Stoic - The Invincible Soul

Here is a story of a man spending 25 years in prison for a crime the evidence overwhelmingly prove he did not commit, along with an interview with her mom. Please sign this potion to bring this man home to his family : https://izzyafriyie.com/petition-to-free-innocent-man-jace-washington/

This Innocent Man Is Spending 25 Years In Prison For A Crime He Did Not Commit - Jace Washington. Please sign this petition to help free Jace Washington. https://izzyafriyie.com/petition-to-free-innocent-man-jace-washington/ Jace Washington was convicted by a non- unanimous jury for manslaughter in 2009. He was sentenced to 25 years. But Jace has consistently insisted on his innocence since the moment of his arrest. And a thorough examination of the evidence that was available at his trial, as well as the evidence that emerged after his trial, attests to his innocence. And it appears Jace's conviction was secured by prosecutorial misconducts and tactics that if well executed, can turn any ordinary person into a convicted felon. The evidence overwhelmingly shows that Jace was not involved in the crime. Please sign this petition to help free Jace Washington. If nothing is done for him, he will spend another 10 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Episode 84 - Be Still, Surrender, And Let It Be by YogaGirl_Izzy

Rob Bell wants to inspire you to live the life you were meant to live with his book, How To Be Here. This is an audio reading on the chapters on suffering, Breath and Alert and Awaken

In this book, Howe to be here, Author, and spiritual teacher, Rob Bell wants to inspire you to live the life that you were meant to live. This is an audio excerpt from the Book, How to be here by Rob Bell.

Understand the distinction between your ego, and your true self. Here are three things you can do the year that will help better connect you to your rue self and help you step outside of your ego. 1- Meditation : I walk you through the steps on how to properly meditate. 2- Read inspirational / Motivational Books 3- Exercise or do you consistently. I walk you through how you can get started with you this year.

Tim Ferries selected a nearly a 100 or more entrepreneurs, thought leaders and a lot of other influencial people. And he asked all of them the same 11 questions and he put their responses in a book. So for this week, I am going to read from the responses of at least 6 people to one of the question he asked them. And that question is How has a failure or an apparent failure set up for later success? Do you have favorite failures. I am going to read the responses that Susan Cain, Ben Stiller and Jerzey Gregorek gave to this question

This episode of the stoic – the invincible soul podcast is inspired by Wayne Dyer’s book, the power of intention. There is something within us which is our spirit or our soul. That spirit is connected to something bigger than ourselves. It is connected to that which caused us to be as well as everything that is in this vast universe. We are as a result of that thing expanding and expressing itself. Some people call that thing God, others call it spirit, some call it source or the universe and doctor wayne dyer, who was the author of the book, the power of intention called it intention. He described it as a field of energy that is expressing itself in all that it creates. So if source, intention, God or the universe is the whole, then we are a piece of that whole. And as humans, we are also given a tool to enable us to function as we were intended to function and this tool is the mind. Our minds are a powerful tool. With the mind we are able to think, we are able to store information, we are able to project into the future and we are able to function in our community, and carry out the purpose for which we were created. But what the mind also does is that it forms an identity for itself as a by product of it functioning. This identity is based on the job it does, the things that it perceives as it’s accomplishments, and the type of reception it receives around it. It puts people into roles and categories, and it has expectations from people based on the roles that it places them into. And when these expectations are not met, it holds onto feelings of anger, annymosity, hatred, revenge etc. And in cases where the expectations are met, its shows love, kindness etc. But that identity perceives and acts towards the world based on the reception it receives. This identity is the ego. And the problem is that, we falsely believe this identity to be who we are. But fundamentally that is not who are. We are the spirit the resides within us. we share the same DNA as the spirit which caused us to be. And our true characteristics are the characteristics of spirit. At our core, we are kind, we exist in abundance, we are loving, we are compassionate, we are creative, and we are generous. When we separate ourselves from spirit and allow the mind to lead us, that is when we exist and operate from a place of lack, a place of hatered or a place of anger because these types of emotions are incompatible with who spirit is. And our primary job in life is to be connected to spirit all the times. Listen to more episodes of the stoic podcast here : https://izzyafriyie.com/stoicism-philosophy/

