How To Meditate Like A Stoic

As a practitioner of Stoicism, I’m always looking for ways to cement the Stoic principles into my daily life. I read, absorb, take notes and repeat in order to learn. Then I attempt to practice what I’ve learned by applying the lessons to specific situations and decisions every day. I…

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The Alien Report

We humans have fallen mindlessly into the habit of overcomplicating things. And by things I mean pretty much everything. We invent value where there would otherwise be none, we apply imaginary judgements that make us anxious, we rarely see what’s in front of us simply for what it is. Anthony…

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Interview With Instagram’s The Everyday Stoic

The Everyday Stoic is a popular account sharing Stoicism content across several social media platforms. In a short time it has built up a following of over 100,000 on Instagram and 380,000 on YouTube. It was great to be able to interview the man behind the account, William Mulligan, recently…

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What’s Next For What Is Stoicism?

For a while I have been considering what’s next for What Is Stoicism?  I started the blog and most of the associated social media channels just over four years ago and have loved creating Stoic content and interacting with fellow Stoics. Although I discovered Stoicism a while before I created…

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What Gets You Started In The Morning?

What is it that gets you started in the morning? What propels you from the warm familiarity of the bed into the cold uncertainty of the world every single day? I’m not talking about needing that first cup of coffee before you can fire up your faculties. I’m not talking…

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Adapting Your Thinking with an Ancient Stoic Practice

The following is a guest post kindly submitted by Enda Harte. You can find Enda online here: @theirishstoic on Instagram@theirishstoic on TwitterThe Irish Stoic on MediumEnda’s website Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.Epictetus We’re taking a journey back to…

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When Giving Gifts, Less Is More

The older I get, the less I seem to enjoy receiving material gifts. Maybe it’s a sign of that increasing age, maybe it’s a sign of becoming more Stoic, or maybe it’s just a tendency towards minimalism. It isn’t that I’m not grateful, but more that I prefer smaller, more…

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