Ryan Holiday Daily Stoic The Stoic Parent: 10 Commandments for Becoming a Better Paret, You want to set a better example for your children to learn from. You want to be more present with your child, even with more distractions than ever. You know you can handle certain situations with your children better, without yelling
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âWhen you need encouragement, think of the qualities the people around you have: this oneâs energy, that oneâs modesty, anotherâs generosity, and so on. Nothing is as encouraging as when virtues are visibly embodied in the people around us, when weâre practically showered with them.â â Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 6.48
Think about the most important, most daunting challenges youâve faced in your life. A long entrance exam, a grave illness, an intimidating marathon, a difficult relationship. Think about the accomplishments you’re most proud of. How did you achieve it? How did you endure the adversity? How did you succeed?
It certainly wasnât by winging it.
We become our best, we do hard things, how? By seeking out experts, practicing and putting in the work, adapting ourselves to the reality of our circumstances, and doing everything we can to rise to the challenge. Thatâs how we come out of the other side better for what we went through.
This is a recipe for more than just success.
Think about some of the great father figures of history and art. Think of Abraham Lincoln, Coach Taylor from Friday Night Lights, Lee from Steinbeckâs East of Eden. Antoninus Pius, the stepfather of Marcus Aurelius. Think of the great mother figures too: Mother Mary and Hannah in the Bible. Maâ from Little House on the Prairie. Harriet Tubman.
What do these people embody? Patience. Kindness. Love. Wisdom. Courage. Dependability. Positivity.
Just as in life there are models to learn from, so too in parenting. We must study them, figure out how they managed to do what they did.
Because itâs not just luck or nature. Itâs work.
And how can you be like them? To be there for your kids like they were for theirs, along with so many millions of other people?
The Stoic Parent: 10 Commandments For Becoming A Better Parent is designed to answer that very question, and to help you along the way, by giving you the tools and support you need to become the parent you want to be.
Because it is absolutely possible to become a truly great parent. It just takes some clear rules. A bit of study. And a lot of practice. And a willingness to fail and learn from those failures. This isnât rocket science. This is how you get good at anything.
Yet for some reason, many of us donât take this approach to parenting. As a culture we are expected to naturally know what to do with the most important task of our life. So we wing it. We fake it til we (hopefully) make it, and if weâre smart and attentive and humble–and lucky–we learn as we go.
It doesnât have to be that way. You donât have to resign yourself to a reliance on some untapped natural instinct. You donât have scratch and claw together a patchwork of unreliable advice every time you find yourself struggling to be patient, to be present, to be kind, courteous, positive and dependable.
It is possible to become a better parent. To become the type of parent that youâve always wanted to be. Thatâs why we are relaunching The Stoic Parent: 10 Commandments For Becoming A Better Parent.
This relaunch of The Stoic Parent has 10 actionable, practical meditations and prescriptive commandments for becoming the best parent you can be. All pulled from the best of Stoic wisdom. Wisdom the Stoics have been meditating on for thousands of years.
Parenting is something the Stoics spent a lot of time thinking about. Their strategies have gone on to develop countless leaders and everyday good people.
How did Marcus Aurelius become Marcus Aurelius? The âlast good emperorâ who acted with Wisdom, Justice, Courage, and Moderation? Who inspired millions through his actions?
The French philosopher Ernest Renan said âMarcus had a single master whom he revered above them all, and that was [his step-father] Antoninus⌠the most beautiful model of a perfect life.â
As in, Marcus was blessed with a great role model in his stepfather. A man to whom he dedicates much of the first chapter of Meditations.
Successful parenting isnât about perfection. Weâre all going to make mistakes. The Stoics knew that too.
So we need help. We need guidance. That is what the Stoics texts are here for. That is what we created this course to do.
This course is for you if:
Do you want to be a better parent?
Of course you do.
Take the first step today by committing the next 2 weeks to becoming the best possible parent you can be.
Each day youâll receive an actionable Stoic commandment designed to help you become the best parent you can be. Youâll also get a fillable workbook to reflect on each commandment and create a plan to implement them into your daily parenting challenges.
Sign up today and youâll get:
This course will also be hosted on our newest platform, Zolt. Here, you will be able to discuss each day with your fellow parents, complete activities, write in an online journal, and keep the course in one spot.Â
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