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Buddhist Psychology PodcastCultivating Profound FearlessnessBuddhism says that humans must be fearless to live in a world often ruled by ignorance and afflictive emotions. This episode explicates a type of fearlessness borne from wise view, wise intention, non-referential compassion, and wise action. This fearlessness is critical for any Buddhist practitioner engaged in resistance and protest to protect our democracy from autocrats and would-be dictators.Join the conversation on the Integrative Psychotherapy Substack. For more information on Lisa Dale Miller’s clinical work visit her website This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other su...
2025-09-0829 min
Buddhist Psychology PodcastVirtuous ActivismVirtuous conduct is not contrary to making change happen or protesting. Buddhist psychology has a recipe for skillfully navigating distress and impending loss by calling out injustice and wrongdoing from the principles of wisdom and compassion. Lisa discusses how to manage the current onslaught of chaos with purposeful coping and virtuous activism.Join the conversation on the Integrative Psychotherapy Substack. For more information on Lisa Dale Miller’s clinical work visit her website This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vi...
2025-04-2914 min
Buddhist Psychology PodcastCo-creating An Intentional EndingBecause psychotherapy is mostly a relational undertaking ending psychotherapy well is very important. I am a big fan of intentional endings. This episode describes what makes an ending intentional and how to successfully co-create one with a patient.Join the conversation on the Integrative Psychotherapy Substack. For more information on Lisa Dale Miller’s clinical work visit her website. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lisadalemiller.substack.com
2025-03-1614 min
It's All RelationalMember Spotlight: Lisa Dale MillerIn this episode of It’s All Relational, we highlight WAMFT member Lisa Dale Miller! As a professional community, WAMFT recognizing that individual distress is often rooted in larger family, social, and cultural systems. Lisa’s journey, from artist to therapist, reflects this systemic perspective. Her early work with war survivors in Kosovo exposed her to the profound impact of collective trauma and the necessity of holistic healing. Now, as a therapist in Gig Harbor, she integrates Somatic Experiencing interventions with a systemic framework, helping clients not only process their personal experiences but also understand the broader forces shaping thei...
2025-03-1437 min
The Power of the AskCourage, Campfires, and Confidence: Sarah Dale's Project 1490 JourneyTired of the corporate climb and wondering, “Is this all there is?” Join Lisa Zeiderman and Precious Williams as they dive into the extraordinary journey of Sarah Dale, founder of Project 1490. Sarah’s story is one of audacious change, taking her from the fast-paced world of NYC ad tech to the rugged, transformative landscapes of Montana. Discover how a solo trip sparked a life-altering decision, leading her to build a community that empowers high-achieving women to embrace courage, self-reliance, and a healthy dose of badassery. Through unique, experiential challenges, Project 1490 helps women break free from their comfort zones and unlock...
2025-03-0729 min
Buddhist Psychology PodcastEmptiness and Identity ConfusionThis episode explores two fundamental Buddhist psychological concepts—emptiness and identity confusion. While most clinicians think emptiness is ‘feeling empty’, it is actually a profound doorway to radically understand self and world as it truly is. Surprisingly, the Buddha had a lot to say about identity and identity confusion and often pointed out how human minds fixate on identity in ways that largely serve to separate us from each other.Join the conversation on the Integrative Psychotherapy Substack. For more information on Lisa Dale Miller’s clinical work visit her website. This is a public e...
2025-02-2214 min
Buddhist Psychology PodcastActivist Buddhist PsychologyLisa invites clinicians to join her on the activist side of Buddhist psychology. Western psychotherapy has never been big on collective healing. A large methodological defect left unaddressed for a century or more. The frightening changes happening around the world demand psychotherapists renounce complacency, convention, denial and cowardice, and commit to sustained social activism. This deluded world needs us to become warriors for clarity, tolerance, and collective care. To devote our work to rooting out delusion wherever it arises and fearlessly light the lamp of non-suffering in a world of dark, intense suffering.Join the conversation on...
2025-02-1615 min
Buddhist Psychology PodcastThe End of DoubtThis episode employs Buddhist psychology to explore doubt and its archrival, discerning wisdom. The Buddha conceptualized doubt as one of five mental hindrances and discerning wisdom as the realization of suchness, actuality devoid of all doubt.Here is the link to read Lisa’s chapter on negative self-cherishing. Join the conversation on the Integrative Psychotherapy Substack. For more information on Lisa Dale Miller’s clinical work visit her website. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lisadalemiller.subs...
2025-02-1017 min
Groundless Ground PodcastEndless EndingIt's time to say farewell to the GG Podcast. GG Episodes are now housed on Lisa's YouTube Channel.This is an invitation to all the GG listeners to subscribe and listen to the new Buddhist Psychology Podcast. Thank you for all your support over these 6 years. See you on BPP which cam be found on all the usual podcast apps and my Integrative Psychotherapy Substack!Subscribe to the Buddhist Psychology PodcastBPP Episode 2 Apple podcast link This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other su...
2025-02-0104 min
Buddhist Psychology PodcastBeing SkillfulFour days into Trump 2.0 none of his folly and chaos is surprising. On the other hand, watching America’s democracy morph into an autocratic oligarchy is horrifying and deeply disturbing. This episode is a wakeup call to every American. Lisa describes a path for being skillful in the midst of unskillfulness. That path requires letting go of hope and fear, and instead, acting ethically, compassionately, and wisely as best we are able. Doing so will make a huge difference in a country where such values are quickly fading away.Join the conversation on the Integrative Psychotherapy Substack. Fo...
2025-01-2511 min
Buddhist Psychology PodcastSurviving Extreme LossThis episode is dedicated to all those in Los Angeles who have lost so much. The magnitude and rapidity of destruction is incomprehensible and painfully real. The Four Reflections and compassion practice can help in times of extreme shock and loss.This episode is not an antidote to that pain nor a healing salve. It is an attempt to communicate how we can meet life as it actually is… with all its tenuousness, fragility, impermanence and unpredictability. Buddhist philosophy and psychology have a fundamental set of tenets about human existence described beautifully in what is known as th...
2025-01-1022 min
Buddhist Psychology PodcastHuman goodness in psychotherapyWhat role should cultivating human goodness play in psychotherapy? Buddhist psychology asserts that virtuous conduct is essential for achieving a truly happy life. Yet clinicians shy away from discussing what is goodness and how to cultivate it. Lisa discusses how it benefits patients to engage in this inquiry and offers steps to skillfully accomplish it.Here is the link to the Groundless Ground Podcast episode on Kindness Join the conversation on the Integrative Psychotherapy Substack. For more information on Lisa Dale Miller’s clinical work visit her website. This is a public ep...
2025-01-0514 min
Buddhist Psychology PodcastFierce CompassionFierce compassion is the very heart of any skillful compassionate response to human suffering. Lisa Dale Miller describes the Buddhist psychological view of what fierce compassion actually is, and is not, and then guides us in a brief, but highly effective compassion meditation. Join the conversation on the Integrative Psychotherapy Substack. For more information on Lisa’s clinical work visit her website.All the best to you and yours for a happy and healthy New Year! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...
2024-12-2624 min
Buddhist Psychology PodcastTherapeutic EquanimityEquanimity is a core virtue in Buddhist psychology and is described as both a neutral feeling tone and a mental quality of impartiality or equalness. It is the fourth Brahmavihāra. Equanimity is both a character trait and an active self-regulation skill. Viewed from a modern clinical lens, equanimity builds distress tolerance. Equanimity is not devoid of emotion or emotionally driven reactivity. Its purpose is to facilitate a rapid return from reactivity to cognitive/affective responsiveness. Lisa describes equanimity, its benefits for clinicians and patients, and leads listeners in an equanimity meditation. This is a public e...
