Jon Brooks

Life Coach, MA

Cardiff, UK

11.5k Followers

Jon Brooks teaches Stoicism as a daily practice — not as philosophy you read about, but as something you train, the way you'd train a skill in the gym or on the mat. He's spent over a decade testing these ideas in his own life: through meditation, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, coaching, and the usual 3am arguments with his own mind. His podcast, The Stoic Handbook, has reached over 500,000 downloads and featured conversations with thinkers like Donald Robertson and Jules Evans — not about Stoic theory, but about what actually works when you're anxious, reactive, or stuck. His meditations on Insight Timer have reached millions of listens. They're built around one idea: you don't need to control what happens to you. You need to get better at what you do next.

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Specialities

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Anxiety

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Anger Management

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Life Coaching

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Stress

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Parenting

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Self Esteem

Reviews

Kelley Dwyer

Aug 4, 2026

Very helpful, thank you. This is going on repeat.

Alex S

Aug 2, 2026

I love this except for the example of leaving your partner. I understand the stoic principle behind it but there are so many nuances to ending a relationship that I might caveat that one , eg you e tried to uphold your side of the issues. There's no simple decision unless it's life and death or personally disruptive but just wanted to flag it. Your other examples are spot on (personally).

Yvonne

Aug 1, 2026

Nice voice, very calming simple practice to let go of things. I can’t control focus on the things that I can. I’ll come back to this one thank you blessings. 🙏

Gina Rodz

Jul 29, 2026

This is very helpful in bringing clarity to our actions. 🙏

Michelle

Jul 28, 2026

This is the exact meditation I need when repeatedly processing how to manage certain things and people at work. It’s easy to get caught in trying to boil the ocean instead of just focusing on what I can control.

Kristin

Jul 11, 2026

It was what I needed this day! Very grateful for the suggestion by insight timer. Thank you!

Margreet

Jul 9, 2026

Good to realise and interesting thought experiment

eLayne Kelley

Jun 30, 2026

Such a great teaching....and love your voice and that there is no music

Andie

Jun 29, 2026

Excellent meditation to manage stress levels of the minds illusory of control! Thank you 🙏

Nicola

Jun 22, 2026

Brilliant, just what ai needed today. Clarity in what I can do, and leave the rest up to the universe. Thank you, simple but true

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Joined Insight Timer in April 2018

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