Resilience, Day 4: "The Path to Happiness with the Stoics" meditation series
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to a transformative practice that gently guides you toward unshakeable joy. This session beautifully weaves together the enduring strength of Stoic wisdom—the liberating truth that your inner peace is completely within your control—with the profound power of connection. We begin by setting an intention using a beautiful, grounding mudra , a silent commitment held in your hands. From this centered space, we turn our awareness toward a deeply cherished loved one. We're not seeking attachment; we're practicing the pure, vivid appreciation of their unique beauty. This focused gaze transforms simple love into a powerful, internal source of happiness and gratitude that the external world can never diminish. Step into this moment and discover how virtue, presence, and love create the most resilient happiness of all.
ALL ABOUT THIS WEEK'S SERIES
Welcome to "The Path to Happiness with the Stoics."
Welcome to a new journey on the Daily Meditation Podcast. This week, we are walking The Path to Happiness with the Stoics.
When we think of "Stoicism," we often imagine a stiff upper lip or the suppression of emotion. But the ancient Stoics—thinkers like Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus—were actually in pursuit of profound joy. They didn't seek the fleeting happiness of a sugar rush or a new purchase; they sought Eudaimonia (flourishing) and Ataraxia (unshakable tranquility).
This is day 4 of a 7-day meditation series, "The Path to Happiness with the Stoics," episodes 1164-1170.
Prepare to shift your perspective. Happiness is not something you chase; it is something you practice.
YOUR WEEKLY CHALLENGE: "The Control Test"
This week, your challenge is to apply the "Control Test" to every moment of friction or anxiety you encounter. Whenever you feel stress rising, pause immediately and ask yourself: "Is this 100% within my control?" If the answer is no, practice visualizing yourself physically dropping the weight of that outcome, redirecting your energy solely toward your own attitude and response.
THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION JOURNEY
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| 0:33.2 | This is episode 1,166. |
| 0:39.0 | Welcome to the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:50.5 | I honor you for giving yourself this time to slow down and connect to the best part of who you are. |
| 1:00.2 | In today's episode, you're going to be guided in a visualization to help you feel at peace and you'll have the option to hold your hands in a mudra mudras are ways you position your hands |
| 1:09.0 | that activate your nervous system in a corresponding way. |
| 1:14.8 | So this is a simple mudra, and it's a mudra to open up your heart to happiness. |
| 1:21.8 | I'm Mary Meckley, and I share a different meditation technique every day here on the podcast. |
| 1:29.4 | And the techniques are always customized around a theme we explore in depth for a full |
| 1:35.3 | week. |
| 1:36.5 | And our theme this week is all about the path to happiness with the wisdom of the Stoics. |
| 1:46.6 | And I've been sharing how meditation and many of the Stoic philosophies work hand in hand |
| 1:55.2 | because Stoicism is all about improving yourself and becoming the best person and to be the best human being |
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