COURSE

Stoic Lessons With The Literary Masters - A Five Day Course

With Stephanie Poppins - The Female Stoic

This course offers practical tools for building emotional resilience, fostering inner strength, and defining personal worth independent of societal pressures or gender stereotypes. The lessons are taken from The Female Stoic Podcast. They contain journaling prompts that we can use to further explore the subject matter and consider our own stoic practice and understanding. This course aims to open your eyes and make stoicism more accessible for us in the 21st Century, calling upon and being inspired by the female literary masters featured in the classic literature I read: Beatrix Potter, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and George Eliot. By understanding and building upon the Four Principles Of Stoicism, we, as women, can learn to navigate life's challenges with a new sense of empowerment, which enables us to protect our inner peace, regardless of external/extraneous factors. Keywords associated with this course: Female Empowerment, Stoicism for Women, The Female Stoic Podcast, Principles, Life choices, women, female, Emotional healing, Social dynamics, Domestic life, Knowledge, Understanding, Patience, Virtue, Gratitude, wisdom, courage, justice, temperance, Classic literature, Culture, Moral lessons.

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Meet your Teacher

Stephanie Poppins - The Female Stoic

Leeds, UK

Bluestocking Stephanie Poppins is a Literary Empowerment Coach who embodies healing through performance and instruction. She also considers herself to be a 'Natural Born Stoic'. Having taught Literature and Philosophy for over twenty years, she now produces the podcast - The Female Stoic - which delivers essential Stoic discussion and Meditation for women.

5 Days

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25 min / day

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English

Lesson 1

How to be Stoically Sentimental with Beatrix Potter

Today, we are looking at how to be stoically sentimental. And what better an author's story to refer to than Beatrix Potter? Beatrix Potter’s work and life are deeply infused with what can be described as Stoic principles. She represents a pragmatism in her work that is characterised by a realistic acceptance of nature’s brutality, personal resilience in the face of loss, and the importance of duty and hard work. This is presented alongside a sentimental portrayal of anthropomorphic folk. This lesson contains a journal task.

Lesson 2

How to Cope with Overpowering Emotion with Elizabeth Barret-Browning

Today, we are looking at how to cope with overpowering emotions with stoic determination. And what better example of a literary master who demonstrated stoic determination than Elizabeth Barrett Browning? Born in 1806, Browning built on the intellectual foundations laid by 18th-century "Bluestocking" culture – and evolved into a more feminist approach to authorship. She faced much hardship, but found a way to navigate that and ultimately set herself free from her shackles. This lesson includes a journal task relating to the feeling of numbness due to emotional overwhelm.

Lesson 3

The Idolatry Trap with George Eliot

As Stoics, we seek to avoid idolatry because it violates the core principle of the Dichotomy of Control. By elevating external things—wealth, status, or even people—to a divine level, we surrender our peace of mind to fate. True freedom requires placing your highest value on virtue and internal character, which are entirely within your own control. This lesson contains a reflective journal task.

Lesson 4

How to Cope with Injustice with Cinderella

Today we are looking at how to cope when we suffer injustice. And what better a story to refer to than the classic fairy tale Cinderella. There are many versions of Cinderella, but arguably the best version was written by, French author Charles Perrault -entitled Cinderilla, Cendrillon,or the Little Glass Slipper (published in 1697). Earlier versions date back as far as 7th century BCE Perrault’s version was probably more popular because it introduced iconic elements not found in earlier versions, including the fairy godmother, the pumpkin carriage,and the glass slipper. This lesson includes a journal task

Lesson 5

How Not to be Stoic with Pollyanna

This lesson is about common misconceptions about Stoicism and how we can gain a deep understanding of what Stoicism really is, by realising what it is not. Aunt Polly is reactive in Pollyanna because she acts out of rigid duty, repressed grief, and a deep-seated desire to control her environment. Instead of operating from a place of warmth, she reacts defensively whenever her strict rules, predictable routine, or deeply held grudges are challenged. This is a good example of what not to be, in order to protect your inner peace. This lesson includes a journal task.

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• TALKS

1 Wind In The Willows - Read By Stephanie Poppins