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Aurelius121
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You cannot teach anyone. You can only help them find it within themselves.
Number of ratings7 Number of reviews6 Listens toTeens & Over 18 LanguagesEnglish Listener sinceOct 1, 2023 Last activein last week GenderMale PathStep 33 People helped61 Chats151 Listener group chats1 Forum posts47 Forum upvotes45
Bio

INTERACTIONS.

- I usually only have time to volunteer on 7 Cups once or twice a week.

- I typically do 45 minute sessions with members.

- I am always marked as offline because I receive requests while marked as available or busy. I am only able to help one person at a time. It would be neat to do two or three, but that is beyond what I am capable of.

- If I am working with you, please note that I am on Central Time. (CT)

- If I do not receive a response for ten minutes, I will assume the discussion has concluded or ask a member to submit a new chat request.

- If we have agreed to work together and you would like to reschedule our next meeting, please let me know as soon as you are able. I treat this as a job of sorts since it is helping me build experience through volunteering. As such, I prefer to be assisting someone once a week. I will need to refer you to a different Listener if our schedules do not match up, but I will provide you with a support document summarizing everything we have discussed so that you will not have to repeat yourself.

METHODOLOGY.

I am a proponent of individual psychology. Cognitive behavioral therapy, Stoicism, and existentialism also interest me.

A member may vent about their circumstances or someone who has wronged them, but I am mainly interested in what they intend to do going forward.

All of us have goals we are pursuing either consciously or subconsciously. If possible, I prefer to identify those with the member.

BIO.

Life is inherently difficult, but we can find a way through it.

I earned a Bachelor's of Science in psychology, and stopped college to go on to make very poor decisions for 12 years. I got tired of that lifestyle in 2021, and went on to accomplish more in three years than I had in ten. I dropped over fifty pounds, overcame several lifelong fears, and went on to have a far more dynamic range of the human experience.

If it is within my ability to help someone in the same manner that I was assisted, then that is something I must do.

I believe everyone has the answers they seek, but sometimes they need help finding them.

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With my physical health in order, I sought to get my mental health in order at the start of 2023. I read books, articles, and watch videos related to self-improvement while taking notes. I then put these notes into an app called Flashcards World and study them when I have a moment. Here are some resources that I found quite valuable.

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.

The Courage to Be Disliked
by Koga and Kishimi.

How to be Miserable: 40 Strategies You Already Use by Randy Paterson.

How to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale Carnegie.

Escaping Ordinary on YouTube.

Admiral McRaven's address to the University of Texas at Austin Class of 2014 as edited by MotivationHub.

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* Quality Listening Program Graduate - July 2024

* Adult/Teen Listener - August 2024

Feedback & Reviews
Really nice listen👂
Very helpful, active listening
Loved it! Awesome chat
One of the most productive conversation I had on 7 cups, very helpful, ask the right questions to figure out
this person is going to help so many other people and I enjoyed the conversation between us.
He’s a good listener and encouraging and helpful
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