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#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…
1 year 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…
1 year 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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, 1 month ago
#358 - Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Episode 358
In The Handbook of Epictetus, paragraph 46, the Stoic philosopher provides a powerful lesson on humility, wisdom, and the importance of embodying phi…
1 year, 2 months ago
#357 - Gandalf, Stoicism, and the Wisdom of the Grandfather
Episode 357
If we think of wisdom and stoicism as embodied in an elder figure, it’s often someone like a grandfather—calm, patient, slow to anger. Grandparents t…
1 year, 2 months ago
#356 - The Wisdom of Judgment
Episode 356
In his Handbook, Epictetus offers a profound insight into human suffering
“What upsets people is not things themselves but their judgments about the t…
1 year, 2 months ago
#355 - Nobody is Cut Out For This
Episode 355
Hard work and perseverance are not innate qualities—they are carved into a person through experience, struggle, and discipline. The philosophy of Sto…
1 year, 2 months ago
#354 - Tariffs Through a Stoic Lens
Episode 354
Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs. A term that has been the subject of heated debate in North America, particularly in the context of economic policy shifts.…
1 year, 3 months ago