This is a read out of the seven faces of intention of intention from Dr. Wayne Dyer's book, the power of intention. According to Dr. Wayne Dr, there is an energy field of energy that caused all things on earth to be. Some call this energy God, Spirit, The Universe or Source. Dr. Dyer called it intention. According to him, intention is kind, creative, beautiful, love, receptive, abundance, and expansive

This is a read out of the seven faces of intention of intention from Dr. Wayne Dyer's book, the power of intention. According to Dr. Wayne Dr, there is an energy field of energy that caused all things on earth to be. Some call this energy God, Spirit, The Universe or Source. Dr. Dyer called it intention. According to him, intention is kind, creative, beautiful, love, receptive, abundance, and expansive

What if there is a field of energy that caused all of nature to be. What if that energy intended a specific purpose for everything that it created? What if just like the sun, the ocean and the moon, that energy intended a specific purpose for you? What if you have all the characteristics this energy field has because you came from it? What if if that energy wants you to be successful and be fulfilled? What if that is what it intended for you, and all it requires of you is for you to be connected to it at all times so that it can express itself through you? This episode of the stoic podcast explores what intention is and its profound power in your life.

This is a reading out of Oprah Winfrey's book, The Wisdom of Sundays. This is a chapter on "broken open." Oprah reflects on how she came to realize that her weight gain was a direct reflection of her inability to validate her feelings and confront those who abused her literally and figuratively.

Repeat - The Gift Of The Present Moment by YogaGirl_Izzy

This recoding from Rob Bell's book how to be here provides guidance on how to find your purpose or the thing that gets you up in the morning.

This excerpts from James Allen's book, as a man thinketh offers us a reminder to be conscious of our thoughts for the help shape the reality that we experience.

Be Impeccable with your words. This is an audio recording from a chapter on Don Miguel Ruiz's book, the four agreements. This is a reminder for us to be careful with the words that we choose to say about ourselves to ourselves and to those around us.

This is a readout from Oprah Winfrey's book, What I Know For Sure. This is a reading from the chapter on persistence. Oprah tells the story of how she persists through challenging times during the early times of the Oprah Show. She also talks about how she deals with the challenges thats he must face publicly.

Echarte Tolle said: Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it's their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don't be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are. Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.”

Episode 78 - The Power Of Setting Intentions During Hard Times by YogaGirl_Izzy

Jack Canfield said; My belief is that the whole purpose of life is to gain mastery—master our emotions, our finances, our relationships, our consciousness—through meditation . . . things like that. And it’s not about the stuff. All the stuff can be taken away. People lose their fortunes. They lose their reputation. Beautiful spouses die or leave you. But who you become in the process can never be taken away. Never. You are mastering through the process of overcoming these obstacles that you face in life. And Oprah Winfrey said; As you think about what lasting fulfillment looks like in your own life, know that the divine force at work within all of us has a bigger dream for you than you could ever imagine for yourself. Success comes when you surrender to that dream and allow it to lead you to the next place. In his book, Man’s search for meaning, Victor Frankl outlined three areas in our lives where we find meaning. We find meaning in 1- Our vocation, 2- In love, and 3- In suffering. However, we live in a society where we are often shamed for suffering. Ms. Edith Weisskoff-Joelson, a professor of psychology at the university of Georgia said, “Our current mental-hygiene philosophy stresses the idea that people ought to be happy, that unhappiness is a symptom of maladjustment. Such a value system might be responsible for the fact that the burden of unavoidable unhappiness is increased by unhappiness about being unhappy. And she goas on to say that the theory of logotherapy may help counteract certain unhealthy trends in the present day culture of the united states, where the incurable sufferer is given little opportunity to be proud of his suffering and to consider it ennobling rather and degrading so that he is not only unhappy but also ashamed of being unhappy.” There is meaning to be had in our suffering. Instead of avoiding or escaping suffering through sex, drugs, alcohol etc, we should be encouraged to embrace our suffering with dignity. In this episode of the stoic podcast, I break down Victor Frankl’s book on what it means to find meaning in our suffering.

