The Stoic’s Guide Podcast by Brad Young

Brad Young
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I’m Brad Young, a multi‑time bestselling author, and I created The Stoic’s Guide Podcast to help you cut through the noise of modern life and reconnect with the clarity, strength, and purpose the Stoics mastered centuries ago. Even in a world overflowing with stress, distraction, and constant pressure, I believe ancient wisdom can still transform the way we live today — and the show’s ranking in the top 50 philosophical podcasts and top 5% of podcasts globally tells me people are craving exactly that kind of guidance. Each episode, I break down the most powerful teachings from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, and other great Stoic thinkers into simple, practical strategies you can use right away. Whether you’re navigating challenges in your career, relationships, or personal growth, I give you tools to build resilience, master your emotions, and create a more intentional, grounded life. If you’re ready to live with more stability, meaning, and inner peace, this podcast is your roadmap. Ancient wisdom for modern life — delivered in a way you can apply every single day. Subscribe and start your journey toward a stronger, more resilient you.

  1. 2d ago

    The Ancient Operating System for Modern Life

    Why Operating Systems Matter I chose the metaphor of an operating system for this episode deliberately, and I want to explain why before we get into the philosophy. An operating system is not a specific app. It's not a productivity tool or a habit tracker or a morning routine. It's the underlying layer that determines how everything else runs. When the OS is functioning well, everything on top of it works better. When the OS is corrupted or outdated or running on assumptions that no longer match reality, everything on top of it becomes unstable and unreliable, even if the individual apps look fine from the outside. Most people I know have apps without an OS. They have specific techniques — they meditate, they journal, they take cold showers, they read self-help books, they optimize their schedules. But they don't have a coherent underlying framework that determines what they value, how they make decisions, how they relate to failure and success, and what kind of person they're actually trying to become. Without that framework, the techniques float free. They work for a while and then they stop working and you don't know why, so you download another technique, and the cycle repeats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. Sep 27

    Stillness as a Superpower

    In a year defined by volatility, noise, and nonstop demands, I’ve learned that stillness is one of the rarest — and most powerful — skills any of us can develop. In this episode of The Stoic’s Guide Podcast, I explore Stillness as a Superpower as a tactical advantage in 2026, and why calm, deliberate thinking isn’t just helpful… it’s transformative. Modern life is engineered to hijack your attention. Endless notifications. Emotional triggers. Algorithm‑driven urgency. The pressure to react instantly. Most people are living in a state of mental turbulence, making decisions from stress instead of strength. But the Stoics understood something timeless: stillness isn’t the absence of movement — it’s the presence of control. It’s the ability to pause before reacting, to think clearly under pressure, and to respond with intention instead of impulse. In this episode, I talk about how Marcus Aurelius wrote in the middle of war, how Seneca advised leaders during political chaos, and how Epictetus taught resilience from personal hardship. None of them lived quiet lives. They lived turbulent ones. And they built a philosophy that allowed them to stay centered inside the storm — the same storm we’re all navigating today. I break down how stillness sharpens judgment, strengthens emotional discipline, and becomes a competitive advantage in leadership, relationships, decision‑making, and personal growth. I share practical ways to build stillness into your daily operating system — grounding techniques, mental reframing, controlled breathing, and the Stoic practice of separating what you can control from what you can’t. This episode is about reclaiming your mind in a year that constantly tries to steal it — and recognizing that in 2026, calm isn’t weakness. Calm is power. Calm is clarity. Calm is the superpower that makes you unshakeable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Sep 22

    The Stoic Blueprint for a Chaotic World

    Chaos isn’t new — but our reaction to it often is. In this episode, The Stoic Blueprint for a Chaotic World, we explore how ancient Stoic principles offer a clear, steady framework for navigating modern uncertainty, stress, and constant change. Drawing from the teachings of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus, this episode breaks down the core elements of the Stoic blueprint: controlling your inner world, accepting what you cannot change, acting with purpose, and maintaining calm in the face of disorder. Listeners will learn how these timeless strategies align with current research in psychology and resilience — and how they can be applied daily to create clarity, stability, and strength. This episode is a practical guide for anyone seeking to stay grounded when life feels unpredictable. By blending ancient wisdom with modern challenges, The Stoic Blueprint for a Chaotic World shows how calm isn’t something you find — it’s something you build. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Sep 17

