Ep. 227 – Mental Health Series with Joe Loizzo

Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

Be Here Now Network

Beherenow, Religion & Spirituality, Beherenownetwork, Buddhism, Meditation, Society & Culture, Sharonsalzberg, Metta, Salzberg, Compassion

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

For episode 227 of the Metta Hour, we are continuing our Mental Health Series. In this series, Sharon sits down with different teachers, experts, and health advocates to explore and destigmatize mental health by applying the tools of Buddhist wisdom and spiritual practice.

For this fifth episode of the series, Sharon speaks with psychiatrist, clinical researcher, and meditation scholar-teacher, Joe Loizzo, MD, PhD. Joe is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Columbia-trained Buddhist scholar with over forty years’ experience studying the beneficial effects of contemplative practices on healing, learning and development. He is an Assistant professor at Weill-Cornell Medical College, the founder of the educational non-profit Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, and author of several books.

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In this episode, Sharon and Joe discuss:

The conflict in the Middle East
How Joe came into the field of Mental Health
How the field has evolved thus far
How events of the world affect the personal
Should mental health care plans include service?
How stigma around treatment is evolving
Contributing factors to the Mental Health Crisis in the U.S.
The impetus for founding Nalanda Institute
The role Joe played in Sharon’s early teaching
Eastern vs Western approach to psychology
The compassionate approach to the human condition
Learning to work with our minds is not a luxury
Where psychedelics fit in
The future of Mental Health

The conversation closes with a guided meditation led by Joe. To learn more about Joe’s work or his different books, you can visit his website.

If you would like to suggest a topic for this series, you can email [email protected] with your questions and suggestions.

Mental Health Resources

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline call 988 or (800) 273-8255
Psychology Today Find a Mindfulness-Trained Therapist
Active Peace Yoga with Reggie Hubbard
The Psychology Podcast with Scott Barry Kaufman
Mark Epstein Psychiatrist & Author with a Buddhist Lens
Nalanda Institute Contemplative Psychotherapy Program
Express Yourself Black Man Healing Community for Black Men
Black Boys Om Black Boys & Men Healing & Wellness Education
Cloud Sangha Community For Meditation & Wellness
The Trevor Project Support for LGBTQ Mental Health
Therapy for Black Girls Mental Wellness for Black Women and Girls
The Friendship Bench Creating Safe Spaces & Community
Hope for Bereaved Grief Support Groups
Option B Grief, Trauma and Loss Support

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1:35.4	Hello and welcome to the Metta Hour podcast with Sharon Salzberg.
1:47.3	I'm Lily Kushman. I produce this podcast. And we're returning today to our ongoing mental health series here on the Meta Hour. For episode 227, a conversation with Harvard-trained psychiatrist,
1:55.6	Columbia-trained Buddhist scholar, the assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and integrative medicine at
2:04.0	Wild Cornell Medical College, and the founder of Nalanda Institute, Joe Luizzo. Joe has 40 years
2:14.6	experience studying both Eastern and Western approaches to mental health. And we've
2:21.5	been working on lining up this interview for him to be part of the mental health series for
2:26.9	quite some time. I'm so happy it finally came together. The conversation starts with Joe's
2:32.9	background, how he came to the field of mental health,
2:36.5	and also just how that field has evolved to where we are now. Both he and Sharon discuss a lot of
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