Seneca said, until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them. And Epictetus said: Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation. Which is why it is essential that we not respond impulsively to impressions; take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control. The question I want to pose to you today is simple: What are you led by in life? Are you led by your fears? Are you led by the opinions of others? Are you led by the need to fit in? Are you led by a situation that seems impossible? Is life just happening, and are you just going along with it?                  Or Are you led by core values and principles you believe in? Do you have a grand vision that is shaping the decisions you make about your life?      The stoics will advise you to contemplate your own death. I know this is one topic we all like to avoid. Living is good, death is bad. That is what we have been taught to believe. However, death is one thing we are all destined to experience one day. It is the number one certainty in life. It is also a journey you go on, on your own. No one can go with you. And when that journey comes near, and you look back at your life, what would you want that life to have looked like? What is the one thing that will make you take your last breath peacefully? What is the one thing that would have made it all worth it? This thing, this vision, is what should be guiding your life.      Because when that day comes, what the world thought of you will not matter. Whoever or whatever stood in your way will not matter. The only thing you will be left with is you and your conscience. There will be no one to blame, you would have done yourself the greatest disservice if you allowed yourself to be guided by anything else other than the clear vision that you had for your life.      Listen to this week’s episode of the stoic podcast, episode 75, where I discuss what it means to be led by your vision for your life. I hope you enjoy it! Stoic – The Invincible Soul is a podcast inspired by stoic philosophy. And on this episode, I break down what it means to forgive, and why you should forgive those who offend you. Listen to more episodes of the stoic  - the invincible soul podcast here!

BE LED BY YOUR VISION: Marcus Aurelius said, “Not to assume it’s impossible because you find it hard. But to recognize that if it's humanly possible, you can do it too.” And Seneca said; If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” The question I want to pose to you today is simple: What are you led by in life? Are you led by your fears? Are you led by the opinions of others? Are you led by the need to fit in? Are you led by a situation that seems impossible? Is life just happening, and are you just going along with it? Or Are you led by core values and principles you believe in? Do you have a grand vision that is shaping the decisions you make about your life? The stoics will advise you to contemplate your own death. I know this is one topic we all like to avoid. Living is good, death is bad. That is what we have been taught to believe. However, death is one thing we are all destined to experience one day. It is the number one certainty in life. It is also a journey you go on, on your own. No one can go with you. And when that journey comes near, and you look back at your life, what would you want that life to have looked like? What is the one thing that will make you take your last breath peacefully? What is the one thing that would have made it all worth it? This thing, this vision, is what should be guiding your life. Because when that day comes, what the world thought of you will not matter. Whoever or whatever stood in your way will not matter. The only thing you will be left with is you and your conscience. There will be no one to blame, you would have done yourself the greatest disservice if you allowed yourself to be guided by anything else other than the clear vision that you had for your life. Listen to this week’s episode of the stoic podcast, episode 75, where I discuss what it means to be led by your vision for your life. I hope you enjoy it!

I am not here to advise you to be unafraid. We all feel the emotion of fear. There are things—some more than others—that terrify us all. You are entitled to feel fear. However, the question that I want to pose to you is this: who are you outside your fears. If the things that terrify you did not exist, who would you be? What would you do? I am here to encourage you to break the chains of your fears. And to walk freely into the life that you would rather live, and do the things that you would rather do if the fears did not exist. Because you can! There is a powerful you that is buried underneath your fears, and I am here to help you unearth it. Marcus Aurelius said: “It’s time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.” And he was right. You are more powerful than the things you fear. However, if you allow it, your fears can prevent you from living. They can set the confines for you, and create a limit in your mind of how far you can push or go. Your fears can design for you a life that you do not want, and a life that you would not choose. In the absence of fear, there is freedom. There is liberation. You are able to feel in control of your life. And you are able to focus your energy and efforts on what really matters to you. So ask yourself : who I’m I outside my fears, and take the steps to be exactly that! 5 Helpful Tips In Dealing With Fear 1- Live with it. Yes, contrary to what you may be inclined to believe. The way to overcome your fear is to learn to co-exist with it. The sensation of fear is uncomfortable. It is frightening. And we all have the tendency to try to avoid it. However, by doing that you feed the fear. You help it grow. Instead, learn to sit with the emotion. Recognize the emotion as fear. Label it as such, and allow yourself to feel the discomfort. Be practical about it and do exactly what you would do if the emotion did not exist. Do what you would do if there was no voice in your head giving you a list of all that could go wrong. 2- Be a mentor to yourself. In moments when you feel fear, more often than not, you know what you would like to hear. You simply wish someone else would tell it to you. So why don’t you tell it to yourself? You know how you would like to be consoled. So why don’t you console yourself? 3- Think of the worst case scenario. Again, this is another tip that sounds counter intuitive. But by allowing yourself to think of the worst case scenario, you help reduce the power it has over your mind. Whatever you resist, persists. There is a very high probability that the worst case scenario will not happen. However, by actively forcing yourself not to think about it, you increase its gravity and power in your mind. 4- Practice meditation, yoga or any physical Activity. These activities help center you and bring your mind to the present moment. 5- Ask yourself these questions: 1- Is the thing fear happening to you right now? 2- Is it something you anticipate will happen in the future? 3- How often have you accurately predicted the future? 4- Even if you are 100% accurate that the thing you fear will happen, why rush to meet the future? Tell yourself who you would be outside your fears, and then be exactly that!