2024-12-2126 min
Groundless Ground PodcastSound therapies with somatic experiencingClinician Paula Scatoloni returns to the Groundless Ground 6 years later, to share the evolution of her clinical work which now integrates sound therapies and energy medicine techniques along with somatic psychotherapy. This is a fascinating episode covering several kinds of sound modalities, such as: The Safe and Sound Protocol a unique listening experience that has been filtered through a patented, evidence-based algorithm highlighting specific sound frequencies which help regulate the autonomic nervous system and stimulate the vagus nerve. Binaural beats and Bio-lateral beats whose proponents assert these sound waves enhance certain beneficial brainwaves, though those claims lack good clinical...
2024-11-1254 min
Groundless Ground PodcastSimile of the VipersHow can mental health professionals understand mental confusion from a Buddhist psychological perspective? This episode features a dharma talk by Lisa Dale Miller on a profoundly informative Sutta from the Pali Canon which offers answers to that question. Lisa also provides supplementary psychological commentary on the Sutta after the talk is finished. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bestofggpodcast.substack.com
2024-10-0342 min
Groundless Ground PodcastAwakened HeartmindLisa Dale Miller starts this episode with an explanation of why the Groundless Ground Podcast has been on hiatus for the last year. Then the episode presents a dharma talk Lisa gave at Marin Sangha one month ago. Her talk is a reminder that every moment is an invitation to decrease the mass of human suffering by seeding the world with at least one more quiescent, wise, and compassionate mind committed to non-harming. Lisa explicates why cultivation of Bodhicitta is the ultimate path to accomplishing that aim, right in the midst of ordinary daily life. Longchenpa's Finding R...
2024-04-0732 min
Groundless Ground PodcastBasic Human GoodnessThis is a recording of a dharma talk Lisa Dale Miller gave March 19, 2003 at Marin Sangha. Recently neuroscientist Richard Davidson reiterated a long-held tenet of Tibetan Buddhism that all human beings share the same wish to be happy and free of suffering, and that this wish emerges from innate basic goodness. This goodness is often viewed in Mahāyāna and Vajrayana Buddhism as an expression of Buddhanature, the fundamental awakened mind of all beings. There is not much in the Pāli Canon to support the notion of innate goodness. However, the Buddha did teach unconditioned mind—a mind...
2023-03-2836 min
Groundless Ground PodcastMental Health RenaissancePsychologist, researcher, and executive Cassandra Vieten and I dialogue about a wide range of interventions that can shift the mental health crisis into a mental health renaissance. Cassie’s many years of offering patients empirically-based, mind-body tools for sustainable transformation, has taken place at several renowned academic medical institutions and greatly contributed to psychology’s integration of embodied, spiritually-oriented interventions for human flourishing such as: meditation, qigong and tai chi, being in nature, ritual, spiritual exploration, and most recently, psychedelics. This is a jam-packed episode full of practical information for health professionals seeking easy ways to facilitate patient well-being.
2023-02-1342 min
SPARKS IN ACTION with Donna ShermanIs Meditation Too Hyped Up? Lisa Dale Miller, LMFT,LPCC,SEP has many important insight about this. Lisa is a licensed psychotherapist, a long-time teacher of meditation, a fiercely intelligent and compassionate woman who has never shied away from speaking her straightforward truth. Lisa also happens to be a dear friend of mine. This rich conversation between colleagues and friends was prompted by our shared concern that the often popular approach of "optimization" can be misleading and detract from the enduring insights and wisdom that a non-performance based meditation practice offers us.
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2023-01-0451 min
Groundless Ground PodcastMeditation Beyond OptimizationThis is a very special and quite different kind of episode to finish out the Groundless Ground’s 5th season. I have a frank discussion about the pitfalls of packaging and delivering meditation as a performative act in health contexts with Donna Sherman—clinical social worker and teacher of practical wisdom from yoga sciences, mindfulness meditation and behavioral sciences. Since Donna has studied extensively in the Tantric yoga tradition and I have expertise in Buddhist psychology, we interview each other about the ancient science behind Yogic and Buddhist meditative practices. Donna’s Therapeutic Yoga Nidra is the NSDR (non-sleep deep r...
2022-12-0452 min
Groundless Ground PodcastTurn on Love and IntimacyAlison Ash PhD is a sex and intimacy coach, educator, and creator of many sex positive workshops including her upcoming, very popular Sexual and Emotional Intimacy Skills Mastercourse. This dialogue was stunningly rich and informative for both of us. We freely converse about sex positivity and how consent skills make it possible to skillfully and joyfully give and receive pleasure, flirt and seduce, have more intimacy, and better understand monogamous and non-monogamous relationships. We also discuss how the lingering pain and shame from sexual trauma impedes healthy sexuality and what systemic healing and resolution of sexual trauma entails. Alison...
2022-10-241h 04
Groundless Ground PodcastEmbodying EmotionsPsychologist Raja Selvam, discusses his new book, The Practice of Embodying Emotions: A Guide for Improving Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral Outcomes. Raja is the creator of Integral Somatic Psychology™ (ISP™), an effective somatic therapy that encourages optimal mental health by fully embodying emotions. Raja and I explore how clinicians can facilitate patient resolution of difficult emotions by allowing increased recognition of emotion and then expanding that emotion to more of the body. Rather than cognitively down-regulating emotions, this somatic approach of expanding emotion increases affect tolerance and resolves systemic distress. ISP is a complementary modality for all talk therapy metho...
2022-09-0649 min
Groundless Ground PodcastScience of PsychotherapyRichard Hill and Matthew Dahlitz have written a comprehensive, definitively modern psychotherapy textbook titled, "Practitioners Guide to the Science of Psychotherapy". Their book covers basic neuroscience, body-brain systems, genetic processes and the application of integrative psychotherapy modalities for mental health disorders. This is the textbook I wished for many years ago when I attended graduate school. I was so excited to dialogue with these two brilliant men about the current sad state of standard psychotherapy, and the need for updated curricula and therapist retraining that rests upon scientifically validated patient-responsive treatments. This episode is a critical rallying cry in...
2022-07-2544 min
Groundless Ground PodcastBeyond DistractionThis episode features a rich, in-depth dialogue with Buddhist teacher and author Shaila Catherine on her new book, Beyond Distraction: Five Practical Ways to Focus the Mind. Using a Theravada Buddhist approach for cultivating focus, clarity, and wise action, Shaila offers an effective five-step method for changing distorted, habitual thoughts: 1) replace unwanted thoughts; 2) examine the dangers of distracting thoughts; 3) avert distraction; 4) investigate the causes of distraction; and 5) exert dedicated resolve. This informative and enlightening conversation will be of great benefit to anyone seeking a focused, clear mind and also mental health professionals who favor top-down interventions. It was a gr...
2022-06-1056 min
Groundless Ground PodcastMORE Research UpdateEric Garland, PhD, LCSW, and I discuss exciting new research on the effectiveness of Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE)—his unique mindfulness intervention—for alleviating the cognitive-affective distress associated with chronic pain and co-occurring opioid misuse. We also focus on the value of meditation, expanding consciousness, and experiencing bliss in decreasing reliance on opioids and increasing capacity for ordinary pleasures. Lots of neuroscience and we cover research on the role of psychedelics as adjunctive treatment for chronic pain and opioid misuse.Eric Garland, PhD, LCSW, is a rare combination of rigorous researcher and compassionate clinician. His unique inte...
