# Hard Truths With Love - by Raphael Reiter

Writing everyday on secular spirituality, love, natural human emotions, self-transcendence, and more.

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## [Hercules Never Got a Warm-Up](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/hercules-never-got-a-warm-up)

_2026-08-08 · Raphaël Reiter_

Epictetus, the snooze button, and the labors you keep postponing

## [My Inner World](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/my-inner-world)

_2026-07-30 · Raphaël Reiter_

You don't need to escape to a mountaintop. The home you've been longing for is already within you.

## [License and Liberty](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/license-and-liberty)

_2026-07-25 · Raphaël Reiter_

There are two kinds of freedom. We picked the wrong one.

## [Courage Is a Choice, Not a Feeling](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/courage-is-a-choice-not-a-feeling)

_2026-07-09 · Raphaël Reiter_

Adapted from my forthcoming book, The Disciple of Discipline: The Manual for a Good Soul.

## [Why I tell my son I am not proud of him.](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/why-i-tell-my-son-i-am-not-proud)

_2026-07-08 · Raphaël Reiter_

And what I tell him instead...

## [What my 6 year old can teach us about resilience, perseverance and the dichotomy of control](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/what-my-6-year-old-can-teach-us-about)

_2026-07-07 · Raphaël Reiter_

Benjamin wants to be a pro athlete. This is how he approaches it.

## [If people make you upset or angry, do this:](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/if-people-make-you-upset-or-angry)

_2026-07-06 · Raphaël Reiter_

(wear a hat to protect you from blue and green tentacles from poking your brain)

## [Join my new subscriber chat](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/join-my-new-subscriber-chat)

_2026-03-20 · Raphaël Reiter_

A private space for us to converse and connect

## [You Don’t Need Happiness. You Need a Fortress](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/you-dont-need-happiness-you-need)

_2026-03-17 · Raphaël Reiter_

Why the ancient Greek concept of Eudaimonia is the answer modern self-help keeps missing and why I built an entire book around it.

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## [Why I Don't Believe in Positive Affirmations (And What I Do Instead)](https://raphaelreiter.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-believe-in-positive-affirmations)

_2026-03-10 · Raphaël Reiter_

Marcus Aurelius didn't tell himself everything would be fine. He told himself exactly how bad it could get and then he decided who he would be in the middle of it.