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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.com2025-03-1614 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
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
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.com2024-10-0342 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 19: Emily Williams KnightHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Emily Knight, President and CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association. In this episode, you'll hear how Emily's early experiences, from mucking stables to excelling in sports, shaped her into the fearless advocate she is today, giving her the grit and love of teamwork to make a real difference.Discover Emily's plans to continue fighting for the industry through key legislative initiatives. This conversation is a testament to the power of passion, integrity, and a relentless commitment to serving others, even in the face of adversity.2024-08-1326 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 16: Brad WilliamsHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Brad Williams, President of Dallas College El Centro Campus and Vice Chancellor of Operations. From his small-town roots to big-city impact, Brad emphasizes the importance of creating personalized experiences that empower students and foster lifetime connections. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, he emphasizes the need to truly listen to students and understand their unique goals and learning styles.Tune in as we uncover the secrets to delivering memorable higher education experiences in a rapidly changing world. This is a conversation you won't want to miss.2024-07-2336 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 14: David McKillipsWhat's it like to lead a company where every day is a joyful celebration? In this episode, host Lisa W. Miller speaks with David McKillips, CEO of Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza. You’ll get to hear about his inspiring journey from an hourly college worker at SeaWorld to leading the largest family entertainment brand in the world! In this conversation, we delve into his fearless navigation of the pandemic, his commitment to being a player's coach for his team, and debunk a few misconceptions about teenage employees.2024-07-0233 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 13: Cheryl Whiting-KishHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Cheryl Whiting-Kish, the President and Founder of Define Consulting! In this episode, Cheryl shares her journey: starting at Burger King at a young age, working her way up to the C-suite, and her tenure as Chief People Officer at HOA. We discuss into the valuable lessons learned from starting her own business, insights and perspectives on recent industry trends, and so much more.2024-06-2523 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 12: Doug WillmarthHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Doug Willmarth, President of Mooyah. Doug has had an incredible and inspiring journey! After spending the first 10 years of his career as a Navy helicopter pilot, he transitioned into leadership roles at powerhouse brands like Kraft Foods, Pepsico/FritoLay, Pizza Hut, Wingstop, and more. In this episode, you’ll get to hear how his experience as a naval aviator molded his approach to business leadership, how he pushes innovation while maintaining brand authenticity and positioning, and the incredible role joy plays in the guest experience!2024-06-1822 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 11: Carin StutzHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Carin Stutz, an industry legend who has experience in leadership roles at companies like Cosi, Brinker, Red Robin, McAlisters, Wendy's, Applebees and more. Carin shares both invaluable lessons learned about the industry and insights into what she believes the future may hold.2024-06-1131 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 10: Rose KaurHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Rose Kaur, marketing/brand story guru and managing partner of Jester & Genius. In this episode, Lisa and Rose discuss Rose's backstory growing up in India, how struggles can lead to unintended positive consequences, and how the ideas of "timeless" and "timely" work in conjunction to propel a brand.2024-05-2839 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 9: Anna MintoHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Anna Minto, founder of Transformational Change as well as You Are Possible, which provide customized coaching and executive advisory services, motivational workshops, and inspirational speaking for Fortune 500 companies and professional services firms.Her background includes a Harvard MBA, multiple International Coaching Federation certifications and 17 years with The Boston Consulting Group, including as a Managing Director & Partner.Anna’s passion is to empower senior executive women to thrive in fast-paced environments. She is also the author of Maternity Magic, a tool for empowerment and discovery when planning for and re...2024-05-2124 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 8: Larry LavineHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Larry Lavine, founder of Chili's. In this episode, Lisa and Larry discuss the importance of culture in the early days of Chili’s, some of the things we are most excited about around the industry, dive into our passions and so much more.2024-05-1422 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 7: Mike ArcherHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Mike Archer, CEO of Lou Malnati's. In this conversation, Lisa and Mike discuss differences between selling a product, a concept, and a brand, how relationships and culture can fuel lasting business growth, the benefits of controlling omni-channel and more.2024-05-0727 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 6: Ricky RichardsonHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Ricky Richardson, CEO of Eggs Up Grill. In this conversation, Lisa and Ricky discuss Ricky’s pandemic-inspired mantra of survive, sustain, and grow and how it applies today, the value of finding your brand’s north star, the benefits of franchise-driven businesses, and so much more.2024-04-3027 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 5: John CywinskiHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by John Cywinski, CEO of QDOBA and Modern Market Eatery. In this conversation, Lisa and John discuss some of the lessons learned from Covid, the growth of off premise vs. the value of dining rooms, and the unintended consequences the pandemic had on the youth in America.2024-04-1728 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 4: Starlette JohnsonHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Starlette Johnson who offers a unique board perspective. In this conversation, Lisa and Starlette discuss the tension between traditional retention goals and the need for more freedom, the process of quantifying joy, and the risks of shrinking dining rooms.2024-04-0921 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