2022-05-0258 min
Groundless Ground PodcastBeing Wise in a Time of WarIt’s been a very disturbing few weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine. Coincident with the initiation of war, clinician, author and dharma teacher Lisa Dale Miller taught two weeks in a row at Marin Sangha. These two dharma talks explore, from a Buddhist point of view, what it means to be wise, compassionate, and even awakened in the midst of difficult circumstances. The second talk, which starts at 27:00, dives deeper into what the Buddha called, the rod of violence, as well as its causes and alleviation. May these talks benefit all beings everywhere and contribute to the end of al...
2022-03-2156 min
Groundless Ground PodcastMark Solms on ConsciousnessConsciousness remains a scientific puzzle: what it is, what creates it, and though all known conscious systems are alive, not all living systems are conscious. These days cortical-based theories of consciousness are all the rage. However, renown neuropsychologist and psychoanalyst Mark Solms has put forth, in his book “The Hidden Spring”, a radically convincing theory for the subcortical, homeostatic origins of consciousness rooted primarily in feeling or what is known as affect. Dr. Solms explains why a particular area of the brainstem is his choice for where the lights of consciousness get switched on and off and deftly explains the d...
2022-02-141h 04
Groundless Ground PodcastSomatic HorsemanshipThis is a very special episode with Beverley Kane, MD, discussing her book Equine-imity: Stress Reduction and Emotional Self-Regulation in the Company of Horses, which introduces us to somatic horsemanship—a therapeutic practice for exploring the physical relationship between humans and horses, on the ground and on the horse, to promote body-mind-spirit well-being in both species. Dr. Kane portrays horses as consummate teachers of healthy embodiment and emotional resilience and describes interventions like medical qigong that help patients learn how to regulate and heal nervous system and psychological dysfunction. She tells us about somato-intuitive skills horses naturally use like pres...
2022-01-1053 min
Groundless Ground PodcastRescuing VirtueStuart Shanker, MD and I address the loss of virtue as a fundamental part of societal and individual conduct and how to reinvigorate it. He notes with sadness the quaint overtones and ironic sarcasm that has infected discussion of virtuous conduct; particularly in politics, journalism, academia, and psychology. We name the war between reason and emotion, rationality and irrationality, and discuss its role in widespread sense of unsafety, outright lying and ‘truthiness’ in media, and the continuing horror of school shootings in America. We discuss solutions for restoring ethical human values so critical for well-being and wholesome relationship. Happy and...
2021-12-1253 min
Groundless Ground PodcastNeurobiology of Trauma and MDMA for PTSDPsychologist Jim Hopper and I discuss the neurobiology of trauma, MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, the critical role embodied treatment modalities play in trauma healing, and use of Buddhist psychology and Internal Family Systems (IFS) for trauma resolution. He fully explicates the process used in the FDA-approved and MAPS-sponsored MDMA phase 3 trials, discusses the results, and clarifies for whom MDMA, Ketamine or psilocybin sessions could be adjunctive trauma treatment. We also discuss a habit model of understanding trauma response as well as an updated ethical view of addiction. Jim is a consummate communicator. That, coupled with his depth and breadth o...
2021-11-011h 15
Groundless Ground PodcastKindness vs NicenessTwo recent dharma talks given by Lisa Dale Miller at Marin Sangha explicate what kindness is from Buddhist psychological perspective and how it radically differs from niceness. To lay the groundwork of what kindness is, the first talk employs a very challenging sutta, “The Simile of the Saw”, where the Buddha proscribes wholesome conduct in all manner of difficult relational engagements. The second talk investigates kindness and niceness and clarifies their differences. Niceness though pleasing or agreeable, is only intended to avoid discomfort and is deceptive and disingenuous. Kindness is genuine benevolence enacted through skillful application of presence and disce...
2021-09-301h 09
Groundless Ground PodcastStuart Shanker on Reframing for a Just SocietyStuart Shanker, PhD is a world-renown author, researcher and scholar on self-regulation science and creator of the groundbreaking Self-Reg method for cultivating mental and physical well-being. His life’s work has focused on the beneficial role that positive stress plays in children’s development and learning, and the harmful effects of excessive negative stress on parents, educators, and children. His new book, REFRAMED: Self-Reg for a just society, explores self-regulation in wider, social terms and unpacks the unique science and conceptual practices that are the very lifeblood of the Self-Reg. I have been a big proponent of the Self-Reg method...
2021-08-3150 min
Groundless Ground PodcastRodney Dietert on Microbiome-First MedicineGet ready for a microbiome geek-fest with Cornell Professor Emeritus, health scientist, and author Rodney Dietert, as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of his pioneering book, The Human Super-organism. Rodney shares the fascinating history of microbiome research and recounts his own life-changing, career-shifting revelations about microbiome-first medicine in reversing the modern epidemic of non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs) and immune system disorders. We discuss the difference between viruses and bacteria, and because our dialogue took place in June 2021 (pre-Delta-variant spread in the US) he offered surprising views about COVID19, vaccines, and mask-wearing. We also cover the latest research on microbiome te...
2021-08-0255 min
Groundless Ground PodcastJeremy Lent on The Web of MeaningJeremy Lent’s new book, The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe offers a coherent worldview of deep interconnectedness by integrating ancient Taoist and Buddhist views of humanness and awakening, with a modern scientific, conceptually-oriented view of human capacity. Jeremy makes the case for reigniting lost ethical values that can shift the disconnection that has led humanity to the brink of ecological and societal destruction. We discuss deep intelligence, wise action, how to expand collective concern to include all humans, our animal and plant brothers and sisters, and our planet. Our...
2021-06-291h 04
Groundless Ground PodcastTibetan Buddhist Foundational PracticesThis is a very special episode featuring Anne C. Klein, PhD, aka Lama Rigzin Drolma; Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University, Buddhist Studies scholar and Tibetan translator, author, and Tibetan Buddhist teacher. It was such an honor to discuss Dr. Klein’s groundbreaking book, Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse Foundational Practices and the Transmission of the Longchen Nyingthig. We speak frankly and deeply about Nundro; its practice and relevance for Western Tibetan Buddhist practitioners. Dr. Klein also generously shares her rich history of engagement with Buddhist academia and her long-standing relationship with Tibetan Buddhism as a practitioner an...
2021-05-3156 min
Groundless Ground PodcastJud Brewer: Unwind Your Anxiety HabitPsychiatrist, renown mindfulness and habit change researcher, Jud Brewer, MD, PhD once again disrupts conventional framing of mental health disorders and their treatment. This time the target is anxiety. Jud says you cannot think your way out of anxiety. Because anxiety is actually a habit loop—an unrewarding reward that experientially and neurobiologically mirrors addiction. Jud unpacks this brilliant and effective revisioning of anxiety and a radically beautiful treatment model, which is featured in his NY Times Bestselling new book, Unwinding Anxiety. Then Jud and I switch gears and discuss the intersection of meditation and psychedelic research. How these treat...
2021-04-2648 min
Groundless Ground PodcastKathy Kain On Somatic InterventionsKathy L. Kain, PhD returns to share her unparalleled expertise on effective use of somatic interventions in in-person and online psychotherapy. She gets very specific about what interventions work and don’t work, and the kind of patients that may benefit or be underserved when the medium of contact is screen-only. And Kathy gives in-depth analysis of the interplay of awareness and points of contact in somatic interventions; regardless of whether the clinician has physical contact with a patient or not. We also take a deep dive into the role of intersubjectivity in somatic work—the importance of viewing the...