Episode 73 - The Truth About Forgiveness by YogaGirl_Izzy

Fear is the number one thing that holds most people back from the life that they would rather live. And fear is arguably one of the most dangerous human emotion out there. Because fear paralyzes your ability to reason. It destroys your imaginations. It kills of self-reliance. It discouraged your initiative, it kills of your certainty of purpose… It undermines your enthusiasm. It encourages you to procrastinate and it takes away your feeling of self-control. And another truth about fear is that. It only exists in your imaginations. Most people do not feel fear when they are actually in danger. When people are in danger, they actually act instead of thinking. In this series on fear, I discuss the nature of fear, how we experience fear in our lives and how we can overcome the feeling of fear.

Instead of feeling overwhelmed by obstacles or circumstances that are beyond your control, learn to be proactive. Learn to decipher between the things which are within your control, and the things which are not. And focus you efforts and energy on the things you can control. Do not give into feelings of helplessness and hopelessness by focusing on the things that you have no control over. Do what you can with wha you have at where you at. ...

Episode 70 - 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by YogaGirl_Izzy

What Does Not Exist Within You Cannot Harm You by YogaGirl_Izzy

Overcoming The Fear Of Failure by YogaGirl_Izzy

Do Not Let Anyone Lie To You - Know Who You Are. by YogaGirl_Izzy

There is a spirit that lives within us. This spirit is who were are. It is different from out mind and the thoughts that are produced in our mind. We are not our mind. We are not the thoughts that come out of our mind. The mistake we often make it to believe that we are our thoughts and that our thoughts are true. However, this thinking is not accurate. Who we really are is the spirit that is within us. We find ourselves in a lot of trouble when we listen to the intelligence of the mind alone. We ought to be connected with the spirit that lies within us and operate from the intelligence. We ought to allow that intelligence to guide our lives. In moments when you find ourselves in tough situations. It is a reminder to get back and connect wit the spirit that lies within us. It is our guide. And it will lead us towards the right direction.

A New Earth - Let Go Of The Old Self. Make Room For A Rebirth. Difficult times are inevitable in life. For anyone who ever achieved anything great, that person had to go through his or her fair share of tough times. However, sometimes those difficult times are necessary for our growth. Those times come our way to get us to pay attention so that we can let go off old thoughts, belief systems, relationship and patterns of thinking that do not serve us. Sometimes those tough times come our way because something is dying within us. And we need to let that thing die, so that we can we can create a fertile ground for the greatness that is ahead of us to flourish. This quote by Theodore Roosevelt says it best: it is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

Episode 63- Tell Your Story From Your Perspective by YogaGirl_Izzy

Let go, let God.

