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Looking out over the Brecons

Answer the Call: Why Purpose Isn’t Found, It’s Felt

This is the eleventh in a 12-part series inspired by my book, The Stoic Rider: Philosophy in Motion. This chapter explores the idea of purpose – not as a plan, but as a pulse. A call to live a life that feels honest and expansive. The kind of life you can look back on and say: I showed up fully, even when it was hard.
Checking your mirrors on motorbike

Check Your Mirrors

This is the tenth in a twelve-part series exploring the lessons in The Stoic Rider. Louisa reflects on how a quick glance back – whether at your past or your ego – can save you from bigger mishaps ahead. Just don’t get stuck staring.
Riding alone in Morocco

Ride with Virtue: Staying Upright in a Crooked World

Riding isn’t just about mastering the machine; it’s about mastering yourself. Here’s how the virtues of wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance shape the road — and life beyond it. This is the ninth in a 12-part series on stoic philosophy and motorcycling.
Kawasaki ZX6r on Pendine Beach

Where you Look is Where you Go

This is the seventh post in a 12-part blog series inspired by my book, The Stoic Rider. Each piece explores a Stoic principle through the lens of motorcycling — offering reflections on resilience, focus, and living fully in the moment. If you’re new to the series, you can start here or explore earlier posts to ride along from the beginning.
Six ladies on a single motorbike, happy and simling.

No One Rides Alone

The eighth in a twelve-part series from The Stoic Rider, this chapter is a thank you. From motorway wobbles to salt flat records, it’s a reflection on the friends, mentors, and communities who remind us: no one truly rides alone.
Women Rider's World Relay 2019 Italy girls together

Riding With The World

This is the sixth post in my 12-part series exploring the Stoic principles behind The Stoic Rider — a book that blends philosophy, bikes, and the bloody-minded joy of doing difficult things on two wheels.