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The What Is Stoicism? Podcast

The What Is Stoicism? Podcast

By: Allan John (What Is Stoicism?)
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Using Stoic philosophy to help you (and me): LEARN from the past, PLAN for the future, LIVE in the present.

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Episodes
  • What Is Stoicism?
    Jun 11 2025

    I try to answer this question each week in different ways.


    For this episode, however, I wanted to step back and provide a more general overview. I hope you find it useful!


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    Check out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:


    ☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: Don't Mistake Glamour For Beauty

    https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-dont-mistake

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    7 mins
  • Stoic Tools To Help You Wake Up
    Jun 4 2025

    Have you ever woken from a nightmare only to feel deep relief that it wasn’t real?


    In this episode, we explore what Marcus Aurelius and Anne Lamott can teach us about illusion, imagination, and insight—how dreams, fears, and even our thoughts can mislead us, and how journaling and Stoic reflection can help us wake up to deeper clarity and purpose.


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    📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENT


    Check out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:


    How To Live Freely

    https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-how-to-live

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    5 mins
  • How to Get Out of Your Own Way
    May 28 2025

    In this episode, we explore how our judgments—not external events—shape our emotional world, from a child’s toy envy to ancient Stoic parables and the quiet wisdom of Nan Shepherd.


    Using Epictetus’s insights and Shepherd’s meditative reflections, we examine how reclaiming control over our perceptions can free us from needless suffering and open us to a richer, more grounded experience of life.



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    📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENT


    Check out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack:


    Micro Morning Meditation: It Might Have Been Otherwise

    https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-it-might

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    6 mins
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