Join Us Live on Substack: Friday, July 10th at 10am CT for a Preview of Our Next Stoic Heart® Workshop
Join Us to Reduce Conflict and Build Connection in Real Time
One of the things Greg and I have learned—both through our own relationship and through years of talking with students and workshop participants—is that most conflict doesn’t happen because people lack good intentions.
More often, it’s because we don’t know what to do in the moment.
It’s easy to recognize, after the fact, that we should have paused, listened more carefully, or chosen our words differently. It’s considerably harder when we’re frustrated, hurt, or convinced we’re right.
That’s why we created the Reduce Conflict | Build Connection Workshop. We wanted something practical—something people could actually practice before the next difficult conversation, rather than simply reflect on after the last one.
Join Us Live for a Preview of the Workshop
Three Stoic Shifts to Stop Reactive Conflict and Build Real Connection
📅 Friday, July 10th
🕙 10am CT
📍 Live Right Here on Substack
This interactive workshop is designed for individuals and couples who want to interrupt emotional escalation, communicate with greater discipline, and create more stable, intentional relationships.
Rather than talking about conflict in the abstract, we’ll work through practical tools that you can begin using immediately—in conversations with a partner, family member, colleague, friend, or anyone else who matters to you.
A Preview of the Three Stoic Shifts
During the workshop, we’ll practice three simple but surprisingly powerful habits.
The Stoic Pause
Before responding, learn to recognize the space between what happens and how you choose to respond. We’ll work through a practical Impulse Audit that helps identify your own conflict triggers and retrain your first response.
The Clarity Filter
Not every thought deserves to become words. We’ll introduce a simple filter—Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it helpful?—that helps remove accusation, exaggeration, and unnecessary escalation so conversations become clearer instead of more heated.
The Control Shift
Perhaps the most Stoic exercise of all is learning to distinguish what belongs to us from what does not. Together we’ll work through the Control Circle, focusing attention on our own judgments, choices, tone, and actions rather than trying to manage another person’s feelings or behavior.
A Sneak Peek
We’ve attached the one-page guide we’ll be using during the workshop so you can see how practical these ideas really are.
It’s intentionally simple.
But the value isn’t simply reading it.
The value comes from practicing these shifts together, working through real examples, and learning how to apply them in the moments that matter most.
Whether your goal is improving your marriage, navigating family relationships, communicating more effectively at work, or simply becoming a steadier human being, these are skills that improve with practice.
We hope you’ll join us on Friday, July 10 at 10am Central as we share a bit more information and work through them together.
As always, we’ll leave plenty of time for questions, discussion, and conversation. Some of our favorite moments come from hearing your experiences and thinking together about what philosophy looks like in everyday life.
We hope to see you there.
The Stoic Heart® helps individuals and couples navigate the complexities of modern relationships using the timeless principles of Stoic philosophy. We provide the tools for disciplined communication, emotional self-mastery, and deeper, more intentional connections in a variety of settings, from home to work to the wider community. We apply Stoic practice to help others live more in harmony with nature.
