Practicing Human
656 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsPracticing Human is a daily podcast, hosted by Cory Muscara, offering insights and practices into how to live a fulfilling life. Cory pulls on his time living as a Buddhist monk in Burma, his many years as a mindfulness and meditation teacher, and his work in Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
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[Rerun] Stress: The Minimum Effective Dose
August 31, 2021 04:00 - 11 minutes - 8.23 MBThere's a sweet spot between ultimate calm and ultimate anxiety that enables to get done what we need to get done. Where is that for you? In this episode, we'll discuss how to find that. If you'd like to learn more strategies for stress & anxiety, you can access my recent masterclass at: https://corymuscara.com/masterclass-stress/
[Rerun] Self-Acceptance Must Happen Now
August 30, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.23 MBHow much will you need to change before you're worthy of love and acceptance? In this episode, we explore this question and the different motivations there can be for real change and growth. To join the upcoming masterclass on self-love, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
[Rerun] How to Be Confident
August 26, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.33 MBMost of our usual ways of developing confidence are about thinking positive, changing our state, and changing our beliefs. In this episode, we discuss a different (and more intuitive, basic) way to develop true confidence. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298 And if you'd like to get daily inspirational text messages to your phone f...
[Rerun] 7 Tips to Stop Negative Thoughts
August 25, 2021 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.8 MBIn this episode, we explore 7 techniques to work through negative thoughts. Pick and choose which ones most resonate and see how they work. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
[Rerun] The Positive Power of Negative Experiences
August 24, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.25 MBIn this episode, we discuss how to reflect on past difficult events to find the learning and growth that they offered us, and then to use that reflection to cultivate hope for a positive future, ultimately changing our relationship to the present moment. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
[Rerun] Counterintuitive Antidote to Stress & Anxiety
August 20, 2021 04:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBIn this episode, we discuss how many people in the personal development world try to "combat" their painful experiences, and why that is only a half-baked prescription. We'll discuss the powerful alternative to this, and why it's becoming more popular. To join the masterclass, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
[Rerun] How to Overcome Procrastination
August 19, 2021 04:00 - 13 minutes - 9.22 MBIn this episode, we what's at the heart of why we procrastinate and how to overcome it. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298 To join the upcoming masterclass on August 23rd, visit: www.corymuscara.com/mastercass
[Rerun] The Five Remembrances
August 18, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.98 MBIn this episode, we discuss Thich Nhat Hanh's 5 daily remembrances. These are five important truths that he suggests we keep in mind each day in order to live a meaningful, purposeful, and intentional life. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298 And if you'd like to get daily inspirational text messages to your phone from me, just tex...
[Rerun] Calming the Mind
August 17, 2021 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.42 MB"Don’t meditate to fix yourself, to improve yourself, to redeem yourself; rather, do it as an act of love, of deep warm friendship to yourself. In this way there is no longer any need for the subtle aggression of self-improvement, for the endless guilt of not doing enough. It offers the possibility of an end to the ceaseless round of trying so hard that wraps so many people’s lives in a knot. Instead there is now meditation as an act of love. How endlessly delightful and encouraging." -Bob S...
[Rerun] Does Mindfulness Make You a Better Person?
August 16, 2021 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBWill mindfulness improve your ethics? Will it make you a better person? This is an ongoing debate in the mindfulness world, and in this episode, I share my thoughts. To join the upcoming masterclass, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
[Rerun] How to Make a Difficult Life Change
August 13, 2021 04:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBIn this podcast episode, we talk about how to make difficult changes in your behavior and why it's not as simple as just setting the intention to make a change. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298
[Rerun] Become an Optimist (and live longer)
August 12, 2021 04:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBIn this episode, we talk about the powerful scientific benefits of being optimistic and the various ways you can cultivate a more optimistic outlook in your life. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298
[Rerun] How Mindfulness Leads to Happiness
August 11, 2021 04:00 - 11 minutes - 7.62 MBMindfulness leads to a different kind of happiness than we're used to. In this episode, I share a quote from my friend, Scott Barry Kaufman, that encapsulates how we retrain the brain for a different kind of happiness. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298
Meeting Mortality with Softness
August 09, 2021 04:00 - 3 minutes - 2.74 MBIn this episode, we explore a poem by Ross Gay. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Relief vs Joy
August 05, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.65 MBIn this episode, we discuss the importance of being attuned to the difference between relief and joy. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Helping Your Future Self
August 03, 2021 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.15 MBIn this episode, we'll discuss a simple practice you can use throughout your day to make better decisions. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
The Relationship Between Presence and Destiny
July 27, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 3.75 MBIn this episode, we discuss how your destiny is connected to your presence. If you'd like to join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Kneel and Kiss the Ground
July 22, 2021 04:00 - 3 minutes - 2.56 MB"Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." -Rumi
Surrender Walk
July 19, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.34 MBIn this episode, we discuss a simple practice you can do to move from "doing" to "receiving." If you'd like to join my upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Simplify This Moment
July 14, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 3.66 MBIn this episode, we discuss how to make this moment of your life more simple and manageable. To join the text message community, text the word "Podcast" to 1-631-305-2874
Energetic Discharge
July 13, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.35 MBIn this episode, we talk about the different ways we discharge energy from the nervous system.
Alchemizing Old Pain
July 07, 2021 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.78 MBIn this episode, we talk about how to heal and grow from old patterns of conditioning. To join the text message community, text the word "podcast" to 1-631-305-2874
The Inevitability of Discomfort
July 06, 2021 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.94 MBIn this episode, we talk about why you can't have growth without discomfort.
2 Kinds of Stress
July 05, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.02 MBIn this episode, we break the myth that all stress is bad and discuss two key forms of stress, good and bad.
