Live Coaching With Donald Robertson Practicing Critical Thinking Listen Download MP3 Session Chat Transcript Connect with Donald Luminary Session w/ Donald Robertson (July 2020) Luminary Session w/ Donald Robertson (August 2024) Heroic Chat w/ Donald Robertson (March 2023) Chapters Welcome Back: Donald Robertson (00:00:00)What Was Your Experience Creating & Writing Your Newest Book: Verissimus (00:01:39)Why the Stoics Write in a Vague Way (00:04:20)Starting With the End (00:08:15)Death Was Always Present in Stoicism (00:09:30)Bringing Stoicism to Life (00:12:55)Thinking for Ourselves (00:15:10)We Need to Be Practicing Critical Thinking More (00:16:45)The Question and Answer Method & Socratic Irony (00:17:42)Practicing & Developing Our Critical Thinking (00:21:20)Anger Is Temporary Madness (00:22:50)The Stoic Tells Us to Expand the Scope of Our Attention (00:25:40)Tool: The View From Above (00:26:05)Therapy: Studying and Shaping of Character (00:29:57)The Shaping of Our Inner Character (00:32:57)The Stoics Approach to Agency (00:34:55)The Three Disciplines of Stoicism (00:39:04)Tool: Cognitive Distancing (00:42:52)Tool: Meditation (00:53:05)Q&A: How Did You Come to the Idea of Combining Modern Psychology With Ancient Philosophy? (01:01:28)Q&A: How Can I Best Support My Son Using CBT? (01:10:21)Q&A: How Can I Reconcile the Need to Influence Other to Concentrating on What Is Under My Control? (01:15:29)