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220 - Stoics and Emotions

Season 1 Episode 220

Everyone faces up more bravely to a thing for which he has long prepared himself, sufferings, even, being withstood if they have been trained for in advance. Those who are unprepared, on the other ha…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

219 - Acceptance of Others

Season 1 Episode 219

When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can't tell good from…

Published on 3 years, 4 months ago

218 - Accept Yourself

Season 1 Episode 218

One of the hardest things for us to do, though it is one of the most important things we will ever learn, is to accept ourselves for exactly who we are. But when you decide to take this on and make i…

Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

217 - Interview With Donald J. Robertson

Season 1 Episode 217

An interview with Donald J. Robertson about his new graphic novel about Marcus Aurelius called Verissimus. We talk about all kinds of stoic history and the politics of his day.

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Published on 3 years, 5 months ago

216 - Give Yourself Fully To Your Endeavors

Season 1 Episode 216

Forget everything else. Keep hold of this alone and remember it: Each of us lives only now, this brief instant. —Marcus AureliusDon’t let fear, low self-esteem and the negative voices hold you back …

Published on 4 years ago

215 - The Space Between

Season 1 Episode 215

“When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will incre…

Published on 4 years ago

214 - Embody Your Philosophy

Season 1 Episode 214

Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it. — EpictetusEvents in life mean nothing if you do not reflect on them in a deep way, and ideas from books are pointless if they have no application to life as…

Published on 4 years ago

213 - Think Long

Season 1 Episode 213

Everyone faces up more bravely to a thing for which he has long prepared himself, sufferings, even, being withstood if they have been trained for in advance. Those who are unprepared, on the other ha…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

212 - Friction

Season 1 Episode 212

Anxieties can only come from your internal judgement.— Marcus AureliusWe all have things in our lives that seems to stop us from completing things that we really want to do. Often, these things aren’…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago

211 - Toxic Positivity

Season 1 Episode 211

“To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.”― SenecaLife is never meant to be kittens and rainbows. A good port…

Published on 4 years, 1 month ago