The Business of JoyEpisode 3: Barry McGowanHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Barry McGowan, restaurant industry veteran and CEO of Fogo de Chão. In this conversation, Lisa and Barry discuss Barry’s upbringing in the restaurant industry, the importance of delivering joy, and how culinary knives are for more than just cutting.2024-04-0225 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 2: Jack GibbonsHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by Jack Gibbons, the restaurant mastermind behind amazing chef-led restaurant concepts such as Ida Claire, Haywire, and Mexican Sugar. After starting his career at Pappas Restaurants as a waiter, Jack now serves as CEO of FB Society. In this conversation, Lisa and Jack discuss why dining rooms matter, the challenges of scaling, the perks of working in the restaurant industry and so much more.2024-03-2622 min
The Business of JoyEpisode 1: Robin BlanchetteHost Lisa W. Miller is joined by CEO of Norton Creative, Robin Blanchette. In this episode, Robin shares her perspective on the creative challenges facing agencies today and a simple truth that is the core of her team’s success. Plus, you’ll hear why volunteering is foundational to who she is and what it was like starting her own company.2024-03-1920 min
The Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHealthcare Cost Savings: Surprises & Predictions | E. 100After 25 years and $1 billion of hospital cost savings, Lisa Miller is joined by Rich Dormer, Bryan Covert, and Pandu Mitre to celebrate this landmark episode of THLE. Episode Introduction Together, the team discuss the cost savings surprises of 2023 and look forward to 2024. Insights include the two-tiered approach to cost savings goals that all hospital leaders might want to consider, and why difficult vendor negotiations will continue in 2024. The team also review the potential impact of AI on cost reduction, why finding hidden costs always comes back to line-item data, and why every hospital need...2024-02-0651 minThe Healthcare Leadership Experience$1 Billion in Hospital Financial Improvements | E. 98A focus on frontline innovation has kept VIE Healthcare at the forefront of hospital cost savings for 25 years. Lisa Miller shares her formula for success with Jim Cagliostro. Episode Introduction Lisa outlines how getting to the line-item details in purchased services was the key to early success, the ‘what-if’ questions that led to patents, and why hospitals should never settle for 10% in savings when digging deeper might lead to 25%. She also explains why letting the data speak takes the emotion out of vendor meetings, and why hospitals need to work with companies that will ‘’...2024-01-2430 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceCoaching for Healthcare Leadership | E. 97Healthcare is in a time of radical and rapid change. Alan Weiss explains to Lisa Miller why coaching is a sign of strength and how all healthcare leaders can benefit from it in an ‘’age of great transition.’’ Episode Introduction Alan explains why the best time to start something is always now, and how the most successful people in every field of life engage a coach to help them achieve their goals. He also explains why there are only ‘’new realities’’, rather than a ‘’new normal’’, why innovation has to come from the frontline, and shares his...2024-01-1732 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceTransforming Healthcare Thought Leadership | E. 96The pandemic changed the face of healthcare as we knew it. Expert marketing strategist Lisa Larter explains why every hospital leader needs to rethink their view of thought leadership to Lisa Miller. Episode Introduction Lisa explains why thought leadership is essential in the era of Doctor Google, why different is better than better, and the importance of an online presence for healthcare leaders. She also highlights the 3 R’s of reviews, referrals and reputation, the importance of truth telling, and why every thought leadership strategy should begin with the end in mind. ...2024-01-1041 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceWhy Hospital Profit Recovery Audits Are So Important | E. 95As hospitals continue to face rising costs in 2024, David Hewitt, Snr VP of Sales at SpendMend, highlights the importance of recovery audits, and the SpendMend difference, with Managing Director Lisa Miller. Episode Introduction David explains why SpendMend carries out audits every 90 days, and how the company’s deep expertise delivers results within three weeks. He also outlines the importance of recognizing patterns and trends in data, how a snow accumulator saved tens of thousands of dollars for one hospital, and why every CFO should care about recovery audits. Show Topics...2024-01-0533 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 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHealthcare Cost Management Best Practices | E. 61Discover six ‘’better than best’’ practices in cost savings for hospitals. Episode Introduction Adopting new habits can reap significant cost savings rewards. Lisa introduces six proven best practices including, creating an Accelerating Cost Savings team, why hospitals should follow the cost savings ‘’yellow brick road’’, and why frontline employees are your best source of innovation. Lisa also cites Tom Cruise as an illustration of how hospitals can benefit from cost reduction experts and reveals why reducing waste and understanding variation is the new area to uncover cost savings. Show Topics Cr...2023-01-2529 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceInnovative