Cory Muscara
Practicing Human
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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Episodes
ABC Model: Part 4 20.12.2019 8:20
This is the final episode in our 4-part series on the ABC model. Enjoy! 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
ABC Model: Part 3 19.12.2019 16:05
In this episode, we discuss how to work with stubborn beliefs. It is part 3 of our multi-series on the ABC model. 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
ABC Model: Part 2 18.12.2019 15:00
In this episode, we continue our exploration of the ABC model and how it can be used to change how you experience every moment of your life. 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
ABC Model: Part 1 17.12.2019 9:45
In this episode, I introduce the cognitive-behavioral therapy practice called the ABC model. This will be a multi-part series, so stay tuned! 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
A Simple Skill to Manage Emotions 16.12.2019 9:30
Have you ever heard of emotional granularity? It's the ability to differentiate between the specificity of emotions. In this episode, we explore how to do this. 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
Mindful Problem Solving Nap 15.12.2019 8:41
When I need a break from work, but am not in a place to go to sleep, I take a mindful problem-solving nap. Try it out! 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
My New Favorite Mantra 14.12.2019 12:22
Here's a simple phrase you can use to move toward greater fulfillment, peace, and wholeness. 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
How to Love with Less Attachment 13.12.2019 9:53
How can we relate to all experiences in a way that enables us to appreciate them, but not get attached? The great meditation teacher, Ajahn Chah, has some insight. You can read more about the story referenced in this episode here: https://www.stevenkharper.com/thiscupIsalreadybroken.html If you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendation...
How To Stop Needing to Control Everything 12.12.2019 14:04
So many of us are incessantly working to manufacture the world around us to find peace. There's a different way. In this episode, we'll discuss how. 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
3 Steps to Show Up For Yourself 11.12.2019 9:01
What does it mean to show up for yourself? In this episode, I offer three steps to do it. 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
Redefining Your Endpoint 10.12.2019 9:24
Life's full range of experiences doesn't go away, even with the deepest enlightenment. So what changes? Find out in today's episode. 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
Thoughts on Fighting the Moment 09.12.2019 10:29
If we're always fighting what is present, not liking ourselves for what we feel when we pay attention to what we're feeling, or denying ourselves a moment of sadness in an effort to supplant it with joy, then we're setting ourselves up for a lifetime of tension. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendation...
STOP: A Quick Technique to Find Calm 07.12.2019 4:07
STOP is a simple technique to reduce stress, reconnect to the moment, and develop presence. 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
Thoughts on Self-Care, Healing, & Fulfillment 06.12.2019 13:24
The capacity to check in, feel, and stay present to the different layers of your experience, without immediately trying to make them different, is the foundation for self-care, healing, and deep fulfillment. 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)...
How Mindfulness Leads to Happiness 05.12.2019 11:02
Mindfulness leads to a different kind of happiness than we're used to. In this episode, I share a quote from my friend, Scott Barry Kaufman, that encapsulates how we retrain the brain for a different kind of happiness. 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 addr...
Should You Meditate With Music? 04.12.2019 12:52
Is it better to meditate with music in the background? Does it help or hurt the meditation? All that and more in this episode. 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
Guided vs Silent Meditations 03.12.2019 23:00
Are guided meditations a crutch? What are the pros and cons to each? More on this in today's episode. 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
Dealing With Difficult People 02.12.2019 10:29
We all struggle with difficult people in our life, and often times we can't get away from these people. In this episode, we'll discuss how to reframe our relationship to them in a way that helps us grow. 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...
A Simple Mindset Shift that Changes Everything 01.12.2019 8:36
Have you ever been caught in the perspective of "why is this happening to me?" In this episode, we discuss a mindset shift that can change, well, everything in your life. 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
Is Toilet Paper The Key to Happiness? 30.11.2019 13:13
There are small happiness hacks all around us. In this episode, we'll discuss one that starts with toilet paper. As always, if you'd like to get free resources, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298
Fulfillment without the Stuff 29.11.2019 15:56
We know our happiness doesn't reside in external things, and yet we rarely act in accordance with that understanding. In this episode, we'll explore a short practice to find more fulfillment, here and now, without needing to "get" something. As always, if you'd like to get free resources, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, te...
Feast on What Is 28.11.2019 9:29
What can gratitude look like beyond the usual "appreciate what's good?" In this special Thanksgiving episode, we'll explore the spirit of gratitude in a new way. As always, if you'd like to get free resources, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298
Can Meditation Replace Sleep? 27.11.2019 18:48
Well, can it? Let's find out. As always, if you'd like to get free resources, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298
Meditation vs Sleep: What's the Difference? 26.11.2019 8:45
Isn't meditation the same thing as sleep? They're both about relaxation right? What's the difference? We'll address those questions here. As always, if you'd like to get free resources, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298
3 Tips for Deep Sleep 25.11.2019 15:14
Learn 3 strategies to soften a busy mind and tense body, and drift into deep sleep. As always, if you'd like to get free resources, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and more, text your email address to: +1 (631) 337-8298
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