Listen "The Awakened Brain with Dr. Lisa Miller & Raghu Markus – Mindrolling Podcast Ep. 543"
Episode Synopsis
Reflecting on spirituality and synchronicity, Dr. Lisa Miller talks with Raghu about the capacity to have an awakened mind and heart.
This time on Mindrolling, Dr. Lisa and Raghu talk about:
Dr. Miller’s synchronistic connection with Ram Dass
Identifying threads of lived, spiritual human life in clinical psychology
Being born with the capacity to awaken
Cultivating our relationship to the transcendent
The difference between a spiritual experience and a fully integrated spiritual life
An awakened heart and mind as a protective factor against despair
The mental health epidemic in our country
Trust and moments of unconditional love
Radical love on Dr. Lisa’s journey to parenthood
How suffering brings us closer to God
“There’s nothing at all in the clinical sciences and the social sciences that is as profoundly curative and protective against the diseases of despair (addiction, depression, even suicide) as an awakened heart, an awakened mind.” – Dr. Lisa Miller
About Dr. Lisa Miller:
Lisa Miller, Ph.D., is Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Columbia University, Teachers College, where she founded the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first Ivy League graduate program in spirituality and psychology. She is also the Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality and Founder and Former Co-Editor of the APA journal, Spirituality in Clinical Practice. Dr Miller is the books The Awakened Brain and The Spiritual Child. Learn more about Dr. Miller on her
This time on Mindrolling, Dr. Lisa and Raghu talk about:
Dr. Miller’s synchronistic connection with Ram Dass
Identifying threads of lived, spiritual human life in clinical psychology
Being born with the capacity to awaken
Cultivating our relationship to the transcendent
The difference between a spiritual experience and a fully integrated spiritual life
An awakened heart and mind as a protective factor against despair
The mental health epidemic in our country
Trust and moments of unconditional love
Radical love on Dr. Lisa’s journey to parenthood
How suffering brings us closer to God
“There’s nothing at all in the clinical sciences and the social sciences that is as profoundly curative and protective against the diseases of despair (addiction, depression, even suicide) as an awakened heart, an awakened mind.” – Dr. Lisa Miller
About Dr. Lisa Miller:
Lisa Miller, Ph.D., is Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Columbia University, Teachers College, where she founded the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first Ivy League graduate program in spirituality and psychology. She is also the Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality and Founder and Former Co-Editor of the APA journal, Spirituality in Clinical Practice. Dr Miller is the books The Awakened Brain and The Spiritual Child. Learn more about Dr. Miller on her
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