Coaching practices for Spiritual Exercises Hadot
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- When I sit and try to think hard about the big questions in my life, nothing comes
- At night my mind either replays only what I screwed up until I can’t sleep, or it skates past the day entirely
- I’m standing at a choice where I can feel myself about to take the easy, lesser road, and abstract principles aren’t holding me
- I keep telling myself there’s plenty of time, so the things that actually matter to me get pushed to "someday" again and again
- I’ve read all the Stoics and I can quote them, but when I actually look at my week none of it has changed anything
Practices that may help
- Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises
Pierre Hadot showed that ancient philosophy was not primarily a set of doctrines to be believed but a collection of "spiritual exercises" — daily practices that transformed perception, desire, and action. The exercises include attention to the present moment, self-examination, meditation on death, the view from above, and physical dialogue — each designed to change not what you know but who you are. - Pair philosophical practice with physical exercise
Use a regular physical practice (walking, exercise) as the occasion for philosophical reflection — as the ancients did.
Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises - The Pythagorean evening examination (Hadot’s version)
Before sleep, review the day in three questions: Where did I go wrong? What did I succeed at? What remains undone?
Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises - Act as if sages were watching — the practice of the philosophical community
Before any action, ask: would a person I genuinely respect — who embodies the values I aspire to — approve of this?
Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises - Melete thanatou — meditation on death
Briefly contemplate your own death today to clarify what actually matters.
Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises - Practice philosophy as a daily exercise
Reserve time each day not for reading philosophy but for performing a philosophical exercise.
Philosophy as a Way of Life - Prosoche — the practice of attention
Maintain constant, vigilant attention to your own thoughts, judgments, and impulses as they arise.
Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises - The view from above — cosmic perspective
Zoom out to see your situation from a vast distance — then return to act more calmly within it.
Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises - The written dialogue — inner dialogue as philosophical exercise
Write a dialogue between yourself and an imagined wise interlocutor on a question you are genuinely struggling with.
Pierre Hadot’s Spiritual Exercises - Practice the Examen daily and briefly
Do a short Examen most days rather than a long one occasionally.
The Ignatian Examen: Five Movements of Daily Review
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- Pierre Hadot S Spiritual Exercises After A Loss
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- Pierre Hadot S Spiritual Exercises After A Setback
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- Pierre Hadot S Spiritual Exercises As A Caregiver
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- Pierre Hadot S Spiritual Exercises As A Parent
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- Pierre Hadot S Spiritual Exercises During A Big Change
Pierre Hadot showed that ancient philosophy was not primarily a set of doctrines to be believed but a collection of "spiritual exercises" — daily practices that transformed perception, desire, and action. The exercises include attention to the present moment, self-examination, meditation on death, the view from above, and physical dialogue — each designed to change not what you know but who you are.
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