How to Live The Life You Were Meant to Live
June 25, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.77 MBIn this episode, we discuss how, if there is such a thing as the life that you are "meant to live," how we would go about discovering and living that life.
Mindset Shift for an Easier Life
June 22, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 3.89 MBIn this episode, we discuss the distinction between believing life should have or shouldn't have happened.
The Hidden Power of Accepting Others
June 18, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.41 MBIn this episode, we discuss why deep acceptance of others is a key lever to your own growth. To join the September retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Feeling Good
June 17, 2021 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.1 MBIn this episode, we discuss why everything is easier when you feel good, and the paradoxical nature of getting there.
You Don't Need to Let Go
June 16, 2021 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.89 MBIn this episode, we talk about an alternative perspective when considering how to let go. Access my free, 10-Day Finding Happiness course: https://mindfulness.com/cory/happiness-course
Building The Dream Home Of Your Mind
June 08, 2021 04:00 - 10 minutes - 7.55 MBIn this episode, we discuss what it would mean to build a $500MM home in your mind. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Using Thoughts as Intuition
June 07, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.92 MBIn this episode, we explore how the thinking mind can be a form of intuitive guidance, but only when you do this key thing. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
The Healing Power of Positive Emotion
June 04, 2021 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.46 MBIn this episode, we discuss just how important it is to let positive experiences saturate you to your core. If you'd like to join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Eliminate Barriers to Meditation
June 03, 2021 04:00 - 10 minutes - 7.25 MBIn this episode, we explore how to navigate the things we most perceive to be getting in the way of our meditation practice. If you'd like to join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
3 Layers of Awareness of Thoughts
June 02, 2021 04:00 - 9 minutes - 6.27 MBIn this episode, we explore the layers of awareness of thoughts that take us to deeper forms of freedom. If you'd like to join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Lessons From The Pandemic
June 01, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.38 MBIn this episode, we explore how to relate positively to the pain of this past year. To join the upcoming retreat, click here: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Become Your Own Therapist
May 28, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.49 MBIn this episode, we discuss a simple technique to reconnect to your own wisdom and healing potential. To join the upcoming retreat, visit www.corymuscara.com/retreat
A True Refuge
May 27, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes - 6 MBIn this episode, we discuss why awareness is so fundamentally important to your inner safety, freedom, and fulfillment. To join the upcoming retreat, visit www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Lovingkindness In Real Life
May 25, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.83 MBIn this meditation, I share a simple way to bring more lovingkindness into your day in service of an open, full heart. If you'd like to join the upcoming online retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
How Your Happiness Impacts Relationships
May 24, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 3.98 MBIn this episode, we explore how the process of becoming more fulfilled makes your relationships more fulfilling and easier. If you'd like to join the upcoming online retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Building the New
May 18, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 3.92 MBIn this episode, we discuss the difference between fighting the old and building the new.
The Relationship Between Agency and Surrender
May 17, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 4.92 MBIn this episode, we'll explore why both agency and surrender are important, and what their relationship is. If you'd like to attend the upcoming retreat, visit www.corymuscara.com/retreat
Nature and Wellbeing
May 14, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes - 6.15 MBIn this episode, we'll discuss the relationship between nature and wellbeing. To attend the upcoming retreat, visit www.corymuscara.com/retreat
The Goal of Meditation
May 10, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 4.93 MBIn this episode, we discuss the nuanced perspective of working with thoughts in meditation.
Are You What You Repeatedly Do?
May 07, 2021 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.69 MBIn today's session, we break down the truths and untruths of the popular saying, "you are what you repeatedly do." If you'd like to join the upcoming online retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat If you'd more support, text the word "Podcast" to 1-631-305-2874 for free text and audio message teachings delivered to your phone.
A Tool to Appreciate Your Life
May 06, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.38 MBIn this episode, we discuss a simple mantra you can use to more deeply appreciate your life. If you'd like to join the upcoming online retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat If you'd more support, text the word "Podcast" to 1-631-305-2874 for free text and audio message teachings delivered to your phone
The Art of Simplicity
May 05, 2021 04:00 - 5 minutes - 3.99 MBIn this episode, we talk about why there can be deep wisdom in the most simple of moments. If you'd like to join the upcoming online retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat If you'd more support, text the word "Podcast" to 1-631-305-2874 for free text and audio message teachings delivered to your phone.
3 Steps to Change Patterns
May 04, 2021 04:00 - 6 minutes - 4.36 MBIn this episode, we discuss 3 simple strategies you can use to change your patterns of conditioning. If you'd like to join the upcoming online retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat If you'd more support, text the word "Podcast" to 1-631-305-2874 for free text and audio message teachings delivered to your phone
The Hidden Power of Early Morning Moments
May 03, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.47 MBIn this episode, we discuss how to use early morning moments to help guide your life path. If you'd more support, text the word "Podcast" to 1-631-305-2874 for free text and audio message teachings delivered to your phone
The Subtle Nuance of Understanding Impermanence
April 30, 2021 04:00 - 7 minutes - 5.13 MBIn this episode, we discuss why most of us understand the truth of impermanence but haven't developed the skill to really embody a liberating understanding of it. To learn more about the upcoming online retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat And if you'd like to get a discounted copy of my book, visit here.
How to Not Bypass in Meditation
April 29, 2021 04:00 - 8 minutes - 5.69 MBIn this episode, we discuss how to make sure our meditation practice doesn't become a form of bypassing experiences that MOST need our attention. If you'd more support, text the word "Podcast" to 1-631-305-2874 for free text and audio message teachings delivered to your phone