Psychiatry Meets The Soul
Life, Death & The Space Between with Dr. Amy Robbins
Dr. Amy Robbins
4.8 • 582 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
I sat down with my friend, Dr. Anna Yusim, a Stanford and Yale-trained psychiatrist, to explore what happens when science and spirituality meet in the therapy room. We talk about her unexpected psychic awakening, how she integrates soul-level work with patients, and the groundbreaking research happening now at Yale. This conversation is a masterclass on seeing mental health through a wider, more meaningful lens.
00:00 Introduction to Dr. Anna Yusim & Season 8
06:03 A Psychiatrist’s Unexpected Spiritual Awakening
09:21 The Ice Cream Shop Psychic: A New Model of Mind
14:32 Spiritual Crisis or Mental Illness? A Crucial Distinction
18:03 Researching Psychics & The New Yale Center
22:03 The Bio-Psycho-Social-SPIRITUAL Model in Practice
28:36 Psychedelics & The Doorway to Spirituality
32:18 A Synchronistic Life-or-Death Patient Connection
36:26 How to Introduce Spirituality in Clinical Work
41:42 Synchronicities, Signs & Messages in Therapy
46:10 Building the Future: Yale’s Mental Health & Spirituality Program
50:08 Closing & Where to Find Dr. Yusim
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Website: annayusim.com
Book: Fulfilled: How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life
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Life, Death & the Space Between Dr. Amy Robbins
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Dr. Amy Robbins and welcome to life, death and the space between. |
| 0:05.6 | Welcome to my first official season eight kickoff. |
| 0:10.4 | I know there was a podcast last week, but this week is my first official podcast with a guest. |
| 0:16.3 | And I could not be more excited for who I'm talking to and what I'm talking about. |
| 0:22.5 | If you've been listening to me for a while, you're probably getting a sense of where this |
| 0:26.7 | podcast is headed, really looking at the intersection between spirituality and psychology. |
| 0:33.6 | And today is the perfect guest to kick off this season. |
| 0:39.4 | I just want to read to you some of the accolades of my current guest because I think that as we're moving towards really giving true validity to the spirit of the spirituality piece of our lives, what it means to live in alignment with your soul, |
| 0:55.7 | what it means to live from a place of spirituality, however you define that. |
| 1:01.1 | I'm not sure that there's anyone who could be more perfect to speak about this. |
| 1:06.5 | Dr. Anna Yusum is an internationally recognized award-winning board-certified Stanford and Yale |
| 1:13.0 | educated psychiatrist. |
| 1:15.9 | She is the best-selling author of this wonderful book fulfilled, How the Science of Spirituality |
| 1:22.8 | can help you live a happier, more meaningful life. |
| 1:26.6 | She is also a frequent contributor to, ready for this, |
| 1:31.5 | CNN, Fox, ABC, NBC. She's been on hundreds of international shows, radio programs, and podcasts. |
| 1:39.7 | She is the chief medical officer of conscious health, medical lead for super mind, brain health |
| 1:46.3 | and longevity expert at Prevei Swiss, and on the board of many other mental health companies. |
| 1:53.8 | Clearly, she is someone passionate about mental health and passionate about bringing spirituality |
| 1:59.7 | into the mental health conversations, So much so that she is |
| 2:04.4 | working on launching her program at Yale, the spirituality and mental health program that is going |
| 2:11.3 | to be coming to you soon, which will hopefully at some point be an institute similar to Lisa Miller's |
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