Practicing Human

By Cory Muscara

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What's Practicing Human about?

Coffee With Cory offers a sip of wisdom to start your day. We explore how to live well with the science and practice of mindfulness and positive psychology. Cory pulls on his time living as a Buddhist monk in Burma, and his work in Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

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The Creative Process: 6 Stages

10.22.2021

In this episode, we discuss the typical trajectory of the creative process in six steps. Every person is a creative in their own unique way, whether it's in business, art, parenting, or being in relationship. And if you've ever struggled ...

Practicing Human episodes:

10.22.2021 The Creative Process: 6 Stages In this episode, we discuss the typical trajectory of the creative process in six steps. Every person is a creative in their own unique way, whether it's in business, art, parenting, or being in relationship. And if you've ever struggled ...
10.21.2021 [Rerun] When Will Enough Be Enough? When will enough be enough? How will you know when you will get what you're trying to get? Let's discuss. If you’d like more support and guidance, text the word “Instagram” to 1-631-305-2874 to receive free, daily text and audio ...
10.19.2021 Follow the Breadcrumbs In this episode, we talk about taking life bit-by-bit, especially those moments when we feel most lost. To join the upcoming masterclass, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
10.18.2021 A Hidden Strategy for Deep Relaxation In this episode, we talk about how we can easily, subconsciously get caught up in patterns of stress and tension, and how to work through it. To join the masterclass on relaxation, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
10.15.2021 [Rerun] Thoughts on Wholeness, Simplicity, and Meaning In this episode, we discuss a quote by Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman about finding wholeness through more simplicity, minimalism, and meaning, rather than the chase for more goals. The quote is: "In the rush to feel whole, people will often ...
10.13.2021 [Rerun] How to Be Magnetic In this episode, we talk about why a still and grounded mind is so compelling to other people, and the various experiences I've had with this reality. The poem mentioned is by W.B. Yeats, called Still Water: "We can make ...
10.12.2021 When to NOT Focus on Your Breath In this episode, we discuss why focusing on the breath can sometimes be too activating to the nervous system and alternatives to use. If you’d like more support and guidance, text the word “Podcast” to 1-631-305-2874 to receive free, daily ...
10.11.2021 Relaxing Your Belly In this episode, we discuss the importance of learning to relax your belly. To join the upcoming masterclass on relaxation strategies, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
10.08.2021 [Rerun] Receiving Joy "Another measure of Emotional Wisdom is our consistent capacity to recognize, tolerate, and welcome goodness, joy, and ease in our lives. This requires practices that soothe and rewire our mental programming and nervous system, allowing us to rest more in ...
10.07.2021 How to Work Through Conflict In this episode, I share a 4-part acronym for working through conflict, based on Jayson Gaddis's new book, Getting To Zero. To get the book, visit: www.gettingtozerobook.com
10.06.2021 4 Conflict Avoidant Strategies In this episode, we explore what relationship expert, Jayson Gaddis, calls "The 4 Disconnectors." To get his book, visit: https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Zero-Conflict-High-Stakes-Relationships/dp/0306924811/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords;=getting+to+zero&qid;=1633487934&sr;=8-1
10.04.2021 Stillness and Fear In this episode, we discuss how the things you fear when you're still are the things you avoid when you're not. To join the text message platform, text the word "podcast" to 1-631-305-2874. To join the Relaxation Masterclass, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
10.01.2021 [Rerun] On Commitment "Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: That the moment one definitely ...
09.28.2021 How to Create More Ease in Your Day In this episode, we'll discuss a key practice for finding more spaciousness and ease in your day. To join the upcoming masterclass, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
09.27.2021 The Dark Side of a Positive Mindset In this episode, we discuss how using a positive mindset to override your underlying trauma is like playing loud music to muffle the cries of suffering outside your window. To join the masterclass on resilience, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass To join the ...
09.24.2021 [Rerun] 3 Tips for Self-Control In this episode, I share 3 tips you can use to develop great self-control in those moments where you feel yourself falling back into old habits, patterns, or negative behaviors. As always, if you'd like to get free access to ...
09.23.2021 [Rerun] 3 Steps to Manage Burnout In this episode, we discuss how burnout can creep up on us and three steps to help prevent it. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided meditations, book recommendations, app recommendations, and ...
09.22.2021 [Rerun] The Moment Before Letting Go The moment before letting go is when we grip the hardest. In this episode, Cory shares a story during his time in Burma where he surrendered fully and experienced the peace that came from it. As always, if you'd like ...
09.21.2021 [Rerun] A Powerful Listening Strategy When someone shares good news with you, how do you respond? Psychology tells us there are four categories of responding, and only ONE of them is effective. In this episode, we'll discuss what that is. As always, if you'd like ...
09.20.2021 [Rerun] You Are Already Enlightened Many meditation traditions are goal-centric. That is, the meditation practice is used as a tool to get to a level of "awakening" that you're not already at. There is a different way to practice though, one that takes the endpoint ...
09.17.2021 [Rerun] When The Worst Things Happen to You What do we do when we no longer have our option A? That's what we discuss 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 ...
09.15.2021 [Rerun] You Can't Practice Non-Attachment In this episode, I dispel what I believe to be a myth: The idea that you can practice being non-attached. Tune in to learn more. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, including guided ...
