"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment." - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.47 📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENT Check out What Is Stoicism? on Substack: https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 16, 2022•5 min•Season 1Ep. 18
With awareness we can regain our innocence, we can feel the freedom of becoming like children. 📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENT Check out What Is Stoicism? on Substack: https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 09, 2022•5 min•Season 1Ep. 17
How to start solving problems from within. 📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENT Check out What Is Stoicism? on Substack: https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 02, 2022•5 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Stoic reflections on empathizing. Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 26, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 15
How to stay on track with your Stoic goals. Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 19, 2022•4 min•Season 1Ep. 14
A short introduction to the What Is Stoicism? Podcast. Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Substack: https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 14, 2022•6 min
Stoic reflections for when negative thoughts start to take over. Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 12, 2022•4 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Stoic reflections on removing ego and carrying water. Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 05, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Calming music and thoughts from Marcus Aurelius to relax, study, work or meditate to. Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Song: Venkatesananda Artist: Jesse Gallagher Album: Venkatesananda Licensed to YouTube by YouTube Audio Library Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 29, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Stoic reflections for when you're feeling burnt out. Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 22, 2021•4 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Stoic reflections on curing fear of the future in a practical way. Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 15, 2021•3 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Stoic reflections of gift giving. 🎁 Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 08, 2021•3 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Stoic relflections on self-discipline. “Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.” - Marcus Aurelius Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 01, 2021•3 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Stoic relflections on your ideal life. “What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him." -- Viktor Frankl Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 24, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Stoic reflections on morning motivation. “When the standards have been set, things are tested and weighed. And the work of philosophy is just this, to examine and uphold the standards, but the work of a truly good person is in using those standards when they know them.” -- Epictetus, Discourses 2.11.23 Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. Se...
Nov 17, 2021•4 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Stoic reflections on being criticised and praised. “Everything in any way beautiful has its beauty of itself, inherent and self-sufficient: praise is no part of it. At any rate, praise does not make anything better or worse.” -- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.20 Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 10, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Stoic reflections on doing. “So then practice and rehearse To find heart-soul’s universe, Knowing that by moving/seeing Proves for all time: Doing’s being!” - Doing is Being, Ray Bradbury Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 03, 2021•3 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Stoic reflections on doing the right thing. "Just that you do the right thing, the rest doesn’t matter.” - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.2 Website: https://whatisstoicism.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatisstoicism Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatisstoicism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 27, 2021•4 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Stoic thoughts on luck. “It is my bad luck that this has happened to me.’ No, you should rather say: ‘It is my good luck that, although this has happened to me, I can bear it without pain, neither crushed by the present nor fearful of the future.’ Because such a thing could have happened to any man, but not every man could have borne it without pain. So why see more misfortune in the event than good fortune in your ability to bear it?”-- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.49 Website: https://whatiss...
Oct 13, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 1