Notes on Building Good Character
"It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you — inside or out."— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.8📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO + EMAIL CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicis...
19 Okt 20223min
How to Eat, Drink, and Exercise Like a Stoic
"You have to submit to discipline, maintain a strict diet, abstain from rich foods, exercise under compulsion at set times in weather hot and cold, refrain from drinking water or wine whenever you wan...
12 Okt 20228min
How To Quickly Extinguish Anger And Resentment Toward Others
Today's episode unpacks the specific guidelines Marcus Aurelius reminded himself of when feeling anger and resentment toward others for their actions.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO + EMAIL CONTENTCheck out W...
5 Okt 20224min
This Could Change How You Think About Stoicism
How to look beyond isolated quotes, find the deeper meaning, and benefit by applying the principle.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO + EMAIL CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism...
28 Sep 20227min
"What does Stoicism mean to you?": Answers from modern Stoics
For today's episode, I welcome 8 guests who kindly submitted their own answers to the question: "What does Stoicism mean to you?"Their considered responses give great insight into how practitioners of...
21 Sep 202225min
Here’s What We Are... (A Brief Perspective Reset)
What we are and what we think we are can sometimes be very different things.When we get overwhelmed, it can help to look for an alternative perspective.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO + EMAIL CONTENTCheck out...
14 Sep 20225min
How to Use Stoicism to Discard Your Anxiety: An Interview With Jon Brooks
A special interview to mark episode 50 of The What Is Stoicism? Podcast!Today's guest is Jon Brooks, creator of The Stoic Handbook and HighExistence. As a big fan of Jon's work, it was a pleasure for ...
7 Sep 202244min
A Better (Stoic) Way To Escape Pain
“Wanting to get out of pain is the pain; it is not the “reaction” of an “I” distinct from the pain. When you discover this, the desire to escape “merges” into the pain itself and vanishes.” —Alan Watt...
31 Aug 20222min
