Whatever's upsetting you is not what you think. Do you think it's because you pulled your hamstring and you won't be able to go on that hike you've been looking forward to for weeks? What does missing that hike mean exactly?

Would you believe the Stoics have a simple formula for invincibility? Today we take a look at how to be invincible in any circumstances. We can train ourselves, like athletes, to do this. It takes effort and practice but we can start in small ways a...

In order to become a more excellent human being we need to have a dedicated practice. An ideal practice is daily exercise and physical conditioning. Today's episode is the presentation I made at this year's Stoicon-X Alberta. Prefer to read?

Good and bad aren't inherent in the circumstances of life. What makes one circumstance good and another bad, according to the Stoics, is how we deal with it. By keeping this distinction clear we can choose excellence in any situation.

Regardless of what we've got going on in our lives we have choice. Here we'll explore the choices we have in any set of circumstances, how to become aware of the choices, and how those choices affect our experience and our results.

We have the ability and the responsibility to choose our own experience in life. That doesn't mean we exercise that ability or accept that responsibility. And when we do we can come across a little weird if we expect others to do the same.

We can become like the gods. According to the Stoics Zeus has given us a part of himself. This part allows us to be free from hindrance, free from obstruction, and free from harm. How do we take advantage of this part of ourselves?

How we understand our freedom is fundamental to how we experience life. When we misunderstand our freedom we cause ourselves problems where none need exist. In this episode we explore the freedom of Stoic Strength and how it applies to our health a...

No matter what we do in life others will have opinions about it. How we deal with those opinions will affect how effective we are in achieving our goals. And sometimes other people's opinions are only what we imagine they think about us.

We can only create our experience and influence our circumstances in the moment of choice. Yet, for most of us, it's so much easier postponing the excellent choice. We keep waiting until life is easier, we're more motivated,