Every time we open a book, watch a documentary, or listen to the words of someone long gone, we’re waking the dead. 🎥 Watch Ken Burns’ interview on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R1jQy8O_mo 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/dailystoicpodcast 🎥 Watch top moments from The Dail...
Dec 20, 2024•9 min•Ep. 2371
You don’t need perfect conditions or absolute confidence to move forward. You need only to take the next step. The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy, to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2025. Why 3 weeks? Because it takes human beings 21 days to build new habits and skills, to create the muscle memory of making beautiful choices each an...
Dec 19, 2024•15 min•Ep. 2370
When we tie our identity to what we do rather than who we truly are, losing that sense of self can be devastating. Benj Gershman, bassist for the rock band O.A.R ., experienced this firsthand—and it led him to Stoicism. In this conversation, Benj opens up to Ryan about the mental and physical toll of life on the road, lessons learned from O.A.R.'s 30 years together, and how The Obstacle is the Way transformed his mindset during the darkest chapter of his life. You can follow Benj on Instagram @B...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 2361
We are going to face scary situations in life. Our mind can be our friend in these situations or our worst enemy. 🎥 Watch A Life Changing Stoic Lesson From Gladiator on YouTube 💡 The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy, to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2025. Why 3 weeks? Because it takes human beings 21 days to build new habits and s...
Dec 18, 2024•8 min•Ep. 2369
We have to be strong enough to will ourselves to do what needs to be done. Don’t be afraid to start. Don’t put it off any longer. The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy, to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2025. Why 3 weeks? Because it takes human beings 21 days to build new habits and skills, to create the muscle memory of making beauti...
Dec 17, 2024•26 min•Ep. 2366
You are what your choices make you, nothing more and nothing less. The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy, to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2025. Why 3 weeks? Because it takes human beings 21 days to build new habits and skills, to create the muscle memory of making beautiful choices each and every day. Head over to dailystoic.com/cha...
Dec 16, 2024•11 min•Ep. 2365
These moments give us time and space for gratitude in our life, where we have the ability to see the big picture, where we can get perspective, where we can have the breakthroughs that we need to have. 🪙 We have a collection of items in the Daily Stoic store to help you in your own memento mori practice , check them out here: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcast on Instagram 🎥 Watch top moments from The Daily Stoic Podcast on YouTube ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered t...
Dec 15, 2024•24 min•Ep. 2357
New Year’s Day begins a frenzy of ambitious goals and resolutions, yet by the end of January most have already been abandoned. James Clear, bestselling author of Atomic Habits , joins Ryan to talk about reengaging with old habits, questions to ask yourself when setting resolutions, and the key components to maintain motivation and achieve consistency in 2025. James Clear is the author of the New York Times Bestseller, Atomic Habits , as well as a world-renowned speaker. You can listen or watch J...
Dec 14, 2024•46 min•Ep. 2356
It’s a lesson we’d do well to remember today. Don’t overdo anything. Don’t take virtue or vice in its pure or unadulterated form. The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy, to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2025. Why 3 weeks? Because it takes human beings 21 days to build new habits and skills, to create the muscle memory of making beauti...
Dec 13, 2024•9 min•Ep. 2363
Each morning when you wake up, life presents you with an opportunity. You know what you’re capable of. The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy, to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2025. Why 3 weeks? Because it takes human beings 21 days to build new habits and skills, to create the muscle memory of making beautiful choices each and every ...
Dec 12, 2024•11 min•Ep. 2362
You have so much more in you than it feels like you do. You got this. The Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge is 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy, to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2025. Why 3 weeks? Because it takes human beings 21 days to build new habits and skills, to create the muscle memory of making beautiful choices each and every day. Head over to dailystoic.com/...
Dec 11, 2024•4 min•Ep. 2360
Young men are struggling to find guidance and make sense of their place in society, so what can we do about it? In today’s Part 2 episode, Richard Reeves and Ryan discuss changing roles and expectations for men, avoiding radicalization, and their perspectives as fathers of young men. Don’t forget to listen to Part 1 on Apple Podcasts or Spotify where Richard and Ryan explain why helping one gender won’t hurt the other, how the educational system is failing men, and what the biggest misunderstand...