Cost Savings Ideas For Hospitals In 2023 | E. 60The top healthcare cost savings strategies for 2023. Episode Introduction As hospitals struggle with spiraling costs, Lisa Miller reveals seven key ways to save money in the next 12 months. Topics Include how ‘’flickering’’ helps to reflect on cost initiatives, the need for a Chief Expense Officer, the midterm contract reviews that helped to save one hospital over $19 million, and how data creates a 14% cost shift when presented to physicians. Show Topics Adopt a comprehensive approach to cost savings Hospitals need a Vice-President of Costs (or equivalent) Su...2023-01-1831 minThe Healthcare Leadership Experience2022 Healthcare Cost Savings Year In Review | E. 59Lisa Miller shares her experience of successful hospital cost savings projects from the past 12 months and looks ahead to 2023. Episode Introduction Lisa Miller shares her experience of successful hospital cost savings projects from the past 12 months and looks ahead to 2023. Topics Include. the need to set big stretch goals, how dysfunctional teams affect change management projects, the in-depth cost analysis that saved jobs at one hospital, when people would ‘’rather be rich than right’’, and why the ‘’tsunami’’ of inflation is still healthcare’s #1 priority in cost management. Show Topics H...2023-01-1141 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceWhy Communication Matters with Brian Morgan | E. 58Explore the impact of the written word and what it means for healthcare. Episode Introduction In this episode, Lisa Miller, Managing Director at SpendMend, interviewed Brian Morgan to learn more about the principles and mission of Think Deeply, Write Clearly. Topics include the impact of language and communication on business credibility, why comprehension of the written word belongs only to the reader, how better communication could improve healthcare, and why innovation isn’t always exclusively about technology. Show Topics Why we’re good at writ...2023-01-0644 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceMedical Device Warranty Credits With Al Brander| E. 55How SpendMend's Explanted Medical Device Warranty Credit Tracking solution helps hospitals to avoid costly fees and penalties. Episode Introduction In this episode, Lisa Miller, founder of VIE Healthcare and CEO of Spendmend ,and Jim Cagliostro, VIE’s Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert, interviewed Al Brander to explore in detail the challenges and financial risks of managing medical device warranties. Topics include the risk of ‘’Medicare fraud’’, how hospitals are throwing away cash, why financial and legal responsibility lies with the explanting hospital, and a detailed presentation on the compliance and revenue benefits of Sp...2022-10-2839 min
The Friday ReporterBonded over Burpees - with Larry MillerWashington, D.C. is one of the best towns to network -- can you imagine working out next to an Emmy award winning journalist? Well, that's exactly how Lisa and Larry Miller got to talking about journalism. Today we learn about Larry's path in journalism that has resulted in numerous awards (including an Emmy and an Edward R. Murrow) and an enviable career. In just one example of his investigative work, Larry shares how he and his team uncovered systemic discrimination in the housing markets - and exposition that resulted in an historic bill signing at the White House. Larry sha...2022-08-2631 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperiencePromoting Community Health Through School Nursing with Lisa Cagliostro | E. 52 The expanding role of a school nurse and its impact on community health. Episode Introduction School nurses are now playing a critical role in community health. In this episode, Jim Cagliostro, VIE’s Clinical Operations Performance Improvement Expert, interviewed Lisa Cagliostro to discuss the multiple demands on school nurses in the public school system, especially in communities where access to healthcare may be limited. Show Topics A varied nursing career helps to be a better school nurse The biggest challenge in school nursing Identifying emotional and mental health i...2022-07-2226 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceThe Reality & Challenges of Nursing With Jim Cagliostro (Pt 2) | E. 48The role of nursing in healthcare, with a focus on the challenges of burnout. Episode Introduction The role of nursing has undergone a transformation in recent years. In this second episode of a two-part discussion, VIE Healthcare Consulting’s founder and CEO Lisa Miller interviewed Jim Cagliostro to explore effective solutions for burnout, the benefits of frontline driven innovation, and encourages all hospital leaders to listen to their nursing teams. Show Topics Patient care assistance enables nursing staff to focus on their...2022-06-1020 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceThe Reality & Challenges of Nursing With Jim Cagliostro (Pt 1)| E. 47The evolving role of nursing in today’s healthcare organizations, and its inherent challenges. Episode Introduction The role of nursing has undergone a transformation in recent years, accelerated by COVID. Physician shortages have had a key impact on this evolution, but burnout is still the reality for many nurses. In this first episode of a two-part discussion, VIE Healthcare Consulting’s founder and CEO Lisa Miller interviewed Jim Cagliostro to discuss the day-to-day demands on the nursing profession, offer strategies to prevent burnout, and discuss the role of nurses in leadership. 