Core Concepts
Stoics believe you should focus on your own thoughts and actions, because these are the only things in your _______.
This Roman Emperor and author of Meditations is often called the "Philosopher King."
Marcus Aurelius
This virtue involves being brave and facing your fears or hardships without complaining.
Courage
FAST
Fair, Apologize when appropriate, Stick to your values, be Truthful — for maintaining self-respect
What is up to us vs. what is not; noticing
the mind's habit of fighting what cannot be
changed; the Stoic inventory
mindfulness
This phrase means "Love of fate," or embracing everything that happens to you, good or bad.
Amor Fati
This former slave turned teacher emphasized that we should only worry about what is within our control.
Who is Epictetus?
This virtue is about being fair to others and doing what is right for the community.
Justice
GIVE
Gentle, Interested, Validate, Easy-mannered — for maintaining relationships
Emotions as judgments, not facts; the
pause between stimulus and response;
accurate labeling of the interpretive layer
emotional regulation
The Stoic practice of examining impressions (prohairesis, in Greek) is functionally identical to the DBT skill of ___________.
checking the facts
This wealthy statesman and advisor to Nero wrote famous moral letters to his friend Lucilius.
Who is Seneca (the Younger)?
Also called Moderation, this virtue involves self-control and not overindulging in pleasures.
Temperance
DEAR MAN
Describe, Express, Assert, Reinforce, stay Mindful, stay Apparent, don't give up —for achieving goals
Embracing difficulty as the path; what
cannot be changed must be accepted
fully; radical acceptance through the Stoic
lens
distress tolerance
emotion is always mediated by ______.
judgment
_________ a 20th-century psychiatrist who survived the Holocaust, wrote: "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." They were paraphrasing Marcus Aurelius, who 2,000 years earlier understood that this space is everything.
Viktor Frankl
________ is the active choice to participate in your life as it is, to engage with difficulty, to work with what is rather than against it.
Willingness
TIPP
TIPP is designed for high-stress situations, such as panic attacks, intense anxiety, overwhelming anger, or when feeling on the verge of a crisis
The Stoic duty to others regardless of how
they act; virtue as the only thing in our
control; GIVE and FAST through a Stoic
frame
interpersonal effectiveness
Stoicism gets its name from this Greek word for a "painted porch" where the first Stoics met.
Stoa
who is responsible for creating these workbooks?
Mark
_________ is the stubborn insistence that reality should be different, the refusal to participate, the passive-aggressive holding out for what you think should be.
Willfulness
HALT
Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
self-care check list
Amor fati — loving what is