Happy International Yoga Day Today's special episode features the show's first guest; a great friend of mine, fellow thinker and physiotherapist, and certified Yoga instructor, Keith Finn In celebration of today Keith and I met to discuss the relationship

“The universe made rational creatures for the sake of each other, with an eye toward mutual benefit based on true value and never for harm.” - Marcus Aurelius. In this episode we discuss the Stoic concept of 'Sympatheia': the interconnectedness of humans,

On today's show we begin to look at the Stoic idea of exploring and questioning our perceptions. This is a hugely significant concept in Stoic philosophy and would be impossible to cover in a single episode.   Today's show provides us with a starting

Hi everyone, Gavin here. Today's episode came about following a conversation I had with someone recently.  They were talking about how hurt they were that a gesture they had made for someone in the past that went unappreciated and instead of receivin

What are your absolutes? The things that make up your day, your week, your month, your year that you absolutely must do. In today’s show we seek to look inwards, to try and honestly identify what our absolutes are, and what they say about us. Thank you fo

On today's episode we take a deeper look at a specific quote from Marcus Aurelius' Meditations - Book 10.3.  "Everything that happens is either endurable, or not..." The past year has forced us to face and endure so much more than we could ever have imagi

Blink...and it's gone!  Today's show is all about TIME.  Is our time really so limited or do we waste much of it?  We consider what Seneca and Marcus Aurelius had to say on the subject and use that as a prompt for us to examine our time and

"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage" - Seneca Welcome to the Stoic Moment Podcast, episode 4. Today's show is all about courage.  In the face of adversity, in spite of all of life's troubles, especially the ones we've all had to face in one way o

Welcome to episode three! Today's show is all about ACTION! The final episode of three introducing you to the Stoic idea of understanding what we can and can't control. Episodes one-three discuss what I call 'The Three A's' - Acknowledge - Accept - Action

In today's show we discuss how we can learn to accept the fact that we can't control much of what happens to us BUT in doing so we gain a Stoic superpower!  AMOR FATI!  LOVE YOUR FATE!  Instead of wasting our time feeling hurt by what hasn'