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The What Is Stoicism? Podcast · Wednesday · 7 min

Kindness: The Most Powerful Drug in the World

This episode explores conversation and kindness as forms of care for the soul. Socrates saw dialogue as essential to self-knowledge, a way of bringing hidden thoughts into the open and examining them honestly. Phil Hammond’s story of kindness as “the most powerful drug” adds a practical modern echo: when we don’t know what to do, kindness nearly always improves the situation. 👇 👇 👇 📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENT Check out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack: ☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: The Stories of Insecurity https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-the-stories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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This episode explores conversation and kindness as forms of care for the soul.


Socrates saw dialogue as essential to self-knowledge, a way of bringing hidden thoughts into the open and examining them honestly.


Phil Hammond’s story of kindness as “the most powerful drug” adds a practical modern echo: when we don’t know what to do, kindness nearly always improves the situation.


👇 👇 👇


📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENT


Check out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:


☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: The Stories of Insecurity

https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-the-stories


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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