Episode 61 - Learn to Jump in Even When You Can't Swim by YogaGirl_Izzy

Episode 60 - How to Let Go off The Negative Stories by YogaGirl_Izzy

Episode 59 -How to Live Out Your Purpose by YogaGirl_Izzy

Episode 58 - Why You Must Lose Yourself To Find Yourself - Repeat by YogaGirl_Izzy

Episode 57 - Why You Are Not Your Thoughts by YogaGirl_Izzy

Part 2 - Why You May Be Addicted to Your Pain and How to Overcome it by YogaGirl_Izzy

Just like we can form an addiction to things outside of ourselves, we can also form an addiction to our pain. We can form an addiction to our sorrow, fears, and worry. Sometimes you may meet people, and every time that there is some type of negativity going on, they are always there. There are some people that are caught in the cycle of one negative relationship after another. Most of these people know that the negativity and the toxic relationships that they find themselves in may be bad for them, but biologically, their bodies may be addicted to the pain that these relationships bring them. This episode explores how we can be addicted to our pain, and the steps that you can take to overcome them if you realize that you may be addicted to your pain.

“People suffer when they chase a dream or a life that does not belong to them” – Caroline Myss “Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look. “― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, a stoic philosopher. Most of us have a perception of how our life is supposed to look like. We have an idea of how things ae supposed to be like in our life. However, the problem with that is that most of our perception of how our life is supposed to be is borrowed from others. We think if others are happy living that life, then we will be happy if we live our lives like them too. We fail to recognize that we are a unique individual with a unique path that has been set out for us. We fail to recognize that our path to happiness will be different from other peoples path. I believe our intuitive mind serves as a guide to lead us to us to our path. The problem is that, a lot of us fail to listen to our intuitive mind. Mostly our of fear, we ignore the subtle feeling that seeks to point us towards the right direction. This episode explores how we can identify our intuitive mind, and encourages us on how we can listen to the intuitive mind. It also explore how we can use mediation as a tool to clear our mind of negative thoughts so that our intuitive mind will be at the forefront of our thinking. The episodes of this podcast are influenced by stoic philosophy, mindfulness and spirituality. This podcast is to encourage us all to live a much more fulfilling and rewarding life by adopting the virtues that are thought in stoic philosophy.

“Love and peace of mind do protect us. They allow us to overcome the problems that life hands us. They teach us to survive… to live now… to have the courage to confront each day.” —Bernie Siegel The one thing that I have learned I will never compromise on is my peace of mind. When your mind is at peace, you can think your way out of almost every situation. When your mind is at peace, you fear less, you worry less, and you have less anxieties. You are able to have the room to be creative in your thinking, and come up with the solution to your problems. Listen to this episode to find out how powerful your mind can be when it is at peace!

The Prayer That Gets Answered (Repeat) by YogaGirl_Izzy

“We forget: In life, it doesn’t matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with what happens and what you’ve been given. Listen to this episode and be encouraged to know that even as you face your toughest obstacles, you are not alone! Listen to me tell you two incredible stories to awaken your spirit to the truth that you are not alone.

“It’s time you realized that you have something in you more powerful and miraculous than the things that affect you and make you dance like a puppet.” – Marcus Aurelius I got to a place where I decided to fully show myself just as I was. It didn't matter to me if I was too short, too dark, too thin or whatever society perceived me to lack. I felt completely in love with myself. I knew who I was, and i found myself to be beautiful. I felt beautiful on the inside and on the outside. I loved all of me--every part of me. I knew the struggles that I had overcome and I felt extremely proud of myself. I also felt grateful to God for seeing me through each and everyone of them and making a way for me every single time. To me what that meant was that, I didn't care what the next person thought of me. I didn't care how anyone else perceived me because I knew who I was, and I would confidentiality bet my last penny on the woman I was. Self love eliminates self doubt! Listen to find out the various ways we doubt ourselves and how you can rise about your self doubt.

Episode 49- Self Love And How It Impacts Your Ability To Have Faith by YogaGirl_Izzy

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" Overcoming fear isn't so much about the nature, quality or gravity of the obstacle that you face. Instead it is about the inner peace that you have within you. It is the an eternal gift of peace within us that helps us overcome our fear. There is an inner peace that helps us overcome our fear. That is this peace helps us face obstacles and challenges that may come our way even in the midst of our fears. Listen to this episode to learn how you can overcome your fear and step into the new you, new beginnings and live the best that that reflects your most authentic self.

Episode 47 - Why You Must Lose Yourself To Find Yourself by YogaGirl_Izzy

Outliers - Choose to Stand Out (Repeat) by YogaGirl_Izzy