Practicing Human

In this episode, we talk about the counterintuitive, surprising approach to effective goal-setting. 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 t...

In this episode, I share the contemporary fable, Upstream Downstream by Donald Arnell: It was many years ago that the villagers of Downstream recall spotting the first body in the river. Some old timers remember how spartan were the facilities and procedures for managing that sort of thing. Sometimes they say, it took hours to pull 10 people from the river, and even then only a few would survive....

In this episode, we'll talk about unwinding the tension that can slowly (but significantly) accumulate in your nervous system over time, as well as how to get back in alignment with your deepest needs. 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)...

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." -Michael Jordan

In this episode, we discuss a simple practice/routine you can use to ensure you're doing meaningful work and feeling a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment in 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 lik...

In this episode, we discuss the power of boredom to change how we focus, inspire how we pay attention, and spark new creativity. 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 yo...

In this episode, we explore the relationship between money and happiness, discussing a very practical exercise you can do to gain clarity around how much money you  actually need to feel fulfilled. Be sure to sign up for the 7-Day Meditation Challenge starting October 8th at this link !  As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book rec...

In this episode, we discuss a practice you can use to reduce the emotional charge of your thoughts and not be subconsciously swept around by them. 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...

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. 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 m...

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. Be sure to sign up for the 7-Day Meditation Challenge starting October 8th at this link ! 

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. 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&apo...

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. To learn more about the upcoming "Awakening Joy" retreat, head to www.corymuscara.com/retreat

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 discuss two perspectives. 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...

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 developing focus. 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:...

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. If you're interested in the upcoming online retreat, you can learn more here: www.corymuscara.com/retreat As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recomm...

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. If you're interested in the upcoming online retreat, you can learn more here: www.corymuscara.com/retreat As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, a...

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. If you're interested in the upcoming online retreat, you can learn more here: www.corymuscara.com/retreat As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendati...

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 ways worry is serving you, and some of the ways it's just happening out of habit and conditioning. If you're interested in the upcoming online retreat, you can learn more here: www.corymu...

In this episode, we explore a 3-step practice for working with a difficult experience as outlined in Rick Hanson's new book, Neurodharma. If you're interested in the upcoming online retreat, you can learn more here: 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,...

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. If you're interested in the upcoming online retreat, you can learn more here: www.corymuscara.com/retreat As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book r...

"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, on any dimension, at any level, is taking you away from Yourself..."  -U. G. Krishnamurti

In this episode, I share a 4-step process for moving through moments of fear. If you're interested in the upcoming online retreat, you can learn more here: 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 yo...

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 our peace. In this episode, we'll discuss how to think through this so you can have more moments of peace throughout your day. If you're interested in the upcoming online retreat, you can le...

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. If you're interested in the upcoming online retreat, you can learn more here: www.corymuscara.com/retreat As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app reco...