2022-06-0323 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceNurse Staffing & Recruitment With Matthew Mawby | E. 46 Challenges faced by healthcare organizations in nursing staffing and recruitment. Episode Introduction Healthcare is facing a crisis in nursing recruitment. A combination of burnout, high workload, low wages, and retirement means staffing levels are falling. To reignite the passion for nursing, hospitals must explore more innovative ways of working. In this episode, VIE Healthcare Consulting’s founder and CEO Lisa Miller interviewed Matthew Mawby, co-founder of StaffHealth.com on the challenges facing hospitals, and effective strategies to attract more nurses. Show Topics Factors that contribute...2022-05-2725 minThe Healthcare Leadership Experience3 Trends Disrupting Healthcare Right Now | E. 42 How the tech industry is disrupting healthcare by seizing a trillion dollar opportunity and bringing the pharmacy to the patient’s doorstep. Episode Introduction In Episode 42 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by her show producer Lisa Larter to discuss 3 trends disrupting healthcare right now. As Lisa Larter comments, ‘’The healthcare industry is ripe for disruption right now, and that requires a different way of looking at all aspects of patient care, medicine, diagnostics, rapid testing, you name it. If healthcare institutions continue to do things the same old way...2022-04-1527 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceZero-Based Budgeting With Lisa Larter | E. 41 Why making the mindset shift to zero-based budgeting can lead to substantial cost savings for your hospital. Episode Introduction In Episode 41 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by her show producer Lisa Larter. Together they discuss zero-based budgeting for hospitals. As Lisa Miller comments, ‘’Sometimes it's not about pricing. Sometimes it's not about consolidation. Sometimes it's going through your hospital's budget…department by department. Test it out, ask some questions. It’s definitely a different approach from traditional budgeting. It's very precise.’’ This episode is spo...2022-04-0826 minThe Healthcare Leadership Experience2022 Trends in Supply Chain With Pandush Mitre | E. 40 Current trends in supply chain and contract management. Episode Introduction As Lisa comments, ‘’Hospitals that take that deep historical, analytical view and create a spend baseline… they are getting different results… than by getting a report from their vendors or just taking out a few invoices and renegotiating on that.’’ This episode is sponsored by VIE Healthcare Consulting® which has proudly helped hospitals save $772 million since 1999. Show Topics The current staffing issues affecting the hospital supply chain, and the impact on cost savings, strategic initiatives and even linen loss...2022-04-0125 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 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceIt's Nobody's Money with Drew Lerman | E.30Explore the challenges in healthcare finance. Episode Introduction In Episode 30 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Drew Lerman, Director of Finance at Southwestern Vermont Healthcare, to discuss challenges in healthcare finance and his upcoming book "It's Nobody's Money.’’ Drew comments: ‘’…the challenges I see are accounts receivable, hiring, getting people through the door and planning on living on Medicare. …you have to be a profitable organization assuming that you're only going to be paid the Medicare rates.’’ This episode is sponsored by VIE Healthcare Consu...2022-01-2127 minThe Healthcare Leadership Experience2022 Healthcare Predictions | E.29 Why innovation and collaboration will be critical to success in 2022. Episode Intruduction In Episode 29 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Lisa Larter from The Lisa Larter Group to discuss predictions for healthcare in 2022. As Lisa observes: ‘’ ..the protection is going to be around measuring and monitoring, capturing opportunities in real-time. No longer looking back and saying, "Oh, wow, we missed that opportunity 12 months ago…and we've had this year of overspending.. we need to do things in real-time.. that has to be a must.’’ This episode is sponsored by...2022-01-1327 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceTrends in Healthcare | E.28Discover the technology that gives every healthcare executive access to their line item details. Episode Introduction In Episode 28 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Lisa Larter from The Lisa Larter Group to discuss current trends in healthcare. As Lisa observes: ‘’…in purchased services the …whole approach has been, how do we place purchased services in a box? Well, I'm here to tell you it's not easy,…because…. all your spend is on your invoices.’’ This episode is sponsored by VIE Healthcare Consulting® which has proudly helped hospitals save $772 million sinc...2021-12-2325 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceWhy Your Hospital Needs a Podcast | E.27Discover the benefits of your hospital launching a podcast. Episode Introduction In Episode 27 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Lisa Larter from The Lisa Larter Group to discuss the benefits of your hospital launching a podcast. As Lisa observes: ‘’Podcasts are a phenomenal way for hospitals to share their message, to become educational, to have their physicians talk about their expertise or new innovations or just to get to know them.’’ This episode is sponsored by VIE Healthcare Consulting® which has proudly helped hosp...2021-12-1635 min
The Friday ReporterTrend Setting in Political Journalism with David WildsteinThis week's episode is with David Wildstein, editor and founder of the New Jersey Globe. David talks with Lisa about his early days when he created an insider's must read publication 20 years ago -- PoliticsNJ -- that was truly a ground breaking and news making publication in New Jersey and across the country. David's experience as a political operative and his knowledge of political history makes his coverage both new and deeply rooted in historical context. David covers New Jersey politics, but has great perspective on polling and how what happened in N.J. on Election Day 2021 will translate into wha...2021-12-1035 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHealthcare Supply Chain | E.26Healthcare Supply Chain and some trends to be considering as we go into 2022. Episode Introduction In Episode 26 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Bryan Covert from VIE Healthcare to discuss hospital supply chain and predicted trends for 2022. As Bryan comments: ‘’Now more than ever, supply chain …needs executive support to be successful. And executives need to be paying attention and supporting supply chains so that they can work throughout the organization.’’ This episode is sponsored by VIE Healthcare Consulting® which has proudly helped hospitals sav...2021-12-0922 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperiencePrioritizing Purchased Services | E.25Why you should prioritize purchased services and the difference it can make for your hospital or healthcare system. Episode Introduction In Episode 25 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Rich Dormer from VIE Healthcare to discuss why prioritizing purchased services is essential for every hospital. As Lisa comments: ‘’If you think about… inflation … hospitals need to be proactively prioritizing purchased services…because you're going to see the impact of inflation on purchased services spend.’’ This episode is sponsored by VIE Healthcare Consulting® which has pr...2021-12-0225 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHealthcare Analytics | E.24The value of analytics and knowing your numbers so you can make smart, strategic decisions for your hospital or healthcare system. Episode Introduction In Episode 24 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by her producer, Lisa Larter of The Lisa Larter Group, to discuss healthcare analytics. As Lisa observes: ‘‘Purchased services is about 50% of a hospital's non-labor spend. It is enormous. You cannot push a button and run a report and get line item details. So if you can imagine the challenges for analytics…. contract compliance… to build an...2021-11-2544 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHigh Performance Project Management | E.23The importance of project management and its influence on pushing ahead key strategic initiatives. Episode Introduction In Episode 23 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by her producer, Lisa Larter of The Lisa Larter Group, and Pandush Mitre from the VIE Healthcare® team. Together they discuss the challenges hospitals experience in creating a high performing project management system. As Lisa comments: ‘’Project management isn’t a one-time thing…. The biggest reasons initiatives fail…. Is because of project management. ‘’ This episode is sponsored by VIE Heal...2021-11-1827 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceOut Negotiate Your Vendors | E.22How to out negotiate your vendors and the value and impact it can have on your financials. Episode Introduction In Episode 22 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by her producer, Lisa Larter of The Lisa Larter Group, and Rich Dormer and Bryan Covert from the VIE Healthcare® team. Together they discuss the challenges hospitals face in vendor negotiations. As Lisa comments: ‘’Your vendors are highly trained negotiators. They are highly skilled… trained in negotiation, influence, pricing strategies, several times a year…your employees are negotiating with pros.’’ This episode is...2021-11-1128 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceWhy Engage a Healthcare Consulting Firm? | E.21Discover the competitive advantage of working with a boutique healthcare consulting firm, versus a big brand. Episode Introduction In Episode 21 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by her producer, Lisa Larter of The Lisa Larter Group, and Rich Dormer and Bryan Covert from the VIE Healthcare® team. Together they explore why hospitals should consider engaging a healthcare consulting firm. As Lisa comments: ‘’This is all about helping, supporting, and being in the background. We get the honor and the privilege to support… to be on the business side of healthcare, s...2021-11-0925 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperiencePlanning Your 2022 Cost Savings Pipeline of Opportunities | E.20Inflation is here and it's going to get worse. As we go into 2022 and 2023, cost focus, expense focus has to be a number one priority. Episode Introduction In Episode 20 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by her producer, Lisa Larter of The Lisa Larter Group, and Rich Dormer and Bryan Covert from the VIE Healthcare® team. Together they discuss planning your health system’s pipeline of cost savings opportunities for 2022. This episode is sponsored by VIE Healthcare Consulting® which has proudly helped hospitals save $758 million since 1999. Show Notes: 2021-10-2823 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceCost Aware for Patient Care | E.19How showing your team the big vision while giving them an understanding of the marketplace can help them to see more cost saving opportunities. In Episode 19 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by her producer, Lisa Larter of The Lisa Larter Group. Together they discuss the role that cost awareness plays in patient care and the need for positive operating margins in healthcare. Lisa notes: ‘’It’s a huge myth that most hospitals are making lots of money. This episode is sponsored by VIE Healthcare Consulting® wh...2021-10-2639 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceCreating Equity in Healthcare Education & Skills Based Learning with Geoffrey Roche | E.18The importance of equity in education and skills-based learning opportunities for all healthcare professionals. In Episode 18 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Geoffrey Roche, VP of Dignity Health Global Education. Together they discuss the Equity Impact Scholarship, the importance of equity in education and skills-based learning opportunities for all healthcare professionals. Geoffrey comments: ‘’We need leaders in healthcare who remember first and foremost that it is about humans. It is not about numbers. It is not about finance. It is all about caring for one another.’’ ...2021-10-2037 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceMaximizing Margin Improvements in Healthcare | E.17Why competing priorities and unexpected urgent issues like Covid get in the way of margin improvement initiatives. In Episode 17 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by her producer Lisa Larter, from The Lisa Larter Group. Together they discuss how to maximize margin improvement opportunities for hospitals. Lisa Miller explains, ‘’I'm very passionate about hospitals getting the best cost savings, getting the best advisory services and being able to have the freedom and flexibility to do that, because ultimately this is about patient care.’’ This episode is sponsored b...2021-10-1437 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceThe Engaged Healthcare Organization for Cost Savings | E.16A conversation about creating an engaged healthcare organization with a culture that is cost conscious, why it is important, and how to get started. In Episode 16 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Lisa her producer Lisa Larter, from The Lisa Larter Group. Together they discuss the importance of creating an engaged healthcare organization with a cost conscious culture. As Lisa Larter observes, ‘’… imagine if you could somehow take the patient's cost conscious mindset and infuse that into the culture of the entire organization, so that the patient and the...2021-10-0721 min
