The Queer Stoic

Welcome back to The Queer Stoic Podcast and to Episode 7 and Chapter 2 of The Stoicism Workbook! This week we will be focusing on Control and the lack of it that we actually have in our lives as opposed to how much we think we have. As a fellow control freak, this has been a difficult concept for me to grasp and to learn to let go of the illusion of control that I have over certain events or influ...

Welcome back to The Queer Stoic, this past week I discovered a new book called The Stoicism Workbook, as a Practicing but still new-ish Stoic myself. I think this book would be a good opportunity for all of us to start with the basics. I will be summarizing the chapters and culminating the lessons into some exercises and of course a journal prompt for the week. Links The Stoicism Workbook by Scott...

Description Welcome to episode 5! This is our last episode on the individual virtues as they stand on their own. This week we explore Justice. Justice is an ideal which instills a sense of overall kindness, fairness, and sense of responsibility towards the community around you and even, in some situations, humanity as a whole. Show Notes: Thank you to the The Stoic Fellowship for their continued s...

Welcome to Episode 4, Courage is the word of the week. Not only courage for ourselves but others as well. As the title suggests we should foster courage among the helpless around us as well as within ourselves to rise up and be who we are. Book Links Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Discourses and Selected Writings by Epictetus The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselmann Show Notes: CREDI...

A dive into the second virtue of Stoicism, Temperance, or more accurately, Moderation in the context of Stoicism. Maintaining control and moderating not only our internal feelings and reactions, but our consumption. Be it Social Media, food, drink, and the like. In a modern world that is so focused on consumption how do we maintain this Moderation? Show Notes: Grounding exercise: Name 5 things you...

This week’s episode is about implementing the virtue of Wisdom in Stoicism to everyday life when dealing with ignorant people and their bigotry against the LGBTQ+ community. We in the Queer community encounter bigotry on a daily basis, both politically and socioeconomically. There are laws being passed that wish to erase us or put us in such a state of fear for our safety that some have fled to ot...

An introduction to Stoicism and how my journey towards gender transition and Stoicism collided, how Stoicism has inspired and guided me in my transition as well as parenting a son as a semi-closeted Transgender Man. Come with me as we explore the ins and outs of Stoic parenting, yes that is a capital 'S', don't worry I will get into that. Stoicism and queerness go hand in hand in my op...