🌷 Sunday Snippets: October 12th, 2025
Including Stoic actions for anxious minds...
Hi all,
Here are the latest Stoic snippets for you to enjoy this Sunday!
Wishing you a great week ahead,
Allan
📌 Stoic Reminder
😵💫 New Substack Post
Stoic Actions for Anxious Minds - Anxiety has a way of shrinking our world, keeping us from conversations, decisions, and opportunities that matter most.
This week’s post takes wisdom from Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius to show how our judgments, not events themselves, fuel fear—and how shifting that perspective can free us to act.
Practical Stoic wisdom encourages us to reframe obstacles as fuel for growth, offering a path to turn anxious moments into training grounds for courage. It’s a reminder that the way forward isn’t in avoiding fear, but in moving through it.
📻 Podcast Recommendation
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius - This recent episode from the excellent podcast focuses on the Stoic Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and his collection of journals now known as the Meditations.
Host Stephen West covers the differences between Stoicism and modern Stoic ethics, as well as talking about other Stoic concepts like the divine logos and indifferents. Well worth a listen to understand some of the context that Marcus was writing each of these journals in.
☀️ Philosophy escorts us on our way
A Reliable Companion - What if philosophy wasn’t just a subject to study, but a companion to walk through life with?
This reflection shows how thinkers like Marcus Aurelius and Seneca saw philosophy as a steady presence—something that steadies us in hardship, guides our choices, and reminds us that we’re not alone in facing what life brings. More than solitary wisdom, it’s a shared practice of support, connection, and living well together.
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📜 Quote For The Week Ahead
Universe, whatever is consonant with you is consonant with me; if something is timely for you, it’s neither too early nor too late for me. Nature, everything is fruit to me that your seasons bring; everything comes from you, everything is contained in you, everything returns to you.
—Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.23
🎙 Latest Podcast Episode
Why You Should Try Voluntary Hardship (Interview with Jon Brooks) - This episode is a welcome return to the podcast for my friend Jon Brooks, creator of
.Jon and I had a great conversation, and he shared a lot of really valuable insights and practical guidance on the topic of voluntary hardship and what that means in the context of Stoicism.
I hope you enjoy the episode and that you find it as useful to reflect on as I did afterward.