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    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 (780)

    Why Meditation is So Powerful

    Why Meditation is So Powerful

    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 📲  

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 31, 2023

    Thoughts on Anger

    Thoughts on Anger

    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 📲 

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 30, 2023

    5 Steps To Discover Your True Desires

    5 Steps To Discover Your True Desires

    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 📲 

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 29, 2023

    Mental Fitness vs Spiritual Fitness

    Mental Fitness vs Spiritual Fitness

    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 phone 📲  

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 27, 2023

    Eliminating Thoughts

    Eliminating Thoughts

    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 1-631-305-2874 📲 

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 24, 2023

    When Plan A Isn't An Option

    When Plan A Isn't An Option

    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 📲 

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 22, 2023

    Inner Change

    Inner Change

    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

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 21, 2023

    A Tip For Making Hard Decisions

    A Tip For Making Hard Decisions

    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 1-631-305-2874 📲 

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 17, 2023

    The Value of Daily Meditation

    The Value of Daily Meditation

    "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 at any time. To sign up, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 📲 

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 16, 2023

    The Value of Going Slow

    The Value of Going Slow

    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 📲  

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 15, 2023

    Releasing Energy

    Releasing Energy

    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 📲 

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 14, 2023

    Don't Open the Floodgates

    Don't Open the Floodgates

    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 📲 

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 10, 2023

    The Trap of Spiritual Practices

    The Trap of Spiritual Practices

    "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 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 the word "podcast" to +1 (631) 305-2874

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 09, 2023

    The Healing Power of Positive Emotions

    The Healing Power of Positive Emotions

    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 📲 

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 08, 2023

    The Power of Single Moments

    The Power of Single Moments

    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 knowing where I’m going,
    that many times I can make the choice
    to stop, to breathe and be, and walk
    slowly into the mystery.

    by Danna Faulds

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 06, 2023

    You're Responsible for Your Happiness

    You're Responsible for Your Happiness

    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 “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 📲 

    Practicing Human
    en-usMarch 01, 2023

    The Difference Between Joy and Relief

    The Difference Between Joy and Relief

    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 📲  

    Practicing Human
    en-usFebruary 28, 2023