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#398 - Stoic Resilience: You're Stronger Than You Think | With Kyle Sarka
Episode 398
In this episode, Brandon sits down with an educator and school principal, Kyle Sarka, to explore Stoic resilience—not as brute toughness, but as endu…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
#397 - Why Does Progress Often Feel Like Failure?
Episode 397
In this episode of The Strong Stoic, I explore a Stoic paradox: the one making the most progress often feels it the least.
Drawing from Epictetus, Mar…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
#396 - Life Isn’t Fair — And That’s the Point
Episode 396
Life isn’t fair — and Stoicism never said it would be.
In this episode, we explore what it actually means to live with integrity in a world that doesn…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
#395 - Living Between Reaction and Intention
Episode 395
We all try to live with intention—but life keeps interrupting us.
In this episode, I explore the tension between daily reactivity and long-term vision…
3 months ago
#394 - The Stoic Warrior's Restless Night
Episode 394
Imposter syndrome doesn’t mean you’re weak.
It often means you’re growing.
In this episode of The Strong Stoic Podcast, I explore imposter syndrome thr…
3 months, 1 week ago
#393 - Strong at the Broken Places: How Stoics Rebuild After Breaking
Episode 393
In this episode, Brandon explores Hemingway’s famous line: “The world breaks everyone.”
But instead of treating breaking as failure, we look at it thr…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
#392 - Diogenes the Dog: Stress-Testing Stoicism with Inger Kuin
Episode 392
In this episode of The Strong Stoic, I’m joined by classicist and author Inger Kuin to dive deep into the wild, hilarious, and surprisingly practical…
4 months, 1 week ago
#391 - The Path to Personal Growth
Episode 391
In this episode, Brandon discusses the journey of personal growth and self-improvement, emphasizing the importance of learning from past experiences …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
#390 - Kai Whiting on Illness, Identity, and Practicing Stoicism When Life Collapses
Episode 390
After nearly two years away from the Stoic world, author and researcher Kai Whiting returns to share—candidly—what happened: sudden metabolic illness…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
#389 - The Stoic Heart of Star Wars
Episode 389
The Jedi sought to control their emotions. Luke Skywalker mastered them through compassion. In this episode, I explore how Star Wars reflects the cor…
4 months, 3 weeks ago