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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A Simple Sleep Practice
February 10, 2021 05:00 - 5 minutes - 3.89 MBIn this episode, we discuss a simple practice you can utilize to calm your mind and body as you transition into deep sleep.
A Better Way to Talk to Yourself
February 09, 2021 05:00 - 9 minutes - 6.77 MBIn this episode, I share a simple mindset hack to create a much more effective form of positive self-talk. If you're interested in the upcoming online retreat, you can learn more at this link!
Getting Back Into Alignment
February 08, 2021 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.1 MBIn this episode, we discuss why sometimes you need to get out of alignment with the rest of the world in order to get back into alignment with yourself.
Why You May Not Be Able to Focus
February 05, 2021 05:00 - 8 minutes - 5.85 MBIn today's episode, we discuss some of the less-discussed reasons why you may not be able to focus.
4 Steps to Being Patient
February 04, 2021 05:00 - 4 minutes - 2.87 MBIn this episode, I share four tips for becoming more patient.
A Phrase to Free Your Mind
February 03, 2021 05:00 - 3 minutes - 2.56 MBIn this episode, I share a simple practice I use in my meditation practice to not get overwhelmed by the various experiences that arise.
Perfectly Imperfect
February 02, 2021 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.3 MB"I have had it with perfection. I have packed my bags, I am out of here. Gone. As certain as rain will make you wet, perfection will do you in. It droppeth not as dew upon the summer grass to give liberty and greenjoy. Perfection straineth out the quality of mercy, withers rapture at itsbirth. Before the battle is half begun, cold probity thinks it can't be won, concedes the war. I've handed in my notice, given back my keys, signed my severance check, I qui...
How to Make Your Voice More Powerful
February 01, 2021 05:00 - 5 minutes - 3.87 MBIn this episode, we explore the relationship between the power of your voice and the silence that you keep. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
The Healing Power of Curiosity
January 29, 2021 05:00 - 8 minutes - 5.63 MBIn this episode, we discuss why the mind state of curiosity may be the ultimate tool for healing and integration.
What is Detachment?
January 28, 2021 05:00 - 2 minutes - 1.91 MBIn this episode, we discuss a key distinction that often gets lost in the conversation on detachment.
4 Keys For a Healthy Relationship
January 27, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 6.92 MBIn this episode, we discuss the 4 keys for a healthy relationship, describe as the "Four S's." 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
Everything You Do Is Sacred
January 25, 2021 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.34 MBNow is the time Now is the time to know That all that you do is sacred. Now, why not consider A lasting truce with yourself and God? Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child’s training wheels To be laid aside When you can finally live with veracity and love. Now is the time for the world to know That every thought and action is sacred. That this is the time For you to compute the impossibility That there is anything But Grace. Now is the season t...
3-Minute Practice to Wind Down
January 22, 2021 05:00 - 3 minutes - 2.4 MBEnjoy this simple, 3-minute practice that will help you reduce stress and cultivate a calm mind and body. If you'd like to register for the upcoming retreat, visit:www.corymuscara.com/retreat
How To Be More Creative
January 21, 2021 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.59 MBIn this episode, I share a simple practice to generate more creative insights. If you'd like to register for the upcoming retreat, visit:www.corymuscara.com/retreat
You Reading This, Be Ready
January 20, 2021 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.19 MBYou Reading This, Be Ready by William Stafford Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers, what softened sound from outside fills the air? Will you ever bring a better gift for the world than the breathing respect that you carry wherever you go right now? Are you waiting for time to show you some better thoughts? When you turn around, starting here, lift this new glimpse that you found; carry into evening all that y...
Stop Trying to Be Good
January 18, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 6.95 MBCarl Jung said, "I'd rather be whole than good." In this episode, we'll discuss what this means and why it's so important. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
Drop Beneath the Noise
January 15, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.4 MBWe're inundated with ideas about who we should be, what success looks like, when life events should happen, and how we should show up each day. Most of it is utter nonsense, because it's not YOURS. Please, make your goal to get to know yourself, your own rhythms, your desires, your joys, your boundaries, and let THAT guide your life, the life that is only yours to live. The rest is just noise. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, ...
