

Troy Baker On How Stoicism Helps Him Be A Better Actor And Father
Morning Routine
- Protect your mornings from unproductive distractions like email and social media.
- These distractions reinforce the feeling of being behind and disrupt your day's rhythm.
Travel Disruption
- Traveling extensively disrupts your circadian rhythm and makes reconnecting with family difficult.
- Retraining your body to naturally produce melatonin is more effective than taking supplements.
Panic Attack
- Troy Baker had a panic attack triggered by seeing his heart rate increase on his Apple Watch.
- The doctor explained that awareness of heart rate itself causes it to rise, especially during panicked states.




































Ryan speaks with Troy Baker about how practicing Stoicism enriches the life of the artist and the parent, why gratitude is so much more beneficial than comparison, why one of the biggest goals of life is to be okay with death, how a bad breakup and a Comic Con led him to Stoicism, why he cried reading Meditations for the first time, and more.
Troy Baker is a voice actor and musician. Since starting his voice acting career in 1994, he has become known for a wide variety of roles in video games, film, and television, including Joel Miller in The Last of Us, Batman and Joker in various media, and English dubs of Bleach and Fullmetal Alchemist. He currently holds the record for the most acting nominations at the BAFTA Games Awards, with 5. Troy’s work can be found at dpntalent.com/talent/troy-baker and on Twitter @TroyBakerVA.
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