The Happiest Lives Podcast
The Happiest Lives was designed for Christian women who want to stop being disappointed in their relationships and feel more loved and loving. Here you will learn to think better, feel better, and love better.
This podcast is hosted by Jill M. Lillard, MA LPC, a licensed counselor and Gottman Certified Couples Therapist. Jill has been helping people manage their minds, process their feelings, and have better relationships for over 25 years.
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The Happiest Lives Podcast
E145: Stoicism, Calm, and the Self-Controlled Life
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In Part 2 of our series When Self-Help Isn’t Helping, we’re looking at a worldview that shapes much of modern self-help culture: stoicism.
Stoicism values composure, restraint, and emotional control. On the surface, it sounds wise, and in many ways, it overlaps with biblical ideas like self-control and discipline.
But what happens when calm becomes the goal instead of connection?
In this episode, we explore the difference between Spirit-led peace and self-controlled composure. We talk about what it looks like to renew your mind without bypassing your emotions, why feelings are not a liability, and how Jesus models a different way of being present inside real emotion.
You’ll also learn a simple, biblical practice for moving through anxiety, sadness, or anger in relationship with God—without parking in those emotions or suppressing them.
Peace isn’t something you manufacture.
It’s something you receive as you stay present with God.
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