Epictetus
The Drill Sergeant
Carl Jung
The Mythologist
Laozi
The Riddler
Epictetus · Carl Jung · Laozi
Ancient philosophy. Modern life. One practice at a time.
The Stoic Compass is a philosophy podcast where Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi debate a Stoic principle each episode. They disagree — genuinely, sometimes sharply. Every episode ends with one concrete practice you can do before tomorrow. Free on all major platforms.
Three of history's greatest minds. One question. One practice. Epictetus pushes hard. Jung digs deep. Laozi asks what happens if you stop pushing entirely. One of them delivers a lesson. All of them leave you with something to actually do today.
Not a concept to think about. Something you actually do today.
Pay Attention is twelve lessons in the practice of seeing clearly. Epictetus, Carl Jung, and Laozi teach you to stop reacting and start noticing. Each lesson ends with one concrete practice you can do today. Available on Amazon as an eBook and paperback.
"You're not distracted.
You're just not here."
Available on Amazon · Twelve lessons · The same three teachers from the podcast
C. Trebue has spent a very long life being human, which is to say, making mistakes, course-correcting, and starting over more times than he'd like to count. He found his way to Epictetus, Jung, and Laozi not through a philosophy degree but through necessity. These weren't interesting thinkers. They were useful ones.
After decades of work, relationships, missteps, and the occasional accidental wisdom, he arrived at a conclusion simple enough to fit in two words: Pay Attention. Not as a slogan. As the one practice that underlies everything else — every craft, every relationship, every attempt to become something better than you were yesterday.
He hopes it finds the people who need it.
The Heroic Stoic is a brand built around the daily practice of Stoic wisdom. It brings together The Stoic Compass podcast, the book Pay Attention by C. Trebue, and The Daily Practice — a free daily newsletter delivering one Stoic insight and one concrete practice every day.
The three teachers are Epictetus (the Stoic philosopher, known here as The Drill Sergeant), Carl Jung (the Swiss psychiatrist and mythologist), and Laozi (the ancient Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching, known as The Riddler). Each brings a sharply different perspective to every Stoic principle — and they genuinely disagree.
No. The Stoic Compass podcast, the book, and the newsletter are all built for people who want practical tools — not academic theory. Each episode and each lesson ends with one concrete thing you can do today. No philosophy degree required. No meditation cushion either.
Yes. The Stoic Compass is completely free to listen to on Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. Subscribe on any platform to get new episodes automatically.
The Stoic Compass podcast delivers a new debate and practice every episode — it is an ongoing, evolving series. Pay Attention is a complete twelve-lesson course designed to be read in sequence, building one practice on top of the last. Both feature the same three teachers, but the book goes deeper on the foundational skills of attention and self-awareness.