Hold Yourself to a High Standard
January 14, 2021 05:00 - 4 minutes - 3.06 MBWhat would it look like to hold yourself to a high standard while also having respect, compassion, and understanding for where you are in this moment? 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
Who Are You, Really?
January 13, 2021 05:00 - 9 minutes - 6.58 MBIn this episode, we discuss how to connect to the many layers of who you are, AND to connect to a deeper you that you may be very disconnected from. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
The Glitter Jar
January 12, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 5.85 MBIn this episode, we discuss a simple kid's exercise involving a glitter jar. I'll share the recipe to create a glitter jar and how to use it as a mindfulness practice with kids. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (6...
Staying Sane With Technology
January 11, 2021 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.02 MBIn this episode, we'll explore a simple question you can ask yourself to help prevent you from getting sucked into the often toxic relationship with your technological devices. If you'd like to learn more about the course, "Dealing With Online Negativity," you can learn more here: www.corymuscara.com/podcast 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 (6...
Starting Fresh
January 08, 2021 05:00 - 8 minutes - 6.22 MBLooking for a fresh start? Do you feel burdened by your past? Do you wish to view this moment as the beginning of the rest of your life? This episode is for you. If you'd like a step-by-step guide to support your "Fresh Start" and personal growth, check out my 31-Day Mindfulness & Positive Psychology course: https://limindfulness.securechkout.net/31-days
Safe vs Unsafe Fear
January 07, 2021 05:00 - 11 minutes - 7.65 MBIn this episode, we discuss the difference between "safe fear" vs "unsafe fear" and how you can use this to guide your navigation of when to take on pain and discomfort and when to avoid 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 And if you'd like to get daily inspirational text messages to your phone from me, just text the word "podc...
Thoughts on Self-Sabotage
January 06, 2021 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.39 MBIn this episode, we discuss WHY you might get caught in self-sabotage and HOW to interrupt and change this pattern. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
The Feeling of Progress
January 05, 2021 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.5 MBIn this episode, we discuss the importance (and nuance) of making sure you're making progress in various domains of 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 And if you'd like to get daily inspirational text messages to your phone from me, just text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
Unwinding The Body
January 04, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.88 MBIn this episode, we discuss a counterintuitive way to unwind deep tension and conditioning from the body. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
What If It Were Simple?
January 01, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.29 MBIn this New Year's episode, we celebrate our 300th podcast episode and discuss a new way to look at starting new projects and endeavors. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
Why There Are No Wrong Emotions
December 30, 2020 05:00 - 7 minutes - 4.92 MBIn this episode, we discuss the difference between wrong emotions and self-judgment (and why there is no difference). 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
Ghandi's Thoughts on Happiness
December 29, 2020 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.29 MBIn this episode, I share a quote by Mahatama Ghandi about his thoughts on 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 And if you'd like to get daily inspirational text messages to your phone from me, just text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
Fill Your Cup
December 28, 2020 15:00 - 7 minutes - 5.41 MBIn this episode, we're going to discuss the importance of filling your cup to be able to offer to others. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
The Experience of Wholeness
December 25, 2020 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.21 MBIn this episode, we discuss why there is no amount of "fixing yourself" that could possible make you more whole than you are right now. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
Awaken to Life
December 24, 2020 05:00 - 8 minutes - 5.84 MBIn this episode, I share a poem that was very meaningful for my transition from the monastery to the real world, and how we can use it as an invitation to bring more aspects of life into our awakening journey. 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 ...
