# Lisa Miller
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Lisa Jane Miller is a professor, researcher and clinical psychologist, best known as a research scholar on spirituality in psychology.
== Early life and early career ==
Miller obtained a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a doctorate under Martin Seligman, Ph.D., founder of the positive psychology movement, at the University of Pennsylvania.
From Foster Care to New York City | Lisa Miller
Warning: This episode includes discussion of suicidal ideation and a suicide attempt.
Lisa Miller was born in Detroit to a mother living with addiction. Before she was 10, she and her two older brothers had been through what she calls the year of hell with their biological father, in rural Appala...
Jenkins v. Miller — 2d Cir. (Oct 23, 2026)
The Second Circuit considers who may be held civilly responsible for a child's abduction. Janet Jenkins and Lisa Miller entered a Vermont civil union and raised a daughter together. After they separated, Vermont courts recognized Jenkins as a legal parent and ordered visitation. Miller repeatedly...
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
When historian Kate Bowler was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, she became fascinated by the ways people try to impose order on events they can't control. She joins us to explore what it means to live fully when life offers no satisfying explanation for the tragedies we may face. Then, in the late...
Waking Up Your Spiritual Brain: Part 2
Last week, we talked with psychologist Lisa Miller about the science of spirituality. Today, we explore what those ideas can look like in everyday life. Miller explains why moments of connection, spiritual practices, and even periods of suffering can sometimes open the door to deeper meaning and ...
Waking Up Your Spiritual Brain: Part 1
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 ...
S3, Episode 9 with Lisa Miller Beyond the Surface: Exploring Soil Acidity and Constraints
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Digging Deeper: Addressing Complex Soil Constraints, a Soil CRC project, with Lisa Miller
In this episode of Digging Deeper, Lisa Miller discusses why managing soil constraints is often harder than identifying them, emphasizing the need to assess the full soil profile and target ...
The Role of Rural Philanthropy
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Rural communities make up a huge share of Michigan’s identity and economy, yet they often receive a surprisingly small slice of philanthropic giving and struggle to access state and federal grants. We sit down with Lisa Miller from the Michigan Office of Rural Prosperity and Kati...
Where is God in Your Mental Health Struggles?
What You’ll Hear in This Episode
✨ Recap of Last Week’s Episode
A brief reflection on When Praying Feels Hard, exploring how to pray when you’re angry, hurt, or numb and how God meets you in emotional honesty.
✨ How Mental Health Impacts Your Life and Faith
Keana explains how anxiety, depression,...
Lisa Miller - Mysticism, Synchronicity, and the Awakened Brain
This week, Kenny Primrose re-releases an early Examined Life conversation with Dr. Lisa Miller, clinical psychologist at Columbia University and author of The Awakened Brain, originally published in 2023. It’s a companion to last week’s episode with Philip Goff on mystical experience, approaching...
