REASONS NOT TO WORRY

An essential guide to the wisdom of the ancient philosophy of the Stoics, completely updated for the current moment. Modern, smart and witty this ideology has so much to teach us about coping with the 21st century and its multitude of crises.

We're all searching for answers to the biggest questions. How to be good? How to find calm? How to properly grieve? How to beat FOMO? How to work out what truly matters? Well, good news is that the wisest minds in history asked the exact same questions - and they found answers. Their ancient philosophy of Stoicism can show us that we today are in fact already in possession of the very tools we need to excavate this much-needed wisdom for ourselves. So into the past we go with Brigid Delaney, to a time not unlike our own: one full of pandemonium, war, plagues, pestilence, treachery, corruption, anxiety, overindulgence--and, even then, the fear of a climate apocalypse. By learning and living the teachings of three ancient guides, Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius, Brigid shows us how we can apply these lessons to our modern lives in a way that allows us to regain a sense of agency and tranquillity. Stoicism can be tough medicine to swallow, but not here-this book is awash with insight, humour and compassion. Timely and so very useful, and filled to the brim with ways you can wrest back control, here are all the reasons not to worry. Brigid Delaney is a journalist for The Guardian, and writes the popular weekly column Brigid Delaney's Diary, that's widely read in Australia, the US and the UK. She is the author of three books: This Restless Life (MUP), Wild Things (Harper Collins) and Wellmania (Black Inc).Wellmania was also published in the UK, Canada, the US and France and is currently in production for Netflix Australia (https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-reveals-first-look-and-cast-for-australian-comedy-drama-series). She is a co-founder of the Mercy Campaign, that advocates for the abolition of the death penalty in south-east Asia.