Comparing Stoic Philosophy and CBT (Part 1) + After Party

This is the Monday night meeting for Orlando Stoics. It's online.

This week we are exploring CBT (a form of Psychology) and how its techniques compare to Stoicism. The web has many articles on CBT, but we'll focus on Donald Robertson's article called "Stoic Philosophy as a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy". It provides an important summary of the history, the great thinkers, and the 17 major techniques, which can be linked to Stoicism. Example techniques are "Dichotomy of Control" and "Separating Judgements from Events". This should be an in-depth discussion, so we're likely to continue this topic for a second week.

After the regular meeting (at 8:30PM), we'll have our "after party". It's optional. We're getting to know each other better as friends. Last week, the "after party" was very funny.

Reading material

As usual, I'll prepare an outline of discussion points, so you don't have to read the articles or watch the videos in advance.

Article - https://t.co/FwfEYrOmXM

Zoom Info

Meeting time: 7PM Eastern, 6PM Central, 5PM Mountain, 4PM Pacific.

CLICK TO START MEETING - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82659560546

If you don't have a computer with camera, you can also dial using a phone. Pick one of these numbers and add ID 826 5956 0546#
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
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Our group enjoys open-minded, respectful conversations on Stoicism and how it relates to science, culture, philosophy, other belief systems, and even pop culture (books and movies). Sometimes "we agree to disagree", but the long-term goal is to improve our minds via group discussions.

In general, Stoicism teaches us how to handle difficult people and events, how to avoid anger and worry, and overall to use moderation in all aspects of our lives.

This meeting is free and open to the public.