2728: I Am Awake by Dr. Elana Miller

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🗓️ 15 April 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Elana Miller of Zen Psychiatry shares her thoughts on difficult times. Episode 2728: I Am Awake by Dr. Elana Miller Elana Miller is a psychiatrist based out of Los Angeles, California. She loves to write, read, and make music. Elana received her B.A. in psychology at Harvard University before studying at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. I completed my psychiatry residency training at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was nominated as a UCLA Exceptional Physician. The original post is located here: https://zenpsychiatry.com/i-am-awake/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 2728.
0:04.0	I am awake by Elana Miller of Zen's Ichiatry.com
0:08.6	and a narrator Justin Mollick, the guy that reads blogs or articles to you every single day of the year,
0:14.0	including weekends and holidays.
0:16.0	I appreciate you listening every single day, it really means a lot.
0:19.0	We'd get right to our next post as we optimize your life.
0:24.0	I am awake by Dr. Elana Miller of Zen's Ichiatry.com.
0:33.0	Quote, it is said that soon after his enlightenment,
0:37.0	the Buddha passed a man on the road who was struck by the extraordinary radiance and peacefulness of his presence.
0:44.0	The man stopped and asked,
0:45.0	my friend, what are you? Are you a celestial being or a god? No, said the Buddha.
0:51.0	Well then, are you some sort of magician or wizard? Again, the Buddha answered,
0:56.0	no, are you a man? No. Well, my friend, what are you then? I am awake.
1:04.0	Joseph Goldstein and Jack Cornfield from Seeking the Heart of Wisdom.
1:08.0	About a year before I got lymphoma, I had a strange dream.
1:13.0	In this dream, I became sick with a terminal illness and had only a short period of time before I was going to die.
1:19.0	Incidentally, I wrote about this experience only a few months before I was diagnosed.
1:23.0	As the end approached, I went from feeling incredulous, to terrified, to inconsolably sad.
1:30.0	Much of my life for these last few years has been like this dream.
1:33.0	On December 17, 2013, I fell asleep in one world when I walked into the ER at UCLA
1:40.0	and when I left a few hours later with the diagnosis of cancer, I had opened my eyes in an entirely different one.
1:46.0	Since then, I have done the best I could to adjust to my new reality, some days more successfully than others.
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