[DISCLAIMER] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy, this blog entry is part of an ongoing series regarding a book entitled The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. For this blogpost, it’s worth noting that the American Psychological Association (APA) defines death as “the permanent cessation of physical and mental processes in an organism.” As well, the APA

[DISCLAIMER] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy, this blog entry is part of an ongoing series regarding a book entitled The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman. In part, REBT serves as a philosophical approach to mental, emotional, and behavioral health (collectively “mental health”). The ultimate aim (to direct toward a specified object or goal) of this

[ DISCLAIMER ] In my youth, public service announcements (PSAs) were a common method of teaching morals and ethics . For clarity, a moral is a person’s standard of behavior or belief concerning what is and isn’t acceptable for the individual and other people. Morals thus relate to what’s considered good, bad, right, wrong, or otherwise acceptable or unacceptable. An ethic is a set of moral principles , especially those relating to or affirming a specified group, field,

[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing series regarding a book entitled The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman . The authors quote ancient Stoic philosopher Seneca who stated, “The person who has practiced philosophy as a cure for the self becomes great of soul , filled with confidence, invincible—

[ DISCLAIMER ] The above photo was taken when I was assigned to the Marine Security Guard detachment in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil...

[ DISCLAIMER ] As Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is informed by Stoic philosophy , this blog entry is part of an ongoing...