The Power of the Unconscious
December 22, 2020 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.16 MB"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." -Carl Jung
The Imagery of Enlightement
December 18, 2020 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.71 MBIn this episode, I share a passage from the 13th century Japanese Buddhist monk, Dogen. As you listen, see if you can feel the words expand someone within you. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
The Periodic Pause
December 17, 2020 05:00 - 8 minutes - 5.91 MBIn this episode, we discuss one of the many (but often undermentioned) benefits of taking a few minutes, every few hours, to stop, drop, and be. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
Finding Your People
December 16, 2020 05:00 - 8 minutes - 5.63 MBIn this episode, we talk about how to surround yourself with people who care about you, accept you, and celebrate you. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
A Contemplation on Life
December 15, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 2.15 MBWho made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean-- the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out of my hand, who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-‐ who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes. Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face. Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away. I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do kn...
Ultimate Surrender
December 14, 2020 05:00 - 11 minutes - 7.99 MBIn this episode, we explore the quote by Chogyum Trungpa, "The bad news is you're falling to the ground without a parachute. The good news is there's no ground." 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874
Bell Meditation (practice)
December 11, 2020 05:00 - 10 minutes - 7.31 MBThis episode is different from others. Instead of talking, I'm going to ring the bells for a full ten minutes straight. The invitation here is to bring your full presence to the sound of the bell, allowing it to be a meditation. You can do this for the full ten minutes, or for any duration that works for you. Enjoy! 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...
The Feeling of Being Behind In Life
December 10, 2020 05:00 - 5 minutes - 3.75 MBIn this episode, we discuss the feeling of "being behind" in life that so many of us experience, and why there's no actual way of being behind; there's only the path you're creating. 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 text the word "podcast" to ...
Savoring
December 09, 2020 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.23 MBIn this episode, we're going to talk about the simple practice of mindful savoring, and how it can be used to amplify the goodness you experience in all facets of 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2...
Deep Relaxation Strategy
December 08, 2020 05:00 - 9 minutes - 6.55 MBIn this episode, I share my go-to strategy for releasing stress and tension in my body. It's an especially useful technique to use before bed or before starting your day. 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 text the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305...
Weaving Your Life Together
December 04, 2020 05:00 - 5 minutes - 3.56 MBIn this episode, I'll share a poem by Vera Agnes, and we'll explore what it would look like to weave the various threads of your life into a tapestry that is yet to be created. To register for the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat 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 t...
"Good Wanting" vs "Bad Wanting"
December 03, 2020 05:00 - 13 minutes - 9.27 MBIn this episode, we discuss the difference between "good wanting" and "bad wanting." What are the "wants" that lead to freedom, happiness, and expansion? What are the wants that lead to pain, tension, and separation? We will discuss. To register for the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat 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)...
Mental Proliferation
December 02, 2020 05:00 - 7 minutes - 4.95 MBIn this episode, we discuss the deeply rich, Pali word called "Papancha" and how it perfectly captures the experience of mental proliferation and how you can use this understanding to help soften the intensity and stress often created by mental proliferation. To register for the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat 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 ...
Let Yourself Dream
November 30, 2020 05:00 - 12 minutes - 8.96 MBIn this episode, we will talk about the importance of dreaming; not while sleeping, but while waking. We'll also explore the relationship between dreaming a brighter future and being in the present moment. To register for the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat 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...
A Well Trained Mind
November 27, 2020 05:00 - 6 minutes - 4.27 MB"I know of no other single thing so conducive to misery as an uncultivated and untrained mind. I know of no other single thing so conducive to happiness as a cultivated and well-trained mind." -The Buddha To register for the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat 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 ...
The Vulnerability of Gratitude
November 26, 2020 05:00 - 9 minutes - 6.75 MBIn this episode, we talk about a different kind of gratitude that you won't get from creating a gratitude journal. It's unprompted gratitude that is connected to truth, wisdom, and suffering. To register for the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat 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 ...
How to Get Things Done
November 25, 2020 05:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBIn this episode, I share one of my most powerful tools for following through on the most important practices that help me grow into my best self. To download my personal contract, visit: www.corymuscara.com/podcast To register for the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat 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 ...
A Path Toward a Full Life
November 24, 2020 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.47 MBIn this episode, we will talk about letting go of trying to find answers, and instead, living fully the questions of your life as a path to wholeness, enrichment, and fulfillment. To register for the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat 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 inspirationa...