December Under Pressure: A Stoic Reset

The end-of-year season arrives with a paradox. What’s meant to bring joy and togetherness can often deliver pressure, emotional overload, and sometimes even loneliness.

For many of us, December means navigating:

• Family dynamics
• The combined weight of financial and obligation stress
• Demanding schedules

…And somewhere in the middle of it all, we’re just trying to stay steady.
This session is your pause button.

Please join us for a shared exploration of how we navigate this season through a philosophical lens. Not through quick hacks or workarounds, but with gentle, practical tools for meeting the season as it unfolds.

What We’ll Explore Together

We’ll lift key Stoic principles and powerful quotes off the page and hold them up to the real pressures of December. We’ll ask:

• What is truly within our control this time of year?
• How do we respond with virtue instead of collapse?
• And what does Amor Fati have to do with it?

What to Expect
An honest, grounded conversation. This is not about finding perfect answers or fixing yourself for the holidays. By the end of the session, you may walk away with new insight, a few practical philosophical tools—or just the quiet relief of knowing you’re not alone in what this season stirs up.

No perfect answers required.

No holiday strategy needed.

Dress Code: Come as you are, friend.

***This is a peer-to-peer discussion forum focused on applying ancient philosophy; it is not a substitute for clinical therapy or professional mental health care.

Time: Dec 15, 2025 19:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 829 9224 6580
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