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
The Friday ReporterBehind the Lens with Tom WilliamsToday Lisa visits with Tom Williams fro CQ Roll Call about what it's like to be a photo journalist in the U.S. Capitol Building. From 9/11 to January 6, Tom has had a front row seat for history and has captured it in the beautiful photography he produces. Lisa is especially proud to have been with Tom at his first-ever Bruce Springsteen concert. Come for the Jersey references, stay for the reflections on what it was like to be in the Capitol on Jan. 6. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This is a public epi...2021-08-0625 min
The Friday ReporterFrom Capitol Hill to CrossFit Media -- Meet Justin LoFrancoThis week on Friday Reporter, Lisa visits with Justin LoFranco, a former Hill communicator turned premium content-creator and founder of The Morning Chalk-Up. Justin took his experience leveraging digital messages for the highest elected officials in Congress and turned it into a wildly-successful news platform covering a multinational fitness revolution. Just on the eve of the CrossFit Games -- the Super Bowl of CrossFit athletes -- Justin visits with Lisa about the impact 2020 had on the industry and a variety of other topics. If you're a communicator looking to build a media brand -- don't miss this one!Learn mor...2021-07-2331 min
The Friday ReporterFollowing Trends and Predicting Political Outcomes with Amy WalterOn today's episode, Lisa visits with Amy Walter from the Cook Political Report. Amy is also a contributor to the PBS NewsHour and has a long and impressive list of accomplishments in the national media space. Amy's objective and insightful political analysis is a resource to her colleagues in the media, as well as a force of market change inside political campaigns. Lisa and Amy visit on the challenges facing the polling industry, the value in analysis and the importance of considering history when considering the current political environment. Give it a listen!Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...2021-07-0935 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHealthcare Supply Chain Series: Re-Thinking Your GPO Strategy with John Reese | E.14John Reese's John’s GPO (Group Purchasing Organization) and Supply Chain survey and how you can benefit from changing yours. In this episode, Lisa and Rich are joined by John Reese, Senior Director of Health Solution at FTI Consulting. John has a wide range of experience with a focus on supply chain and expense reduction initiatives including pharmaceutical, IT, and other purchased services. John also has experience in workforce optimization including productivity improvement and KPI standardization as well as other EBITDA improvements. John shared results of an annual...2021-06-2547 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHealthcare Supply Chain Series: Purchased Services Multi-Year Strategy with Luis Martinez | E.13The first episode in the Hospital Supply Chain Series. In this episode, Lisa Miller and Rich Dormer from VIE Healthcare Consulting are joined by Luis Martinez, Vice President of Supply Chain at Cornerstone Healthcare Group. Over the last five years, Luis manages and oversees the supply chain for eighteen hospitals across six states. Luis shared his thoughts on today’s challenges with purchased services: “I think one of the biggest challenges going from today and 18 months ago is that we put a lot of things...2021-06-2328 min
The Women's Well8 - Setting Boundries with Janelle, Alyssa & RuthIs there an ugly sweater in that gift bag? You’d better appreciate the Granny who knitted it for you!
In our final episode at The Well this spring: Dr. Janelle McNeal, Alyssa Erickson, and, Ruth Nelson:
Women from 19 through 53 talk about emotional boundaries: What they are, why they’re vital (and sometimes not), and how they’re so much about taking up enough space in our own lives. And others.
”Even if I am not someone who imagines myself having fences up, I need to be very comfortable with the fact that oth...2021-04-2543 min
The Friday ReporterUnder the Golden Dome with Mike CataliniThis week, Lisa visits with Mike Catalini from the Trenton, NJ bureau of the Associated Press. Lisa gets to reminisce about storming press row with old school paper releases, and Mike catches her up on all things Garden State. Note: in the convo we mention the Capitol Police officer that was lost in the January 6 event at the Capitol was from Saddle River -- CORRECTION: it was South River. This is a convo you won't want to miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This is a public episode. If you would like to d...2021-04-2316 minThe Women's Well7 - Margaret Verble, Pulitzer Nominated AuthorAt The Well with Margaret Verble, the author of Maud's Line, a 2016 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Her new novel, Cherokee America, was released in February 2020, and has been praised in the New York Times as a gift to historical fiction lovers especially as "an essential corrective to the racially tinged myths created to justify the annihilation of indigenous cultures and the theft of native lands."
In March 2020, Cherokee America won the Spur Award for Best Traditional Western, and was shortlisted for the Reading the West...2021-04-1840 minThe Women's Well6 - Judy Heidrich and Beth MarcilAt The Well, a continuing conversation about “callings,” with:
Judy Heidrich in Florida, Licensed Psychotherapist and Certified Healing Touch Practitioner
and
Beth Marcil in Hawaii, Teaching Artist and Fine Artist
As Oprah has helped us realize for decades: We are each born to a life purpose.
The personal work for each of us is to decide what that is, and to get to the business of living it. But at various chapters in our lives as we grow and evolve, and as circumstances change, we don’t always know where...2021-04-1124 minThe Women's Well5 - Donna Foster, Licensed Dietician and Nutrition CounselorHow do you know when you are being "called" to something bigger than you dreamed for yourself--bigger and more important than you planned for your life?
