December 03, 2019

Greg Marcus on the Spiritual Practice of Good Actions

37 minutes

Greg Marcus is a practitioner, facilitator, and innovator of American Mussar which is a 21st-century spiritual practice for an authentic and meaningful life. He has a B.A. in Biology from Cornell University and earned his Ph.D. in Biology from MIT. He worked for 10 years as a marketer in the Silicon Valley genomics industry, after which he became a stay at home dad, writer, life balance coach, and biotech consultant. His latest book is called The Spiritual Practice of Good Actions: Finding Balance Through the Soul Traits of Mussar.

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In This Interview, Greg Marcus and I Discuss Spiritual Practice of Good Actions and …

His book, The Spiritual Practice of Good Actions: Finding Balance Through the Soul Traits of Mussar

The Jewish Spiritual Practice of Mussar

Taking mindful action in everyday life

The Soul Trait of Enthusiasm

Too much of a Soul Trait vs not enough of a Soul Trait

The middle way as it relates to Soul Traits

Focusing on a Soul Trait for 2 weeks

How to move head knowledge into heart knowledge

The Morning Mantra

Picking 1 specific action to take

Journaling

The Great Wall of Mussar – and how to overcome it

Handling significant emotional disruption

How our free will isn’t always accessible to us

How to slow the train of emotional disruption

Shadow Soul Traits

Inverting the Shadow Trait: What is the light that’s casting the shadow?

Greg Marcus Links:

americanmussar.com

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