Ep. 253 – Cory Allen

Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

Be Here Now Network

Beherenow, Religion & Spirituality, Beherenownetwork, Buddhism, Meditation, Society & Culture, Sharonsalzberg, Metta, Salzberg, Compassion

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

For episode 252, Cory Allen makes his first appearance on the Metta Hour podcast.

Cory Allen is an author, coach, podcaster, and influencer from Austin, Texas. He writes daily thoughts on mindfulness and mental clarity for his large Instagram following, reaching over a million people a week. Cory is the author of two books, his most recent, Brave New You, has just been released from Hay House in 2024 in hardcover, ebook and audiobook formats. His podcast And Then It Hit Me, has over 300 episodes to date.

In this conversation, Sharon and Cory discuss:

Meditation Barbie
Cory’s origin story
Opening to greater possibility
Cultivating greater agency
Story is everything
Keeping language real
Having an original mind
The importance of self-trust
How our faith evolves
How Sharon challenges herself
Intuition as an entryway to our deeper self

Cory closes the conversation with a guided meditation. You can learn more about Cory’s work right here and get a copy of his new book, Brave New You, right here.

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1:16.6	We just live our lives in this way where we're kind of on autopilot.
1:25.1	We're trying to figure out what's going on.
1:27.2	We're trying to figure out who we are. We're trying to figure out what's going on. We're trying to figure out who we are.
1:28.2	We're trying to figure out of feel some sense of safety and direction.
1:32.3	We're trying to enjoy ourselves.
1:34.4	And in that time, it's all this automatic behavior that we're just getting used to these patterns that we're living in.
1:41.4	And then because that happens so gradually, whenever we do begin to get this sense of self-awareness,
1:48.0	then we look at our lives when we go,
1:50.0	okay, well, this is what is then.
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