Hello and

welcome back to practicing human, the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Muscarra, and in today's episode,

we're going to be talking about the difference and the unique benefits of distraction

verse presence. More to come on that in a moment, but first let's settle in with the sound of the bells. So if you've been following along, you know I've been doing a series of episodes related to navigating COVID-19.

It is what is most prevalent in all of the world right now.

And so this is, I believe, the 12th episode I've done on the topic.

And while all of these episodes can be utilized during any time of difficulty and will have relevance to life outside of COVID-19,

it's definitely following a specific theme.

And I received a message from a listener, which I obviously keep anonymous,

asking me, or pleading that I wouldn't talk about COVID-19 and that she used the

podcast as her opportunity to escape some of these more difficult pains and some of these more

difficult realities of life.

And it was interesting for me to receive that because I've always thought of this podcast as something that

brings us closer to our life.

If anything, it's getting us more in touch with what is happening in our day-to-day life.

But it did bring me into an interesting inquiry around the difference between presence

and distraction, because this podcast isn't just about presence. and

to practice is just about presence and mindfulness.

It's called practicing human

and to practice being human

and to be human well

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