How to Accept Your Reality and Move Forward with Purpose After Life's Challenges

Weekly Wisdom with John Sampson by John Sampson

Episode notes

How do you move forward when life delivers a crushing blow? Host John Sampson explores the journey of Accepting Your Reality and finding purpose after a life-altering event.

This episode provides a practical framework drawing on both ancient philosophy and modern psychology:

  • The Ancient Wisdom: Explore Plato's Myth of Er and the unchangeable "cosmic order", the Stoics' radical concept of Amor Fati (Love of Fate), and how Marcus Aurelius and Seneca used misfortune as a training ground for virtue.
  • The Modern Mindset: Discover Nietzsche's life-affirming approach to Amor Fati, the grounded wisdom of Carl Jung on how "we cannot change a ... 
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self helpphilosophypsychologyovercomingmentalhealthstoicism