Understanding This Will Change How You Experience Your Entire Life
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Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. I am so glad that you're here today because today's conversation is going to fundamentally change the way that you think about spirituality and what it means at its core to live a deep and meaningful life. Our guest today is the world's leading expert on the neuroscientific benefits of spirituality. Her groundbreaking research has found that being spiritual, whatever that means to you, even if right now it means nothing, Her research proves that being spiritual changes your brain for the better, and it can protect you from and help you overcome hopelessness, depression, addiction, anxiety, and other mental health conditions.
See, you and I are living in a time when believing in something beyond yourself can feel impossible. Right now more than ever, you may be feeling uncertain, afraid, anxious, and maybe even pessimistic about the future. I am so grateful to have the conversation today because it will raise the stakes on life. It'll open your mind to possibilities that you may have never considered before. But after listening, you will know deep in your heart it is true. because our guest today is going to prove to you, using science, that every single person on this planet is hardwired for spirituality. She will also explain the enormous difference between religion and spirituality. They're two different things.
And that when you understand what spirituality is and how you are hardwired for it, and that when you awaken this particular part of your brain, You unlock something extraordinary within you. You unlock resilience, clarity, connection to something deeper, and meaning. You tap into joy. And if you're already a spiritual person, today's conversation, it will make you go so much deeper. If you're not spiritual at all, you're very intellectual. I have a lot of people in my life like this. They're like, I don't know. Just trust me and listen, because you're going to find a way to start that is simple, easy, and make spirituality and this innate wiring in you work for you. So if you're feeling lost or stuck or hopeless or empty or just like, there must be something more.
This episode has come to you at the exact moment that you need it. And I'm so glad you're here. Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. I am so excited for the conversation that we are going to have today. I have been anticipating this one for months. And I'm going to start by saying it's always such an honor to spend time with you, to be together. I think today we are both going to feel honored that we got to share this experience together. And if you're a new listener, I just want to take a moment and personally welcome you to the Mel Robbins Podcast family. I'm glad you're here, and I know by the time you're done listening, you are going to be so glad you took the time to listen to this today.
Because you made the time to listen to this particular episode, here's what I know about you. You're the kind of person who values a meaningful life. You value connection. You want to feel fulfilled in how you're living your life, and you're looking for inspiration on how you can do that, how you can bring more meaning into your day-to-day life. And I also want to point out that if you're listening right now because someone in your life shared this conversation with you, that is so beautiful because it means that you have people in your life that care enough about you and they listen to this and they're like, I think you should listen to this because you deserve to have more joy and peace and meaning in your life.
And this conversation might help you tap into it because that's what this conversation is all about. Our guest today is the, as in capital T-H-E, world's leading researcher on the intersection of spirituality, psychology, and mental health. Dr. Lisa Miller is a graduate of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her PhD in psychology. Thank you so much for having me.
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