{"podcast":{"title":"Stoic Coffee Break","slug":"stoic-coffee-break-6852210","podcast_index_feed_id":6852210,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/5gXgeF_C","website_url":"https://stoic.coffee","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d47b19bf-8fff-4601-8015-a14738796943/7beac44c-ee99-403c-a249-b55aa7b3af13/3000x3000/scb_logo_1080.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Erick Cloward","episode_count":384,"summary":"\"Act on your principles, not your moods.\" A weekly meditation on how Stoic principles can help you be a better human. https://stoic.coffee Follow us on social media: https://instagram.com/stoic.coffee","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T08:19:27.667918+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stoic-coffee-break-6852210"},"episode":{"title":"367 - Choosing From the Wreckage: The Stoic Guide to Impossible Decisions","slug":"367-choosing-from-the-wreckage-the-stoic-guide-to-impossible-decisions","published_at":"2026-02-21T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stoic-coffee-break-6852210/367-choosing-from-the-wreckage-the-stoic-guide-to-impossible-decisions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stoic-coffee-break-6852210","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/stoic-coffee-break/episodes/367-choosing-from-the-wreckage-the-stoic-guide-to-impossible-decisions/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/52ae4f3b-0734-4920-88d6-17c9d1d79253/episodes/56863ee7-2ed7-42be-887c-fdfa97956fdd/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=52ae4f3b-0734-4920-88d6-17c9d1d79253&awEpisodeId=56863ee7-2ed7-42be-887c-fdfa97956fdd&feed=5gXgeF_C","summary":"How do you make a decision when all the choices in front of you feel like bad ones? Today I want talk about how Stoicism can help us take action when faced with impossible choices. “What should we have ready at hand in a situation like this? The knowledge of what is mine and what is not mine, what I can and cannot do.” — Epictetus, Discourses I, 1.21 Send us Fan Mail The Build an Unbreakable Mind program for building mental discipline is now open for enrollment! My book Stoicism 101 is ...","meta_description":"How do you make a decision when all the choices in front of you feel like bad ones? Today I want talk about how Stoicism can help us take action when face…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":725,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stoic-coffee-break-6852210/episodes/367-choosing-from-the-wreckage-the-stoic-guide-to-impossible-decisions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stoic-coffee-break-6852210/367-choosing-from-the-wreckage-the-stoic-guide-to-impossible-decisions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}