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.
When someone shares good news with you, how do you respond? Psychology tells us there are four categories of responding, and only ONE of them is effective. In this episode, we'll discuss what that is…
Many meditation traditions are goal-centric. That is, the meditation practice is used as a tool to get to a level of "awakening" that you're not already at. There is a different way to practice thoug…
What do we do when we no longer have our option A? That's what we discuss in this episode.
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In this episode, I dispel what I believe to be a myth: The idea that you can practice being non-attached. Tune in to learn more.
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In this episode, we will discuss how to let go when you don't know what will come next.
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In this episode, we discuss how to embrace more aspects of the human experience, and how it can help us move beyond our small, limited self.
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In this episode, we discuss why embodying your "I don't know" is one of the most powerful things on your spiritual and growth journey.
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What if you could overcome your resistance to doing the things you most need to do? In this episode, we'll explore how to work with resistance when it arises so you can move toward the life you're tr…
In this episode, we discuss two ways to make EVERYTHING a meditation in your life, and why it can be extremely helpful for navigating otherwise frustrating or seemingly meaningless moments.
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In this episode, we discuss why self-love is so important for your happiness and growth.
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“There’s something within you that knows what to do. Surrender your thoughts, your mind, your ego, to the current that knows the way. It will take care of you. It will take better care of you than yo…
In this episode, we discuss why we are judgmental and a simple tool to reduce our reactive judgments.
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In this episode, we discuss a powerful gratitude practice to help shift our perception of the past so that we change our hope for the future.
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There'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.
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How 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.
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Most 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 d…
In this episode, we explore 7 techniques to work through negative thoughts. Pick and choose which ones most resonate and see how they work.
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In 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, ulti…
In this episode, we discuss why meditation is powerful for conditioning your being to experience the states of wholeness and fulfillment that you most desire.
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