Category: Stoicism

A breakup can be excruciatingly painful. No doubt about it. Last month I’ve had several requests for a video about breakups.  I think we can get a lot of information from philosophy to make a break up a bit more bearable. So, I’ve decided to make a series about this, looking at different philosophies to […]

Journaling is the habit of keeping a diary or log about our experiences, ideas, insights and anything else that daily life evokes in our minds. The Stoics have a long-standing tradition in journaling, with Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations as clearest evidence. Writing our thoughts down has several benefits, which I’ll explore in this video: the power […]

The dynamics of desire and aversion lie at the basis of Stoic thought in regards to how we relate to the world. Aversion means a strong dislike and disinclination towards something or someone. Even though this might seem harmless; it can cause a lot of trouble. In this video, I want to share Stoic views […]

I’m not really into swearing on my channel, but I think that there’s no better contemporary expression for being indifferent towards what people think about you than the words: I don’t give a f***. The problem is that not giving a f*** isn’t always a good idea; in many cases, it’s much better to care. […]

In one of my earlier videos, I have talked about amor fati. Amor fati means ‘love of fate’, and is a concept in Stoic philosophy but also in the works of Nietzsche. The idea is to love and embrace whatever the outcome is; no matter how hard we work towards a certain goal. This way, […]

The Stoics bring forth the theme of self-control on a regular basis. Epictetus, for example, spoke about abstaining from talking about vulgar things, and Marcus Aurelius points out that we should set limits to comfort and consumption. In this video, I’ll go a bit deeper into the Stoic views of mastering self-control. I’ve already talked […]

I will dedicate this public Q&A to a question I got from Juansaman who is a Patreon supporter. He asked me if it makes sense to be politically active, vote, participate in pacifist strikes or aggressive revolts. After all, Stoicism teaches us not to focus on things that are not in our control. So, how […]

Since many of you asked, I decided to deliver. As a sequel to my video about jealousy, let’s talk about envy. What is envy? How should we handle it? What can we learn from the Stoics in regards to envy? And is it really a bad thing? I’ve previously discussed jealousy and proposed several solutions […]

Because of the success of my earlier video, 7 Stoic Exercises For Inner Peace, I’ve decided to go a bit deeper into each exercise, giving them a bit more intellectual baggage for you to ponder over. I’ll start by explaining the praemeditatio malorum by Marcus Aurelius, which harvests its strength from pessimism. The praemeditatio malorum […]

When we have something we cherish, like a spouse or a friend or a certain status within a group, but we feel threatened of losing it, we experience resentment which we call jealousy. How can we deal with this? This video presents you Stoic solutions for jealousy, A commenter named Omkar Unde2 recently suggested making […]