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Monthly Archives: March 2016

Contentment: You’re Doing It Wrong
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March 20, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

Diogenes the Cynic (412 BCE – 323 BCE) was a piece of work. You have to think the man knew …
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Category: Essays, Commentary, Reflection, History | Tags: Alexander, Aristotle, contentment, Cynicism, Diogenes of Sinope, philosophy, Plato
3 Badass Greek Philosophers on What Contentment Means
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March 13, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

I was complaining last week about the shallow approach to soul-building often found on the self-help shelves. Complaining is not …
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Category: Essays, Commentary, Reflection, History | Tags: Alexander the Great, Aristotle, Atlantis, Classical Period, contentment, Diogenes of Sinope, history of ideas, philosophy, Plato, Socrates, Xanthippe
Enough Self-Help Already
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March 6, 2016 by Paula Reed Nancarrow

I’ve been doing a lot of reading in my attempt to explore contentment. I have an intuitive sense that for …
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Category: Essays, Commentary, Reflection | Tags: Barbara Sjoholm, Christian Science, contentment, MBTI, New Age, self-help

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