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Back to Search#30 - Meditations Series Kick Off: The Life of Marcus Aurelius, How Meditations Was Written, The Mullet Snake Cult, Fake Steve Jobs & Seneca's Letters To Paul
Season 4 Episode 30
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30 episodes in and we are finally ready to officially introduce you to Marcus Aurelius himself. In this episode we give you a bio of …
2 years, 5 months ago
#29 - Equanimity Series Finale The Final Remedy: Confidence, The Ascension of Marcus Aurelius vs Elizabeth Holmes, How to Build a Confident Mind & Stoicism in the Streets
Season 3 Episode 29
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The Equanimity Series comes to a close as Justin and Bruce discuss the "Final Remedy" that Seneca teaches his friend about-- Confiden…
2 years, 5 months ago
#28 - The First Aurelmas: Smashing Mugs, Sinking Ships, Feasting With Gods, Bonfires and Our Brand New Stoic Rap
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We take a brief departure from our study of Equanimity to recap the celebration of the Stoic holiday (we invented) called "Aurelmas" …
2 years, 6 months ago
#27 - Equanimity Series - Preference & Attachment, Disturbing TLC Shows, Bonaparte's Strategy for Letting Go, Finding 'Enough', Child Actors vs Buddhist Monks & Exposure Therapy
Season 3 Episode 27
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One of the most powerful tools in the Stoic arsenal for creating equanimity in our lives is understanding the difference between pref…
2 years, 6 months ago
#26 - Equanimity Series Aversions & Desires: The Faith in Loving Fiercely, Taming Desire & Aversion, Accepting the Present, Justin's Deepest Fear & The Stoic Origins of Christmas
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In this episode we get personal... We read through the beautiful poem called "True Love" by David Whyte and talk about the struggle t…
2 years, 7 months ago
#25 - Equanimity Series - Pleasure! Hercules Choice, Bruce Becomes a Hippy, The Festival of Yes, and the First Stoic Hymn (We Wrote It)
Season 4 Episode 25
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Hercules (not the Disney version) is faced with the choice between 2 Goddesses, but one is misleading him on the nature of pleasure. …
2 years, 7 months ago
#24 - Equanimity Series - PAIN! W/Nationally Ranked Endurance Athlete AJ Conover, Bored vs Boring, Removing Unnecessary Pain, How to Increase Pain Tolerance and Stoic Hot Takes
Season 4 Episode 24
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Fresh off of placing 6th at nationals in collegiate mountain biking athlete, coach and friend AJ Conover sat down with us to talk abo…
2 years, 7 months ago
#23 - Equanimity Series Overview: The Inner Citadel, King Arthur's Affair, How to Deal With Things That Are Hard to Deal With & Bruce Lee's Advice on Mastery
Season 4 Episode 23
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Have you ever seen Camelot? One of the most famous monologues from that play serves as a perfect backdrop for kicking off our series …
2 years, 8 months ago
# 22 - On The Shortness of Life (Full Audiobook Reading)
Season 3 Episode 22
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We're reading you the whole book! Last week we talked in depth about Seneca's "On The Shortness of Life" and we thought the book was …
2 years, 8 months ago
#21 - On The Shortness of Life (New Year’s Special)
Season 3 Episode 21
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On this special edition of Modern Meditations we explore the book “On The Shortness of Life” which was practically made for New Year'…
2 years, 8 months ago