Cory Allen on Cultivating Mindfulness

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Education, Buddhism, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Cory Allen is a writer, musician, meditation teacher, and creator of the podcast, The Astral Hustle, which focuses on how to live better with leading experts in mindfulness, neuroscience, and philosophy. Cory believes that the more we understand ourselves, the less we suffer. In this episode, Cory and Eric discuss his book, Now Is The Way: An Unconventional Approach To Modern Mindfulness. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Cory Allen and I Discuss Cultivating Mindfulness and… His book, Now Is The Way: An Unconventional Approach To Modern Mindfulness The role of our actions in determining who we are How to differentiate between helpful and unhelpful negative thoughts and emotions The most effective way to widen the gap between stimulus and response The watching mind and the doing mind Why the notions of emptiness and non-self needn’t be scary The answer to the question, “Does my life even matter?” How we assign meaning rather than find meaning in life What it means to dilute strong emotions or ruminating thoughts when they arise Cory Allen Links: www.cory-allen.org Twitter Instagram BLUBlox offers high-quality lenses that filter blue light, reduce glare, and combat the unhealthy effects of our digital life. Visit BLUblox.com and get free shipping worldwide and also 15% off with Promo Code: WOLF15 SimpliSafe: Get comprehensive protection for your entire home with security cameras, alarms, sensors as well as fire, water, and carbon monoxide alerts. SimpliSafe is having a huge holiday sale! Visit simplisafe.com/wolf for a free home security camera and 40% off any security system. Pachamama: Produces extraordinary high quality, organic CBD products. They are one of three companies in over 200 top selling CBD brands to actually test negative for leads, metals, and pesticides and test positive for having the right amount of CBD. Visit www.enjoypachamama.com and use code WOLF for 25% off. If you enjoyed this conversation with Cory Allen on Cultivating Mindfulness, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Effortless Mindfulness with Loch Kelly Transformative Mindfulness with Shauna Shapiro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We get locked between our awareness of who we are and our idea of who we are and
0:04.0	then who we're actually being and how we're existing in the world.
0:15.3	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:17.3	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,
0:22.0	quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:27.5	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:31.7	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:36.4	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
0:39.3	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:42.8	But it's not just about thinking.
0:44.8	Our actions matter.
0:46.3	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:51.1	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
0:55.5	how they feed their good walls.
1:11.2	I'm Jason Alexander and I'm Peter Togan.
1:13.0	We know you've been pining for a brand new podcast hosted by a beloved television icon.
1:17.6	And largely unknown talk radio hosts.
1:19.6	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:20.2	I wrote that.
1:20.9	I know more because we're the hosts of really know really the funny informative show that seeks the answers to things that make us say really know really.
1:28.5	You'll lay off your learn and we'll get paid.
1:30.5	That's really no really with Jason Alexander and Peter Tilden on the iHeart Radio app on Apple podcasts or where you get your podcast.
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