Wisdom keeper, Donna Foster, shares the story of launching a new career in her 60's: "feeling the fear and doing it anyway."
Tune in with us, and then tune inward to notice how the YES of your own calling might be beckoning right now.
More about Lisa and The Women’s Well at:
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Instagram: @LisaMillerBeautifulDay...2021-04-0423 minThe Women's Well4 - Jennifer Barber, United Nations delegateLike every one of us who dream, plan, work, sweat, work, work, work, Asian American immigants and citizens also want “for the next generation, a better life.”
And often, their wanting and work ethic becomes a blessing for the communities in which they live. This is the very story of Jennifer Yue Barber, and her parents, who carried her home asleep after their restaurant closed nightly—with cooking burns on their hands and faces—keeping faith that their daughter would in fact have a better life while also continuing to contribute to community in her own way.
...2021-03-2831 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHospital Telecommunication and IT Cost Savings with Jacqueline Oberst | E.12Why your hospital needs a high-level action plan for cost management in telecommunication and IT spend. In Episode 12 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Jacqueline Oberst, Business Intelligence Officer and Telecommunication & IT expert at VIE Healthcare® Consulting. Together, they discuss hospital telecommunications and IT cost savings. As Jacqueline comments ‘’Hospitals will think that because billing is consistent each month, there are no billing errors. But we’ve found that consistent billing … year over year … doesn’t guarantee that.’’ Jacqueline has over twenty years of experience work...2021-03-2224 minThe Women's Well3 - Barbara Techel, Animal OracleHow do we humans do it? Managing great and mundane life questions can seem like a daunting puzzle.
Well, turns out that we’re given symbolic guideposts from nature all the time (and often a beloved dog bonus).
Barbara Techel, a certified Animal Oracle in Wisconsin, helps us see that when we look to an animal for wisdom, we’re really calling on its essence and the archetypal patterns expressed through that animal’s nature, to reflect our own strengths and vulnerabilities.
“What I started learning from my dogs, is that they’re mirroring...2021-03-2132 minThe Women's Well2 - Chaquenta Smith Neal and Kendriana Price, Change Makers“I’m supposed to be here. This is it. Take me as I am...” ~Kendriana Price
Chaquenta Smith Neal and Kendriana Price are dynamic Black women with clear voices, vision and dedication. They’ve been champions of diversity and inclusion in the state of Kentucky for more than a decade, and both are just over 30!
When I asked them—despite the exhaustion of personal and cultural racism trauma—if they dare now to be hopeful about the future of equality and social justice in the United States, they both said..
“Yes.”
And with wisdo...2021-03-1327 minThe Women's Well1 - Colleen Haggerty, Soul TenderWell guests are ordinary extraordinary women with a story, and in the telling, shine inspriation for all of us.
Though our life stories differ, we see ourselves in one another. If she can heal from that, I can heal from this now.
Colleen Haggerty became an amputee at age 17 and was pedestalized as a heroine for resuming her life and pushing her body to its maximum limits: “Rock Climbing, skiing, kayaking, parachuting—things I never considered doing with two legs.”
But for 15 years, being “the good girl” on that heroic pedastal distanced her from p...2021-03-0647 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceBuilding a High Performing Internal Business Case with Curtis Brooks | E.11How to build a high performing internal business case, common mistakes and seeing the bigger picture. In Episode 11 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Curtis Brooks, Principal and Practice Director, The Magis Group. Curtis helps organizations think differently about engaging C-suite executives. On those key presentations, Curtis observes “.. what I always communicate to my clients and I recommend, it’s not about how long the presentation is, i.e., the number of slides, it’s about how long it feels.” Today’s episode is sponsored by Inv...2021-03-0136 minThe Women's WellTrailerWelcome to the Women's Well, a place to nourish your health and spirit. Our guests are ordinary extraordinary women with a story, and in the telling, they shine inspiration for us all. Our first episode will launch on March 6th, but here's a sneak preview of that interview with Colleen Haggerty to get you started.
