The Stoic Vault, by Jon Brooks

You know the ideas. Now you want the reps.

You know the ideas. Now you want the reps.

You know the ideas. Now you want the reps.

You’ve read the Stoics, and you still lose it with someone you love. This is where you train the rest: one short practice a week and personal replies from me.

From $19/month · 14-day refund policy

Start with a six-minute welcome to find your bearings. One small step at a time.

INSIDE THE VAULT

A real place to practise.

Preview a weekly practice, listen to a lesson, and explore the courses.

The Vault guided paths page, showing Choose One Path
The weekly practice on a phone: Keeping enough of the routine

Choose a path on your computer. Return to the weekly practice on your phone.

Week 33: Knowing Is Not Doing, original practice artworkFrom the weekly practice archive

Knowing Is Not Doing

A short preview of Week 33, by Jon Brooks.

The practice · one rep a day

Take the thing you know and do not do. Do not fix it.

Shrink it to the smallest version that still counts, one page, one set, one message, five minutes, and do only that, every day this week.

Inside the course library

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FROM INSIDE THE VAULT

When the practice became useful.

From members’ posts about trying the practices, including the attempts that didn’t go to plan. Excerpts shown with initials for privacy.

Staying calm when something goes wrong

“That’s the most calm and relaxed I’ve felt after any mishap.”

E. · Vault member

Pausing before speaking

“It’s helped me pause and recognize if what I’m saying/about to say is a product of emotional embellishment.”

S. · Vault member

Letting go of other people’s choices

“It felt like such a weight had been lifted… there are some days that pause eludes me.”

L. · Vault member

Handling a difficult conversation

“Locking my ego in the brig before a potentially challenging conversation was helpful.”

J. · Vault member

Building new routines

“I’m finding practice doesn’t make perfect it actually makes new routines.”

P. · Vault member

Getting started instead of putting it off

“The act of starting helped, and I ended up figuring it out along the way”

M. · Vault member

Why this works

Support for the parts that get difficult.

When the habit slips

One small practice each week gives you something specific to return to. Most weeks, it takes under ten minutes to get started.

When you need something in the moment

Use a short exercise or written prompt for a difficult conversation, a worry loop or a decision you keep avoiding.

When you don’t know where to start

Choose a Guided Path for the problem in front of you. Follow its sequence at your own pace.

When you want help applying it

Post your situation in Questions & Coaching. I reply personally, once or twice a week. There is also a monthly live session.

Jon Brooks teaching in his studio
Workshop slide showing impression, assent, impulse and passion

Jon Brooks, alongside a slide from The Passions System workshop in the Vault.

Pricing

One membership. Choose how you pay.

Monthly

The simplest way in. Full access, billed monthly.

$19 / month

Full Vault access

Weekly Practice reps

Curated Stoic Course Paths

Real-moment tools (scripts + reframes)

Monthly live session with Jon

Questions & Coaching: I reply personally, once or twice a week.

Quarterly

A season of practice. Cheaper than monthly, without committing to a year.

$49 / quarter

Everything in Monthly

$16.33/month equivalent, billed $49 quarterly

A full season of practice

Cancel or switch each quarter

Save $8 versus three monthly payments

Yearly

Best Value

For the long game. One payment, a full year of reps.

$179 / year

Everything in Monthly

Save $49 versus twelve monthly payments

$14.92/month equivalent, billed $179 yearly

Locked rate while you stay subscribed

Take 14 days to try the Vault. If it isn’t right for you, email me within 14 days of joining for a full refund.

Inside the course library

What people say after taking these courses

What people say after taking these courses

Portrait of Ruth O’Hara

Ruth O’Hara

The Dichotomy of Control

This course was the most applicable, easy to understand and apply that I have encountered. No fluff, just solid guidance. It came at a time in my life when it was absolutely essential that I sort out ‘Mine/Not Mine’ for my own mental, physical, emotional and spiritual self. I thank Jon for the beautiful and succinct course.

5.0

Portrait of Ruth O’Hara

Ruth O’Hara

The Dichotomy of Control

This course was the most applicable, easy to understand and apply that I have encountered. No fluff, just solid guidance. It came at a time in my life when it was absolutely essential that I sort out ‘Mine/Not Mine’ for my own mental, physical, emotional and spiritual self. I thank Jon for the beautiful and succinct course.

5.0

Portrait of Lori

Lori

10 Stoic Tools For Difficult People: Boundaries, Insults & Toxic Patterns

This course is rich! It was very eye-opening & validating for me. I appreciated the stoic stories & quotes, as well as the thought-provoking exercises & meditations. I feel I have more tools in my toolkit for navigating relationships. Thank you, Jon! I love hearing your wisdom & am truly grateful for your guidance. 🙏🏻

4.9 course rating

Portrait of Lori

Lori

10 Stoic Tools For Difficult People: Boundaries, Insults & Toxic Patterns

This course is rich! It was very eye-opening & validating for me. I appreciated the stoic stories & quotes, as well as the thought-provoking exercises & meditations. I feel I have more tools in my toolkit for navigating relationships. Thank you, Jon! I love hearing your wisdom & am truly grateful for your guidance. 🙏🏻

4.9 course rating

Portrait of Hannah Leatherbury

Hannah Leatherbury

Perfectionism: Move Forward Without Getting It Perfect

As someone starting a second career at the age of 40, I have come up against a wall of desire - I want to be ahead of where I should reasonably expect to be based on my experience. It’s a Friday and I’ve had a full week of work. I left feeling demoralized. Listening to this course, I feel renewed. Thank you.

4.8 course rating

Portrait of Hannah Leatherbury

Hannah Leatherbury

Perfectionism: Move Forward Without Getting It Perfect

As someone starting a second career at the age of 40, I have come up against a wall of desire - I want to be ahead of where I should reasonably expect to be based on my experience. It’s a Friday and I’ve had a full week of work. I left feeling demoralized. Listening to this course, I feel renewed. Thank you.

4.8 course rating

Jon Brooks, founder of The Stoic Handbook

Your guide

Jon Brooks

Jon Brooks

Jon founded The Stoic Handbook and hosts its podcast. He came to Stoicism after years spent testing different approaches to personal change. What stayed was the practice.

His approach is practical and sceptical. He tests the ideas in ordinary life, then notices what works and what doesn’t. One morning, that meant catching his own resentment at a sink full of dishes, and choosing again. The Vault is where he shares the practices that survive that test, and helps members apply them when life gets messy.

The Stoic Handbook podcast · 600K+ downloads

Jon Brooks in conversation with Donald J. Robertson

Jon Brooks with Donald J. Robertson

PUBLIC SUBSTACK RECOMMENDATION

PUBLIC SUBSTACK RECOMMENDATION

PUBLIC SUBSTACK RECOMMENDATION

“Jon is a great source of information, and his content has helped many people get turned on to modern Stoicism.”

“Jon is a great source of information, and his content has helped many people get turned on to modern Stoicism.”

“Jon is a great source of information, and his content has helped many people get turned on to modern Stoicism.”

Donald J. Robertson

Author of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and How to Think Like Socrates

Author of How to Think Like a Roman Emperor and How to Think Like Socrates

Recommending The Stoic Handbook on Substack ↗

Recommending The Stoic Handbook on Substack ↗

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FAQ

Clarity before you join

What is the Stoic Vault?

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Ready to turn Stoic ideas into practice?

Begin with the six-minute welcome. Then use the weekly practice, with personal replies when you get stuck. There’s nothing to catch up on.

Try it for 14 days. If it is not for you, email me for a refund.