2021-03-141h 17
Groundless Ground PodcastBill Plotkin on the Journey of the SoulSoul initiation is an essential and hazardous spiritual adventure that most modern cultures have forgotten. Eco-psychologist Bill Plotkin discusses this mythopoetic, life-altering journey which he beautifully explicates in his new book, Journey of Soul Initiation. I chose to commence GG Season Four with this riveting, deep and edgy dialogue on the transformative and profound path of forging a true adult. Bill’s wisdom, humility and radical honesty shine through as he describes his own soul journey and the evolvement of guiding others through the mind-heart-and-life-transforming process of preparation, descent, metamorphosis and enactment. His book also features an in-depth exploration an...
2021-02-061h 09
Groundless Ground PodcastOpening To GriefIn this year of radical loss, Opening to Grief: Finding your way from loss to peace is an essential guidebook for anyone navigating grief and loss. Claire B. Willis, author, clinical social worker, ordained lay Buddhist chaplain and yoga teacher talks about her journey writing this book and shares expert counsel about the many ways to honor any form of loss you might be experiencing as 2020 comes to a close. This is an invaluable episode for closing a horrifically strange year, and doing what we can to bravely move into 2021 renewed and ready for change. https://openingtogrief.c...
2020-12-2142 min
Groundless Ground PodcastEvan Thompson On Why He Is Not A BuddhistMy second dialogue with Evan Thompson covers his latest and most controversial book, Why I Am Not A Buddhist, which spotlights conceptual and functional problems with Buddhist modernism, Buddhist exceptionalism, Buddhist Empiricism, and neural Buddhism. With philosophical adeptness, Evan argues a cosmopolitan view of not-self and enlightenment, and skillfully slays popular one-dimensional co-options of the Buddhist teachings by Robert Wright and Sam Harris. This episode is dedicated to Evan’s father, writer and scholar William Irwin Thompson who recently passed away; a man who profoundly impacted my life particularly during my 20’s, when I was deeply interested in the cultura...
2020-11-2759 min
Groundless Ground PodcastVOTE! Be On Fire Without Being AflameThis episode is a dharma talk I gave online at Marin Sangha on 9/13, when we were experiencing insane wildfires burning throughout our area. The talk uses the Fire Sutta to explore collective conduct and personal responsibility in the midst of extreme life circumstances such as 2020 continues to bring many of us. My intention in releasing it now is to incline every eligible American to vote with the preservation of our democracy foremost in mind. Our President and Senate leaders have failed us in so many ways: 200,000 unnecessary deaths from COVID-19, their complete lack of interest in the obvious effects...
2020-10-0630 min
Groundless Ground PodcastLama Rod Owens: Liberation through angerLama Rod Owens, African-American author and Tibetan Buddhist teacher, describes himself as, “black, queer, cisgender, and male-identified, fat, mixed class, Buddhist teacher and minister, yoga teacher, and s**t-talking Southerner.” When I contacted Lama Rod more than a year ago to have him on the show, his assistant told me he was deep into writing his newly published book, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger, and to check back in the Spring of 2020. Well, America has been through so much since then, and I am so happy Lama Rod and I got to have this dialogue now, in...
2020-09-0147 min
Groundless Ground PodcastTeja Bell on Chinese Internal ArtsThis episode is a celebration of Teja Bell, a lifelong practitioner and teacher of Aikido, Taijiquan, Qigong, Neigong, Buddhism and Taoism. I have studied qigong with Teja for many years and delighted in QigongDharma and Radiant Heart Qigong, his unique integration of Buddhist meditation and qigong. He is an Aikido master (6th degree black belt) and a roshi in the Rinzai Zen Buddhist lineage. Teja shares his remarkable introduction to martial arts as a young teen in Iowa, and long history of study with renown teachers in judo, kung fu, yang style taijiquan, qigong, Liu He Ba Fa, Buddhism, Ta...
2020-07-1354 min
Groundless Ground PodcastEric Garland: Mindfulness and Addiction RecoveryEric Garland, PhD, LCSW, is a rare combination of rigorous researcher and compassionate clinician. His unique integration of CBT and mindfulness led him to create Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE), an integrative group intervention for treating chronic pain, stress, and opioid misuse. His attention to detail and methodology has made him a trusted researcher. In 2019 he was appointed to the NIH HEAL Multi-Disciplinary Working Group to help guide the HEAL initiative on pain and addiction. Our dialogue was exciting for both of us. We share a sense that helping patients attend to savoring and insight is key to moving beyond th...
2020-06-1649 min
Groundless Ground PodcastKristin Andrews on Animal MindsAre non-human animals conscious? Do non-human animal minds have concepts, intelligence, memory, intentionality, ethics, and social behavior? Kristin Andrews, professor of philosophy, author, and pioneering researcher in moral cognition, discusses non-human animal consciousness and the ethical problems of using non-human animals, like rats, as research subjects. To celebrate the newly released Second Edition of Kristin’s seminal textbook, The Animal Mind, we dive deep into philosophical inquiry on animals and consciousness—how and what animals think, what skills they possess, what moral and social structures they create and live by, and throughout our conversation she tackles the minefield of ethical...
2020-05-191h 07
Groundless Ground PodcastSylver Quevedo: Psychedelic-assisted TherapiesPsychedelic-assisted interventions appear to be all the rage these days. Though there are many psychedelic evangelists I wanted to find a credible medical resource to discuss these treatments. Deep gratitude to my friend Ron Purser who introduced me to my esteemed guest, Sylver Quevedo, MD, a pioneer in integrative family and internal medicine, assistant professor of medicine at Stanford and UCSF, co-Founder of Polaris Insight Center for Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and Principle Investigator in the FDA clinical trials on MDMA for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Our conversation was enlightening and it was fascinating to hear about Dr. Quevedo’s long history of w...
2020-04-211h 03
Groundless Ground PodcastStaying Sane While Staying At HomeLisa Dale Miller, psychotherapist and dharma teacher, shares three invaluable daily practices for maintaining sanity in our “new normal” of staying at home all the time. 1) Three Gratitudes Practice2) Awareness Breaks for when you feel agitated or anxious3) Diligence and Renunciation Practice as helpmates to get good sleep, exercise everyday, and eat healthy food.Lisa's website: https://lisadalemiller.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bestofggpodcast.substack.com
2020-03-2817 min
Groundless Ground PodcastCOVID-19: Advice For AwakeningThe COVID-19 outbreak is the very time for meditative practice because chaos and uncertainty are the rich soil of awakening! Of great help is to shift your mindset into a compassionate stance with respect to social distancing and spending more time at home. Lisa Dale Miller, psychotherapist and dharma teacher, shares advice and easy practices for doing this right now, in your life, in the midst of suffering. Learn how to be kind, patient, generous, wise and consider those who are less fortunate.Lisa's psychotherapy website This is a public episode. If you would...
2020-03-1508 min
Groundless Ground PodcastJames Gordon: Heal Trauma and Transform Now!Psychiatrist James S. Gordon pioneered a mind-body methodology widely used around the world for healing psychological trauma. His latest book, The Transformation: Discovering Wholeness and Healing After Trauma, offers a comprehensive evidence-based program anyone can use to reverse the psychological and biological damage caused by traumatic experience. Dr. Gordon interweaves the latest scientific research, inspiring recovery stories, timeless wisdom and 50 years of clinical experience to help readers suffering with PTSD to meet the challenges of healing trauma, while rediscovering joy, meaning and purpose. Dr. Gordon touched me deeply and our dialogue expanded my clinical knowledge and skills. I am re...