09.14.2021 Intuition, Letting Go, and Trust 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 To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
09.13.2021 [Rerun] Become Bigger than Your SELF In this episode, we discuss how to embrace more aspects of the human experience, and how it can help us move beyond our small, limited self.
09.10.2021 Why We Don't Follow Intuition To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
09.09.2021 The Power of "I Don't Know" In this episode, we discuss why embodying your "I don't know" is one of the most powerful things on your spiritual and growth journey. To join the upcoming "Intuitive Guidance" retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
09.08.2021 Resistance What if you could overcome your resistance to doing the things you most need to do? In this episode, we'll explore how to work with resistance when it arises so you can move toward the life you're trying to create. ...
09.07.2021 [Rerun] Make Everything A Meditation In this episode, we discuss two ways to make EVERYTHING a meditation in your life, and why it can be extremely helpful for navigating otherwise frustrating or seemingly meaningless moments. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
09.06.2021 The Importance of Self-Love In this episode, we discuss why self-love is so important for your happiness and growth. To join the self-love masterclass, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass To join the retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
09.03.2021 Intuitive Guidance “There’s something within you that knows what to do. Surrender your thoughts, your mind, your ego, to the current that knows the way. It will take care of you. It will take better care of you than you can ever ...
09.02.2021 Shame, Judgment, & Empathy In this episode, we discuss why we are judgmental and a simple tool to reduce our reactive judgments. To join the masterclass, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass To join the retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
09.01.2021 [Rerun] Learned Hopefulness In this episode, we discuss a powerful gratitude practice to help shift our perception of the past so that we change our hope for the future. You can get the book Learned Hopefulness on Amazon by clicking here. And you ...
08.31.2021 [Rerun] Stress: The Minimum Effective Dose There's a sweet spot between ultimate calm and ultimate anxiety that enables to get done what we need to get done. Where is that for you? In this episode, we'll discuss how to find that. If you'd like to learn ...
08.30.2021 [Rerun] Self-Acceptance Must Happen Now How much will you need to change before you're worthy of love and acceptance? In this episode, we explore this question and the different motivations there can be for real change and growth. To join the upcoming masterclass on self-love, ...
08.26.2021 [Rerun] How to Be Confident Most of our usual ways of developing confidence are about thinking positive, changing our state, and changing our beliefs. In this episode, we discuss a different (and more intuitive, basic) way to develop true confidence. As always, if you'd like ...
08.25.2021 [Rerun] 7 Tips to Stop Negative Thoughts In this episode, we explore 7 techniques to work through negative thoughts. Pick and choose which ones most resonate and see how they work. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
08.24.2021 [Rerun] The Positive Power of Negative Experiences In this episode, we discuss how to reflect on past difficult events to find the learning and growth that they offered us, and then to use that reflection to cultivate hope for a positive future, ultimately changing our relationship to ...
08.23.2021 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. To join the upcoming masterclass, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
08.20.2021 [Rerun] Counterintuitive Antidote to Stress & Anxiety In this episode, we discuss how many people in the personal development world try to "combat" their painful experiences, and why that is only a half-baked prescription. We'll discuss the powerful alternative to this, and why it's becoming more popular. ...
08.19.2021 [Rerun] How to Overcome Procrastination In this episode, we what's at the heart of why we procrastinate and how to overcome 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 ...
08.18.2021 [Rerun] The Five Remembrances In this episode, we discuss Thich Nhat Hanh's 5 daily remembrances. These are five important truths that he suggests we keep in mind each day in order to live a meaningful, purposeful, and intentional life. As always, if you'd like ...
08.17.2021 [Rerun] Calming the Mind "Don’t meditate to fix yourself, to improve yourself, to redeem yourself; rather, do it as an act of love, of deep warm friendship to yourself. In this way there is no longer any need for the subtle aggression of self-improvement, ...
08.16.2021 [Rerun] Does Mindfulness Make You a Better Person? Will mindfulness improve your ethics? Will it make you a better person? This is an ongoing debate in the mindfulness world, and in this episode, I share my thoughts. To join the upcoming masterclass, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
08.13.2021 [Rerun] How to Make a Difficult Life Change In this podcast episode, we talk about how to make difficult changes in your behavior and why it's not as simple as just setting the intention to make a change. As always, if you'd like to get free access to ...
08.12.2021 [Rerun] Become an Optimist (and live longer) In this episode, we talk about the powerful scientific benefits of being optimistic and the various ways you can cultivate a more optimistic outlook in your life. As always, if you'd like to get free access to my resource library, ...
08.11.2021 [Rerun] How Mindfulness Leads to Happiness 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, ...
08.09.2021 Meeting Mortality with Softness In this episode, we explore a poem by Ross Gay. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
08.06.2021 The Value of Going Slow In this episode, we will discuss why slowing down helps you move faster toward your growth and healing. To join the masterclass, visit: www.corymuscara.com/masterclass
08.05.2021 Relief vs Joy In this episode, we discuss the importance of being attuned to the difference between relief and joy. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat
08.04.2021 Humility vs Fear of Being Seen In this episode, we discuss why humility is very different than the fear of being seen. To join the upcoming retreat, visit: www.corymuscara.com/retreat

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