Stop Missing Your Life

Many of us live on autopilot, often so guarded that we don't experience the potential richness that life has to offer. How can we find real happiness amidst the chaos, where we don't reach our life's end and feel we missed out? In Stop Missing Your Life , mindfulness teacher Cory Muscara takes us on a journey into the heart of what is required for real change, growth, and happiness. He exposes how the phrase "be present" has become little more than a platitude, imbued with the misguided message to be present just for the sake of being present, and reveals how to achieve true Presence : a quality of being that is unmistakably attractive about a person, and one that only comes when we've peeled back the layers of guarding that prevent us from being our full, honest, and integrated selves in the world. Muscara shows how we build internal walls, what he describes as a "Pain Box" inhibiting us from living a deeply connected and meaningful life. He offers a four-part FACE model (Focus, Allow, Curiosity, and Embodiment) that helps chip away at those walls and builds our capacity to experience the richness of our lives. Stop Missing Your Life ultimately teaches how we can find peace in the chaos and become better people for our family, our communities, and our world.

"Reading this book is like developing a new friendship. Cory's voice is so engaging, so intimate, so real that you'll forget that you haven't actually met him. He is not afraid to say that these practices will thoroughly change your life, so get ready and take the leap." --MIRABAI BUSH, cofounder, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, and coauthor of Walking Each Other Home (with Ram Dass) Let's face it: "be present" has become little more than a platitude. Many of us coast on autopilot, blind to the richness that the world has to offer. How can we find real happiness, so we don't reach the end of our life and feel like we missed it? In Stop Missing Your Life , Cory Muscara takes you on a journey into the heart of what we need for real growth and happiness. He reveals how to achieve true Presence : a quality of being that comes when we've peeled back the layers that prevent us from being our full, integrated selves. Cory's four-part FACE model (Focus, Allow, Curiosity, and Embodiment) helps break down our internal walls and builds our capacity to experience the richness of our lives. Stop Missing Your Life teaches how we can find peace in the chaos and become better people for our families, our communities, and our world.

"Reading this book is like developing a new friendship. Cory's voice is so engaging, so intimate, so real that you'll forget that you haven't actually met him. He is not afraid to say that these practices will thoroughly change your life, so get ready and take the leap." --MIRABAI BUSH, cofounder, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, and coauthor of Walking Each Other Home (with Ram Dass) Let's face it: "be present" has become little more than a platitude. Many of us coast on autopilot, blind to the richness that the world has to offer. How can we find real happiness, so we don't reach the end of our life and feel like we missed it? In Stop Missing Your Life , Cory Muscara takes you on a journey into the heart of what we need for real growth and happiness. He reveals how to achieve true Presence : a quality of being that comes when we've peeled back the layers that prevent us from being our full, integrated selves. Cory's four-part FACE model (Focus, Allow, Curiosity, and Embodiment) helps break down our internal walls and builds our capacity to experience the richness of our lives. Stop Missing Your Life teaches how we can find peace in the chaos and become better people for our families, our communities, and our world.