The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks
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.
The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks
Crafting The Ultimate Stoic Routine: Morning Rituals (1)
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How you start the morning tends to set the temperature for the rest of the day. This is part one of the routine series, focused on a Stoic morning: a sequence of small practices that point you at clarity and resilience before the world gets a vote.
I walk through reading and sitting with a Stoic quote, journaling to build gratitude and anticipate the day's obstacles, a short meditation, reading from the Stoic texts, cold exposure for a bit of deliberate discomfort, and a brief death meditation to sharpen the day. Take the whole thing or borrow the one or two pieces that fit your life.
Timestamps
02:15 Reflecting on a Stoic quote
05:30 Stoic journaling
12:00 Meditation for mindfulness
16:40 Reading Stoic texts
20:30 Cold exposure
24:15 Death meditation
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