Real Growth Is Treating Yourself With The Loyalty Of A Friend

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"What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself." - Hecato of Rhodes (via Seneca, Moral Letters 6.7).

Stoic progress begins where self-hostility ends. If you spoke to yourself as a loyal friend, not a lenient one - what would actually change this week: a habit you’d drop or a promise you’d keep? Share one concrete practice you use when your inner critic gets loud.

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