    Stoicism in the Age of Overload

    I want to start with something I've been sitting with for a while. There is more information hitting my brain in a single morning than a Roman senator would have encountered in a month. I'm not exaggerating that. I'm not being dramatic for the sake of a podcast hook. That's just the actual reality of what we're navigating right now. And the thing is, nobody really warned us that this would happen. Nobody handed us a user manual for the information environment we currently live inside of. When I started seriously reading the Stoics — and I mean really reading them, not just pulling Marcus Aurelius quotes for Instagram — I noticed something that surprised me. These people were not living in a quiet world. Rome at its height was chaotic, politically violent, economically unstable, and full of gossip and noise. Seneca wrote letters from within a culture that was drowning in spectacle. Marcus Aurelius wrote his private journal while running military campaigns. Epictetus was a former enslaved person navigating one of the most brutal institutions in human history. These were not people writing from mountaintop retreats. They were writing from inside the storm. That's why I think Stoicism hits differently in 2026 than it might have twenty years ago. We're not looking for a philosophy that helps us optimize a comfortable life. We're looking for something that helps us function when everything is loud, when the notifications never stop, when every platform is architecturally designed to keep your nervous system in a low-grade state of alarm. The Stoics were solving for that exact problem. Just in a different century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. Sep 12

    The Stoic Blueprint for a Chaotic World

    Today, we’re breaking down The Stoic Blueprint for a Chaotic World , not as ancient philosophy, but as a tactical framework for modern life. A blueprint for thinking clearly when everything around you is engineered to pull you off center. A blueprint for staying grounded when the world is shaking. A blueprint for choosing your response instead of being dragged by your reactions. The Stoics didn’t promise calm lives. They promised strong minds. And in a time where chaos is the default setting, strength isn’t optional — it’s survival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Sep 7

    Living With Virtue: The One Thing That Was Always the Point

    Let me start with a question, and I want you to be honest with yourself, because nobody hears your answer but you. If everything you were chasing suddenly vanished, the money, the status, the approval of the people whose opinions you care about most, what would be left of you? Strip all of it away, and what remains? Sit with that for a second. Because whatever remains when everything external is gone, that is the real you. That is your character. And the Stoics believed, with their whole hearts, that this one thing, your character, was the only thing that ever truly mattered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Sep 2

    The Shortness of Life: Why You Have More Time Than You Think and Less Than You Waste

    Life feels short, but much of that feeling comes from how easily time slips through our fingers when we live without intention. This episode, The Shortness of Life, explores one of the Stoics’ most powerful teachings: time is both abundant and scarce, depending entirely on how you choose to use it. Drawing from the insights of Seneca and other Stoic thinkers, we examine why people often feel rushed, overwhelmed, or behind — not because life is too brief, but because so much of it is spent on distraction, obligation, and unconscious habits. Modern research on attention, productivity, and psychological well‑being echoes the Stoic warning: the greatest threat to a meaningful life is not a lack of time, but the careless spending of it. Listeners will learn how to reclaim hours, days, and even years by practicing deliberate focus, eliminating trivial commitments, and aligning daily actions with long‑term values. This episode offers a clear, practical framework for living with urgency and spaciousness — the Stoic way of treating time as your most precious asset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Aug 27

    The Stoic Morning: How to Win the Day Before It Begins

    Let me start with a question, and I want you to be honest with yourself, because nobody hears your answer but you. Think about how you actually begin your day. Not the day you wish you had, the one you really have. When you first open your eyes, what happens? Do you reach for your phone before your feet even touch the floor, letting a flood of messages, news, and other people's demands pour into your mind before you have had a single thought of your own? Or do you take a quiet moment, before the world gets to you, to decide the kind of person you want to be today? Sit with that for a second. Because how you begin your morning quietly shapes everything that follows, and most of us hand those first precious minutes away without even noticing. Today, we talk about taking them back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I’m Brad Young, a multi‑time bestselling author, and I created The Stoic’s Guide Podcast to help you cut through the noise of modern life and reconnect with the clarity, strength, and purpose the Stoics mastered centuries ago. Even in a world overflowing with stress, distraction, and constant pressure, I believe ancient wisdom can still transform the way we live today — and the show’s ranking in the top 50 philosophical podcasts and top 5% of podcasts globally tells me people are craving exactly that kind of guidance. Each episode, I break down the most powerful teachings from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, and other great Stoic thinkers into simple, practical strategies you can use right away. Whether you’re navigating challenges in your career, relationships, or personal growth, I give you tools to build resilience, master your emotions, and create a more intentional, grounded life. If you’re ready to live with more stability, meaning, and inner peace, this podcast is your roadmap. Ancient wisdom for modern life — delivered in a way you can apply every single day. Subscribe and start your journey toward a stronger, more resilient you.

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  • Creator
    Brad Young
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    53
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    © Copyright 2026 by Brad Young Change Consulting

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