Mind Body Health & Politics

Karuna Cayton author of *The Misleading Mind: How We Create Our Own Problems and How Buddhist Psychology Can Help Us Solve Them*, and Thomas Sterner, author of *The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life - Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process.* Two approaches to learning and problem solving. Which one will work for you? http://www.amazon.com/gp/produ...

Kristina Wright, author and editor of tales of women's fantasies. Too long have women been the victims in erotic literature. No more. This wife, mother and college professor's life passion is crafting erotic romance to celebrate the fantasies of women. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.or...

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

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

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

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

Dr. Miller interviews guest Dr. Michael Lerner, Rabbi, Clinical Psychologist, Political Activist, Author and Creator of Tikkun magazine. While at Berkeley, Lerner became a leader in the Berkeley student movement and the Free Speech Movement, chair of the Free Student Union, and chair from 1966-1968 of the Berkeley chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society. After teaching philosophy of law a...

Dr. Richard Miller hosts a nationally prominent panel of psychotherapists including clinical psychologists, Dr. Lonnie Barbach and Dr. David Geisinger and psychiatrist, Dr. Phil Wolfson. This is a panel discussion and has responses to listeners questions on matters relating to couples and families. Dr. Lonnie Barbach - Specialist in Human Sexuality Dr. Lonnie Barbach work as a couple’s therapist f...

Dennis McKenna on Ethnobotany & Suppression of Research into Psychedelics 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

Dr. Miller and his guests, Nevada County Superior Court Judge Tom Anderson, Carol Stanchfield of Turning Point Community Programs in Grass Valley, CA and Kristina Rigosta, Legislative and Policy Counsel of the Treatment Advocacy Center in Arlington VA, discuss Laura's Law (CA Bill 1421), court ordered treatment of persons who have untreated mental illness before they hurt themselves or others. Thi...

Dr. Lonnie Barbach, Dr. David Geisinger and Dr. Phil Wolfson. The four doctors offer free community therapy to callers during the broadcast. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mindbodyhealthpolitics.org/subscribe

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

First aired: JULY 20 2011 http://bryantwelch.com/ 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. Siri Gian Singh Khalsa on MindBody healing and Reichian therapy 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. Lonnie Barbach, who is considered the "Dear Abby" of sexuality and relationships for the baby boom generation. From *For Yourself: The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality* to *The Pause: Positive Approaches to Perimenopause and Menopause*, Dr. Barbach has guided countless women through the stages of sexual discovery. Her practical and sage advice is characterized by unjudgmental warmth, always wit...

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

Dr. Richard Miller, Miscellaneous 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

Director Julie Winokur, has released an important film called "Firestorm." The film closely follows a county fire company, revealing that because many people don't have health insurance or access to primary care, they call 911 when they are sick. The Fire Department and the Emergency Room become their only healthcare providers. Sickness calls are 82% of Fire Department calls, rather than fire-rela...

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

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

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

Dr. Kevin Fauteux outlines key steps and reveals how to proactively protect ourselves and others when a person unleashes unpredictable fury. 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

Kristin Neff, author of "Self-Compassion", discussing the relentless search for high self-esteem that has become a virtual religion; and a tyrannical one at that. 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

Alena Guest, CMT, Hypnosis: Everything you wanted to know but never asked. 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

Ask Dr Miller - This program will consist of "News and Notes" in psychology and medicine followed by your calls related to topics psychological. This is an opportunity for you to get live consultation. 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