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Introduction:

What if the thing you’ve been chasing your entire life—safety—was never actually available in this reality?

In this Dead Talk, Christy brings in Seneca (Roman Stoic philosopher and advisor to Nero) and Dorothy Day (Catholic anarchist, activist, and fierce advocate for human dignity). Together they deliver a perspective shift that will change the way you think about safety.

Seneca’s message: “You were never meant to feel safe. You were meant to feel steady.”

Seneca dismantles the modern definition of safety as “continuity without disruption,” calling it a made-up idea that life has never promised. He describes watching fortunes vanish overnight, alliances dissolve, empires collapse—and noticing that the greatest suffering wasn’t caused by loss itself, but by the people who postponed living until conditions improved.

His definition of steadiness is piercing and practical:

Steadiness isn’t predicting outcomes. It’s meeting whatever arrives without abandoning yourself.

Dorothy Day’s response: “True—and incomplete.”

You don’t survive uncertainty alone. You’re held through contact, belonging, and participation.

She reframes “support” as something most people don’t recognize because they only count certain things as support. Her version of safety isn’t built on guarantees—it’s built on belonging before you feel secure.

She introduces one of the most powerful lines of the episode:

“Don’t wait until you feel safe to belong. Just belong.”

The hidden trap: “Preparation” as disguised fear

One of the most practical takeaways comes when they reveal how postponement hides:

• “Once this is handled…”
• “When I feel more secure…”
• “I just need more information…”
• “I need the timing to be right…”

They don’t call these wrong—but they point out the pattern: Safety becomes a precondition for movement, and suddenly you’re not living… you’re negotiating.

“If safety were not my concern, what would I do next?”

Why you’ll want to listen

It’s an episode that changes the language of your inner world.

By the end, you may find yourself questioning whether “safety” has been your unconscious religion—and whether steadiness is the freedom you were actually designed for.