Cory Muscara is a super interesting person.  Today, he is known for his work as a mindfulness teacher, author, podcaster, and speaker.  You'll find his career path interesting- he started meditating to impress his hippie girlfriend.  When that relationship didn't work out, he went all in, looked for the most challenging meditation training he could find and became a monk for 6 months in Burma where he meditated for 14+ hours per day under the instruction of Sayadaw U Pandita.  Fully engaged, he wanted more.  Not only does he have his Master's Degree in Positive Psychology from UPenn and teaches mindfulness-based leadership at Columbia University. He also currently serves as an assistant instructor for the positive psychology graduate program at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he has a wide array of meditation training including the 2-year Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader training,  Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), completed certification with Mindful Schools & Search Inside Yourself, and has trained in Mindfulness-Based Inquiry, Breathworks Chronic Pain with Vidyamala Burch, the Trauma Institute led by Bessel Van der Kolk.  He is a 200-hour hatha yoga teacher, certified NLP & Eriksonian Hypnosis practitioner, and an Integrative Health Coach through Duke Integrative Medicine.

Since then, he has had numerous appearances on Dr. Oz, has his own meditation courses and retreats, collaborates with meditation apps like Ten Percent Happier (my personal favorite), and recently published his first book called Stop Missing Your Life where he incorporates all of his teachings to help people navigate and take action to have more meaning in their relationships with others, internal relationships with themselves, and even how to have a positive relationship with digital devices. 

Topics Discussed in the Podcast 

• Good luck/bad luck/who knows parable 
• how today's events impact the future in unknown ways
• what is equanimity?
• becoming a monk in Burma
• the importance of sitting with suffering & pain
• how not to quit despite deep discomfort
• intersection of mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• FACE Model from Cory Muscara's book Stop Missing Your Life
• Pushing through internal walls holding you back in the PAIN Box

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Resources

• Get Cory Muscara's new book: Stop Missing Your Life
• Text your email to Cory for resources (mentioned in the show): +1 (631) 405 -4631
• Cory's meditation courses and website
• Listen to Cory's Podcast: Practicing Human
• ABC Model/Martin Seligman mentioned in show
• Dr. Jud Brewer's book: The Craving Mind mentioned (smoking cessation example)

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