Groundless Ground Podcast

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Join clinician and author Lisa Dale Miller at the leading edge of integrative mental health! We deliver thoughtful dialogues with innovative clinicians, researchers and contemplatives that unite health science research and profound wisdom traditions, inform about somatic psychotherapies and Buddhist psychology, and we do it all with big dose of intelligence, clarity, curiosity and openheartedness.

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Awakened Heartmind

Apr 07 2024 32 mins

This dharma talk is a reminder that every moment is an invitation to decrease the mass of human suffering. Lisa explicates why cultivating Bodhicitta is the ultimate path to accomplishing that aim in the midst of ordinary daily life.

Basic Human Goodness

Mar 28 2023 36 mins

The Buddha taught unconditioned mind—purification via contemplative effort. Later Buddhism taught innate basic goodness or Buddhanature. I compare these two frameworks using suttas and affective neuroscience, and I’m joined by a co-teacher Chat-GPT!

Mental Health Renaissance

Feb 13 2023 42 mins

Cassandra Vieten and I discuss shifting the mental health crisis into a mental health renaissance. Cassie’s work has helped psychology integrate many mind-body interventions for human flourishing. Learn easy ways to facilitate health and well-being

Meditation Beyond Optimization

Dec 04 2022 52 mins

Season 5 concludes with a pointed and timely discussion of the pitfalls of packaging and delivering meditation as a performative act in health contexts with Donna Sherman, clinical social worker and yoga and mindfulness teacher. Happy Holidays!

Turn on Love and Intimacy

Oct 24 2022 64 mins

Alison Ash PhD educator and creator of sex positive workshops discusses consent skills, sexual pleasure and intimacy, varied forms of coupling, and why erotica is not pornography. We cover harmful effects of sexual trauma and how to heal from it.

Embodying Emotions

Sep 06 2022 49 mins

Raja Selvam, PhD, discusses his new book on Integral Somatic Psychology™ (ISP™), an effective somatic therapy that encourages optimal mental health by fully embodying emotions. ISP is a useful complement for enhancing talk therapy effectiveness.

Science of Psychotherapy

Jul 25 2022 44 mins

Richard Hill and Matthew Dahlitz discuss their comprehensive, modern psychotherapy textbook that covers basic neuroscience, body-brain systems, genetic processes and the application of integrative psychotherapy modalities for mental health disorders.

Beyond Distraction

Jun 10 2022 56 mins

If you are interested in mindfulness and Buddhist approaches for focus, clarity, and wise action, this episode is for you! Buddhist teacher Shaila Catherine explicates her five-step method for cultivating greater focus, clarity, and wise action.

MORE Research Update

May 02 2022 58 mins

Eric Garland and I discuss exciting new research, including the groundbreaking JAMA study, on Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE), for alleviating cognitive-affective distress associated with chronic pain and co-occurring opioid misuse.

Being Wise in a Time of War

Mar 21 2022 56 mins

It’s been a very disturbing few weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine. Coincident with this, Lisa Dale Miller gave two dharma talks at Marin Sangha on being wise in the midst of difficult circumstances. The second talk begins at 27:00.