2020-03-0643 min
Groundless Ground PodcastStuart Eisendrath: Healing Depression When Antidepressants Aren't EnoughDepression is a relapsing disease and preventing future depressive episodes is critical for lifelong mental health. Psychiatrist and UCSF Professor Emeritus Stuart Eisendrath’s new book, When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough: Harnessing mindfulness to alleviate depression, is a layperson’s guide for depression relapse prevention. His book offers detailed psycho-education on depression and anxiety (something most patients rarely receive) and features an easy-to-follow program of targeted breath exercises, meditations, and innovative visualizations from Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), an evidence-based, 8-week course offered for many years at the UCSF Depression Center. It was a great honor to have time with Dr. Ei...
2020-02-0750 min
Groundless Ground Podcast2020: See Clearly and Act WiselyLast week a patient greeted me with these words, “2020. Clear vision.” That declaration of clear knowing, exemplifies every wish I have for our world as we step into a new decade. See clearly, care deeply, act wisely. Though I infrequently feature two dharma talks in a row on this podcast, this one epitomizes the power of imparting wisdom at a time when our world is in such disarray. As part of a series of talks on the Four Noble Truths, I was tasked to teach on the First Noble Truth: the Buddha’s clear seeing of inherent unsatisfactoriness and its ke...
2020-01-1437 min
Groundless Ground PodcastBuddhist Psychology of Climate DenialWelcome to the end of the year, the end of the decade, and the last episode in GG Season Two. From the creator’s side, GG Season 3 looks like the best is yet to come.It’s been a challenging year globally in so many ways. And certainly climate disruption tops the list of 2019’s human failures: We utterly fail to comprehend the consequences of our continued denials, delayals and complacency. America is truly the worst offender and I suspect this is because temperature rise is always described in Celsius; a numbering system Americans don’t relate to conce...
2019-12-1641 min
Groundless Ground PodcastAnthony Aguirre: Cosmological KoansIf it is not by now fully apparent how much I love science, this conversation, well more accurately this rare chance to sit at the feet of a science master, is proof that there is nothing more surprising and profound than the physics of space, time, information, and quantum reality. Cosmologist, UCSC physics professor, science activist, and author Anthony Aguirre, generously discusses the intricacies of deep reality he shares in his astonishingly creative new book titled, Cosmological Koans: A Journey to the Heart of Physical Reality. His book transported me into a multifaceted explanatory world of historical fiction, mathematics...
2019-11-211h 00
Active PauseFeeling the sense of connection: Conversation with Lisa Dale MillerThis is a continuation of the previous conversation with Lisa Dale Miller… but it can be listened to without listening to the first one. Here, we explore the experience of having a sense of connection.Lisa Dale Miller, LMFT, LPCC, SEP is licensed to practice integrative psychotherapy in California, New York, and Oregon and is a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP). Lisa has been an outpatient clinician for the Veterans Administration San Jose, a teacher of Mindfulness-based Interventions and trains clinicians in the clinical applications of Buddhist psychology. She is a dharma teacher and has been a yogic and Buddh...
2019-10-2815 min
Groundless Ground PodcastLoch Kelly: The Way of Effortless MindfulnessLoch Kelly’s new book, The Way of Effortless Mindfulness, is a practice manual for living a fully embodied, open-hearted life. Loch insists the goal of effortless mindfulness is not to escape or transcend, but to recognize and embody wakeful pure awareness, which is ever-present in the midst of the full range of human experience. To help listeners directly know effortless mindfulness, Loch offers a few mindful glimpse practices along with in-depth structural descriptions of what differentiates effortless mindfulness from mainstream mindfulness, or what he calls, deliberate mindfulness. The Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism says nature of mind or pu...
2019-10-2157 minActive PauseMindfulness & connection: Conversation with Lisa Dale MillerThis conversation is an exploration of the shared pause: What happens when we pay attention not just to thoughts and ideas, but also to the experience of being in conversation.Lisa Dale Miller, LMFT, LPCC, SEP is licensed to practice integrative psychotherapy in California, New York, and Oregon and is a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP). Lisa has been an outpatient clinician for the Veterans Administration San Jose, a teacher of Mindfulness-based Interventions and trains clinicians in the clinical applications of Buddhist psychology. She is a dharma teacher and has been a yogic and Buddhist meditation practitioner for over fou...
2019-10-2018 min
Groundless Ground PodcastAndrew Holecek: Dream and Sleep Yogas and the BardosThis episode is a dive deep into the extraordinary Tibetan Buddhist teachings on Dream Yoga, Sleep Yoga, and the Bardos, with Andrew Holecek; a longtime Tibetan Buddhist practitioner and expert in offering these teachings via contemporary language and authentic practices. Andrew’s methodology goes way beyond lucid dreaming. He believes that shamatha and vipashyana meditation are foundational to all the advanced practices he teaches, and his purpose for sharing this knowledge is facilitating awakening from suffering, rather than feeding a student’s unconscious or conscious need for power or non-ordinary experience. We talk openly about these profound yogas and thei...
2019-09-1646 min
Groundless Ground PodcastHow Buddhism Regards Those Who Harm OthersThis episode features a dharma talk given by Lisa Dale Miller at Marin Sangha in March 2019. The talk begins with a discussion of teachers and their fallibilities, and the ethical standards the Buddhist teachings require teachers to uphold. The second part of the talk focuses on human beings who spend their lives engaged in wrongdoing, realize their misconduct, endeavor to transform internal suffering, and consequently end further wrongdoing. How do we hold such individuals accountable for their actions without getting lost in generating hatred toward them and their wrongdoing? How can we develop a compassionate view of those who...
2019-08-1941 min
Groundless Ground PodcastThe Buddha in Jail: Cuong Lu on InterbeingMy dialogue with Cuong Lu, Buddhist teacher and prison chaplain in the Netherlands, was by far the most moving experience of my podcasting life. Cuong’s wisdom and limitless compassion brought me to tears several times during our time together. He was born in Vietnam and grew up in the midst of war, only knowing fighting until his mother moved them to the Netherlands when he was twelve years old and he experienced friendliness for the first time. He spent many years as a monk with Thich Nhat Hanh and then became a lay Buddhist teacher in 2009. His is a...
2019-07-1842 min
Groundless Ground PodcastRon Purser: McMindfulness And Its DiscontentsIt seems the more mindfulness is mainstreamed, the more its claims are being questioned. Ron Purser, Professor of Management at SFSU and author of the new groundbreaking book, McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality, has been a longtime critic of the widespread mainstreaming and overselling of mindfulness practices. He views mainstream mindfulness as an amplifier of Western consumerist individualism and a banal form of capitalist spirituality; one he claims utterly avoids cultivation of social and political transformation. Ron challenges the widely accepted narrative that stress is self-imposed and mindfulness is the cure-all, and offers ways for mindfulness d...
2019-06-2345 min
Groundless Ground PodcastAnna Lembke: Chronic Pain, Dual-Diagnosis and Addiction TreatmentThis episode features Anna Lembke, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University Medical School and author of the massively influential book Drug Dealer, MD. Dr. Lembke shares her immeasurable expertise in psychiatry, dual-diagnosis and chronic pain treatment, with a heavy dose of unmitigated truth-telling. Our dialogue is a thoughtful, no holds barred look at: The toyotaization of medicine; the devastating effects of opiate over-prescribing coupled with ineffective chronic pain treatments; the ongoing discontents of addiction and dual-diagnosis treatment; the problems with widespread naïveté about the use of cannabis and CBD; and the inequities and in...
