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What Tim Ferriss did for life design and Brene Brown did for vulnerability, Stop Missing Your Life will do for presence.In Stop Missing Your Life, mindfulness instructor Cory Muscara takes readers on a journey from “being present” to embodying “presence,” helping peel back the layers that prevent us from being our full, honest, integrated selves in the world. Muscara explains that most of us are living on autopilot, often so guarded that we aren’t experiencing the potential richness that life has to offer. Stop Missing Your Life reveals:How we build internal walls, which Muscara refers to as a “Pain Box,” that both protect us and inhibit us from living a deeply connected and meaningful lifeA four-part FACE model (Focus, Allow, Curiosity, Embodiment) that helps chip away at the walls and find presenceWhy it’s a risk to be our true selves in the world, and why safety (which does not mean comfort) is one of the missing ingredients to finding presenceHow we can make technology a part of our mindfulness practice–meditating with our devices, and also creating parameters around when and how we use technologyStop Missing Your Life ultimately teaches how we can create new behaviors, stop self-sabotaging our growth, and let go of the things that hold us back.Review”This down-to-earth, clear, and compassionate book is one of the best distillations of the benefits of mindfulness I’ve ever read. It will help you savor the good in your life as well as bring out the immense good that already lies within you. Stop missing the wonder, beauty, and connection in your life and read this book right now!” (Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD, Professor of Psychology at Columbia University and Host of the Psychology Podcast)”If you ever worry that you’ve become more of a ‘human doing’ than a human being– STOP the madness, put down your screen and READ THIS BOOK NOW! Cory Muscara is a great new voice bringing effort, insight, and humility to his wonderful discoveries of how to live a more satisfying life.” (Sarah Robb O’Hagan, executive, activist, and author of Extreme YOU: Step Up, Stand Out, Kick Ass, Repeat)”If you’re going to learn about presence, learn it from someone who spent six months in silence living as a monk! Cory Muscara is the real deal, and his book is packed with practical, innovative strategies to help you stop living on autopilot and find real happiness” (Larry King, Host of Larry King Now)”Reading this book is like developing a new friendship, one you’ll want to continue exploring. Cory’s voice is so engaging, so intimate, so real that you’ll forget that you haven’t actually met him. Cory is not afraid to say that these practices will thoroughly change your life, so get ready and take the leap. I love this book–I’m going to give it to many friends. I hope you do too.” (Mirabai Bush, cofounder of Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, and author of Walking Each Other Home (with Ram Dass)About the AuthorCory Muscara is an international speaker and teacher on the topics of mindfulness and positive psychology. For the past few years, he has taught mindfulness-based leadership at Columbia University, and currently serves as an instructor of positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed his graduate work. In 2012, Cory spent six months in silence living as a monk in Burma, meditating 14+ hours each day under the instruction of the late Sayadaw U Pandita. A frequent guest on the Dr. Oz show, he now aims to bring the teachings of mindfulness to people in a practical and relatable way, presenting to schools, organizations, and the general public. Cory’s meditations have been heard more than 10 million times in over 50 countries, and he lives on Long Island where he offers workshops and retreats.Learn more at CoryMuscara.com and follow him @CoryMuscara on Facebook, Twitter, And Instagram.