The next time you catch yourself judging someone, this guided meditation turns that moment around and points it back at you, gently. Drawing on Marcus Aurelius, it walks you through noticing your own version of the fault you just spotted in someone else. From there it moves toward self-compassion and then outward again, extending a little more empathy to the ... Show More
Sep 29
The Stoic Pause: Respond Without Reacting
You know how you want to handle anger. Then someone says the wrong thing, and you're already reacting.This 45-minute Stoic talk works through PAUSE: Perceive, Acknowledge, Unhook, Sort and Engage. It connects the Stoic distinction between an impression and your response with guid ... Show More
45m 52s
Mar 2025
#1072 Meditation on Being Stoic
A meditation designed to help you cultivate inner strength, resilience, and peace of mind. Inspired by the wisdom of Stoic philosophers like Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus, this meditation will guide you through reflections on control, emotional mastery, gratitude, and pu ... Show More
23m 13s
Nov 2024
A Meditation for Awareness and Release of Self-Sabotage
This week, Angela Stubbs gently guides us inward, helping us explore these patterns with compassion and kindness. Through six stages, she invites us to bring awareness to these feelings, accepting ourselves without judgment and affirming our worth. With each stage, we cultivate a ... Show More
16m 52s
May 2025
How to Get Out of Your Own Way
In this episode, we explore how our judgments—not external events—shape our emotional world, from a child’s toy envy to ancient Stoic parables and the quiet wisdom of Nan Shepherd.Using Epictetus’s insights and Shepherd’s meditative reflections, we examine how reclaiming control ... Show More
5m 36s
