Lisa Miller

Lisa Miller

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Lisa Miller, Ph.D., is a professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is the Founder and Director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first Ivy League graduate program and research institute in spirituality and psychology, and has held over a decade of joint appointments in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical School. 

Her innovative research has been published in more than one hundred peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, including Cerebral Cortex, The American Journal of Psychiatry, and the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent PsychiatryShe is the New York Times bestselling author of The Spiritual Child

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The science of spirituality, and how it can change your brain
Humans have always had religion. What does this say about our minds? Reza Aslan PhD, Lisa Miller PhD, and Rob Bell MDiv explain.
Unlikely Collaborators
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6 min
What is shared consciousness?
Do humans share one consciousness? This psychologist says yes.
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6 min
The false reality of loneliness
Scientists can't define spirituality. But we can study its healing effects, says this Columbia psychologist.
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9 min
How we lost collective spirituality — and why we need it back
Spirituality declines, depression rises. Is there a link?
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How spirituality protects your brain from despair
Modern life replaced spirituality with goal-setting — and it’s making us depressed. Here’s how to win back your happiness.