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The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks

Jon Brooks

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Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 167

You've read the books. You know what Marcus Aurelius would do. But when life gets hard, the philosophy disappears. This podcast is for people who want to close the gap between knowing Stoicism and actually living it. New episodes every Monday.

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Why the Stoics Never Needed Willpower

Monday, April 13, 2026 • Duration 14:37

You have quit every hard goal for the same reason, and it is not lack of willpower.

The Stoics worked this out 2,000 years ago. Instead of fighting discomfort with more discipline, they asked one question that bypasses the willpower battle entirely. In this episode I walk through the Stoic framework of virtue, vice and the indifferents, and the single question from Epictetus that replaced willpower in my own life, including the 12-pound cut I am on right now.

We get into why discipline is a finite resource and willpower always loses, the Stoic distinction between good, bad and indifferent, the one question that reframes hunger, hard conversations and difficult training, how to turn discomfort into material for character instead of an enemy to defeat, and the preferred indifferents caveat: why the Stoics were not masochists.

Watch the video version: youtu.be/uoAz9VCW0mE

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Stoic Morning Practice: Stop Dreading Day Before It Starts

Friday, April 10, 2026 • Duration 07:14

Some mornings the dread arrives before the alarm. A tightness in the chest, a list already forming, a quiet resistance to the day ahead. This guided Stoic practice meets you there, not with forced optimism, but with honest preparation.

You will practise the ancient Stoic technique of premeditatio malorum: facing what you are afraid of before it has power over you. Not to make yourself anxious, but to take the charge out of it. When you name what you are dreading, it shrinks.

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The Stoic Vault: stoicvault.com

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Own What's Yours: The Dichotomy of Control (From The Vault)

Monday, February 16, 2026 • Duration 13:34

This episode is a full lesson from one of the premium courses inside The Stoic Vault, my membership for people who practise Stoicism rather than just read about it.

The lesson comes from the course Stoic Morning Routine: Start Calm and Strong. It covers the dichotomy of control, the single most useful idea in Stoic philosophy, and the one that changes everything when it actually lands.

You will take one real concern from your day and sort it into two columns: what is mine and what is not. Outcomes, other people's reactions, delays, not mine. Preparation, breath, tone, when I choose to begin, mine. Then you will pick one controllable action that matters today and state it clearly. This is not theory. You will feel the difference in the body when you stop carrying what was never yours.

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The 3 Stages of Stoic Enlightenment

Saturday, December 24, 2022 • Duration 10:13

Desire is where most of our suffering starts. In this lesson I lay out three stages of attachment to external things, and three ways the Stoics suggest working with desire so it stops running the show. I am calling it enlightenment loosely. It is really about getting less yanked around by what you want.

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The Marcus Aurelius Morning Meditation That Prepared His Mind for Adversity

Tuesday, December 13, 2022 • Duration 15:05

Marcus Aurelius ran the Roman empire while dealing with a difficult son, a lazy co-emperor, and a steady stream of people trying to antagonise or overthrow him. His days were full of hard social moments. This is the morning meditation he used to prepare his mind before any of it began.

It is a guided contemplation, so find somewhere quiet before you start. It belongs to my 10-day course, The Stoic Survival Guide for Navigating Troubled Relationships and Toxic People.

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2 Types of Desires That Always Cause Disappointment

Tuesday, November 29, 2022 • Duration 12:15

Some desires are set up to disappoint you no matter what you do. In this lesson I name two of them, what I call impossible desires and slave desires, and show why both leave you suffering even when things go your way. Once you can spot them, you can form intentions that do not quietly set you up to lose.

Further reading: www.stoichandbook.co/impossible-desires-cause-disappointment

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The Stoic Vault: stoicvault.com

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The Stoic Insult Roadmap: Never Be Socially Harmed Again

Sunday, November 13, 2022 • Duration 30:47

An insult only lands if you agree with it. That is the Stoic claim, and in this lesson I turn it into something you can actually use. I walk through a step-by-step way of meeting an insult so it loses its sting, drawing on how the Stoics thought about other people’s opinions of us.

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3 Pillars of Skilful Communication That Will Transform Your Relationships

Wednesday, November 2, 2022 • Duration 41:02

Most relationship trouble is really a communication problem wearing a disguise. In this talk I lay out the three pillars I keep coming back to: the habits that quietly wreck conversations, a simple way to express yourself well in almost any situation, and the model I use to handle conflict when it does flare up.

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Complete Stoic Loving-Kindness Meditation

Thursday, October 20, 2022 • Duration 19:15

Loving-kindness is usually taught as a Buddhist practice, but the Stoics had their own version built on the idea that we are made for each other. This is a complete guided meditation that moves through three kinds of compassion: love of people, love of humanity, and love of service.

It is a sit-down practice, so find somewhere quiet and give it your full attention.

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Can Stoic "Positive Reframing" Go Too Far? w/ Donald Robertson

Monday, October 17, 2022 • Duration 05:28

Reframing a bad event into something useful is one of the classic Stoic moves. But I have always wondered where the line is. Can you reframe too much? Is there a point where turning everything into a silver lining becomes its own kind of denial?

I put the question to Donald Robertson, and his answer is more careful than I expected. We get into when reframing helps, when it tips into self-deception, and how to tell the difference.

Donald’s website: donaldrobertson.name

Donald on Twitter: twitter.com/DonJRobertson

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