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The Strong Stoic Podcast

Brandon Tumblin

The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about philosophy and self-improvement. Join your host, Brandon Tumblin, as he breaks down a wide variety of complex and difficult topics while bringing together different philosophies, sciences, and perspectives.

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#291 - A Dog's Happiness

The Strong Stoic Podcast ·

2023/11/07

Every time you see a dog, they are thrilled. You could have left the room for 10 minutes only to return to a companion who's overwhelmed with joy to see you again! Dogs have a lot to teach us, but perhaps the biggest lesson we can learn is how quickly joy comes to them. They say a dog lives 7 years for every 1 year of a human life. Does that mean that they are making each day count? And why shouldn't we?Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and

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#290 - Getting Stuck in Life, and What to Do

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2023/10/31

When a dog is on a leash, they will wander around, driven by instinctual desires, until they slowly run out of leash. At this stage, most will lie down and be content with where they are. This just so happens to be a great analogy for life... with a caveat. We must be content with where we end up, but at the same time, we have something very powerful that the dog does not: rational faculties. Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and

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#289 - Staying True Amidst Political Games

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2023/10/24

People play games their entire lives. Life is, in fact, a bit of a game! They range in genre - there are games we play as a kid, like soccer and Monopoly. There are also professional games, philosophical games and, perhaps unfortunately, political games. In this episode, I discuss how to deal with situations where others aren't playing by the rules.Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about philosophy and

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#288 - Staying Humble, Even if You're "Better"

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2023/10/17

A good input for how we are showing up in the world is how we make others feel. Of course, how we ultimately make others feel is not up to us. However, we can improve our chances of receiving positive responses back towards us if we choose to show up in the most humble way possible, regardless of whether or not we are further ahead in life than another.Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about philosophy and

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#287 - Tempering the Desire to be "Rich"

The Strong Stoic Podcast ·

2023/10/10

Many have a future desire to be "financially free". By this, they mean that they wish to not have to worry about paying bills on time, losing their house, and so on. But is this really something worth striving for? Would it truly alleviate all of our stress and anxiety, or is it rather just a matter of perspective?In this episode, we delve further into Meditations: Book One, and discuss the art of living simply, despite any amount of riches.Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The

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#286 - Marcus Aurelius & Wokeism

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2023/10/03

Even in the ancient days of Marcus Aurelius, people have said "barbarous" things. Today, we would call these "offensive statements". Luckily for us, Marcus Aurelius has a meditation dedicated to how we go about improving other people's speech while staying true to the Stoic virtue of being pro-social.Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about philosophy and self-improvement. Join your host, Brandon Tumblin, as

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#285 - Harmony: Part 2

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2023/09/26

Harmony is a word often used when discussing music, but its application doesn't exist just there. In fact, one could make the argument that achieving a state of harmony is really what Stoicism aims to do! In Episode 160, I first introduced the topic of Harmony. In this episode, I briefly go over the ideas expressed in that episode and expand upon it further.Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about philosophy

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#284 - Rekindling Our Youth

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2023/09/19

Maturity is undoubtedly good, but it doesn't come without its costs. Many mature adults find themselves reminiscing about "the good old days" of youth. Youth, like adulthood, isn't without its costs either. The trick is to mature and become an adult so that you can take care of yourself and others while still maintaining some of that youthful spirit.Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about philosophy and

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#283 - Meditation: It's Simpler Than You Think

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2023/09/12

Meditation: what it is, why it's important, and the foundations of the practice.Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about philosophy and self-improvement. Join your host, Brandon Tumblin, as he breaks down a wide variety of complex and difficult topics aimed at provoking thought and opening your perspective.This podcast is listener-supported; if you would like to support the Strong Stoic (as well as gain

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#282 - Moving Forward Amongst Imperfection

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2023/09/05

Progress is no simple thing. It requires knowing where you are, where you want to go, and developing a plan for how to get from where you are to where you want to go. It is in the planning phase where many of us get caught overanalysing. It is a tempting distraction to spend all of one's time planning to get better only to fail in taking action. This isn't to say that planning is not important, but it is inherently imperfect, as life is inherently imperfect. In this episode, I discuss how to move

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#281 - The Story We Tell Ourselves

