The Stoic Compass

By William Moore

Stoic philosophy for the modern world.

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The Stoic Compass episodes:

May 18, 2026 What habits keep people poor — not financially, but in spirit?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi debate what really keeps people poor in spirit—not sadness or hardship, but the habit of deferring small choices until the signal of your own judgment goes quiet. Through their disagreement about whether spiritual poverty requires action, understanding, or honest stillness, you'll see that the deepest habit is actually deferral itself, and that breaking it requires doing one small deferred thing today, not waiting for the conditions to be perfect.
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15min
May 15, 2026 Can you be both wealthy and genuinely happy — or does one undermine the other?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi examine whether wealth and genuine happiness can coexist, disagreeing on how attachment forms but agreeing that confusion about what money actually provides is the real problem. Through their dialogue, you'll discover why the wealthy often feel no more secure than before, what unconscious wound might be driving endless accumulation, and why understanding your fear is more useful than understanding your portfolio. By the end, you'll have a single practical question to ask yourself about what you're actually protecting when you protect your money.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
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13min
May 14, 2026 When is silence the most powerful thing you can do?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi debate whether silence is a tool of discipline, a sign of self-knowledge, or simply what emerges when you stop needing to be heard. You'll learn to distinguish between silence born from fear and silence born from clarity—and why the difference determines whether you're avoiding conflict or genuinely present in it.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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12min
May 13, 2026 What is the right relationship between money and a good life?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi debate why people chase money endlessly even when they know it's enough, disagreeing on whether the trap is a failure of will, a psychological wound, or simply drifting with culture. Through their conversation, you'll learn to identify what you actually need versus what you're arbitrarily chasing, and discover that the real question isn't how much money is enough—it's whether you're willing to answer that question honestly and live by the answer.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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11min
May 12, 2026 How do you eliminate stress without eliminating ambition?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi examine why ambition and stress feel inseparable, and discover that the real problem is not the work itself but the story you've attached to it—the belief that your worth depends on the outcome. You'll learn how to separate productive pressure from corrosive anxiety, and how to redirect your effort toward what is actually yours to control, rather than toward outcomes that grip you with fear.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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13min
May 11, 2026 What does it mean to live the life you were meant to live — and why is it harder than it sounds?
Three ancient and modern voices — Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi — confront a question most people avoid: is the life you're living actually yours, or did it accumulate around you while you were busy getting comfortable? You'll hear why self-knowledge alone doesn't free you, why willpower alone leaves you stuck in old patterns, and why the hardest part isn't figuring out what you were meant to do — it's choosing to do it when the cost becomes real.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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11min
May 10, 2026 Which of your habits are keeping you stuck — and how would you know?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi examine why habits feel impossible to break—and argue that the real problem is not the behavior itself, but the unmet need it is still serving. The episode reveals how to spot a habit that has truly stuck: it no longer feels like a choice, it feels like reality, and you will find it in the moment just before you react, not in the reaction itself. You will leave with a concrete way to see one habit clearly enough to know whether it is still protecting you from something real, or keeping you answering a question the world stopped asking long ago.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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12min
May 08, 2026 What is the real root of chronic stress — and can it be removed?
In this episode, Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi examine why chronic stress persists even when we know intellectually that worrying doesn't change outcomes—and they disagree sharply on how to remove it. You'll hear why stress is self-generated (whether through misplaced control, disowned parts of yourself, or constant resistance to what is), and you'll learn a single, concrete practice to identify what you're actually responsible for carrying and what you need to put down.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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13min
May 07, 2026 What does it take to actually change — not just want to?
Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi debate why wanting to change and actually changing are not the same thing—and where most people get stuck in the gap between them. You'll learn why willpower alone fails, what your resistance is actually protecting, and what one honest question can reveal about the real cost of the change you say you want.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
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12min
May 06, 2026 How do you explain the mistakes you keep making — and what actually changes them?
When you repeat the same mistake, your explanation for why it happened feels like progress—but Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi argue it's usually a way to avoid the real work of change. The episode unpacks why you curate your explanations to leave out your own agency, what hidden part of you keeps driving the behavior, and why the change that actually lasts comes not from deciding harder or understanding deeper, but from looking steadily at what you've been unwilling to see. You'll leave with a single practice: naming the part of your explanation you always leave out.
📖 Pay Attention by C. Trebue — available on Amazon:
eBook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WLMPC
Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GVV46SWF
📬 Subscribe to The Daily Practice newsletter: https://thedailypractice33.substack.com
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13min

FAQs about The Stoic Compass:

How many episodes does The Stoic Compass have?

The podcast currently has 174 episodes available.