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Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lisa-miller-beautiful-day/message2021-02-2701 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHospital Liaison Sales and Service Strategies with Noah Fleming | E.10Why every hospital liaison team needs effective sales training – and why there’s more to successful hospital referral generation than just doing good work. In Episode 10 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Noah Fleming. Noah is the author of The Customer Loyalty Loop, Why People Buy, Buy More, and Buy Again. He is a strategic marketing expert and CEO of the Fleming Consulting Company. He has also provided coaching and consulting services for thousands of businesses and executives on customer service and marketing. As Adam commen...2021-02-2223 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceAnalyzing Hospital Data and Population Health Strategy with Adam Lorton | E.8Analyzing hospital data and population health strategy. In Episode 8 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Adam Lorton, Healthcare Data Consultant, Analytical IQ. Join them as they discuss Adam’s entry into the healthcare sector and the importance of analyzing hospital data and population health. Adam is the author of: The Healthcare Data Hiring Handbook which delivers all the tools you need to add analytics talent to your team and make a great hire. As Adam states, ‘’Data people… (have to) make sure that the inputs going into these reports that a...2021-02-0825 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceBeing Intentional with Your Hospital Supply Chain Strategy with Vincent Matozzo | E.7Data analytics in the healthcare supply chain and how to strategize appropriately. In Episode 7 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Vincent Matozzo, Corporate Supply Chain & Strategic Sourcing Leader at Yale New Haven Health. Together, they explore the need to be intentional with your hospital supply chain strategy. As Vincent observes: ‘’The ability to be intentional comes from a great foundational data analytics strategy.’’ Today’s episode is sponsored by Invoice ROI™, the only patented purchased services and indirect spend technology to manage, monitor and benchmark line item details. In this episo...2021-02-0122 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHigh Performing Healthcare & Hospital Contracting with Ray O'Kelley | E.6Three steps to establishing the foundations of a healthy contract for hospitals and healthcare organizations. In Episode 6 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Ray O'Kelley, CEO & Founder of Healthy Contracts and Business Data Applications (BDA), Inc. Ray has 25 years of experience in healthcare software leadership, and helped to build MediTract to a $300 million division. Ray is a Veteran, and retired United States Marine. He served ten years of active duty during the Persian Gulf War. Today’s episode is sponsored by Invoice ROI™, the only patented purchased services and indir...2021-01-2542 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceThe Patient is the Hero of the Story with Dr. J.J. Peterson | E.5Framing your story brand and messaging. In our fifth podcast, Lisa is joined by Dr. J.J. Peterson, Chief of Teaching and Facilitation, StoryBrand and together, they explore how the patient is always the hero of the story. J.J. is the co-author of Marketing Made Simple, A Step-By-Step Marketing Plan for Any Business. As he observes, "…hospitals have these amazing stories of people who have .. benefited from your services. And literally .. lives have been saved." This episode is sponsored by VIE Healthcare who has proudly helped hospitals save over $752 million since 19...2021-01-1829 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceCreating and Nurturing Culture in Healthcare with Joe Tye | E.4Values-based leadership and cultural transformation. Discover how to create and nurture culture in healthcare. Episode 4 of The Healthcare Leadership Expert sees Lisa joined by Joe Tye to discuss the creation and nurturing of culture in healthcare. A former hospital COO, Joe is now the CEO and Head Coach of Values Coach, which delivers consulting training and coaching on values-based leadership and cultural transformation. Joe is the best-selling author of 12 books including The Florence Prescription and Building a Culture of Ownership In Healthcare which is discussed in this episode. Today’s episode is sponso...2021-01-1123 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperiencePurchased Services with VIE Healthcare | E.3The six categories of purchased services spend and why areas such as outsourced physician services and joint ventures require in-depth forensic reviews and expertise. In our third episode, Lisa is joined by VIE Healthcare team members Rich Dormer, COO, Bryan Covert, VP of Purchased Services Spend, and Pandu Mitre, Senior Business Analyst. Together, they discuss purchased services in healthcare. As specialists in healthcare cost reduction strategies, we see that in excess of 30% of all purchased services invoices are priced incorrectly from the agreed-upon contract terms, are not on contract, or have excessive extra fees added.2021-01-0534 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHealthcare Marketing with Lisa Larter | E.2All things marketing related. In this podcast, Lisa is joined by Lisa Larter, Founder and CEO of the Lisa Larter Group, a strategic marketing company working with global organizations and businesses. A gifted marketing strategist, Lisa focuses on supporting meeting the organizational goals and objectives of her clients. And as Lisa explains on The Healthcare Leadership Experience, a well thought out marketing strategy begins with understanding your audience and what their pain points are. Lisa is the author of Pilot to Profit, Navigating Modern Entrepreneurship to Build Your Business Using Online Mark...2020-12-2235 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceHealthcare Strategy with Dr. Alan Weiss | E.1Healthcare strategy, the importance of communication and adapting to change. In this podcast, Lisa is joined by Dr. Alan Weiss, Founder and CEO, Summit Consulting Group. Alan’s clients have included Merck, Hewlett Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz and over 500 leading corporations. Alan has written over sixty books on consulting, strategy, innovation and leadership. In his book ‘’Fearless Leadership,’’ Alan Weiss discusses the fear of rejection that leads to procrastination and prevents people achieving all they are capable of. One of the biggest impediments to success, Alan observes, is the overt and covert fears we all...2020-12-2217 minThe Healthcare Leadership ExperienceWelcome to The Healthcare Leadership Experience Radio Show with Lisa MillerHealthcare management is ever-changing. Join Lisa Miller where you will hear from innovators and leaders within healthcare and from other industries. Lisa will bring you topics on the business and clinical sides of healthcare on strategy, finance, managed care contracting, nurse engagement, physician engagement, new patient care models, patient satisfaction, innovation, leadership, communication, marketing, plus much more. This radio show will challenge you to think differently through proven strategies and innovative approaches that will help you to elevate your healthcare management and healthcare leadership performance for the ultimate goal of providing exceptional patient care. ...2020-12-2202 min
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.com2020-03-2817 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 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 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 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
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