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2023/08/29

The human mind is designed around stories. We tell each other stories to convey lessons, for entertainment, and many other reasons. And we think about our whole life as a story! We try and find confluence. We dream. We tell ourselves that "my life is going to be like 'X'". Yet often, our lives don't turn out the way we planned. So how do we think about and change the story that we tell ourselves, and write a better one?Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The Strong Stoic Podcast is a

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#280 - Lessons From 1 Year of Ice Baths

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2023/08/22

An ice bath is when you submerge yourself into near-freezing waters for a certain amount of time. There has been much hype on ice baths, popularized by the ice wizard Wim Hoff. They are reported to have many physiological and psychological health benefits. But are these claims accurate? In this episode, I discuss ice baths and the philosophical lessons I've learned and honed over the last year.Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/StrongstoicThe Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and

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#279 - Practicing Detachment (and Why It's Important)

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2023/08/15

Detachment is a confusing and often poorly-understood aspect of Stoicism. It's generally used to discuss detachment from material possessions and relationships, and as such, it's often misunderstood to be a practice of removing oneself from some of the most enjoyable aspects of life. The truth is that Stoics should engage fully in the beautiful parts of life but with a crucial awareness of attachment. What isn't often discussed around the idea of detachment is detachment from work. In this episode,

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#278 - How to Be Strong But Not Brittle

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2023/08/08

Strength I define as the ability to resist. The resistance takes many forms – it can take the form of a weight, for example. It can also take the form of adversity in life. Temptations. The pull to vice.If someone can deadlift 500 pounds, we may deem them physically strong. Their body is able to resist the 500 pound load. And it’s important to consider it as resistance as opposed to, perhaps, a push or a pull.Resistance training (weight training) does have pushes and pulls, but, contrary to what

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#277 - Can We Handle the Truth?

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2023/08/01

Dostoevsky explored many interesting, sometimes even contradictory, ideas in his novels. An existentialist Christian, he certainly philosophized much on the topic of truth.I’ve been fascinated with the idea of truth for quite some time. What does it mean for something to be true? Does it simply mean objective truth? Are there other truths worth considering, such as metaphorical truths or, what I call, philosophical truths?These are broad questions, and it would take a book to even attempt to answer

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#276 - "Don't seek to have events happen as you wish"

The Strong Stoic Podcast ·

2023/07/25

In this episode, I breakdown the Epictetus quote: 'Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.'Find this episode on:https://linktr.ee/StrongstoicThe Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about philosophy and self-improvement. Join your host, Brandon Tumblin, as he breaks down a wide variety of complex and difficult topics aimed at provoking thought and opening your perspective.This podcast

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#275 - Navigating Nihilistic Tendencies

The Strong Stoic Podcast ·

2023/07/11

Nihilism states that there is no meaning to life, and that nothing you do really matters. The existentialists have an answer for how to deal with that: wade through it. However, this is easier said than done. We are all somewhere on that spectrum of "nihilistic" to "living a meaningful existence". But how do we effectively navigate these treacherous waters? Find this episode on: https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about

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#274 - Having Possessions Without Attachment

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2023/07/04

The Western culture is ripe with materialism. We crave new trendy clothes, the latest iPhone, the newest car, the biggest house - the list is never-ending. The Stoics call all of these things “externals”, meaning they do not define who you are as a person. This can be understood with the example of the rich person who has everything anyone could ever hope for and who is very arrogant and rude. Even though they have overflowing piles of material possessions (of externals), their character is far from

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#273 - "Nobody Gets Away With Anything, Ever"

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2023/06/27

What if the best thing that you can do for yourself is to do things for others? Certainly, that’s the “virtue is the only good” argument, to a large degree. That is, Stoicism claims that we can only truly flourish if we live a life of virtue in which we recognize our own place in the cosmos in the greater picture of everyone else. The Stoic lives and acts to make the world a better place. So, we could perhaps deem living virtuously selfish from a certain perspective. Learn more about your ad

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#272 - What is Life Really About?

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2023/06/20

What is life really about? This is perhaps one of the most fundamental questions of philosophy. The Stoics have a simple enough answer: virtue. People on their deathbeds would also have a simple enough answer: the people you care about. Are these separate answers, or is there some confluence here? What is life REALLY about? Find this episode on: https://linktr.ee/Strongstoic The Strong Stoic Podcast is a raw, honest, and unapologetically deep podcast about philosophy and self-improvement. Join

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