2019-05-2058 min
Groundless Ground PodcastGabrielle Hartley: How to divorce wiselyDivorce is almost as much a part of life as marriage. Yet most couples are in the dark about pro-social, non-toxic approaches to divorce. Enter Gabrielle Hartley, attorney, mediator and co-author of Better Apart, a practical guide for skillfully executing a divorce and emerging a wiser, more compassionate and resilient human being. The uniqueness of this approach comes from expert integration of sound legal wisdom and teachings on skillful means from yogic and Buddhist philosophies. You will detect my deep appreciation for Gabrielle and this book, as it has radically simplified the way I counsel patients who find themselves i...
2019-04-2142 min
Groundless Ground PodcastJudson Brewer On Mastering the Addictive MindThis is a very special episode featuring Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, addiction psychiatrist, author, app developer, and associate professor of psychiatry at Brown University School of Medicine. Jud is a seasoned researcher of mindfulness interventions for addiction and developer of novel habit-change apps for abating anxiety and craving. A longtime Buddhist meditation practitioner Jud is a relentless data hound not an evangelist. He was among the first to use real-time neurofeedback and fMRI to study meditation and its effects. Our dialogue is devoid of hype and chockfull of useful insights on addiction, its true causes, and empirically-based self-applied applications...
2019-03-1744 min
Groundless Ground PodcastMore Than You Think It Is: John Astin on nondual realityDescribing what is ultimately indescribable, that which transcends language, is really challenging. Yet psychologist John Astin accomplishes this daunting task so beautifully in his new book, This Extraordinary Moment. And John and I try our best in this rich dialogue to entice you into a process of profound inquiry into nondual reality and its usefulness in psychotherapeutic contexts for going beyond suffering, enlivening inner freedom and generating systemic well-being. I could not think of a better person to do this with. A lifelong meditation practitioner, John has had a long career in health psychology research on mind-body interventions and...
2019-02-2049 min
Groundless Ground PodcastHealing Collective Trauma: The Key to Sustainable PeacemakingThis dialogue with visionary psychotherapist Gina Ross—a pioneer in understanding and healing collective trauma—is both informative and deeply moving. A Syrian Jew with empathy for both Israeli and Arabic cultures, and founder of the International Trauma Healing Institutes, Gina has devoted her life’s work to resolving the societal and individual dysregulation that underlies trauma and ultimately feeds all forms of violence and hatred. Gina discusses the role of trauma in conflict zones such as the Middle East, and how to heal that trauma and bring about personal and collective peace using integrative methodologies. Her Ross Mod...
2019-01-2742 min
Groundless Ground PodcastAlaine Duncan on the Tao of Trauma and Trauma-Informed AcupunctureHappy New Year! I am very excited to launch GG Season Two by dialoging with Alaine Duncan, Doctor of Chinese Medicine. Alaine has invented a truly unique approach to trauma-informed acupuncture which integrates the neurobiology of traumatic stress, Somatic Experiencing skills and Daoist Five Element theory. Her new book, The Tao of Trauma, co-authored with Kathy Kain, views trauma through this ancient-modern integrative lens and lays out practical strategies for treating common co-morbidities of traumatic stress such as; chronic pain, autoimmune illness, insomnia, metabolic problems, and mental health disorders. For over 10 years Alaine Duncan served as a...
2018-12-3051 min
Groundless Ground PodcastDeconstructing The Five Aggregates And Their Deathless NatureThis last episode of the Groundless Ground Season One features two consecutive dharma talks recently given by Lisa Dale Miller on the five aggregates—the main agent of mental and emotional suffering in the Buddha’s teachings on the Four Noble Truths. Lisa's first talk deconstructs the illusory ‘heap’ nature of the five aggregates and explicates their pivotal role in both creating and/or liberating us from suffering. The second talk dives deeply into the relationship of the five aggregates to Theravāda teachings on what the Buddha called, deathless or deathlessness, and then tracks this term’s evolution...
2018-12-1055 min
Hack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans2018-12-04 Process Hacker NewsHoliday Mentors, Profitable Podcasts, Trauma Therapy, and More
Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got holiday mentors, profitable podcasts, trauma therapy, and more.
For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-12-04-process-hacker-news-holiday-mentors-profitable-podcasts-trauma-therapy-and-more/.
Enjoy!
Events
Why not eat, drink, be merry, and get mentored by design experts this season? Cascade SF, founded by Andi Galpern, is bringing you Holiday Mentor Night on December 11 in San Francisco.
If...
2018-12-0404 minHack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans2018-12-04 Process Hacker NewsHoliday Mentors, Profitable Podcasts, Trauma Therapy, and More
Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got holiday mentors, profitable podcasts, trauma therapy, and more.
For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-12-04-process-hacker-news-holiday-mentors-profitable-podcasts-trauma-therapy-and-more/.
Enjoy!
Events
Why not eat, drink, be merry, and get mentored by design experts this season? Cascade SF, founded by Andi Galpern, is bringing you Holiday Mentor Night on December 11 in San Francisco.
If...
2018-12-0400 minHack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans2018-11-27 Process Hacker News from Hack the Process PodcastSustainable Systems, Marketing Trends, Meditation Technology, and More
Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got sustainable systems, marketing trends, meditation technology, and more.
For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-11-27-process-hacker-news-sustainable-systems-marketing-trends-meditation-technology-and-more/
Enjoy!
Events
Catch Ann Mei Chang on November 28 in San Francisco as she discusses Transforming Global Development with Lean Startup.
Community
Fund Club, founded by Ashe Dryden is constantly on the lookout for st...
2018-11-2703 minHack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans2018-11-27 Process Hacker News from Hack the Process PodcastSustainable Systems, Marketing Trends, Meditation Technology, and More
Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got sustainable systems, marketing trends, meditation technology, and more.
For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/2018-11-27-process-hacker-news-sustainable-systems-marketing-trends-meditation-technology-and-more/
Enjoy!
Events
Catch Ann Mei Chang on November 28 in San Francisco as she discusses Transforming Global Development with Lean Startup.
Community
Fund Club, founded by Ashe Dryden is constantly on the lookout for st...
2018-11-2700 min
Groundless Ground PodcastJeremy Lent on Systems Theory, Wisdom Traditions and a Path to SustainabilityThis dialogue with Jeremy Lent is chockfull of insights and guidance on how individuals can make lasting, positive impacts and change the collective current disastrous course humanity appears to be on. Jeremy is a modern-day renaissance man. Educated at Cambridge University and University of Chicago, he founded and IPOed an early internet company, and then due to distressful life circumstances, left the business world to engage in deep inquiry into the confluences of meaning and truth pervading modern science and ancient wisdom traditions. Jeremy is an award-winning novelist and the author of The Patterning Instinct, a non-fiction work which i...
2018-11-1154 min
Groundless Ground PodcastEmbodied Recovery for Eating Disorders: A dialogue with Paula Scatoloni, LCSW Paula Scatoloni, a somatic psychotherapist and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist, explicates the insufficiency of standardized cognitive and behavioral eating disorder treatment, and introduces Embodied Recovery, a cutting-edge somatically-oriented, trauma-informed approach, which considers the body and embodiment the missing link for effective treatment of disordered eating. Paula provides an overview of the Embodied Recovery training program she co-created with Rachel Lewis-Marlow, and discusses its guiding principles for attending to and helping patients heal the trauma and attachment-related injuries, which often lie at the root of eating disordered behaviors. Join us as we investigate the exciting paradigm shift currently emerging in t...
