Greg Marcus on the Spiritual Practice of Good Actions

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

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

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

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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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. Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year. 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, 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 Twitter Facebook FabFitFun: A women’s lifestyle subscription box filled with full-size premium items that you will love. Give yourself (or someone special in your life!) this gift – use the promo code FEED for $10 off your first box at fabfitfun.com Calm App: The #1 rated app for meditation. They have meditations, sleep stories, soothing music, and calm masterclasses with may One You Feed Guests. www.calm.com/wolf 25% off a Calm Premium Subscription. Talkspace: the online therapy company that lets you connect with a licensed therapist from anywhere at any time. Therapy on demand. Non-judgemental, practical help when you need it at a fraction of the cost of traditional therapy. Visit www.talkspace.com and enter Promo Code: WOLF to get $100 off your first month. 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	Moussaar is a Jewish spiritual practice that goes back about a thousand years,
0:05.2	and it helps us identify those things inside which cause us to get stuck,
0:10.2	and then it gives us a process to bring those things into balance and healing
0:15.2	by taking mindful action in everyday life.
0:19.6	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:29.7	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,
0:34.3	quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true,
0:39.9	and yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:44.1	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:48.8	We see what we don't have instead of what we do,
0:51.7	we think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:55.2	But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter.
0:58.6	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
1:03.4	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
1:07.9	how they feed their good wolf.
1:14.3	Our guest this week is Greg Marcus, who is a practitioner, facilitator, and innovator of American Moussar,
1:31.6	a 21st century spiritual practice for an authentic and meaningful life.
1:36.7	He has a BA in biology from Cornell University and earned his PhD in biology from MIT.
1:43.7	He worked for 10 years as a marketer in the Silicon Valley Genomics industry,
1:48.1	after which he became a stay-at-home dad, writer, life balance coach, and biotech consultant.
1:54.4	His latest book is called The Spiritual Practice of Good Actions,
1:58.2	finding balance through the soul traits of Moussar.
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