Cory Muscara

Practicing Human

Health EN ↓ 823 episodes

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.

Author

Cory Muscara

Category

Health

Podcast website

www.corymuscara.com

Latest episode

Mar 23, 2026

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Episodes

How to Open Your Heart 05.04.2023

In this episode, we discuss the first step to opening your heart and how to work with your heart's walls. To access the "Opening Your Heart" program for $100 off, visit here: http://corymuscara.com/heart/

What Happens When You Stand In Your Truth 04.04.2023

In this episode, we discuss the impact that a person standing in their truth has on those around them. If you’d like more support and guidance, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 to receive free, daily text message teachings and practices delivered to your phone 📲  

SATA: 4 Steps to Meet a Difficult Moment 03.04.2023

In this episode, we'll discuss a simple practice called SATA that will help you shift your relationship to difficult experiences. I send short teachings like this every day in our text community on mindfulness, life design, healing, and personal growth. They’re completely free, go out every day at 11am EST, and you can unsubscribe at any time. To sign up, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-...

Why Meditation is So Powerful 31.03.2023

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. If you’d like more support and guidance, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 to receive free, daily text message teachings and practices delivered to your phone 📲  

Thoughts on Anger 30.03.2023

In this episode, we discuss a short story by Thich Nhat Hanh that helps reframe the experience of anger and how to best work with it. If you’d like more support and guidance, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 to receive free, daily text and audio message teachings, quotes, and insights delivered to your phone 📲 

5 Steps To Discover Your True Desires 29.03.2023

In this episode, we explore a 5-step process to discover your truer, deeper desires. If you’d like more support and guidance, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 to receive free, daily text message teachings and practices delivered to your phone 📲 

Lingering in Happiness 28.03.2023

In this episode, we discuss the meaningful and lingering impact of good experiences. The poem that was shared is called "Lingering in Happiness" by Mary Oliver.

Mental Fitness vs Spiritual Fitness 27.03.2023

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. If you’d like more support and guidance, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 to receive free, daily text message teachings and practices delivered to your phon...

Eliminating Thoughts 24.03.2023

In this episode, we're going to talk about a practice that can help you reduce the intrusion of thoughts and why you should seldom use it. I send short teachings like this every day in our text community on mindfulness, life design, healing, and personal growth. They’re completely free, go out every day at 11am EST, and you can unsubscribe at any time. To sign up, text the word “Podcast” to 1...

When Plan A Isn't An Option 22.03.2023

What do we do when we no longer have our option A? That's what we discuss in this episode. I send short teachings like this every day in our text community on mindfulness, life design, healing, and personal growth. They’re completely free, go out every day at 11am EST, and you can unsubscribe at any time. To sign up, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 📲 

Inner Change 21.03.2023

In this episode, we discuss the difference between change from the outside and change from the inside. If you'd like to receive free, daily text message teachings to your phone, text the word "Podcast" to 1-631-305-2874

Intuition, Letting Go, and Trust 20.03.2023

In this episode, we will discuss how to let go when you don't know what will come next. To join the text message community, text the word "podcast" to 1-631-305-2874

A Tip For Making Hard Decisions 17.03.2023

In this episode, we discuss the importance of deeply embodying your "no's" before being able to fully and cleanly say yes. I send short teachings like this every day in our text community on mindfulness, life design, healing, and personal growth. They’re completely free, go out every day at 11am EST, and you can unsubscribe at any time. To sign up, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-3...

The Value of Daily Meditation 16.03.2023

"The value of daily meditation is that it takes you away from the humdrum of your daily routine and reminds you that you are not what you believe yourself to be."  ~Nisargadatta Maharaj I send short teachings like this every day in our text community on mindfulness, life design, healing, and personal growth. They’re completely free, go out every day at 11am EST, and you can unsubscribe a...

The Value of Going Slow 15.03.2023

In this episode, we will discuss why slowing down helps you move faster toward your growth and healing. If you’d like more support and guidance, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 to receive free, daily text message teachings and practices delivered to your phone 📲  

Releasing Energy 14.03.2023

In this episode, we talk about the different ways we discharge energy from the nervous system. I send short teachings like this every day in our text community on mindfulness, life design, healing, and personal growth. They’re completely free, go out every day at 11am EST, and you can unsubscribe at any time. To sign up, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 📲 

Don't Open the Floodgates 10.03.2023

In this episode, we discuss why you do not need to open the floodgates to do healing work (and why you shouldn't). I send short teachings like this every day in our text community on mindfulness, life design, healing, and personal growth. They’re completely free, go out every day at 11am EST, and you can unsubscribe at any time. To sign up, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 📲 

The Trap of Spiritual Practices 09.03.2023

"Even the most exquisitely designed spiritual methodologies can become traps, leading not to freedom but only to reinforcement, however subtle, of the “I” that wants to be a somebody who has attained or realized freedom (the very same “I” that doesn’t realize there are no Oscars for awakening)." -Robert Augustus Masters As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource libr...

The Healing Power of Positive Emotions 08.03.2023

In this episode, we discuss just how important it is to let positive experiences saturate you to your core. I send short teachings like this every day in our text community on mindfulness, life design, healing, and personal growth. They’re completely free, go out every day at 11am EST, and you can unsubscribe at any time. To sign up, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 📲 

A Practice for Empathy 07.03.2023

In this episode, we discuss a simple reflection that will help you develop more empathy. To receive free text message support, text the word "Podcast" to 1-631-305-2874.

The Power of Single Moments 06.03.2023

It only takes a reminder to breathe, a moment to be still, and just like that, something in me settles, softens, makes space for imperfection. The harsh voice of judgment drops to a whisper and I remember again that life isn’t a relay race; that we will all cross the finish line; that waking up to life is what we were born for. As many times as I forget, catch myself charging forward without even...

You're Responsible for Your Happiness 01.03.2023

In this episode, we discuss why it's so important to take the journey toward inner peace--not just for yourself, but for everyone you care about. I send short teachings like this every day in our text community on mindfulness, life design, healing, and personal growth. They’re completely free, go out every day at 11am EST, and you can unsubscribe at any time. To sign up, text the word “Podcas...

The Difference Between Joy and Relief 28.02.2023

In this episode, we discuss the importance of being attuned to the difference between relief and joy. If you’d like more support and guidance, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 to receive free, daily text message teachings and practices delivered to your phone 📲  

Feeling Empty 27.02.2023

" Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." -Rumi I send short teachings like this every day in our text community on mindfulness, life design, healing, and personal growth. They’re complete...

Feel and Release 24.02.2023

So many of us are walking through life holding incomplete cycles of emotions, experiences we've only partially allowed ourselves to feel and thus still feel burdened by. The only way to release these emotions is to feel them fully. I send short written teachings like this every day in our text community on mindfulness, life design, healing, and personal growth. They’re completely free, go out...

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