#57: Choose Virtue Over Vice - Stoic Philosophy, Therapy, and Fitness (Part Five)
Mon Jan 05 2026
In this episode, Adam Barfoot, M.Ed., LPC-MHSP, discusses the importance of choosing virtue over vice, the roles that challenges play improving mental health, unselfish action, improving ourselves and helping others, the excellence of virtue, the role of right effort in therapy, the importance of aim in philosophy, therapy, and fitness, how we can become more courageous, the influence of virtue and vice on mental health, the role of improving decision-making in recovery from addiction, and what it means to think, feel, and act with virtue.
Adam's website: https://www.adambarfoottherapy.com/
Books mentioned in this episode: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, 12 Rules For Life by Jordan Peterson, The Secrets of Exceptional Counselors by Jeffrey Kottler
Email: counselingandfunctionalfitness@gmail.com
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In this episode, Adam Barfoot, M.Ed., LPC-MHSP, discusses the importance of choosing virtue over vice, the roles that challenges play improving mental health, unselfish action, improving ourselves and helping others, the excellence of virtue, the role of right effort in therapy, the importance of aim in philosophy, therapy, and fitness, how we can become more courageous, the influence of virtue and vice on mental health, the role of improving decision-making in recovery from addiction, and what it means to think, feel, and act with virtue. Adam's website: https://www.adambarfoottherapy.com/ Books mentioned in this episode: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, 12 Rules For Life by Jordan Peterson, The Secrets of Exceptional Counselors by Jeffrey Kottler Email: counselingandfunctionalfitness@gmail.com