Writer, mindfulness expert, and SCS instructor Dr. Ranjini George discusses what Stoicism teaches us about forgiveness.
Forgiveness is anything but easy, but philosophies of the Stoics give us an antidote.
If we hold on to unforgiveness, we become slaves to the actions of others and lose our freedom. In fact, it’s our judgement of things that truly upsets us. When we are able to focus on controlling our minds, instead of trying to manipulate outside events, we can forgive, and live the life we want to live; we can be the person we want to be.
Join me as we explore how mindful practices and stoicism can help us forgive and take back control of our own feelings and fate. If you would like to learn more, check out my recent Knowledge Hub webinar titled Stoicism - Strategies for Resilience and Joy.
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Ranjini George Philip's work has appeared in Hamlet Studies, Peregrine, Agni, So to Speak, Room of One's Own, The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Contemporary Women Writers on Forerunners in Fiction, Modern English Teacher, Commonwealth and American Women's Discourse, The Victorian Newsletter, Write (a publications of the Writers' Union of Canada), among others. A recipient of the Arnold B. Fox Award in Research Writing (1989), a Georges and Anne Bochardt Fiction Scholar at the Sewanee Writers' Conference (2005), and the first prize winner in the Canada's inaugural Coffee Shop Author contest (2010), she holds a PhD in English from Northern Illinois University, USA, an MA in English from St. Stephen's College, New Delhi, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, Canada. Her book, Through My Mother's Window: Emirati Women Tell their Stories and Recipes was published in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates in December 2016. In 2019 she won the Excellence in Teaching Award at the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto. She can be contacted at her Facebook page, Ranjini George, Writer or on her website.