Essays on Stoic practice and primal living — what the old books actually say, and how to live it now.
- Recommended: The Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday — One Page a Day That Actually SticksIf you read one page of Stoicism a day for a year, you will be a different man at the end of it. That’s the…
- Review: MTNTOUGH — The Best Bang-for-the-Buck in Functional FitnessMost fitness apps train you for the mirror. MTNTOUGH trains you to carry an elk quarter off a mountain. That difference in purpose runs through…
- Review: Heart & Soil Beef Organ Supplements — Ancestral Gold or Expensive Liver?Your great-grandparents ate the whole animal. Liver on Sundays, heart in the stew, marrow out of the bone. Somewhere along the way we decided the…
- Wim Hof vs. the Medical Guidelines: An Honest Look at Cold ExposureWim Hof made ice baths famous. He also made a lot of doctors nervous. Both things are true, and if you practice cold exposure you…
- Cold Exposure Without the Hype: What’s Proven, What’s NotCold exposure is currently sold as a cure for everything from depression to slow metabolism. The evidence is far more modest than the marketing —…
- What Marcus Aurelius Can Teach You About Your PhoneYou become what you give your attention to. Epictetus, Discourses Marcus Aurelius never saw a smartphone, but he spent his whole reign fighting for the…
- The Primal Fasting Protocol: A Beginner’s 30-Day ProgressionFasting is the oldest “protocol” there is — your ancestors didn’t call it intermittent fasting, they called it waiting for the next meal. Done sensibly,…
- Voluntary Discomfort: Why Seneca Slept on the FloorSeneca was one of the richest men in Rome. He also periodically slept on a hard floor, wore his worst clothes, and ate the cheapest…
- The Morning Question: A 5-Minute Stoic Practice That Actually SticksMost Stoic “routines” die within a week because they demand too much: an hour of journaling, a reading list, an app. Marcus Aurelius needed none…