The Practical Stoic Podcast with Simon Drew

In this episode Simon Drew reads your answers to the question, "who is your favorite Stoic and why?". Thank you to all of you who answered! If you didn't submit an answer today, but would like to in the future, just go to risetothegoodlife.com and subscribe to my mailing list.  To contact Simon Drew: http://www.risetothegoodlife.com/contact/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ TIM FERRISS TED TALK: https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_ferriss_why_you_should_define_your_fears_instead_of_your_goals WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

In this episode Simon Drew discusses your most precious resource (time). He shares some amazing words from Seneca and encourages you to change the way that you see your life, and how you live it. To contact Simon Drew: http://www.risetothegoodlife.com/contact/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

In this episode Simon Drew shares some advice from Marcus Aurelius about our need to do less, but to do it better. Are you spreading yourself too thin? Do you need to scale back and focus more on the important parts of life? If the answer is yes, then this episode is for you. WANT COACHING? CONTACT SIMON HERE: http://www.risetothegoodlife.com/contact/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

In this episode Simon Drew shares your answers to the question "which Stoic practice has most positively impacted your life over the past year?". He discusses practices like gratitude, the trichotomy of control, and living each day as a separate life. Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

Guilt can be both a positive or a negative emotion, and in this episode Simon Drew discusses a Stoic approach to guilt, both in how we see it and what we do about it. Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

Many people believe that there will come a day when we will finally be judged about the way we've spent our time here on earth, but not everyone agrees on just how that judgement can or will take place. In this episode Simon Drew shares Seneca's idea of judgement, and also gives an alternative perspective that can help you to live a more disciplined life that is more aligned with your values. Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

How do we leave a good legacy, and what would the Stoics have said on the subject? This was a great question that we received from a listener of the podcast, and in this episode Simon Drew gives his response using stoic principles and quotes. Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

This episode is somewhat of a part two following on from episode number 31, titled “How To Deal with anger”. If you haven’t listened to that episode then it is recommended that you go back and check it out before listening to this episode. In this episode Simon Drew replies to a listeners question: is there ever situation that calls for anger? Simon shares some ideas and stoic principles to answer this question. Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

It's a new year, which means new opportunities, new goals, new aspirations, and also new problems. It's important to be excited for the year and to be hopeful of good times to come, but it's also equally important to recognize that hard times will soon be here, and the sooner you realize this the sooner you'll be able to focus on the important stuff. In this episode Simon Drew shares some great advice from Seneca to help you smash 2018 and make it your best year ever. Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

The goal-setting time of year is upon us, and in this episode Simon Drew shares some great wisdom from Epictetus that can help you to become the person who you want to be in 2018. EPICTETUS QUOTE: "Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. Once you have determined the spiritual (OR health, relationship, business, career, life, etc) principles you wish to exemplify, abide by these rules as if they were laws, as if it were indeed sinful to compromise them. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer. Put your principles into practice – now. Stop the excuses and the procrastination. This is your life! You aren’t a child anymore. The sooner you set yourself to your spiritual (OR health, relationship, business, career, life, etc) program, the happier you will be. The longer you wait, the more you’ll be vulnerable to mediocrity and feel filled with shame and regret, because you know you are capable of better. From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do – now." Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

In this holiday season it's sometimes easy to focus on what everyone else has in stead of focusing on all the abundance that we enjoy ourselves. In this episode Simon Drew shares some stoic advice about gratitude and charity, as well as some challenges for you for the end of 2017. In this episode Simon Drew tackles this question, and shares some great wisdom from Seneca. Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

Since humanity began we have been inventing new ways to escape. To escape our surroundings, to escape our circumstances, to escape our past, to escape our future, to escape our fears and troubles. We escape using alcohol, drugs, sex, travel, wealth, fame, fancy cars, possessions, big houses, and five star resorts resorts. And I’m sure that the stoics would undoubtedly say that there’s nothing wrong with any of these things, however it’s how we use them that could make them wrong. So with that in mind, is it wrong to use these things as an escape? In this episode Simon Drew tackles this question, and shares some great wisdom from Seneca. Facebook: www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

  Why are you here? What's the purpose of your life? In this episode Simon Drew shares some great advice from Viktor Frankl and Marcus Aurelius, and encourages you to find a deeper meaning for your life. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

What do we do about anger? How can we truly control what seem like natural responses to annoying situations? In this episode Simon Drew tackles anger, and offers a Stoic solution to this and other negative emotions. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/

This episode is dedicated to those of you who are going through something right now; those who are feeling troubled, or feeling as though things just aren’t going how they had planned. Simon Drew shares some Stoic consolation and encouragement from Marcus Aurelius. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/practicalstoicwisdom/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simondrewcoaching/ WANT TO SUPPORT MY WORK? BECOME A PATRON ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/simondrew/