Practicing Human

Cory Muscara

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Practicing 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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Acceptance and Growth

The process of growth holds a paradox. In one sense, youre ok exactly as you are. In another sense, you may need to make some changes to your life. In this episode, well discuss how to hold these two realities in our path of personal and spiritual growth.

4m
Mar 13
Getting Things Done without Stress

In this episode, we discuss the idea of Relaxed Productivity.

7m
Mar 11
How to Make Difficult Decisions

In this episode, we discuss how to navigate a problem that youre not able to solve. To join the 5-Day Retreat, click here: https://corymuscara.com/unwind/

22m
Mar 09
The Impulse to Burn it All Down

In this episode, we discuss how to slow down when everything inside of you wants to flee. To join the 5-day retreat, visit: https://corymuscara.com/unwind/

11m
Mar 06
2 Steps to Calm Your Mind

In this episode, I share two questions you can use to re-ground and calm stress when youre feeling overwhelmed.

4m
Mar 05
Following The Pulse of Truth

In this episode, we discuss the felt experience of alignment and inner truth.

16m
Mar 03
What it Takes to Live Your Best Life

In this episode, we discuss doing the scary thing that will bring your life alive.

10m
Mar 02
The Fear of Not Being Busy

Are you secretly attached to your busy-ness? To your worry? Your fear and your anxiety? You might not think so, but chances are, you love it. In a weird, twisted way. What would you have to experience without it? Have a listen to this episode a explore that for yourself.

5m
Feb 26
Letting Go of Drama

In this episode, we discuss why we have a deep tendency to create drama in our lives and how to step out of that pattern.

20m
Feb 25
This is What You REALLY Want

In this episode, we explore why we can get so easily misguided in our pursuit of a fulfilling life and how to check ourselves on that journey.

12m
Feb 24
How to Avoid an Argument

In this episode, we discuss how to save you hours or argument and clean up.

9m
Feb 23
How to Reclaim Your Life

In this episode, we discuss the subtle and insidious ways that mind convinces you that things need to change in order for you to be happy. This is the LAST CALL to join Opening the Heart. You can sign up here: https://corymuscara.com/heart-podcast/

13m
Feb 20
How to Open The Heart

In this episode, I share the nuts and bolts of the process of melting the walls that define your life. To join the Heart course, click here: https://corymuscara.com/heart-podcast/

20m
Feb 19
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Resenting Your Life

Dont wait for your life to get better before you open your heart. Open your heart, and your life will get better. This is the last 2 days to get "Opening The Heart" for $300 off. You can join here: https://corymuscara.com/heart-podcast/

11m
Feb 18
Letting Go of Who You Were

In this episode, we discuss why sometimes you have to lose everything to become who you truly are. To join Opening The Heart, click here: https://corymuscara.com/heart-podcast/

11m
Feb 17
Reflections on my 36th Birthday

In this episode, I share some reflections from 15 years of teaching on my 36th birthday.

11m
Feb 13
How Letting Go Happens

In this episode, we breakdown this idea: "If you want to let go, fall madly in love with the part of you that is holding on." To join the Opening The Heart course, click here: https://corymuscara.com/heart-podcast/

16m
Feb 12
Finding Your Inner Compass

In this episode, we discuss how to connect to a place within yourself that can serve as a guiding reference point for decisions and action. Opening The Heart: https://corymuscara.com/heart-podcast/

12m
Feb 11
How to Release Emotions and Pain

In this episode, we discuss the difference between reinforcing an emotion and releasing an emotion, and the nuances of how to hold an emotion without simply ruminating about it. To learn more about the Opening The Heart course, click here: https://corymuscara.com/heart-podcast/

23m
Feb 10
The Walls Around Our Heart

In this episode, we dissect the Rumi quote,  To join opening the heart, click here: https://corymuscara.com/heart-podcast  

18m
Feb 09
Update: Opening the Heart

In this episode, we discuss my deep journey and inner shift with self-love and heart-opening practices (the journey that led me to propose to my wife) and how it connects to the re-launch of my 8-week course, Opening the Heart. To learn more, click here: https://corymuscara.com/heart-podcast/

16m
Feb 07
I'm Scared Everything Will Fall Apart

In this episode, we discuss why truth and clarity can be so confronting, and why shouldnt abandon your inner knowing just because it threatens a life you built on fear and control If youre navigating a transition and want support, join here. https://cory-muscara.mykajabi.com/offers/p2Humzkx/checkout

6m
Feb 06
The Value of Being Fed-Up With Yourself

In this episode, we discuss how to create change from a place of love and curiosity, rather than shame and disgust. While also honoring the initial disgust response that makes you WANT to change.

13m
Feb 05
The Spiritual Waiting Room

In this episode, we discuss what do when you no longer know what to do. If you want support through this transition, join the 30-day course here https://cory-muscara.mykajabi.com/offers/p2Humzkx/checkout.

22m
Feb 04
A Mantra for Peace

In the episode, we discuss a simple yet potent three-sentence mantra that cuts through our delusions and drops us into a more connected, spacious awareness.

15m
Feb 03
Why Avoidance Runs Your Life

In this episode, we discuss the distinction between "Feeling to Heal" vs "Attracting What you Feel." To join the 30-day course, click here https://cory-muscara.mykajabi.com/offers/p2Humzkx/checkout.

15m
Feb 02
On Motivation

Do you need more motivation? Or do you need space to fall apart? This episode will help you discern. Join the 30-day course here https://cory-muscara.mykajabi.com/offers/p2Humzkx/checkout.

12m
Jan 30
Grief and Letting Go

In this episode, we discuss the why descending into grief is a prerequisite for fully letting go. If youre ready for the 30-day course, click here. https://cory-muscara.mykajabi.com/offers/p2Humzkx/checkout

14m
Jan 29
How to Get Un-Stuck

In this episode, we discuss my counterintuitive perspective on WHY youre stuck and how to start moving energy again. If you want to access Day 15 of the 30-day course (Moving Stuck Energy) as well as the rest of that program, click here https://cory-muscara.mykajabi.com/offers/p2Humzkx/checkout.

15m
Jan 28
How to Find True Inner Peace

In this episode, we discuss where most people get stuck in their pursuit of inner peace, and the subtle shift thats necessary to find the real thing. To join the 30-day course, click here https://cory-muscara.mykajabi.com/offers/p2Humzkx/checkout.

14m
Jan 27