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EPISODE · Apr 10, 2026 · 6 MIN

Stoic Morning Practice: Stop Dreading Day Before It Starts

from The Stoic Handbook with Jon Brooks · host Jon Brooks

Some mornings the dread arrives before the alarm. A tightness in the chest, a list already forming, a quiet resistance to the day ahead. This guided Stoic practice meets you there, not with forced optimism, but with honest preparation.You will practise the ancient Stoic technique of premeditatio malorum: facing what you are afraid of before it has power over you. Not to make yourself anxious, but to take the charge out of it. When you name what you are dreading, it shrinks.Free 7-Day Stoic Challenge: stoicchallenge.coThe Stoic Vault: stoicvault.com

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