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The Stoic Compass

C. Trebue

Created by the staff at The Heroic Stoic. Epictetus, Laozi, and Jung discuss topics relevant to life today. theheroicstoic.com

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289 episodes

  1. Are You Surrendering Yourself While Learning Acceptance? 11:51
  2. How to Tell the Difference Between Acceptance and Self-Deception 10:55
  3. Why Does Wanting Less Feel Like Peace? The Truth About Lowering Your Aims 12:07
  4. Does Your Discipline Still Serve You or Just Feel Familiar? 13:02
  5. Does the Hard Path Build Character if You're Proving Something to Yourself? 11:50
  6. What Happens to Your Integrity When You Stop Performing? 10:33
  7. How Do You Choose Between Your Convictions and Your Future Self? 11:11
  8. How Do You Know If You're Confusing Fear With Acceptance? 12:18
  9. Why Your Fear of Being a Burden Becomes a Burden on Others 11:22
  10. Why Do We Seek Approval From People Who Can't Give It? 12:11
  11. Have You Healed or Become a Stranger to Yourself? 10:08
  12. How Do You Grieve a Coping Mechanism That's Holding You Back? 12:27
  13. Who Have You Been Punishing? The Self-Discipline Paradox 11:16
  14. How Do You Know When You're Using Limitations as an Excuse? 12:37
  15. Does Your Integrity Change When No One's Watching? 10:36
  16. How Do You Rebuild Your Values When They Don't Hold Up? 11:43
  17. What If Your Virtue Is Actually Fear in Disguise? 11:05
  18. Can You Learn From Someone Whose Values You've Lost Respect For? 12:58
  19. Why Is Your Self-Discipline Holding You Back From Growth? 12:36
  20. What Have You Been Postponing by Working Around Your Biggest Obstacle? 11:08
  21. Why Do We Lose Kindness When We're Kind for the Wrong Reasons? 9:39
  22. Does Revealing Your Secret Actually Free You? 14:07
  23. Why Do People We Respect Suddenly Lose Faith in Our Choices? 11:39
  24. Can You Re-Enter a Corrupted System Without Being Corrupted? 10:23
  25. Why Is Your Resistance More Exhausting Than the Problem Itself? 13:14
  26. Why Did Seneca Give Away His Fortune? Poverty vs. Principles 11:51
  27. Does Accepting What You Can't Change Mean Stopping Questions? 12:34
  28. Do You Have to Pay Someone Else's Inherited Debt? 10:25
  29. Is Forgiveness Becoming Your Excuse to Avoid Accountability? 13:05
  30. How Can You Rebuild Virtue When Ego Has Corrupted Your Good Deeds? 9:11
  31. When Your Principles Demand Silence, What Does Integrity Actually Require? 12:47
  32. Why Did Marcus Aurelius Stop Writing to Himself? 11:03
  33. Why Does Fear of Being Ordinary Stop You From Being Yourself? 12:04
  34. What Do You Owe Your Former Self When You Outgrow Who You Were? 12:58
  35. How Do Protective Walls Become a Prison? 10:11
  36. What Happens When You Stop Apologizing for Taking Up Space? 10:38
  37. When Does Acceptance Become an Excuse? Epictetus's Broken Leg 11:44
  38. How Does Discipline Become a Cage? Breaking Free From Rigidity 11:10
  39. What Are You Actually Protecting When You Fear Loss? 12:27
  40. What Happens When You Stop Defending Your Gap Between Real and Ideal Self? 12:34
  41. Why Does Virtue Matter If No One Ever Knows? 9:16
  42. Why Your Refusal to Need Anyone Is Your Biggest Obstacle 13:01
  43. When Does Surrender Become Wisdom? 10:28
  44. Does Comfort Really Hide Your Disappointment in Yourself? 11:55
  45. When You Succeed at Something You Never Wanted, Is It Really Victory? 11:31
  46. Why Your Enemy Might Be Your Greatest Mirror 12:02
  47. Can Strategic Humility Ever Be Genuine Again? 12:46
  48. How Your Greatest Strength Might Be Holding You Back 10:29
  49. Is Staying True to Yourself Worth Losing Your Oldest Friends? 14:04
  50. How Do You Live With Betraying Someone You Love For Your Principles? 11:42