Matthew Sharpe teaches philosophy and psychoanalytic studies, and has published both academic and general audience articles on Stoicism as a lived philosophy. He is the coauthor of Philosophy as a Way of Life: History, Dimensions, Directions (Bloomsbury, 2021), and an organiser of the Melbourne Stoicon-x events. Matthew is the 2022 winner of the Australasian Association of Philosophy media award for his piece on the Stoic Epictetus, "When Life Gives You Lemons".