When Mental Health Intersects with Spirituality with Dr. Lisa Miller

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Lisa Miller shares her journey into understanding where depression and mental health intersect with spirituality. Drawing from her early experiences as a psychotherapist and her groundbreaking epidemiological and MRI studies, Lisa highlights one perspective of certain types of depression and its transformative potential as an invitation to spiritual awakening and growth. She emphasizes the importance of nurturing one’s spiritual life to cope with life’s challenges, offering valuable insights for personal growth and self-discovery. Her perspective on emotional awareness in navigating inner emotional landscapes serves as a valuable resource for empowering listeners with a deeper understanding of the intricate relationship between mental health and spirituality.

In this episode, you will be able to:

Discover the different types of depression to gain a deeper understanding of mental health challenges
Explore the role of spirituality in overcoming depression for a holistic approach to emotional well-being
Cultivate awakened awareness for mental health to develop a more conscious and mindful relationship with your emotions
Understand the impact of existential yearning on personal growth to enhance your journey of self-discovery.
Learn strategies for integrating spiritual and cognitive awareness to empower your emotional growth and well-being

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0:00.0	Very often depression is a hunger to developmental depression in your soul your natural spiritual awareness is
0:07.5	hungry to engage and expand so depression's not lost time or down time or wasted time.
0:13.6	It is the invitation to an awakening. Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time great thinkers have
0:27.8	recognized the importance of the thoughts we have. Quotes like
0:31.2	garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:36.5	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:40.8	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead
0:47.0	of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking.
0:53.8	Our actions matter.
0:55.2	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort
0:58.0	to make a life worth living.
1:00.1	This podcast is about how other people
1:02.0	keep themselves moving in the right direction,
1:04.4	how they feed their good wolf. Hi there. I'm Bob Pittman, Chairman and CEO of I Heart Media. I'm excited to announce a new season of my podcast, Math and Magic,
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1:53.0	Thanks for joining us.
1:55.0	Our guest on this episode is Dr. Lisa Miller, a professor and founder of the
1:59.2	Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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