Mind Body Health & Politics

Dr. Richard L. Miller interviews author and motivational speaker James Peal, Ph. D. Peal says that each moment provides you with the opportunity to decide how you want to engage, your life, your work, your relationships. His book, *Check Your Tude,* provides a guide that lets the reader contrast the positive and negative mindsets that we face several times in our day to day experiences. This is a...

Host Dr. Richard L. Miller provides an overview of the main lessons he has learned in his 50 years as a clinical psychologist. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe

Dr. Richard Louis Miller interviews Tim Scully and Michael Randall – two major historical ​figures in the "War on Drugs." ​Tim Scully was the scientist taught to make LSD in quantity by LSD pioneer Owsley Stanley and Michael Randall was the leader of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love whose world wide LSD distribution network financed the Weather Underground to successfully break Tim Leary out of Fed...

Dr. Richard Louis Miller interviews Tim Scully and Michael Randall – two major historical ​figures in the "War on Drugs." ​Tim Scully was the scientist taught to make LSD in quantity by LSD pioneer Owsley Stanley and Michael Randall was the leader of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love whose world wide LSD distribution network financed the Weather Underground to successfully break Tim Leary out of Fed...

Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller​ interviews Charles Bush, Philosopher, Educator and Executive Director of the Redwood Senior Center in Fort Bragg, California. Charles Bush has lived on the Mendocino Coast for nearly four decades. Before coming to the Coast, he managed large residential service operations on college campuses. He co-founded Mendocino's successful and long-lived Community School. He re...

What do we really need to make informed decisions about our health? Dr. Miller takes up the big questions about how our political systems influence our well-being at the most fundamental level. We must take responsibility, while simultaneously holding those in power accountable. Start your journey towards mental and physical well-being with an assessment. This is a public episode. If you'd like to...

Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller​ in conversation with Attorneys Patrick Pekin and John Allison regarding law and the legal profession. *Patrick Pekin began handling criminal cases in Salinas where he represented clients accused of every type of crime from DUI to homicide. Because Salinas is a high crime area, he became experienced in cases involving gangs and violence. He was appointed to represent...

Pulitzer prize nominated journalist Robert Whitaker describes the paradox of prescription drugs such as SSRIs and anti-psychotics in the treatment of depressed, anxious and mentally ill. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe

Michael Mithoefer spent a decade of his early career as a board certified emergency medical physician. He is certified in internal medicine and in 1991 he became certified in psychiatry. He and Annie Mithoefer have a private practice of psychiatry in clinical research in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. On November 2nd, 2001, Michael and Annie obtained FDA approval to run a clinical trial in the Un...

First in a Series on the Law and the Legal Profession: Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller​ will interview John Allison on his books *Transforming the Practice of Law: Reclaiming the Soul of the Legal Profession and Choosing Your Lawyer: An Insider's Practical Guide to Making a Really Good Choice.* Listen to Part II here: https://soundcloud.com/mbhp/attorneys-patrick-pekin-john-allison-on-the-legal-prof...

Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller​ interviews renowned New Yorker journalist Larissa MacFarquhar, whose new book, *Strangers Drowning* reveals the individuals who devote themselves fully to bettering the lives of strangers, even when it comes at great personal cost. Larissa MacFarquhar has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1998. Her profile subjects have included John Ashbery, Barack Obama,...

DOG MEDICINE: How My Dog Saved Me From Myself by Julie Barton is a deeply moving, honest and provocative memoir about a woman’s love for her dog, and the healing power of one very special animal named Bunker. It’s about how Bunker saved Julie’s life after she sank into a depression that nearly killed her. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

Rabbi Michael Lerner is one of America's most significant progressive intellectuals and political leaders. He is rabbi of the Bay Area congregation Beyt Tikkun and the co-founder and editor of Tikkun magazine: a bimonthly Jewish and interfaith critique of politics, culture, and society. Tikkun is one of the most respected intellectual/cultural magazines in the Jewish world, but also one of the mos...

Seán ÓLaoire, PhD, is a Catholic priest and licensed clinical psychologist specializing in transpersonal psychology. ÓLaoire regularly lectures and conducts scientific research on the effects of prayer. His books are A Sensible God and Why? What is Your Life Telling You​ about Why you are Here, A Sensible God, Spirits in Spacesuits - A Manual for Everyday Mystics, Building on the Edge of Europe: S...

Dr. Richard Miller presents his views on a variety of issues related to our health, planet, and economy, while taking calls from the audience. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe

*Mastering Creative Anxiety: 24 Lessons for Writers, Painters, Musicians, and Actors from America’s Foremost Creativity Coach In his decades as a psychotherapist and creativity coach, Eric Maisel has found a common thread behind what often gets labeled “writer’s block,” “procrastination,” or “stage fright.” It’s the particular anxiety that, paradoxically, keeps creators from doing, completing, or...

Dr. Richard Miller interviews Guest Father Sean O'Laoire,PhD, on most recent book: Why? What is Your Life Telling You​ about Why you are Here. Do you wonder what your true path in life is? We each have a purpose and a mission. However, uncovering this purpose can be challenging, and often daunting. Seán ÓLaoire, PhD, is a Catholic priest and licensed clinical psychologist specializing in transpers...

Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller​ interviews Ogi Ogas, Ph. D., co-author of *A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells us About Sexual Relationships,* the book which informs us of exactly what pornography the United States is watching on the Internet. It has changed the way scientists and therapists think about sexual desire and divulged more private details about what really turns men and w...

Dr. Dave Nichols on the Suppression of (Certain) Chemical Compounds by Dr. Richard L. Miller This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe

Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller interviews Dr. Nicholas Cozzi, Director of the Neuropharmacology Institute at the University of Wisconsin, about his work with psychedelic medicines – specifically, LSD. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe

Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller will interview Ofer Zur Ph. D., a contemporary psychologist, writer, and educator who specializes in therapeutic ethics and boundaries for mental health professionals. Dr. Ofer Zur's philosophy of treatment suggests embracing flexibility, critical thinking, and a non-pathologizing stance with clients. Zur also aims to educate the public on ethical and sound therapy pr...

Host Dr. Richard Louis Miller​ interviews Dr. Rick Doblin, Historic Founder, and Executive Director, of MAPS: The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, now celebrating its 25th year as the world 's foremost pharmaceutical organization specializing in psychedelic medicine research. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

Dr. Richard Miller interviews Ethan Nadelman, JD, PhD on the Drug Policy Alliance, the leading organization in the United States promoting alternatives to the war on drugs. The Drug Policy Alliance envisions a just society in which the use and regulation of drugs are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights, in which people are no longer punished for what they put into their own bo...

Dr. Richard Miller interviews Dr. Julie Holland on her latest book, *Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You're Taking, the Sleep You're Missing, the Sex You're not Having, and What's Really Making You Crazy* This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe

Dr. Richard L. Miller interviews Dr. Gabor Mate, internationally renowned addiction specialist and author of a new book, *In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts,* in which he proposes new approaches to treating addiction based on an understanding of the biological and socio-economic roots of addiction. http://drgabormate.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or...