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Modern Age Stoicism: Finding Internal Harmony in Business & Life | Sharon Riddle
What if success wasn't simply about managing what happens around you—but learning how to remain grounded within yourself while it happens?
On this episode of Brilliant Minds & Beautiful Souls, Tess Booker welcomes Sharon Riddle, Partner at Excalibre Investments of Texas, LLC, for a thoughtful conversation about modern Stoicism, meditation, entrepreneurship, authentic self-expression, and creating greater internal harmony while navigating the demands of business and life.
Drawing from Stoic philosophy and the teachings associated with thinkers such as Marcus Aurelius and Zeno, Sharon explores a principle that remains remarkably relevant today: learning to distinguish between what we can control and what we cannot.
For entrepreneurs and leaders, that distinction can become a powerful practice.
Tess and Sharon explore how meditation, journaling, mindfulness, and intentional pauses can create space between an external circumstance and our internal response. Rather than trying to control every outcome, the invitation becomes learning how to meet challenges with greater awareness.
The conversation also moves beyond business performance into something deeper: wealth, health, relationships, love, and authentic self-expression.
Sharon shares why external accomplishment alone doesn't necessarily create internal harmony. When we disconnect from who we genuinely are—or continually perform according to outside expectations—we can experience self-doubt, disconnection, and even imposter syndrome.
Authentic self-expression, by contrast, creates an opportunity to lead and live from a place that feels congruent.
As Sharon says, “Stoicism is about focusing on what you can control.”
In This Conversation
You'll hear reflections around:
• Modern Stoicism and its historical roots
• Marcus Aurelius, Zeno, and enduring Stoic principles
• Focusing energy on what is actually within your control
• Journaling as a tool for reflection and awareness
• Meditation and strengthening internal connection
• Navigating external challenges without surrendering internal harmony
• Balancing wealth, health, and relationships
• Self-love and authentic self-expression
• Authenticity, trust, and imposter syndrome
• Mental and visual rehearsal before difficult conversations
• Using intentional pauses as a daily mental reset
• Mindfulness and reducing unnecessary suffering
• The interconnectedness of body, mind, and soul
• Meeting challenges with love rather than automatic reaction
• Bringing presence into ordinary moments of everyday life
One of the beautiful distinctions in this conversation is that resilience doesn't necessarily require becoming harder.
Sometimes resilience comes from becoming more connected—to ourselves, to what matters, and to the internal resources available before we respond to what's happening externally.
A pause can become a reset.
A routine moment can become an opportunity for presence.
And a challenging conversation can become an opportunity to choose who we want to be before we enter it.
A Question to Carry With You
What are you spending energy trying to control that isn't actually yours to control—and what could change if you brought that energy back to your own thoughts, choices, actions, and self-expression?
Connect with Sharon Riddle
Sharon Riddle
Partner | Excalibre Investments of Texas, LLC
Real Estate Investor & Entrepreneur
Website:
https://www.excalibretexas.com
Email:
dcriddleretin3@gmail.com
Connect with Host Tess Booker
Tess Booker
Emotional Wellness & Alignment Coach | Best-Selling Author | Speaker | Podcast & Radio Host | Chief Guest Officer, KPHRED
Connect with Tess — Programs, Events & Resources:
https://dot.cards/tessbooker
Website:
https://tessbooker.com
