emotional regulation
What if the real struggle isn’t between virtue and tranquility, but in staying reasonable when emotions take over? This post explores the role of apatheia, emotional regulation, and a strange yet effective technique called Amygdala Clicking.
Virtue ethics
What happens when you swap virtue for tranquility as the highest goal in life? In this post, I explore the tensions between William Irvine’s modern take on Stoicism and traditional virtue ethics, and what that means in real-life decisions.
virtue vs tranquility
A banana pancake, a tough conversation, a missed run...this post explores how small choices reveal our value system, and whether doing good is better than feeling good.