2018-10-1943 min
Groundless Ground PodcastRaising Responsible Adults: Ken Wilgus on effective parenting of teensThis episode is an educational and fun dialogue with Ken Wilgus, PhD, the author of Feeding The Mouth That Bites You, a practical guide for parents of adolescents targeted at helping them facilitate their teenager’s autonomy, responsibility, self-efficacy and independence. We touch on many tough subjects: behavior issues, academic performance, helicopter parenting, failure to launch, device culture, teen sexuality, faith and morality, substance and porn use. Dr. Ken Wilgus is a sought-after speaker and regularly teaches on a wide range of topics relating to parenting, marriage, family and faith. He conducts training workshops for educators and has b...
2018-09-2651 min
Groundless Ground PodcastContemplative Neuroscience and Integrative Medicine: Exactly what is mindfulness good for?David Vago, PhD offers a neuroscience of mindfulness update providing clarity on what mindfulness is, is not, can and cannot do, and what is known about effective prescribing and dosing of meditation. He is research director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, director of the Contemplative Neuroscience and Integrative Medicine Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and an associate professor in the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and department of Psychiatry. Dave’s research focuses on the healing effects of meditative practices for a variety of mental health and physical pain disorders. Three years ago, Dave and I...
2018-09-0357 min
Groundless Ground PodcastEmbodied Cognition and Embodied MindfulnessEvan Thompson discusses Embodied Cognition, 4E Cognition, and the problems with studying the mechanisms of mindfulness from a brain-only perspective. Evan is a writer and professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He works on the nature of the mind, the self, and human experience by combining cognitive science, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, and cross-cultural philosophy, especially Asian philosophical traditions. Evan holds a thoughtful, critical view in these times of turbulence regarding mindfulness research and methods of delivery, "Mindfulness is not in the head. Being mindful is an embodied, social practice not a private mental s...
2018-08-171h 01
Groundless Ground PodcastPhillip Moffitt on Awakening the Subtle Body in MeditationPhillip Moffitt, author, yogi, and Theravada Buddhist meditation teacher discusses his most recent book, Awakening Through the Nine Bodies, an explication of extraordinary teachings on yoga and the subtle body, transmitted to Phillip by Himalayan master Swami Sri Premvarni Balyogi. Now eighty-six years old, Balyogi is one of a disappearing group of elder master yoga teachers in India initiated into the Himalayan yoga forest tradition. This episode is a must-listen for all seasoned meditation practitioners interested in advanced energetic mind-body training. A specialist in shepherding others through life transitions, Phillip recently stepped down from a ten-year tenure...
2018-07-2549 min
Groundless Ground PodcastNurturing Resilience: A dialogue with Kathy L KainThis episode features an in-depth dialogue with Kathy L. Kain, on how to work somatically and psychotherapeutically with patients suffering the effects of developmental trauma and complex trauma. Kathy has recently co-authored a groundbreaking book on this topic titled, Nurturing Resilience. Kathy generously explicates the mechanisms of developmental traumatic experiences and their manifestation in adulthood as complex trauma syndromes, somatic shame, and personality disorders. She also shares psychological and affective neuroscience research on trauma, and outlines a roadmap for integrating somatic skills with traditional psychotherapy. Kathy L. Kain is an expert in integrating touch into the practice o...
2018-06-2358 min
Groundless Ground PodcastCortland Dahl: The union of Buddhist practice and scientific inquiryCortland Dahl, PhD exemplifies a rare mix of contemplative and scientific talent. He is a longtime Buddhist practitioner, scholar, translator of Dzogchen and Mahāmudrā Tibetan Buddhist texts, and meditation teacher. Cort has served for many years as the main translator for Mingyur Rinpoche and is the co-founder of Tergar International. He tells us the unusual story of how they met. Over the last 7 years, Cort completed a PhD at the University of Wisconsin Center for Healthy Minds, focused on the psychological and neural mechanisms of different families of meditation practices. In addition to his continuing work at Tergar, Co...
2018-05-2034 min
Groundless Ground PodcastKarma and Reincarnation in Early BuddhismEpisode 6 features a dharma talk given by Lisa Dale Miller at Marin Sangha on May 6, 2018. Lisa treads on the somewhat problematic territory of karma and reincarnation as understood in the early Buddhist teachings. Lisa’s interest in the actuality of karma and reincarnation is purely speculative. She does not find belief in past lives necessary for recognizing right view, ascertaining right intention, or aligning with the Buddha’s instructions for ethical conduct. And of greatest importance, the existence or non-existence of past lives matters little when it comes to the many forms of superlative meditation practices featured in t...
2018-05-0927 min
Hack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your PlansProcess Hacker News from Hack the Process PodcastWelcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got cat herders, retreats in Egypt, integrative psychiatry, and more. Enjoy!
For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-april-24-2018/
Books
Discover great tips on productivity from Curtis McHale’s new book, Analogue Productivity.
Events
Hey, virtual assistants, what’s better than a virtual assistant retreat? A virtual assistant retreat in Egypt! In October, [Michelle Dale] and Danielle Greason are hostin...
2018-04-2400 minHack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your PlansProcess Hacker News from Hack the Process PodcastWelcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got cat herders, retreats in Egypt, integrative psychiatry, and more. Enjoy!
For all the links, check out the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-april-24-2018/
Books
Discover great tips on productivity from Curtis McHale’s new book, Analogue Productivity.
Events
Hey, virtual assistants, what’s better than a virtual assistant retreat? A virtual assistant retreat in Egypt! In October, [Michelle Dale] and Danielle Greason are hostin...
2018-04-2404 min
Groundless Ground PodcastIntegrative PsychiatryThis episode features Jose Calderón-Abbo, MD. A native of Mexico City, Dr. Calderón is board certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine, with an additional certification in mind-body medicine. In addition to his private practice in New Orleans, Dr. Calderón has served as Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at LSU School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Faculty with Tulane University Department of Psychiatry, and is national faculty for the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C. Last month, Dr. Calderón embarked on a major career transition taking the helm as Medical Director of Behavioral Healt...
2018-04-1836 minHack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans2018-03-27 Process Hacker News from Hack the Process PodcastWelcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got scaling businesses, political imprisonment, self-righteous ideals, and more. Enjoy!
For all the links, visit the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-march-27-2018/
Events
On March 29, join Tara Hunt at the 4th Toronto LinkedIn Meetup where she is a featured a speaker. Tara has also announced that her husband, digital audience specialist Carlos Pacheco, is joining the Truly Social team.
Media
Meet Sameh Sabet, the wa...
2018-03-2704 minHack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans2018-03-27 Process Hacker News from Hack the Process PodcastWelcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got scaling businesses, political imprisonment, self-righteous ideals, and more. Enjoy!
For all the links, visit the show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-march-27-2018/
Events
On March 29, join Tara Hunt at the 4th Toronto LinkedIn Meetup where she is a featured a speaker. Tara has also announced that her husband, digital audience specialist Carlos Pacheco, is joining the Truly Social team.
Media
Meet Sameh Sabet, the wa...
