Zen Stoic Path Show
You are here because you believe that it is better to be a warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war.
You want to conquer your goals without sacrificing your well-being, while also enjoying the things that matter most -- like spending time with people you love and pursuing your interests without guilt.
The Zen Stoic Path will guide you along the path to unshakable inner peace. You’ll be ready to conquer any challenge life throws your way -- while being peacefully present to each moment.
This unique approach blends the timeless wisdom of Zen Buddhism and Stoic philosophies--while integrating modern techniques of emotional mastery.
As you embark upon this journey with us, you can apply thousands of years of lessons...to improve your life today.
If you’re ready to:
Walk the path of your highest contribution so you genuinely feel fulfilled
Make decisions with precision and confidence, without wavering
Have time to relax or pursue your creative gifts...guilt-free
Be fully present with the ones you love, so your connections continually grow
The Zen Stoic Podcast will give you the power to use your emotions as a compass to guide you to supreme liberation. Nearly 100,000 listeners have benefited from this wisdom, and you can too.
Create unshakeable inner peace with the Zen Stoic Path today.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 173
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
Ego Is NOT The Enemy: Living A More Authentic Life
In this episode, we explore what it means to live an authentic life. Many people view ego as their enemy, but is that really accurate? Can ego actually be a helpful tool when it comes to personal gro…
Absent The Path, This Is The Path: How To Grow In Spite of Difficulty
Do you ever feel like life is throwing too many challenges your way?
It can be tough to stay positive and motivated when everything seems to be going wrong. But with the right mindset, you can turn a…
Am I Getting Ahead of Myself?: A Simple Antidote for Anxiety
Key Takeaways:
- “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is very defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality." - Bruce Lee
- The present moment is the convergence point where everything can change. Th…
Let Go or Be Dragged: Find Liberation In The Midst of Chaos
- “My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal …
Interview with Sal Salcedo, “The Hairlosopher”
Sal is a well renowned and sought after hair stylist in Los Angeles, who seeks to find the meaning of life in all that he does. He creates magic in the “hair chair” by using his experiences of his sp…
The Zen Stoic Eightfold Path Part 3: Living In A Meditative State
In this episode we dive into the third aggregate of the Zen Stoic Rendition of the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path: Meditation/Concentration.
We discuss how to live in a meditative state through practic…
The Zen Stoic Eightfold Path Part 2: Conduct and Morality
In this episode we continue with part 2 of our 3 part series of the Zen Stoic rendition of The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path. We discuss the aggregate of morality and conduct. This is based on our ou…
The Zen Stoic Eightfold Path Part 1: Wisdom
In this episode, we dive into the Zen Stoic rendition of the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path. The path is the way of liberation for a person to end their suffering. The Buddha’s Path has 3 Aggregates: …
Use Your Vulnerabilities To Create Unshakeable Inner Peace
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek” - from Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung.
This episode we discuss championing the journey of the individual by first embracing the flaws and imper…
Zen Stoic Podcast Repost: Clearing The Pebbles In Your Life
Zen Stoic Podcast Repost: Interview With Brendon Lemon
Zen Stoic Podcast Repost: Creating Clarity
Zen Stoic Podcast Repost: If You're Always Giving, You'll Always Have
In this episode, we're going to be discussing the Chinese proverb "If you are always giving, then you will always have." I will be telling the story of how a homeless man named Paul taught me one of …
Banishing A Ghost
Important Quotes:
- “We are a meaning-seeking species. We tend to process events in light of what they mean to us. We make a value judgment: Is it good or bad in the context of my life? And it is a…
Am I Overdoing It?
Important Quotes:
- "All the difficulties you have in zazen should not take place outside your mind. Your efforts should be kept within your mind. In other words you have to accept the difficulty as not…
Zen Stoic Morality
- Important Quotes:
- “Buddhism is about liberating the mind. To accomplish this, the Buddha taught his path of morality (sīla), concentration (samādhi) and wisdom (paññā).”
- “A life grounded in morality is…
The Young Archer
Important Quotes:
- "The goal of practice is always to keep your beginner’s mind. Our original mind includes everything within itself. It is always rich and sufficient with itself. You should not lo…
The Message of Pain
Important Quotes:
- “The Buddha compares being afflicted with bodily pain to being struck by an arrow. Adding mental pain (aversion, displeasure, depression, or self-pity) to physical pain is like being…
The Stoic Reserve Clause
Important Quotes:
- “For can you find me a single man who cares how he does what he does, and is interested, not in what he can get, but in the manner of his own actions? Who, when he is walking aroun…