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, 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 …
In this episode, we talk about how to embrace the struggle and failures on our path to where we're trying to go.
As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided me…
In this short episode, I share an exercise to help broaden your perspective and expand your mind.
As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book…
In this episode, I share a key quote that got me through the most difficult moments during my six months of silence in Burma.
As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, includ…
In 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 recommend…
The moment before letting go is when we grip the hardest. In this episode, Cory shares a story during his time in Burma where he surrendered fully and experienced the peace that came from it.
As alway…
In this episode, I share a new way of thinking about your meditation practice and how to bring presence into day-to-day life.
As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, includ…
In this episode, we explore a simple self-care technique in the acronym HALT.
As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, ap…
There's a prevailing view for those new to mindfulness practices that it's all about clearing your mind. However, this can lead to extra stress and frustration. In this episode, I'll share my thought…
What does it mean to live with precision? During my time in Burma, I taped this word to my wall so that it would guide my way of being throughout the day. In this episode, we'll explore why it was us…
In this episode, we explore 7 techniques to work through negative thoughts. Pick and choose which ones most resonate and see how they work.
As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource l…
Sometimes, we're just in survival mode. In this episode, I share some thoughts about how to meet and work through these difficult times.
As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource libr…
In this episode, I share 3 distinctions between goals and intentions, and why both are important for a good life.
As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided m…
In this episode, I'll discuss the deep wisdom that is attainable when we really start to attune to our breath.
As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided medi…
In this episode, I share the latest meditation strategy I'm using to fit in more practice. I also offer a challenge for you to implement it.
As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource …
In this episode, I share my favorite "hack" to becoming a better listener. It's simple and easy to implement.
As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided medit…
Most of us, consciously or subconsciously, are trying to get to places of feeling "complete" or "whole." However, this has always been our natural place, we just need to learn to relax into it.
As alw…
In this episode, we explore why there are only six aspects of your human experience, and how when you learn to be with each, you learn to be with your life.
As always, if you'd like to get free access…
In this episode, we discuss the simple truth about life that we often neglect, and that, when connected to, changes how we experience all of our moments (for the better).
As always, if you'd like to g…
What's the harm in looking at your phone when you're bored, or having a meal, or sitting on the toilet? In this episode, I'll share 3 reasons why it might be in your best interest to stay off the scr…