The belief that we can control our feelings by controlling our thoughts is both the most simple and also the most radical premise on which most modern therapeutic models rest.
The promise of sovereignty over our minds is a highly attractive one, and even more strongly so in times of radical uncertainty and rapid change.
But the dream of being master in our own house is much older than we may think. It first emerged in ancient Greece around 300 BCE among the philosophers of the Stoa.
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