Ancient Wisdom for Modern Relationships

A Guide to Healthier Connections

The Plato's Academy Centre and Kasey Pierce

Aug 22, 2025

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We all have relationships. Romantic relationships can leave us happy and fulfilled, or bankrupt our values. The relationship to our friends can be harmonious and helpful, or foster distrust, envy, and manipulation. Our relationship to our employer can also be fulfilling, or inauthentic and draining as we engage in a people-pleaser dynamic.

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A guest post by

Kasey Pierce

Editor of 365 Ways to Be More Stoic, coauthor of The Stoicism Workbook and the forthcoming The Rescuer Trap: A Guide to Overcoming Codependency, Compulsive Helping in Relationships and People-Pleasing (New Harbinger, 2026)