The What Is Stoicism? Podcast
Allan John (What Is Stoicism?)
Using Stoic philosophy to help you (and me): LEARN from the past, PLAN for the future, LIVE in the present. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Jun 15, 2022 • 6min
4 Stoic Questions To Ask Yourself When You've Been Criticised
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:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 8, 2022 • 6min
Life Is A Mere Moment, Do As A Stoic Would And Live Immediately
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 it is right now that we should focus on.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 1, 2022 • 6min
How To Learn, Plan, And Live Like A Stoic
Learn from the past, plan for the future, live in the present.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 25, 2022 • 6min
4 Stoic Steps To Deal With Future Uncertainty
"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!"📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 18, 2022 • 8min
How To Be Your Own Best Friend
"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 progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.” That was indeed a great benefit; such a person can never be alone. You may be sure that such a man is a friend to all mankind."-- Seneca, Letters 6.7📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 11, 2022 • 3min
Applying Stoicism To Your If-Then-Else Statement
Don’t make your happiness conditional upon things outside your control.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 4, 2022 • 4min
Exercise: Learn To Want What You Have
“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 because we had them.”-- Seneca, Letters 123.6📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 2, 2022 • 8min
Meditation Episode: A Simple Stoic Evening Meditation To Review Your Day
"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 CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 27, 2022 • 2min
How To Have A Good Day In Under 2 Minutes
Make today a good one.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 20, 2022 • 2min
How Stoicism Stops You Wishing Your Life Away
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 the top chamber speaks sadly of what has already fallen through. The hourglass clings to what remains, but time can’t be stopped or saved. It can, however, be savoured.📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENTCheck out What Is Stoicism? on Substack:https://whatisstoicism.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
