The Science of Spirituality + Mental Health with Dr. Lisa Miller PH277

Pursuing Health

Julie Foucher MD, MS

Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Lisa Miller, Ph.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of The Spiritual Child and a professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is the Founder and Director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first Ivy League graduate program and research institute in spirituality and psychology, and has held over a decade of joint appointments in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical School. Her innovative research has been published in more than one hundred peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including Cerebral Cortex, The American Journal of Psychiatry, and the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Miller is Editor of the Oxford University Press Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality, Founding Co-Editor-in-Chief of the APA journal Spirituality in Clinical Practice, an elected Fellow of The American Psychological Association (APA) and the two-time President of the APA Society for Psychology and Spirituality. A graduate of Yale University and University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her doctorate under the founder of positive psychology, Martin Seligman, she has served as Principal Investigator on multiple grant funded research studies. Dr. Miller speaks and consults around The Awakened Brain and The Spiritual Child for the US Military, businesses (including tech, finance, HR and sales), personal development, faith based organizations, schools and universities, and for mental health and wellness initiatives. You can connect with Dr. Miller via Instagram. @dr.lisamiller and her website lisamillerphd.com. You can access her book, The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life, via Amazon. Check out her Ted Talk on Depression and Spiritual Awakening via YouTube. Related Episodes: Ep 149 - The Science of Spontaneous Health with Dr. Jeffrey Rediger Ep 267 - Elijah Muhammad: Always Positive Energy If you like this episode, please subscribe to Pursuing Health on iTunes and give it a rating or share your feedback on social media using the hashtag #PursuingHealth. I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about health every week. Disclaimer: This podcast is for general information only, and does not provide medical advice. I recommend that you seek assistance from your personal physician for any health conditions or concerns.

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0:00.0	just as we need physical fitness and you're so physical fitness for the physical core,
0:05.4	we all need spiritual fitness or engagement for the spiritual core. One third innate,
0:10.6	we're innately spiritual beings, but we've got to practice. We've got to give this language. We've
0:16.0	got to, whether it's meditation or prayer, service, right action, how we know and live in the world,
0:22.8	all of these ways of being, shape the spiritual core once we're adults. When we're kids,
0:29.7	which shapes it very often as our parents and grandparents, but ones where, you know, out of the
0:34.6	house, how we shape this spiritual core as an opportunity and invitation, perhaps even a responsibility
0:41.6	on our own part. Hello and welcome to pursuing health. I'm Dr. Julie Fouche, family physician and
0:52.7	former CrossFit Games athlete. Here I bring you information and inspiration to help bridge the
0:57.9	gap between fitness and medicine and support your journey toward your healthiest self.
1:02.4	Thank you so much for joining me. Now let's get started with this week's episode.
1:09.3	Well, welcome back to pursuing health. I'm so excited to have a guest on today who is Dr.
1:15.1	Lisa Miller, so a little bit of background on her before we dive in. She's a professor and founder
1:20.4	of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College Columbia University. She is a graduate
1:26.0	of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania and is a leading national expert on spirituality,
1:30.8	health and thriving in development. She's authored over a hundred peer review articles on spirituality
1:36.5	and mental health in youth and family. She's a grant-funded clinical scientist, a fellow of the
1:41.5	American Psychological Association and former president of the APA Society of Psychology and
1:46.3	Spirituality, editor of the Oxford University Press Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality
1:51.8	and Editor-in-Chief of Spirituality and Clinical Practice. She consults, conducts workshops and
1:56.8	trainings and speaks extensively in the United States and internationally on the topic, so welcome
2:02.1	Dr. Lisa Miller. I'm so excited to be sitting down with you today. So Julie, I'm thrilled to be here
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