attitudes Scale (Test Version)
- Stoic Attitudes Scale
- Cognitive Distancing in Stoicism
- Roundup of Recent Posts (January 2013)
- Some Musings on the Nature of the Good in Stoicism
- Blues Version of Marcus Aurelius
- The Dream of Scipio from Cicero’s Republic
- Stoicism and Pythagoreanism: The Allegory of the Festival
- The View from Above (Audio Recording)
- Roundup of Recent Posts (January 2013)
- Stoic Meditation in The Earl of Shaftesbury’s Philosophical Regimen
- The Platonic Dictionary: Cardinal Virtues
- The Axiochus of Pseudo-Plato
- Fear keeps pace…
- Solon, seeing a…
- The Serenity Prayer and Stoicism
- Roundup of Recent Posts
- Stoic Quotes from Joseph Addison’s Cato, a Tragedy (1712)
- The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
- Stoicism Workshop at Exeter University
- Whoever it was …
- Stoicism Subreddit
- Top Ten Most Popular Articles on Stoicism
- From the Ancient Greeks to Rational-Emotive-Behavior-Therapy Today
- The Stoic Teachings of Zeus
- Stoic Week: Final Poll (“What Next?”)
- Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
- Invictus by William Ernest Henley
- Roundup of Recent Posts from Stoicism Today
- New Poll: Who is your favourite wise man?
- @Stoicweek article in The Guardian online
- Goethe: Aphorisms on Nature
- Follow @StoicWeek on Twitter
- Name Change: The Virtual Stoic
- The Stoic Metaphor of Profitable Transactions
- Stoicism in the Poetry of Persius
- Living the Stoic Life at Exeter University
- Stoicism in Horace’s Satires
- Poll: Who is your Favourite Stoic
- Cato’s Speech on Stoic Philosophy from Lucan’s The Civil War
- Video: Stoic Philosophy and Psychotherapy Workshop at Exeter University
- The Stoicism of Descartes
- Example Stoic Philosophy Regime
- The Nature of the Good in Stoicism
- St. Paul on Stoicism: From the Acts of the Apostles
- Some Ancient Stoic Poems
- Animal Metaphors in Stoicism (Part 2): The Tripartite Division
- The Hymn to Zeus by Cleanthes
- Contented with Little by Robert Burns
- The Old Stoic by Emily Brontë
- Animal Metaphors in Stoicism (Part 1): The Bull and the Lion
- Review – Stoic Serenity: A Practical Course on Finding Inner Peace (2006) by Keith Seddon
- Teach yourself Stoicism: Love & Friendship in Stoicism
- A Crash Course in Stoicism
- Epictetus on Natural or Family Affection
- The System of Stoic Philosophy
- Were Hand Gestures a Technique of Stoicism?
- Stoicism: God or Atoms?
- Stoicism and Therapy: Exeter University
- Reddit: Stoicism Q&A with Donald Robertson
- Reviews of The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (2010)
- Stoic Philosophy in Build your Resilience (2012)
- The Earl of Shaftesbury on The View from Above
- The Philosophy of CBT in BABCP’s newsletter CBT Today (May 2012)
- Jules Evans on Ancient Philosophy
- Forthcoming talk on Philosophy and Psychology in London
- Ancient Healthcare and Modern Wellbeing Blog
- New Book: Build your Resilience (Teach Yourself)
- Now Available on Kindle: The Philosophy of CBT (2010) by Donald Robertson
- New Review in The European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling
- The View from Above (Stoic Meditation Script)
- The Stoic Library
- Stoicism Radio Programme on iPlayer
- Comments on the Barnes & Noble Blog
- Basic False Value Judgments of Certain Personality Disorders (PTypes)
- Review in The Journal of Value Inquiry
- Aaron Beck interview with Jules Evans
- Another Blog Discussing The Philosophy of CBT
- Things Could Be Worse: The Stoic’s Guide to Happiness
- Review of The Philosophy of CBT on Politics of Wellbeing
- Marcus Aurelius on Anger & Empathy
- The Philosophy of CBT: Available Now
- Stoic Philosophy as Psychotherapy (2005)
- Introducing The Philosophy of CBT (Karnac Blog)
- Introducing The Philosophy of CBT
- Foreword by Prof. Stephen Palmer
- Excerpt: The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Excerpt about James Stockdale from The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- New Book: The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (2010) by Donald Robertson
- Excerpt: On Autosuggestion from The Philosophy of CBT
- Marcus Aurelius on Anger and Empathy
- Excerpt: Ancient Social Anxiety
- Excerpt: Shame-Attacking Exercises
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