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.
In this episode, I discuss why I don't believe you need to confident, and what an alternative way to approach your life might look like.
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In this episode, we discuss the different kinds of relationships that enter our life, making space for (and normalizing) the many variations that can take place.
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In this episode, we discuss concentration--why it's important and how to develop it. Specifically, we focus on the role of continuity of awareness within our meditation practice.
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In this episode, we explore the importance of slowing down to appreciate our life as it's happening. The poem that I share is called "Slow Dance" by David Weatherford.
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There are many reasons why people come to a meditation practice, and many ways that we can frame what a meditation is doing. Ultimately, they're doors into a similar room, but in this episode, we'll …
Focus is an important skill in all domains of life, but typically, our efforts for developing focus are misguided. In this session, we'll talk about a more effective and sustainable approach to devel…
In this episode, we talk about a common misconception of meditation practice, specifically when working with discomfort, and a better way to approach the practice.
In this episode, we explore the relationship between integrity and self-respect, and a practice you can do to start to develop more respect for yourself.
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In this episode, we explore how to reframe the role of suffering in your life, reflecting on past experiences and how they may have served you in unforeseen ways.
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In this episode, we discuss why your ability to hold space for another person's suffering is directly related to your ability to hold space for your own suffering.
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In this episode, I offer you a thought experiment: What if you stopped worrying? What would change in your life, positive or negative? Through this thought experiment, you'll get to see some of the w…
In this episode, we explore a 3-step practice for working with a difficult experience as outlined in Rick Hanson's new book, Neurodharma.
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In this episode, I share a beginner's mind exercise that I call "The Martian Walk," designed to reconnect you to a sense of awe and wonder for the world around you.
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"You are not ready to accept the fact that you have to give up. A complete and total "surrender"... It is a state of hopelessness which says that there is no way out ... Any movement in any direction…
In this episode, I share a 4-step process for moving through moments of fear.
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We have so many small reactions throughout the day take us out of our grounded state. However, many of these reactions are connected to trivial things that, when we really look at them, are not worth…
In this episode, we'll talk about how to manage the build-up of energy we feel when we really want something but know we shouldn't give in to it.
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In this episode, we channel some wisdom from Winnie the Pooh, discussing how to let go and move toward the life we wish to create.
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We all struggle with acceptance at different points in our life, and it's one of the most important things we can cultivate in this life, as we won't be able to live our lives fully unless we can mov…
How we start our day often dictates how the rest of our day will unfold. In this episode, I'll make my favorite tip for having a great morning.
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