Noble Mind

In this episode, Dr. Lindsey Jacobs shares six key principles of acceptance and commitment therapy to help us live according to our values, practice acceptance, make contact with the present moment, and more. Dr.  Jacobs is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in geropsychology. Her clinical interests include delivering evidence-based individual and group interventions to older adults...

In this episode we talk to Dr. Inna Khazan about how to cope with emotional difficulties and enhance our performance using biofeedback and mindfulness. Inna Khazan, PhD, BCB is a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, where she teaches and supervises trainees. A clinical psychologist specializing in health psychology and performance excellence training using biofeedback and mindfulness-based ap...

  In this episode, we talk with Dr. Sara Lewis about trauma and resilience in Tibetan Buddhism. Dr. Sara Lewis is Associate Professor of Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology at Naropa University . As a psychological anthropologist, Sara's research focuses on trauma and resilience in the Tibetan diaspora. Her book, Spacious Minds: Trauma and Resilience in Tibetan Buddhism, published...

In this episode, we talk with Tom Pedulla about meditation, depression, and mindfulness based cognitive therapy. Tom is a licensed clinical social worker and a faculty member and former board member at the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy. He maintains a full-time psychotherapy practice and facilitates Mindfulness Based cognitive therapy groups in Massachusetts. Tom has been practicing m...

In this episode we talk to Dr. Christopher Germer about self-compassion, its relationship to shame, how to establish a meditation practice, bhakti yoga, and more. Dr. Germer is a clinical psychologist and lecturer at Harvard Medical School. He is a co-developer of the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program, which has been taught to over 50,000 people around the globe. He is the author of  The Mindf...

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Ronald Siegel about a wide range of topics including meditation, psychedelics, chronic pain, yoga, why it's important to embrace our habitual ways of avoiding discomfort, but also move towards "avoiding avoidance." Dr. Siegel is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, where he has taught for over 35 years.  He is a long time student of mindfu...

  In this episode, we talk to Dr. Susan Pollak, who shares about her pioneering work bringing meditation into psychotherapy. We also discuss self-compassion, parenting, re-parenting ourselves, and more. Dr Pollak has written several books, most recently Self-Compassion for Parents: Nurture Your Child by Caring for Yourself . Dr. Susan Pollak is cofounder and teacher at the Center for Mindfulness a...

Noble Mind is a podcast exploring mindfulness, meditation, and psychology. In each episode, hosts Alex Gokce, MSW, and Katherine King, PsyD host inspiring conversations with psychologists, authors, and other thought leaders seeking real world wisdom you can bring into daily life. Interviewees have included Christopher Germer, Ron Siegel, Susan Pollak, Tom Pedulla, and more. Learn more, read show n...