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How to Bend Without Breaking
Jun 24, 2026
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Your Bonus Life Begins Now
Jun 17, 2026
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Live Like a Philosopher
Jun 10, 2026
7m 56s
Your Attention Is Your Life
Jun 3, 2026
7m 56s
You’ve Survived More Than You Think
May 27, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/24/26 | ![]() How to Bend Without Breaking | This episode explores the Stoic partnership between foresight and acceptance. Preparing for setbacks doesn’t mean expecting misery—it means building the resilience to meet difficulty without being overwhelmed. With Philo’s calm readiness, Rumi’s guest house, and Marcus Aurelius’s reminder that obstacles can become part of the path, we can meet whatever arrives with confidence and imagination.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: Let Us Cherish Old Agehttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-let-us-cherish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | ![]() Your Bonus Life Begins Now | This episode explores gratitude as a Stoic practice, emphasizing the transformative power of attention. By imagining what we might have already lost—or even our own death—we can reawaken appreciation for ordinary moments: a conversation, a child’s question, a walk with a pet. Marcus Aurelius calls this the “bonus” life, a reminder that presence and awareness turn the everyday into something precious.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: Let Us Cherish Old Agehttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-let-us-cherish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | ![]() Live Like a Philosopher✨ | Stoicismphilosophy+4 | — | — | — | Stoicismphilosophy+6 | — | 7m 56s | |
| 6/3/26 | ![]() Your Attention Is Your Life✨ | attentiondistraction+3 | — | — | — | attentiondistraction+5 | — | 7m 56s | |
| 5/27/26 | ![]() You’ve Survived More Than You Think✨ | resilienceStoicism+3 | — | SubstackAcast | — | resilienceStoicism+5 | — | 7m 50s | |
| 5/20/26 | ![]() The Only Thing You Need to Be✨ | Stoicismvirtue+4 | — | Micro Morning Meditation: The Object is Bound to Perish | — | Stoicismwisdom+5 | — | 7m 20s | |
| 5/13/26 | ![]() How to Stop Missing Your Life✨ | mindfulnessacceptance+3 | — | Acast | — | StoicismSeneca+5 | — | 5m 49s | |
| 5/6/26 | ![]() The Stoic Case Against Anger✨ | angerStoicism+3 | — | Acast | — | angerStoicism+5 | — | 5m 53s | |
| 4/29/26 | ![]() You Don’t Have to Form an Opinion✨ | interpretationmental noise+5 | — | Substack | — | StoicismMarcus Aurelius+5 | — | 6m 09s | |
| 4/22/26 | ![]() Stoic Instructions For Acting Wisely✨ | StoicismCicero+5 | — | AcastSubstack | — | StoicismCicero+5 | — | 6m 16s | |
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| 4/15/26 | ![]() The Slow Work of Healing the Soul✨ | healingstoicism+3 | — | AcastSubstack+1 | — | stoicismhealing+3 | — | 6m 13s | |
| 4/8/26 | ![]() Guarding Your Soul in an Unpredictable World✨ | Stoicismself-care+3 | — | AcastSubstack | — | StoicismMarcus Aurelius+6 | — | 6m 31s | |
| 4/1/26 | ![]() How Strange It Is, What People Do✨ | Stoicisminsults+3 | — | — | — | Stoicisminsults+3 | — | 6m 21s | |
| 3/25/26 | ![]() Aphorisms for Action: Making Stoicism Stick✨ | Stoicismaphorisms+3 | — | — | — | Stoicismaphorisms+4 | — | 6m 51s | |
| 3/18/26 | ![]() Why Genuine Kindness Is Irresistible✨ | kindnessinclusion+3 | — | TurkeyItaly+1 | — | kindnessinclusion+3 | — | 6m 24s | |
| 3/11/26 | ![]() What Is There to Fear? What Is There to Do?✨ | fearanxiety+4 | — | AcastSubstack | — | StoicismEpictetus+6 | — | 6m 41s | |
| 3/4/26 | ![]() What Stoicism Looks Like in Public and in Private✨ | Stoicismphilosophy+3 | — | Acast | — | StoicismDiogenes+5 | — | 7m 10s | |
| 2/25/26 | ![]() Why Good People Suffer✨ | sufferingmoral training+3 | — | AcastOn Providence | — | sufferingStoicism+5 | — | 6m 48s | |
| 2/18/26 | ![]() Don’t Lose Today in the Trap of Tomorrow✨ | expectationliving in the present+3 | — | Ecclesiastes | — | Stoicismexpectation+3 | — | 6m 42s | |
