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This episode features guest hosts Dr. Scott Waltman and Kasey Pierce, authors of the forthcoming book The Rescuer Trap. Strangers get weird on Scott when he attempts to exorcise their sadness with an old painting while Kasey runs away with the invisible idealized man... again.

Are you the fixer, the over-giver, the emotional first responder for everyone but yourself? Welcome to The Rescuer Trap. We playfully own the labels “Parentified and Codependent” to make a point: these are not identities, but learned behaviors.

And what can be learned can be unlearned. Hosts Dr. Scott Waltman and Kasey Pierce use Stoic philosophy and CBT to give you the tools to break the cycle and reclaim your autonomy. Your escape from the trap starts here. Based on the forthcoming book, The Rescuer Trap (New Harbinger).

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In this episode, I chat with Commander William C. Spears. William is a submarine warfare officer in the United States Navy, and author of the upcoming book Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy. He enlisted in the Navy in June 2001, then earned his commission through the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. He has since led a career in nuclear submarines, where he was most recently the second-in-command of a ballistic missile submarine. Today he works at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

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Highlights

* Tell us a little about your background, and how you became interested in Stoicism.

* Why should the military take note of Stoicism?

* What do you mean when you say that Stoicism is a warrior philosophy?

* How can warfare have anything to do with virtue?

* Is your book, Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy, more of an academic work or is it written for a general audience?

* What are some ways in which your book advances the conversation about Stoicism?

Links

* Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy

* Amazon Listing

* William C. Spears’ Website

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