The What Is Stoicism? Podcast
Episodes
Stoicism, Whisky, And Seeing Things For What They Are
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Without a story, without an imagined reality, everything can be seen for what it is.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO + EMAIL CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicis...
How To Return To The Present Moment
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic perspectives to change how you think about the past and the future so you can stop all that mental time travel.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO + EMAIL...
The Stoicism Of Looking At A Sheep
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a lot we can learn from animals.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com...
Meditation Episode: Practicing Stoic Acceptance
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Do not seek for things to happen the way you want them to; rather, wish that what happens happen the way it happens: then you will be happy." - Epict...
Success Might Not Be What You Think It Is
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you set a goal and try to achieve it, you’re ultimately either successful or not.But consider this – if you become rich and famous without tr...
A Short But Powerful Exercise: Define Your Own Principles
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With a clear focus on your guiding principles, you can quickly apply them and make decisions more easily. Decisions that reflect your character.📻 F...
4 Stoic Questions To Ask Yourself When You've Been Criticised
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How to be less disrupted by criticism by using it as a learning experience.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:ht...
Life Is A Mere Moment, Do As A Stoic Would And Live Immediately
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The present is all anyone has — the past is gone, the future is yet to come. Yes, it is wise to learn from the past and to plan for the future, but ...
How To Learn, Plan, And Live Like A Stoic
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Learn from the past, plan for the future, live in the present.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatiss...
4 Stoic Steps To Deal With Future Uncertainty
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"By the time the situation actually arrives, it isn’t too bad at all. You’ll be incredibly relieved cause it’s never as bad as you thought!"📻...
How To Be Your Own Best Friend
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Meanwhile, I owe you my little daily contribution; you shall be told what pleased me to-day in the writings of Hecato; it is these words: “What pro...
Applying Stoicism To Your If-Then-Else Statement
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t make your happiness conditional upon things outside your control.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:http...
Exercise: Learn To Want What You Have
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realise how unnecessary many things are.We’ve been using them not because we needed them but b...
Meditation Episode: A Simple Stoic Evening Meditation To Review Your Day
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"Admit not sleep into your tender eyelids till you have reckoned up each deed of the day." - Epictetus, Discourses 3.10)📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONT...
How To Have A Good Day In Under 2 Minutes
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Make today a good one.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. Se...
How Stoicism Stops You Wishing Your Life Away
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How short-sighted of us to cajole the sand into the bottom chamber of life’s hourglass when we know it can’t go back. The increasing emptiness of ...
Meditation Episode: A Simple Stoic Afternoon Meditation To Keep Your Day On Track
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Every day and night keep thoughts like these at hand — write them, read them aloud, talk to yourself and others about them.” - Epictetus, Disco...
Exercise: Say No Like A Stoic
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Most of us have lives filled with mediocrity. We said yes to things that we felt half-hearted about.” - Derek Sivers, Hell Yeah or No📻 FOR MOR...
How To Get Advice From Your Role Models
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"There is a need, in my view, for someone as a standard against which our characters can measure themselves.Without a ruler to do it against you won’...
Meditation Episode: A Simple Stoic Morning Meditation You Can Use Every Day
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must seize what flees." - Seneca, Letters 108.27📻 ...
Applying The Virtue Of Moderation
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Do that which is easiest of all—namely, demonstrate that what men call pleasures are punishments as soon as they have exceeded due bounds.— Seneca...
How To Deal With Regrets
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Stoic never beats themselves up.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted ...
Approve Yourself
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Take the Stoic path and decide YOUR OWN worth.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack...
Relaxation Episode: Calming Perspectives With Marcus Aurelius
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Calming perspectives from Marcus Aurelius to relax, study, work or meditate to.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substac...
How To Make Coffee A Stoic Experience
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
☕ An energizing espresso shot of Stoicism inspired by Italian coffee culture.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substac...
How To Do Anonymous Acts Of Kindness
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“The reward for all the virtues lies in the virtues themselves, for they are not practiced with a view to recompense; the wages of a good deed is to...
How To See Through The Clouds
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revok...
How To Reclaim Your Innocence
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With awareness we can regain our innocence, we can feel the freedom of becoming like children.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoic...
Stoic Solutions For Feelings Of Insecurity
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How to start solving problems from within.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com...
How To See Things From Someone Else's Perspective
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic reflections on empathizing. Website: https://whatisstoicism.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicismInstagram: https://instagram.com...
Stoic Exercise: Review Your Progress
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How to stay on track with your Stoic goals.Website: https://whatisstoicism.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicismInstagram: https://inst...
Introduction - What Is Stoicism?
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A short introduction to the What Is Stoicism? Podcast.Website: https://whatisstoicism.comSubstack: https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Ac...
A Reminder For You And Me
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic reflections for when negative thoughts start to take over.Website: https://whatisstoicism.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicismIn...
A Winner Always Contributes To The Common Good
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic reflections on removing ego and carrying water.Website: https://whatisstoicism.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicismInstagram: ht...
Relaxation Episode: River Relaxation With Marcus Aurelius
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Calming music and thoughts from Marcus Aurelius to relax, study, work or meditate to.Website: https://whatisstoicism.comTwitter: https://twitter.co...
How To Refresh And Reset Yourself
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic reflections for when you're feeling burnt out.Website: https://whatisstoicism.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicismInstagram: htt...
Curing Fear Of The Future
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic reflections on curing fear of the future in a practical way.Website: https://whatisstoicism.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicism...
When Giving Gifts, Less Is More
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic reflections of gift giving. 🎁Website: https://whatisstoicism.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/whatisstoicismInstagram: https://instagram...
You're Fooling Yourself
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic relflections on self-discipline.“Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.”...
What Is Your Ideal Life?
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic relflections on your ideal life.“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worth...
What Gets You Started In The Morning
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic reflections on morning motivation.“When the standards have been set, things are tested and weighed. And the work of philosophy is just this, t...
Why You Should Treat Criticism The Same As Praise
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic reflections on being criticised and praised.“Everything in any way beautiful has its beauty of itself, inherent and self-sufficient: praise is...
Are You Doing?
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic reflections on doing.“So then practice and rehearseTo find heart-soul’s universe,Knowing that by moving/seeingProves for all time: Doing’s...
The Rest Doesn't Matter
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic reflections on doing the right thing."Just that you do the right thing, the rest doesn’t matter.”- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.2Website: ...
Just My Luck
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stoic thoughts on luck.“It is my bad luck that this has happened to me.’ No, you should rather say: ‘It is my good luck that, although this has ...