Stop Missing Your Life: The Power of Being Present – to Grow, Change and Find Happiness

by Cory Muscara

The opposite of fear is curiosity.

Fear is the impulse to turn away and curiosity is the impulse to turn toward. Fear is the desire to close down and curiosity is the desire to expand and explore. Fear presupposes danger and curiosity presupposes safety.

Focus helps stabilize our attention in the present, grounding us, and enabling us to more clearly see the different layers of our experience—awareness, story, experience—like a magnifying glass for our mind.

Allowing gives us the ability to meet the moment as it is, without grasping or pushing, helping us move fluidly through our moments and embrace the unknown.

Curiosity brings us closer to our life, in all its many forms, facilitating the development of a deeper wisdom for how to live well, and helping us find ease and j...

And embodiment reminds us that we cannot access the present moment without connecting to ...

Learning how to feel, listen to, and trust the innate wisdom of our bodies helps us more skillfully and more fully meet, process, and integrate a...

To fully develop these four pillars requires us to learn how to set boundaries, be patient, manage negative rumination, soften resistance, navigate pain, allow joy, remain steady, and make space for discomfort—all of which contribute to the internal safety that empowers us to ...