Waking Up Your Spiritual Brain: Part 1
About this episode
Psychologist Lisa Miller discusses the importance of spirituality and transcendence for a fulfilling life.
Food, safety, and strong relationships are essential to our survival. Psychologist Lisa Miller says our brains also crave something else: transcendence. She suggests that spirituality is a universal human capacity, and that feeling connected to something larger than ourselves may be essential to a fulfilling life.
People in this episode
Host: Shankar Vedantam
Guest: Lisa Miller
Topics covered
- spirituality
- transcendence
- psychology
- human capacity
- fulfilling life
Keywords
- spiritual brain
- psychology
- transcendence
- human capacity
- fulfilling life
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