In this in-depth archival conversation from The Soul of Life, Keith Miller speaks with Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score, about how the modern mental-health system misunderstands trauma—and why that misunderstanding matters.

Van der Kolk reflects on the original creation of the PTSD diagnosis, why the term "trauma" has become dangerously imprecise, and how psychiatric labels like narcissism or borderline personality disorder can interfere with genuine human connection.

He shares his sharp critique of the DSM, the insurance-driven logic behind diagnosis, and why clinicians must learn to see the whole person—not just symptoms.

The conversation also explores emerging and often misunderstood treatments, including MDMA-assisted therapy, psychedelics, and neurofeedback, along with a powerful reflection on the late Rich Simon and the limits of any single "miracle cure."

✨ If you enjoyed this archive episode, check out Keith's new podcast Tripping Over Love, now on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and Substack.

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In this episode of The Soul of Life I speak with Dr. Langer about how a comfort with uncertainty and curiosity--mindfulness--creates powerful changes in the brain. We discuss her famous "counterclockwise" studies and her claims that mindfulness leads to powerful improvements in health generally, and specific improvements in memory, vision, and hearing.

✨ And if you enjoyed this archive episode, check out Keith's new podcast Tripping Over Love, now on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and Substack.

LISTEN TO TRIPPING OVER LOVE: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tripping-over-love/id1850974406

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yl3TNTfBM1TutbETEKYNC

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What really makes a marriage thrive—not just survive?

In this episode, Keith Miller sits down with Dr. Corey Allen, marriage and family therapist and host of Sexy Marriage Radio, to explore the honest, funny, and sometimes uncomfortable truths about intimacy, faith, and long-term desire.

From mismatched libidos to shame, spirituality, and the "long game" of real connection, Corey brings years of wisdom about how sexual issues are life issues—and why every couple can grow, no matter where they start.

If you've ever wondered how to stay connected through change, conflict, and real-life stress, this one's for you.

💬 Leave a comment: What's been the hardest part of keeping intimacy alive in your relationship?

✨ And if you enjoyed this archive episode, check out Keith's new podcast Tripping Over Love, now on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, and Substack.

LISTEN TO TRIPPING OVER LOVE: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tripping-over-love/id1850974406

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yl3TNTfBM1TutbETEKYNC

Substack: https://trippingoverlove.substack.com/

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TikTok: @trippingoverlove

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In this archived episode of The Soul of Life, Keith Miller speaks with Vybarr Cregan-Reid, British scholar and author of Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human. They explore barefoot running, the biomechanics of human evolution, the psychology of running outdoors, the science of the runner's high, shoe design myths, and how modern life has weakened our bodies.

This conversation is full of insights for lifelong runners, beginners, or anyone curious about what the human body is actually designed to do.

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Keith's new show is live — Tripping Over Love, a podcast about relationships, psychedelics, emotional healing, conflict, sex, and the parts of ourselves that trip us up.
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We're launching Tripping Over Love on Tuesday, November 25th. It's the podcast about breakups, breakdowns, and breakthroughs.

We're Courtney Laydon, former journalist, and Keith Miller, a marriage and IFS therapist who found each other while tripping over love.

We ask one big question: What if the secret to lasting love isn't getting it right… but getting real?

Next week, we're launching our first four episodes—and they're a ride:

• Molly Roden Winter on open marriage, jealousy, honesty, and why real intimacy is way less "sexy" and way more human.

• Dr. Tammy Nelson on sex, intimacy, psychedelic healing, and how ketamine can open more than just your mind.

• Dr. John Krystal, one of the inventors of intranasal ketamine, on the future of psychedelic medicine

• And wild stories from the Keith and Courtney dating experiences...including one that became "ecstatic" and opened Keith up to the kind of dance parties he missed out on as a teen

Tripping Over Love is not a podcast about perfect love. It's about conscious love—the kind that asks you to laugh, feel, grow, and sometimes completely fall apart.

Subscribe now. The mess begins next week.

👉 Watch the new show here: / @trippingoverlove

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In this episode I speak to Norma Stevens, LCPC, the Director of Therapy Operations at Sunstone Therapies in Rockville, Maryland. Sunstone partners with companies like Beckley PsyTech, COMPASS Pathways, MindMed, MAPS (Lykos Theraputics), Reunion Neuroscience, and Usona to run studies that aim to establish the gold standard for psychedelic treatments of complex mental health challenges.

Sunstone offers research trials in a unique partnership with the Acquilino Cancer Center, a research program within Adventist HealthCare. Sunstone works with psilocybin, MDMA, 5-MeO-DMT, and LSD in conjunction with psychotherapy. We discuss the role of psychological integration after a psychedelic journey and the importance of a therapeutic set and setting.

You're in for a treat! Kathryn and Zach are two friends and colleagues who are also therapists that got roped into joining one of Calliope's ketamine-therapy retreats. Actually they both volunteered, each for interesting personal reasons. Each of the several ketamine experiences I facilitated for them were always equally profound, hilarious, and eye-opening. You'll get to hear what The Universe told Zack, once he reached its edge, and why Kathryn got "Money! Love! Power!" tattooed on her brain after one journey. Both informative and entertaining, these two had fun along the way.

In this episode I interview the brainchild behind an increasingly influential online wiki for psychological healing, The Integral Guide to Well-Being. Levi, who prefers to stay behind-the-scenes and doesn't publicize his identity, created an interactive, graphic notebook that has around 1,300 pages, and has tens of thousands of unique readers each month.

The Integral Guide is a choose-your-own-adventure field guide that Levi began writing to aid his personal trauma recovery and self-development and to feel empowered and better-equipped to lead an enriched life. He explains that when he was debilitated by symptoms of Complex PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, and OCD he wanted clear and useful help, and especially disliked people trying to "sell healing" to him.

You can find The Integral Guide at www.integralguide.com