Mind Body Health & Politics

Karuna Cayton author of *The Misleading Mind: How We Create Our Own Problems and How Buddhist Psychology Can Help Us Solve Them*, and Thomas Sterner, author of *The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life - Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process.* Two approaches to learning and problem solving. Which one will work for you?http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1577319427http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608680908/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Robert Tindall, writer, classical guitarist, practitioner of Zen Buddhism, inveterate traveler; and Susana E. Bustos, psychologist, professor, holotropic breathwork facilitator, Icaros song collector. Both are trained in Peruvian Vegetalismo, the Amazonian Ayahuasca Healing Traditions. Their new book is "Snake Magic". This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Host Dr. Richard Miller interviews Patricia Monaghan, Ph.D, an award-winning visionary writer and poet, organic farmer and winemaker. She is vice president of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology and a lecturer for the Women's Theological Institute. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Host Dr. Richard Miller presents News and Notes in Psychology and Medicine along with an open microphone during which he took calls from listeners on topics related to psychology and mental health. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Listen to Dr. Miller's interview of Rebecca Puhl, Ph.D. Dr. Puhl discusses her extensive research and publications on the prevalence and origins of weight stigma, interventions to reduce weight bias, and the impact of weight stigma on emotional and physical health. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Dr. Miller interviews guest Dr. Michael Lerner, Rabbi, Clinical Psychologist, Political Activist, Author and Creator of Tikkun magazine.While at Berkeley, Lerner became a leader in the Berkeley student movement and the Free Speech Movement, chair of the Free Student Union, and chair from 1966-1968 of the Berkeley chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society. After teaching philosophy of law at San Francisco State University, he took a job as an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington and taught ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of literature and culture, and introduction to philosophy. After serving for five years as dean of the graduate school of psychology at the New College of California (now defunct) in San Francisco, Lerner and his then-wife Nan Fink created a general-interest intellectual magazine called Tikkun: A Bimonthly Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture and Society. Tikkun was started with the intention of challenging the left for its inability to u

Dr. Richard Miller hosts a nationally prominent panel of psychotherapists including clinical psychologists, Dr. Lonnie Barbach and Dr. David Geisinger and psychiatrist, Dr. Phil Wolfson. This is a panel discussion and has responses to listeners questions on matters relating to couples and families.Dr. Lonnie Barbach - Specialist in Human SexualityDr. Lonnie Barbach work as a couple’s therapist for more than three decades and the publication of "Going the Distance: Finding and Keeping Lifelong Love" crafted with David Geisinger, Ph.D., her partner of 25 years, has defined her as an acknowledged expert on intimate relationships. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452269482/She is skilled in a variety of treatment modalities in treating individuals and couples with problems ranging from anxiety and depression to parenting and communication issues.As one of the first co-directors of clinical training at the University of California San Francisco, Human Sexuality Program, Dr. Barbach created the women's pre-o

Dennis McKenna on Ethnobotany & Suppression of Research into Psychedelics by Dr. Richard L. Miller This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Dr. Miller and his guests, Nevada County Superior Court Judge Tom Anderson, Carol Stanchfield of Turning Point Community Programs in Grass Valley, CA and Kristina Rigosta, Legislative and Policy Counsel of the Treatment Advocacy Center in Arlington VA, discuss Laura's Law (CA Bill 1421), court ordered treatment of persons who have untreated mental illness before they hurt themselves or others. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Dr. Lonnie Barbach, Dr. David Geisinger and Dr. Phil Wolfson. The four doctors offer free community therapy to callers during the broadcast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Jonathan Parker, author of *In The Soul Solution,* guides the reader step-by-step to a deeper relationship with the soul, tapping into the divine qualities of love, peace, kindness, compassion, joy, bliss, and healing to resolve life's problems.http://www.amazon.com/The-Soul-Solution-Enlightening-Meditations/dp/1932073523 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

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Dr. Siri Gian Singh Khalsa on MindBody healing and Reichian therapy This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Dr. Lonnie Barbach, who is considered the "Dear Abby" of sexuality and relationships for the baby boom generation. From *For Yourself: The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality* to *The Pause: Positive Approaches to Perimenopause and Menopause*, Dr. Barbach has guided countless women through the stages of sexual discovery. Her practical and sage advice is characterized by unjudgmental warmth, always with an emphasis on self-determination and pleasure. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Mark Blumenthal, Founder and Executive Director of the American Botanical Council, discussing the misbranding of dietary supplements, herbal teas, psycho active plants, among other topics. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Director Julie Winokur, has released an important film called "Firestorm." The film closely follows a county fire company, revealing that because many people don't have health insurance or access to primary care, they call 911 when they are sick. The Fire Department and the Emergency Room become their only healthcare providers. Sickness calls are 82% of Fire Department calls, rather than fire-related calls. When fires or major traffic accidents happen, often emergency teams are not available because they are out on sickness calls. In addition, Emergency rooms are full and hospital beds not available. This is a story of a national disaster waiting to happen.Also on the show were Dave Pimentle, a paramedic and EMS District Captain who has 25 years years experience with the Fire Department and Dr. Lee Weiss, an ER doctor and Regional Medical Director for Emergent Medical Associates. Contributing another viewpoint on the show was a patient who saw firsthand what happens when you don't have access to healthcare an

Dr. Richard Miller, Miscellaneous by Dr. Richard L. Miller This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Crooked Beauty is a poetic documentary that chronicles artist-activist Jacks McNamara's transformative journey from childhood abuse to psych ward patient to pioneering mental health advocacy. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Bill McMillan, PTSD VA therapist, Mike Maxwell, and Vietnam vet Bob Eaton will be interviewed on their moving film: The Welcome: A Healing Journey for War Veterans and their Families, which will show at the upcoming Mendocino Film Festival. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com

Dr. Phil Wolfson MD, author of the memoir of his son, Noe, chronicling the boy’s four-year struggle with leukemia, his untimely death at sixteen, and the aftermath is presented from three perspectives. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindbodyhealth.substack.com