The Stoic’s Guide Podcast by Brad Young

Living With Virtue: The One Thing That Was Always the Point

Let me start with a question, and I want you to be honest with yourself, because nobody hears your answer but you. If everything you were chasing suddenly vanished, the m

The Shortness of Life: Why You Have More Time Than You Think and Less Than You Waste

Life feels short, but much of that feeling comes from how easily time slips through our fingers when we live without intention. This episode, The Shortness of Life, explo

The Stoic Morning: How to Win the Day Before It Begins

Let me start with a question, and I want you to be honest with yourself, because nobody hears your answer but you. Think about how you actually begin your day. Not the da

Mastering Anger: How to Cool the Fire Before It Burns Down Your Life

Let me start with a question, and I want you to be honest with yourself, because nobody hears your answer but you. Think about the last time you truly lost your temper. N

Negative Visualization: Why Imagining Loss Is the Secret to Gratitude

Let me start with a question, and I want you to be honest with yourself, because nobody hears your answer but you. Think about the people and the things in your life that

The Dichotomy of Control: Finding Peace in What You Can and Cannot Change

Let me start with a question, and I want you to be honest with yourself, because nobody hears your answer but you. Think about the last time you lay awake at night, your

The Obstacle Becomes the Way: Turning Every Setback Into a Stepping Stone

Let me start with a question, and I want you to be honest with yourself, because nobody hears your answer but you. Think about the last big obstacle that landed in your p

The Stoic's Defense Against Disinformation — Why Cable News Doesn't Deserve Your Assent

Today's episode is about something that is affecting every one of us, whether we're paying attention to it or not. We're talking about the information environment we live

How Stoic Philosophy Can Transform All Your Relationships

Today's episode is about something that touches every part of your life, whether you think about it consciously or not. We're talking about relationships. All of them. Th

How to Follow Stoic Principles in a Modern World

Today's episode is one I've been wanting to record for a while. We're asking a question that sounds simple on the surface but gets more interesting the longer you sit wit

How the Hard Road Becomes the Path to Your Best Self

Today we are going to talk about something that most people spend their entire lives running from. Obstacles. Not how to avoid them. Not how to survive them. But how to

Master the Storm Within: The Stoic Art of Emotional Discipline

Epictetus was born a slave in ancient Rome. He spent his early years owned by another man, with very little control over his own body, his own time, even where he could g

The Discipline to Win: Building Strength When No One Is Watching

Marcus Aurelius was the most powerful man in the world. He was the emperor of Rome. He could have done anything he wanted. He could have indulged in every pleasure imagin

The Heart of Stoic Philosophy

In this episode, we break down the core of Stoic philosophy — not as ancient theory, but as a practical operating system for modern life. Stoicism teaches us how to stay

Episode 33 The Role of Gratitude in Stoicism

Gratitude is one of the most talked-about ideas in contemporary self-help, and yet most people practice it in a way that is surprisingly shallow — a list of three things

Episode 32 Building Daily Rituals for a Stoic Lifestyle

There is something quietly powerful about a life built around intentional habits. Most people move through their days on a kind of autopilot — reacting to whatever arrive

Episode 31 How to Overcome Fear with Stoic Principles

Fear is one of the most ancient and powerful forces in human experience. It has kept our species alive for hundreds of thousands of years, alerting us to danger, sharpeni

Episode 30 The Power of Perspective in Hard Times

Hard times have a way of narrowing the world. When something goes wrong — when a relationship breaks, a job disappears, a health scare arrives without warning — the mind

Episode 29 Finding Peace Amid Chaos — The Power of Perspective in Hard Times Part 2

The Role of Daily Reflection The Stoics were not content with philosophy as a set of ideas to be understood and then stored on a shelf. They were intensely practical, an

Chapter 28 Finding Peace Amid Chaos — The Power of Perspective in Hard Times

This episode is a quiet invitation — not a lecture, not a list of instructions, but a slow walk through some of the most enduring ideas ever recorded about the human expe