| 2/11/26 | ![]() The Stoic Morning: Poems To Wake Up To | This episode is a quiet pause at the start of the day—a meditation on mornings as gifts rather than obligations. Drawing on Stoic gratitude and four short poems by Billy Collins, Mary Oliver, Rumi, and Frank O’Hara, it invites us to meet the day with attentiveness instead of haste. Each poem becomes a way of honoring the simple fact of waking up, before goals, worries, or noise rush in. It’s an offering of stillness, meant to be lingered with and returned to, one morning at a time.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: We Can Rise To Greater Heightshttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-we-can-rise Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | ![]() When Escape Isn't Possible, Acceptance Is The Way | This episode examines a quietly radical insight: that much of our suffering comes not from pain itself, but from our attempt to escape it. Drawing a line between Alan Watts’ observation and Stoic acceptance, we explore how resistance to reality keeps distress alive long after the moment has passed. Epictetus helps sharpen the lesson by showing how misplacing “the good” in things we can’t control guarantees frustration and conflict.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: We Can Rise To Greater Heightshttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-we-can-rise Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | ![]() You'll Never Be Perfect, And That's Just Fine | This episode reframes Stoicism not as a quest for unreachable perfection, but as a practice of steady progress. Drawing on the ancient idea of the prokoptōn—the one who makes progress—we explore why even Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius saw themselves as students rather than sages. Stoic philosophy, we discover, is less about arriving and more about returning: again and again, to reflection, correction, and effort. To live as a Stoic is simply to desire progress, and to keep good company along the way.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: Don’t Always Be Beginning To Livehttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-dont-always-94c Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | ![]() People Over Things: The Urgency of Today | This episode reflects on how awareness of mortality sharpens our sense of what truly matters, through the unforgettable lesson Randy Pausch taught with a spilled soda and Marcus Aurelius’s reminder that every day arrives with a due date.When time is no longer assumed to be endless, possessions lose their grip and postponed priorities come into focus. Far from being morbid, this clarity is freeing—it helps us release what doesn’t matter and act on what does.The question left hanging is simple and urgent: how will you use today’s opportunity before it quietly expires?👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: Don’t Always Be Beginning To Livehttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-dont-always-94c Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | ![]() We Suffer Most in Our Imagination | This episode explores the Stoic art of decatastrophizing—learning to meet fear by stripping events down to what they really are, rather than what our imagination makes of them.From Socrates calmly facing death to Seneca’s reminder that we suffer more in imagination than in reality, we see how clarity dissolves panic.The practice isn’t denial or blind optimism, but disciplined attention to the present moment. With repetition, the Stoics show, fear loses its grip and the mind regains its power.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: The Art of Self-Retrievalhttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-the-art-4d8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | ![]() Why Relaxation Is Absolutely Necessary | This episode explores an often-overlooked Stoic lesson: that even wisdom, effort, and reflection must be practiced in moderation.Through David Hume’s gentle warning against burnout—and his nuanced engagement with Stoic exercises—we see how pushing too hard, whether in work or in contemplating life’s fragility, can undermine the very growth we seek.Seneca’s counsel to rest the mind and Hume’s reminder that “going slower” can get us there sooner converge on a timeless truth. Flourishing isn’t found in relentless strain or constant gloom, but in the measured balance that preserves both health and gratitude.👇 👇 👇📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: The Art of Self-Retrievalhttps://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-the-art-4d8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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