{"product_id":"the-neuroscience-of-soul-with-helen-lavretsky-md-ms","title":"The Neuroscience of Soul with Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMP3 Download\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003eThe word \"psychology\" hides something in plain sight. It comes from \"psyche\"—the Greek word for soul. But somewhere along the way, we took the soul out of psychology. We’ve handed our well-being over to the brain, the hormones, the chemistry—and this leaves out our deeper quest of who we really are. Integrative psychiatrist and UCLA neuroscientist Dr. Helen Lavretsky invites us to rediscover the soul at the heart of psychology. Raised in a family of Moscow scientists, Lavretsky redirected her studies and life work when she had a spontaneous Kundalini Yoga awakening at forty-five. She now teaches a soul listening meditation that guides people into direct conversation with their own soul. She claims that this meditation is so moving that nearly ninety-five percent of participants weep when their soul offers them a hug. In this dialogue Lavretsky, explores ego, soul, spirit, heart-brain coherence, grounding practices like walking barefoot on sand; EFT and EMDR for releasing trauma; and cultivating intuition through stillness. She also weighs AI's promise and peril for mental health and why nature, beauty, and creative expression remain the soul's clearest languages, offering tools to become conscious creators of our own reality. (\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ehosted by Justine Willis Toms)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBio:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003eHelen Lavretsky, MD, MS is a medically trained integrative and geriatric psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and professor of psychiatry at UCLA. She directs clinical and research programs in integrative mental health and serves as a director of research for the UCLA Integrative Medicine Collaborative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003eDr. Lavretsky is the author of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003eLiving From the Soul: The Neuroscience of Spiritual Awakening \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;\"\u003e(Park Street Press 2026)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003eTo be in touch with Helen Lavretsky go to: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.drhelenlavretsky.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.drhelenlavretsky.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.drhelenlavretsky.com\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTopics Explored in This Dialogue\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eWhat is Soul and how does it differ from Spirit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eWhat is the Soul Listening Meditation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eWhat is the importance of heart-brain coherence and breathwork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eWhy it is important to ground ourselves on the Earth and have a connection with nature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eWhat is the release of trauma through EFT and EMDR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eHow might we cultivate our intuition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eWhat are the promises and perils of technology and artificial intelligence for mental health\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eWhat is the role of beauty and the expressive arts in mental health\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eHost:\u003c\/b\u003e Justine Willis Toms\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eInterview Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\/17\/2026\u003cspan\u003e   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eProgram Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 3867\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; 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