Living from the Soul: The Neuroscience of Spiritual Awakening by Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS in conversation with Dan Siegel, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the executive director of the Mindsight Institute.

In her new highly anticipated book, Living from the Soul, renowned integrative psychiatrist and neuroscientist, Dr. Helen Lavretsky explores the intersection of spirituality and neuroscience—utilizing both to optimize spiritual and mental health.

Dr. Lavretsky aims to put the psyche (soul) back into psychology! Drawing on the latest research along with examples from her clinical practice, she offers a combined approach of psychological and mind-body practices and exercises that enable a spiritual awakening and a reconnection with our Soul or higher consciousness.

By incorporating the neuroscience of spiritual awakening into our lives and connecting with our Soul for inner guidance and peace, we have the opportunity to reach our higher potential. It also helps us alleviate depression and anxiety, enhance resilience, gain a consistent sense of serenity and well-being, and cultivate gratitude, compassion, and joy by living a truly authentic life.

BIOS:

Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS is a Professor In-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA and an integrative geriatric psychiatrist with federally funded research program in integrative mental health investigating mind-body interventions (yoga, meditation, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, art). She is a recipient of the several Career Development awards from the NIMH/NIH and the NCCIH/NIH, and other prestigious research awards. Her current research studies include investigations of novel therapeutic options for caregiver stress, mood, and cognitive disorders in older adults, and Long-COVID. She is the Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, and the Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and the American College of Psychiatrists, and the recipient of the Distinguished Investigator awards for research from the American College of Psychiatrists and the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, and the American Psychiatric Association. She is the Director of Research for the UCLA Integrative Medicine Collaborative and the Integrative Psychiatry program. She is the immediate Past President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, and is one of the leaders of the American Brain Health Coalition, and serves on the Research Advisory Boards to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and the American Heart Association, among others.