#133 Modern Stoicism - Should You Stifle Your Emotions?

In this video/podcast, I talk about some of my stoic beliefs, but also explore the question of whether we should be stifling our emotions. Does stoicism require this… or is there a different path that we should be taking? I go through it all in this video/podcast! Join my Mastermind Tribe: http://joshuasigafus.com/MastermindTribe My Website: https://joshuasigafus.com/ YouTube: http://joshuasigafus.com/YouTube Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoshSigafusauthor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshua_sigafus/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshSigafus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-sigafus/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua-sigafus Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in my videos, podcasts, blogs, and other content are simply that - opinions. I have achieved positive results from using this information, but individual cases may vary. My opinions should never be considered legal advice or medical advice. I am not a licensed counselor. Though I make every effort to ensure that my content is helpful and relevant, under no circumstances should my videos be considered anything other than entertainment. Use at your own risk. By watching my videos, listening to my podcasts, reading all of my written published materials, and consuming any of my other content, you agree that any losses or damages incurred as a result of utilizing the information obtained is your sole responsibility, and you agree to release Joshua K. Sigafus from any liability, legal or otherwise. Excerpt: Today we're going to talk about stoicism More importantly, modern stoicism and whether or not you should stifle your emotion. I've been reading a really interesting book. It's titled Mama's last hug by Frans De Wall. And I'm just gonna read to you like what it means. It's called Mama's last hug animal emotions what they tell us about ourselves. And let's see I'm gonna try to read the description, but I don't actually see the description. Let's see I really want to okay. me My goodness. Mama's last hug opens our hearts and minds to the many ways in which humans and other animals are connected, transforming how we view the living world around us primatologist friends, the wall, explores the fascinating world of animal and human emotions. Okay, so that's kind of the that's the little the snippet, the description of it. And you know, when I google it, just real quick now. I'm reading this book, and he points out something really interesting, right? He points out that, especially in the Western world, humans are kind of obsessed with the mind, that the mind, you know, we can through our intelligence and our rationality, we can accomplish anything. This is kind of a stoic idea, right. We're a little bit obsessed with stoicism. And, in fact, there's such a thing called modern stoicism, which I have been reading about a little bit now I'm not a, I'm not a not a student of stoicism. I'm not really a, you know, stoic philosophy, I haven't really read anything about it. I've probably read things that loosely fall under that category. But in my life, I have, for the most part, always been of the belief that we should try to live our lives in accordance with like balancing our intelligence and our emotion. And if we go too far over to one or the other, we're gonna kind of suffer a deficit, right?