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#368 - Pleasure vs. Purpose: Finding Balance in Modern Life
Episode 368
Viktor Frankl once wrote, “Those who cannot find a deep sense of meaning distract themselves with pleasure.” It’s a quote that resonates deeply withi…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
#367 - Excuses vs. Truth: Owning Failure in a Stoic Life
Episode 367
As Stoics, we are called to play many roles in life, each with its own set of duties and responsibilities. These roles—whether as professionals, pare…
10 months ago
#366 - Embracing Life's Trials - A Stoic Perspective
Episode 366
“You know what, from my experience, what I found out? That God tests you to see how much of this you can take before you say, ‘Let’s just be finished…
10 months, 1 week ago
#365 - How Stoicism Helped Me Handle a Car Accident
Episode 365
It was a typical Saturday night. The kind where you’re winding down after a fun outing, and you’re almost home. That was me a few weeks ago. It was a…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
#364 - Surviving Orwell’s 1984 as a Stoic
Episode 364
In this episode, we dive deep into the totalitarian world of George Orwell’s 1984 and ask: Could a Stoic survive—and even thrive—there? What does inn…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
#363 - Character is What Remains
Episode 363
Last week, I attended the funeral of a man who had worked for our company for 25 years. He was deeply woven into the fabric of our organization—one o…
11 months ago
#362 - Joshua W. Bertolotti: Finding Peace in Imperfection
Episode 362
Joshua W. Bertolotti is the host of the In Search of Wisdom Podcast and the Perennial Podcast where he talks about all kinds of ancient wisdom and en…
11 months, 1 week ago
#361 - Should a Stoic Be Vegan?
Episode 361
It’s a compelling question—one I’ve spent years thinking through, not only as someone who once followed a strict vegan diet, but as someone who conti…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
#360 - Top 10 Daily Habits
Episode 360
Over the years, I have experimented with countless daily habits, each aimed at optimizing my productivity, happiness, and health. Some worked, some d…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
#359 - On Helping the Homeless
Episode 359
Like many people living in cities, I’ve noticed that the homeless population has grown significantly. In my home province of Nova Scotia, this was ha…
1 year ago