Dec 11, 2024•46 min•Ep. 2351
The small, deliberate acts of journaling, reading, and meditating—these are not just habits but rituals that fortify the soul and create the steady hand we reach for when everything else falters. 📓 Pick up a signed edition of The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on The Art of Living : https://store.dailystoic.com/ Protect your Daily Stoic Journal from the wear and tear of everyday use with the Leather Cover : https://store.dailystoic.com/ 🎙️ Follow The Daily Stoic Podcas...
Dec 10, 2024•21 min•Ep. 2359
The definition of insanity, they say, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. What could this year be if you finally lived up to your potential? Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge | 3 weeks of ALL-NEW, actionable challenges, presented in an email per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy, to help you create a better life, and a new you in 2025. Why 3 weeks? Because it takes human beings 21 days to build new habits and skills, to ...
Dec 09, 2024•11 min•Ep. 2358
Stoicism and Iron Maiden may seem like an unlikely duo, but there is a surprising number of philosophical lessons the heavy metal band has taught Ryan Holiday. 🎙️ Listen to Ryan’s recap of taking his son to Iron Maiden on the Daily Dad podcast: Apple Podcasts & Spotify ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic ...
Dec 08, 2024•24 min•Ep. 2349
While women have made incredible strides over the past few decades, men have found themselves stuck in a tornado of confusion and disinformation around what masculinity means. Today, Ryan talks with Richard Reeves, author of Of Boys and Men and President of the American Institute for Boys and Men, about why helping one gender won’t hurt the other, how the educational system is failing men, and what the biggest misunderstandings are about gender dynamics. Richard Reeves is author of Of Boys and M...
Dec 07, 2024•56 min•Ep. 2348
The more you are content with your surroundings, whatever they are, the more power you have. 📕 We’re excited to announce that we’ve put together a special leatherbound edition of The Daily Dad just in time for the holidays! Check it out at dailydad.com/leather 🎙️ Listen to the Daily Dad podcast: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube ✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.com 📱 Follow Daily Dad: Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , YouTube ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sig...
Dec 06, 2024•10 min•Ep. 2355
It’s not about abundance. It’s about nourishment, inspiration, guidance, reassurance, clarity. Check out AJ Jacobs' podcast The Puzzler ! 🎙️ Listen to AJ Jacobs' FULL interview | Apple Podcasts & Spotify Pick up a signed copy of AJ Jacobs’ book, The Year of Living Constitutionally at The Painted Porch Follow AJ Jacobs on Instagram @AJJacobsInc and X @AJJacobs . 🗓️ The Page-A-Day Calendar is featured in our 2024 Daily Stoic Gift Guide , where you’ll find the perfect gift for the Stoic in yo...
Dec 05, 2024•14 min•Ep. 2354
The First Step Act in 2018 included provisions for non-violent federal inmates to petition for early release or reductions in their sentences. How to determine whether to grant or deny those requests is what U.S. District Court Judge Frederic Block explores in his new book, A Second Chance , which features his experiences with six prisoners who came to him asking for their release. Judge Frederic Block talks to Ryan on today’s episode about how he morally views his role as a judge, why the First...
Dec 04, 2024•59 min•Ep. 2347
A Stoic will flip-flop…if the facts demand it. A Stoic will give up…if they’ve been going the wrong direction. ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📱 Follow us: Instagram , Twitter , YouTube , TikTok , and Facebook See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califor...
Dec 04, 2024•2 min•Ep. 2353
Find ways to be of service. Find ways to pay forward the acts of charity and grace that we would not be here without. Locate a blood bank near you: redcrossblood.org 🎥 Watch Sebastian Junger's interview on the Daily Stoic Podcast YouTube Channel 📚 Check out Sebastian Junger’s books at The Painted Porch | https://www.thepaintedporch.com 🪙 We are the creators of our anxiety. Which means we can also be the ones to do something about it. Gain a powerful tool in your fight against anxiety and get ...
