Stoic Mindfulness & Resilience Training (SMRT) – Donald Robertson

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SMRT has been running once or twice a year since 2014. You can read our report on the data from the original program when you enroll for the preliminary section. Thousands of people have completed the training since then. This course is free and was developed under the auspices of Modern Stoicism, a nonprofit multi-disciplinary team dedicated to educating people about Stoicism and its applications to modern living.

Please note that SMRT is an intensive skills training course used to gather research data. Please do not enroll unless you’re completely certain that you will be able to commit the time required each day to complete the exercises and reading. We estimate that it takes about one hour to complete the reading at the start of each week plus approximately 20-30 minutes each day to participate in the exercises, etc.

NB: After enrolling you’ll have immediate access to the welcome section, which you should work through. When the course begins the rest of the course content will become available to you so that all participants are working through the material at the same pace.

For more information, see the curriculum outline below. You can also download the SMRT 2014 report, with data and feedback from participants here: SMRT Report.

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This course is closed for enrollment.

Your Instructor

Donald Robertson

I was fortunate enough to be one of the founding members of Modern Stoicism and Stoic Week. I’m the author of six books on philosophy and psychotherapy, including the following titles on Stoicism:

• How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius (St. Martin’s)
• Stoicism and the Art of Happiness, 2nd Edition (Hodder)
• Build Your Resilience (Hodder)
• The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy: Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 2nd Edition (Routledge)

Please email me if you need to get in touch.

Course Curriculum

Welcome

• Introduction to Preliminary Section
• Your Course Facilitators
• Discussion: Please Introduce Yourself
• Welcome to the Preliminary Section
• About the Course
• What is Stoicism?
• Learning More about Stoicism
• Course Goals
• Overview of Contents
• Your Role and Responsibilities
• Troubleshooting
• Preliminary: Knowledge Check
• Weekly Webinars (YouTube Live)
• General Group Discussion
• What Next after Preliminary Week?

Week One: Orientation & Basics

• Introduction
• YouTube Live Webinar
• The Questionnaires
• Facebook Discussion Group
• Welcome to Week One
• Optional: Download PDF Version
• Course Structure
• Overview of Week One
• Stoic Mindfulness
• The Handbook of Epictetus (4:13)
• The Basic Concept
• Worksheet: Two-Column Exercise
• Daily Meditation Exercise
• Example & Questions
• Self-Monitoring
• Worksheet: Self-Monitoring
• Download Audio Recording
• Cues & Reminders
• Week 1: Knowledge Check
• What Next after Week One?

Week Two: Stoic Virtues

• Introduction
• Welcome to Week Two
• Optional: Download PDF Version
• YouTube Live Webinar
• Overview of Week Two
• The Basic Concept
• Living Virtuously
• What is Virtue?
• Values Clarification Exercise
• More Values Clarification
• Desirable versus Healthy and Praiseworthy
• Valued Living & Activity Scheduling
• Daily Meditation Exercise
• Self-Monitoring
• Download Audio Recording
• Week Two Knowledge Check
• What Next after Week Two?

Week Three: Stoic Mindfulness

• Introduction
• Welcome to Week Three
• Optional: Download PDF Version
• YouTube Live Webinar
• Overview of Week Three
• The Basic Concept
• Some Examples
• Daily Meditation Exercise
• Self-Monitoring
• Worry Postponement
• Download Audio Recording
• Week 3 Knowledge Check
• What Next after Week Three?

Week Four: Stoic Resilience

• Introduction
• Welcome to Week Fou
• Optional: Download PDF Version
• YouTube Live Webinar
• Overview of Week Four
• The Basic Concept
• Some Examples
• Some More Comments
• Download Audio Recording
• Daily Meditation Exercise
• Brief Mindfulness Exercise
• Self-Monitoring
• Example Coping-Plan
• Worksheet: Coping Plan
• Week Four Knowledge Check
• Complete Brief Course Evaluation
• What Next after Week Four?

Finishing the Course

• Introduction
• Post-study Questionnaires
• Goodbye and FAQs
• Reference Materials from SMRT 2014