Philosophies for Life

In this podcast, we will be talking about The 10 ways to keep our New Year’s Resolutions from the writings of Epictetus. Epictetus was one of the most influential teachers of the later years of the school of Stoicism. So here are 10 ways from Epictetus’s discourses, that will help you in keeping your New Year’s resolutions.   So here are 10 ways to keep our New Year’s Resolutions from the writings of Epictetus -  01. Keep your resolutions simple 02. Routine is everything 03. Replace bad habits 04. Don’t Share your resolutions with everyone 05. Give no excuses 06. Don’t wait for other people’s validation 07. Reward yourself 08. Review your day 09. Never Ever Ever give up 10. Always keep evolving  Hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and find these insights on keeping New Year’s resolutions helpful. .  Epictetus was a Greek/Roman philosopher of the Hellenistic period. He managed to overcome huge obstacles in developing from a crippled Roman slave to become one of the most popular and sought after philosophers of his time.  Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Even though it is over 2000 years old, more and more people are discovering how Stoicism is not only relevant to modern times, but can be applied in very simple, yet strong ways. 

In this podcast we will be talking about 8 Life Lessons from Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre was one of the leading philosophers who followed the philosophy of Existentialism.  One of Sartre’s key-concepts that is discussed or prevalent in almost all of his existentialist works is the notion of “Bad Faith”, which he uses to describe and critique how most people tend to deny their own freedom. Alongside his notion of Bad Faith, Sartre has discussed many aspects of existentialism and ideas on human life that are extremely helpful. So with that in mind, in this video we bring you 8 important life lessons derived from the works of Sartre.  01. Dare to act 02. Face your freedom 03. Take responsibility  04. Set an example 05. Embrace your fears 06. Don’t let others define you 07. Don't follow a doctrine  08. Embrace your nothingness  I hope you enjoyed watching the video and hope these 8 Life Lessons From Sartre will add value to your life.  Jean-Paul Sartre was a French playwright, screenwriter, political activist, literary critic, and one of the leading philosophers who followed the philosophy of Existentialism: the philosophy that says that humans are born a blank slate and are free to determine their own identity, behavior and goals. Sartre was born in Paris at the beginning of the twentieth century and when he was around sixty years old, he was awarded the1964 Nobel Prize in Literature. He however refused the prize, claiming that “a writer should never allow himself to become an institution.” Sartre wrote many fictional and non-fictional books, essays and gave lectures on Existentialism. Some of his noted works are: Nausea, Being and Nothingness, Existentialism is a Humanism, and No Exit. 

Why Modern Dating Feels So Empty (So Choose Yourself First). Do you feel like you’re constantly swiping but never connecting? Modern dating often feels less like romance and more like a marketplace. We have more options than ever, yet we feel more disconnected and lonely. In this video, we explore the deep psychology behind why we keep attracting the wrong people and why "swiping right on yourself" is the only way to break the toxic cycle. Picture this: you open a dating app, and instead of swiping right on someone else, you swipe right on becoming the better version of yourself. How would that change the way you show up? Today, our dating culture runs on quick swipes and fast decisions. We move from one profile to the next, hoping the right match will appear. But in all the searching, we’re so focused on finding the right person that we rarely stop to ask if we’re actually ready to be one. This matters because today we feel more disconnected than ever. Ghosting has become routine. Conversations stay on the surface. And a lot of us leave dates feeling confused or drained instead of understood. The issue isn’t only the apps - it’s the mindset we bring into them. Many of us go in without a clear sense of who we are, what we want, or what we’re ready to give. In this video, we’ll talk about what it really means to choose yourself first in a stronger, healthier way.. And just to be clear, we are not against dating apps or modern ways of meeting people. It’s about using them from a place where you’ve already chosen yourself first. Topics covered in this podcast -  00:00 – 02:05 – Introduction 02:05 – 05:34 - Why Dating Feels Different Today 05:34 – 07:49 - How Dating Apps Changed Us 07:49 – 10:09 - The Psychology Behind It 10:09 – 15:23 - What Philosophy Teaches Us About Love 15:23 – 18:03 - Putting This Into Practice 18:03 – 20:48 - The Barriers That Hold You Back 20:48 – 22:24 - Conclusion I hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope after watching this, you will start choosing yourself first. 

Lagom is the Swedish lifestyle philosophy, translating as ‘not too much and not too little, It means to have just the balanced choice between two extremes. In order to know how to balance your life, you need Lagom, as it embraces a balanced, sustainable lifestyle. In order to understand how to  balance your life using Lagom approach, we have  broken up this video into four main categories -  01. Lagom at work. 02. Lagom at home 03. Lagom for health 04. Lagom and nature Lagom, the Swedish word for a lifestyle that encourages balance and mindfulness in everything that you do. Lagom is a thread that ties many parts of Swedish society and culture together, the cornerstone of personal behaviour, design ethos and community. Applying a sense of lagom to our everyday lives – be it in what we eat, what we wear, how we live, how we work – might just be the antidote to our modern, consumption-led world as it embraces a more balanced, sustainable lifestyle that embraces the pleasures of existence rather than those of consumption. Lagom celebrates the idea of “just enough” which is the perfect space between minimalism and living in excess and this particular brand of socialism is partly the reason why Sweden consistently ranks top ten in the happiest countries in the world. 

In this podcast we will be talking about 8 Life Lessons From Epicurus. His philosophy is often referenced as Epicurean hedonism or simply Epicureanism. Epicurus was most famous for his skilful insights into the concept of happiness.  To understand more about Epicurus’ teachings and how we can apply them into our own lives, here are 8 life lessons from the philosophy of Epicurus -  01. Be content with little 02. Study philosophy all your life 03. Learn to rely on yourself  04. Develop courage through adversity 05. Get great friends 06. Do not try to be popular 07. Don’t fear death 08. Strive to achieve peace of mind I hope you enjoyed listening to this podcast and hope these 8 Life Lessons From Epicurus will add value to your life.  Epicurus is one of the most important figures in the history of philosophy, as well as of science. He is less known than Plato or Socrates, but, nonetheless, his teachings are precious and timeless. He lived between 341 to 270 BC, and wrote more than 300 works during his lifetime. Most of his work has been lost, but what remains is extremely relevant even today. In science, he was one of the first to describe the natural world as made of atoms and he rightly understood that all the natural phenomena are in fact based on the movement of atoms. Also, he strongly stressed the importance of basing our beliefs on empirical evidence and logic. In philosophy, he was part of the hedonist movement and he was most famous for his skilful insights into the concept of happiness, starting his own School of Happiness, also known as Epicurean hedonism or simply Epicureanism. If stoics believed that living justly and virtuously is the highest good and that we should be indifferent to pleasure and pain, Epicureanism believed that we should seek to maximise the pleasures in life. There were some rumours that in his school people lavished  themselves in orgies, luxury and decadence, but these rumours were unfounded. Epicurus didn’t have any interest in orgies and expensive meals. His idea of pleasure is far from the classical one. He departed from the classical school of hedonism for which pleasure is the highest good, adding that the pleasure of the mind, not the pleasure of the senses, is the true ‘highest good’. He believed that the greatest happiness comes from reducing suffering, achieving an inner state of peace which he called ataraxia. Ataraxia means being content with simple things in life, like having philosophical conversations about the meaning of life, in your small garden, with your best friends. According to Epicurus, the pleasure from pursuing wisdom is the highest form of pleasure, and the most valuable as it is the one that leads us to true happiness.