{"podcast":{"title":"The What Is Stoicism? Podcast","slug":"the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831","podcast_index_feed_id":4397831,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6164470ddef1ec0012762fbd","website_url":"https://www.whatisstoicism.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6164470ddef1ec0012762fbd/1764930920044-b7250b46-2351-424a-ba13-76cad00bf9db.jpeg","author":"What Is Stoicism?","episode_count":249,"summary":"Using Stoic philosophy to help you (and me): LEARN from the past, PLAN for the future, LIVE in the present. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T16:19:39.255289+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831"},"episode":{"title":"We Suffer Most in Our Imagination","slug":"we-suffer-most-in-our-imagination","published_at":"2026-01-14T07:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831/we-suffer-most-in-our-imagination","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831","url":"https://whatisstoicism.com/podcast","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6164470ddef1ec0012762fbd/e/694a74889ff9a189862522da/media.mp3","summary":"This episode explores the Stoic art of decatastrophizing—learning to meet fear by stripping events down to what they really are, rather than what our imagination makes of them. From Socrates calmly facing death to Seneca’s reminder that we suffer more in imagination than in reality, we see how clarity dissolves panic. The practice isn’t denial or blind optimism, but disciplined attention to the present moment. With repetition, the Stoics show, fear loses its grip and the mind regains its power. 👇 👇 👇 📻 FOR MORE STOIC AUDIO CONTENT Check out one of my latest daily Micro Morning Meditations here on Substack: ☀️ Micro Morning Meditation: The Art of Self-Retrieval https://whatisstoicism.substack.com/p/micro-morning-meditation-the-art-4d8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This episode explores the Stoic art of decatastrophizing—learning to meet fear by stripping events down to what they really are, rather than what our imag…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":361,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831/episodes/we-suffer-most-in-our-imagination/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-what-is-stoicism-podcast-4397831/we-suffer-most-in-our-imagination.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}