2018-03-2700 min
Groundless Ground PodcastHealing PTSD with iRest Yoga Nidra: A dialogue with Richard MillerAbout 220 million people will experience a traumatic event and 20% of them will subsequently develop symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Rates of PTSD are even higher among US combat veterans. This dialogue on Embodied Contemplative Interventions features clinical psychologist and researcher Richard Miller, the Founder and Executive Director of the Integrative Restoration Institute. The episode begins with a description of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and then Richard offers an in-depth look at the iRest Yoga Nidra Program and its extensive use in military contexts and the Veterans Administration to help soldiers and veterans alleviate the negative symptoms of PTSD. For mo...
2018-03-2448 min
Groundless Ground PodcastClinical Use of Qigong with Peter PayneWelcome back to the Groundless Ground Podcast! This first in a series of dialogues on the clinical use of embodied contemplative interventions features Peter Payne, researcher at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, and the co-founder of Bodymind Science and creator of Bodymind Training. Long-time master qigong teacher and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Peter has been a key contributor to theoretical modeling of the interoceptive, kinesthetic and proprioceptive mechanisms of Somatic Experiencing Therapy. Peter shares his exciting clinical research into the use of Bodymind Training targeted qigong for easing symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and i...
2018-02-2643 minHack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans2018-02-12 Process Hacker News from Hack the Process PodcastProcess Hacker News for February 12, 2018
Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got digital nomads, documentaries, and leading through change. Enjoy!
Events
Mark your calendars! Navalent, founded by Ron Carucci brings you Leading through Turbulence, a virtual summit aimed at leading despite change, happening from March 5 to 9.
If you’re joining ProductCamp Portland on March 10, you might be one of the lucky ones to get one of ten free copies of The Art of Prod...
2018-02-1300 min
Groundless Ground PodcastThe Value of Non-harming and the Practice of EquanimityThough I recorded this episode over two weeks ago, the most recent horrific school shooting has once again highlighted the importance of actively working to end violence in America; especially gun violence. This episode is an exploration of the value of non-harming and its practice in daily life. Learn about the Buddhist psychological view of the causes of human harming and how to avert them, and then engage in a mind training exercise to cultivate equanimity. From a Buddhist psychological perspective, all acts of harm arise from distorted views and their resulting injurious reactivity. The Buddha famously t...
2018-02-0620 minHack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans2018-02-05 Process Hacker News from Hack the Process PodcastProcess Hacker News for February 5, 2018
For all the links, or to join the mailing list, check out the full show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-february-5-2018/
Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got meditation retreats, funding good tech, boosting sales, and more. Enjoy!
Launches
RightMessage, a new automated content personalization tool, just launched, and Brennan Dunn could use your help in spreading the good news!
Milestones
Fund Club, which was co-founded by...
2018-02-0603 minHack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans2018-02-05 Process Hacker News from Hack the Process PodcastProcess Hacker News for February 5, 2018
For all the links, or to join the mailing list, check out the full show notes at http://www.hacktheprocess.com/process-hacker-news-for-february-5-2018/
Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got meditation retreats, funding good tech, boosting sales, and more. Enjoy!
Launches
RightMessage, a new automated content personalization tool, just launched, and Brennan Dunn could use your help in spreading the good news!
Milestones
Fund Club, which was co-founded by...
2018-02-0600 min
Groundless Ground PodcastThe Beginningless BeginningWelcome to the first episode of The Groundless Ground Podcast! I have worn many creative hats in my life and I recently decided, in addition to seeing patients in my private practice, why not do what I love most for a wider audience: disseminate leading-edge information that awakens, transforms and heals, and dialogue with really smart, deeply thoughtful researchers, clinicians, and academics. This inaugural episode introduces integrative psychotherapy and Buddhist psychology—two potent modalities for actualizing genuine mental health. In addition to introducing myself, I explore core concepts like wise view, innate reification, 4E cognition, and innate, embodied well-being.
2018-02-0515 min
presentmomentmindfulness's podcastEpisode 095 :: Lisa Dale Miller :: Somatic Trauma InterventionLisa Dale Miller joins us to speak about somatic trauma intervention.
2017-09-091h 32
WP Elevation WordPress Business PodcastEpisode #130 - Remote Teams with Lisa Sabin WilsonWatch the video of this podcast here. A big Green Bay Packers fan, Lisa first appeared on the WP Elevation podcast back in 2014 where she spoke about publishing her books and speaking at SXSW. Only a year into her partnership with WebDev Studios back then, she still agrees that it’s one of the best professional decisions she has made. Remote ChallengesWith 42 staff, the entire WebDev Studios team work remotely. Lisa concedes that like all remote businesses, communication is the number one challenge, but due to some dynamic tools they are able to wo...
2017-06-2925 minHack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans40 - Effortless mindfulness and mental health with Lisa Dale Miller on Hack the Process PodcastLisa Dale Miller is an integrative psychotherapist who uses somatic experiencing therapy to help people deal with trauma, handle internal and external stressors, and learn to become awake and present. She's also the author of "Effortless Mindfulness," an academic textbook positioning the clinical work she practices in the context of traditional western psychotherapy. In this episode, Lisa will tell us why engineers are some of her favorite clients, how her years of mindfulness practice and study have informed the work she does today, and what promoted her to change careers and become a trained psychotherapist after 25 years as a pioneering...
2017-04-2600 minHack the Process: Mindful Meaningful Progress on Your Plans40 - Effortless mindfulness and mental health with Lisa Dale Miller on Hack the Process PodcastLisa Dale Miller is an integrative psychotherapist who uses somatic experiencing therapy to help people deal with trauma, handle internal and external stressors, and learn to become awake and present. She's also the author of "Effortless Mindfulness," an academic textbook positioning the clinical work she practices in the context of traditional western psychotherapy. In this episode, Lisa will tell us why engineers are some of her favorite clients, how her years of mindfulness practice and study have informed the work she does today, and what promoted her to change careers and become a trained psychotherapist after 25 years as a pioneering...
2017-04-2645 min
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 167: Lisa Dale Miller, LMFTLisa Dale Miller, LMFT, LPCC, SEP is a private practice psychotherapist in Los Gatos, CA. She specializes in mindfulness psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing therapy for the treatment of depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, emotion dysregulation, chronic pain, and relationship distress. Lisa is the author the highly regarded textbook on Buddhist psychology for mental health clinicians, Effortless Mindfulness: Genuine mental health through awakened presence (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415637333/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0415637333&linkCode=as2&tag=wescoatrapro-20&linkId=TVTMXDXKGNC4GOQ7). Lisa also presents at conferences on the clinical applications of mindfulness and...
2016-03-2839 min
Whole Body Mental Health RadioCompassion in the Face of Horror with Lisa Dale MillerMiller, LMFT, LPCC, SEP is a private practice psychotherapist in Los Gatos, CA, specializing in mindfulness psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing therapy for depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction and chronic pain. Lisa is the author of a highly regarded textbook on Buddhist psychology for mental health professionals, Effortless Mindfulness: Genuine mental health through awakened presence. Training clinicians in the practical application of Buddhist psychology is her greatest joy. Lisa has been a yogic and Buddhist meditation practitioner for four decades.
2016-03-1849 minWP Elevation WordPress Business PodcastEpisode #14 – Cory Miller In Episode #14 I hung out with my good friend Cory Miller from iThemes. We had a lot of technical issues getting started and eventually hooked up on FaceTime and used Screenflow to record it. Cory is big on people and building a great culture to allow people to flourish. He treats his team as his family and the company he has built is testament to the fact that the people he surrounds himself with admire him and are all on the same page. Cory mentioned he first started publishing thoughts and content on his own website way back in 1998 a...
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