Dec 03, 2024•20 min•Ep. 2352
The great fortune of Marcus Aurelius' life, he says at one point in Meditations , is not just that he himself has never known serious want, it’s that he’s been lucky enough to be able to help so many people. Rather than give in to the materialism and selfishness of Cyber Monday, we’re teaming with Feeding America to contribute to something larger than ourselves. Help us reach our goal of feeding THREE MILLION people, every $1 donated is at least 10 meals. Donate at dailystoic.com/feeding If you ...
Dec 02, 2024•12 min•Ep. 2350
Those of us who have been blessed—whether it be love, time, or resources—have an opportunity and responsibility to share it with others. The more we give, the more we will receive. Join us in our annual Daily Stoic fundraiser for Feeding America ! Every year instead of contributing to the corporate indulgence of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we encourage our listeners to make a donation. Every $1 donated helps provide at least 10 meals, just head over to dailystoic.com/feed . 📕 Grab a signed c...
Dec 01, 2024•11 min•Ep. 2341
There have been few changes and additions to the United States Constitution since it was ratified in 1788, despite life being wildly different now a few centuries later. To really put the document into a modern perspective, author AJ Jacobs decided to literally live by the Constitution for a full year and documented the experience in his new book The Year of Living Constitutionally . In today’s episode, AJ spoke with Ryan about his inspiration for the book, the contradictions of the Founding Fat...
Nov 30, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 2338
While some of us sit here with stomachs filled with as many Thanksgiving foods as we could manage, there are those feeling the rumblings of an empty stomach. According to Feeding America , 1 in 7 people in the United States face hunger today, and 1 in 5 are children. Join us in making a small dent in a big problem at dailystoic.com/feeding This year we are personally putting up the first $30,000, with our overall goal to raise $300,000. Every dollar we raise provides 10 meals, so if we hit our g...
Nov 29, 2024•11 min•Ep. 2346
As you gather around your family and friends this Thanksgiving, of course, appreciate it and give thanks for all the obvious and bountiful gifts that moment presents. Just make sure that as you go back to your everyday, ordinary life that you make gratitude a regular part of it. Ask DS: How can we recognize what we are good at? We all have egos, what can we do to keep it in check? + more! Feeding America | Every year instead of contributing to the corporate indulgence of Black Friday and Cyber M...
Nov 28, 2024•11 min•Ep. 2345
Every year instead of contributing to the corporate indulgence of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we encourage our listeners to make a donation. Every $1 donated helps provide at least 10 meals. It only takes a little to make a big difference. We donated the first $30,000, and we’d like your help in reaching our goal of $300,000. If we hit that goal of $300,000, it would provide over 3 MILLION meals for families across the country. Just head over to dailystoic.com/feed and together we can make a ...
Nov 27, 2024•38 min•Ep. 2336
When we do good, we don’t need to ask for more, because practicing virtue is its own profound return. 📿 Get your own Four Virtues Pendant to wear so you can feel its weight and stick to your principles in every situation, no matter the proverbial bricks thrown your way: https://store.dailystoic.com/ ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these ...
Nov 27, 2024•4 min•Ep. 2344
It’s weird. It’s unnatural. It’s not how you’d like things to be. But so what? Welcome to life. ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📱 Follow us: Instagram , Twitter , YouTube , TikTok , and Facebook See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...
Nov 26, 2024•12 min•Ep. 2343
Eternal fame doesn’t even last. So what should we prize instead? 📕 Pick up your own Premium Leather Edition of Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (Gregory Hays Translation) at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/ 📓 Grab a signed edition of The Daily Stoic Journal: 366 Days of Writing and Reflection on The Art of Living : https://store.dailystoic.com/ ✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail 🏛 Get...
Nov 25, 2024•9 min•Ep. 2342
