Dr. Paul J. Mills is Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine and Director of the Center of Excellence for Research and Training in Integrative Health at the University of California, San Diego. He has over 400 scientific publications in the fields of pharmacology, oncology, cardiology, psychoneuroimmunology, behavioral medicine, and integrative health. His work has been featured in many national media outlets and he has presented at hundreds of conferences and workshops around the world. His new book is Science, Being, & Becoming: The Spiritual Lives of Scientists.

Highlights

• Metaphysical experiences in childhood stimulated Paul’s curiosity about metaphysics. He eventually discovered that other scientists had similar experiences.
• People on the metaphysical path no longer have to apologize for or hide their beliefs. There have been many studies that prove the validity of the effects of things like meditation and yoga.
• Thirty-one scientists were interviewed for the book about their metaphysical experiences. Paul shares one of their stories.
• Everyone has the inherent urge to find out who they are. The metaphysical experiences allow one to recognize their creative power.
• Our education systems don’t teach us to recognize our innate powers.
• Paul shares about the difficulty in finding ways to express his views within the academic framework. He talks about what he has done to reduce the stress.
• Following a spiritual path often leads to greater creativity.
• When we aren’t allowed to follow the inner urge to find out who we are, suppressing that urge often leads to anger and other uncomfortable emotions.
• Often, young children aren’t allowed to express who they are. Fortunately, some education systems outside of the public school system allow that to happen.
• Paul’s interest in psychoneuroimmunology (the connection between emotions and health) started with his study of the immune system.
• Humans are a beautifully integrated system and Western science is beginning to appreciate that.
• It takes a long time for medicine to talk with published science and what every day people are experiencing.
• What we enjoy as children are often guideposts for our future life.
• Depression is often the result of our not living the lives we were meant to live.

Links

Paul Mills website

I have been feeling uncomfortable because of all the conflict that is going on in the world, often concerning things that are beyond my control, including the growing amount of anti-semitism. In this episode, I discuss this and other thoughts about living in a world with so much hate.

Highlights

• We can’t have peace in the world until people learn to live with each other.
• If you are worried about inflation and aren’t paying attention to what’s going on, you might vote for people who don’t have your interests at heart.
• If you elect angry people, you’re not going to have a peaceful world.
• People who are brought up in homes with a lot of fighting, often become angry as adults.
• Hate makes no sense to me.
• We need to find ways of finding peace within ourselves and learning how to love ourselves and others.
• If you were brought up in an abusive home, it’s almost impossible to love and appreciate yourself because you weren’t taught how to do that.
• It’s hard for me to keep quiet when I see what looks, to me, like injustice.
• I believe that love is the healer.
• Something has to change in the way we are thinking, believing, and behaving to get over the amount of anxiety that’s present in the society now.
• You can’t change what’s going on in society, but you can change what’s going on within yourself.
• Right now, people are picking on Jews. At some point, it’ll be a different group because people who don’t love themselves have to have “the other” to pick on.
• There are too many people on this planet to be in conflict.
• We don’t need more war. We need to teach peace.
• Are you willing to learn how to be a peaceful person? If you’re not, then you’ll probably wind up with all sorts of diseases.
• My goal is to help people find health, wealth, and peace of mind. I hope to do this through The MetaMind Circle.
• You can’t be truly prosperous unless you have peace of mind.
• The people who make the most noise are often not the ones who are trying to build a peaceful world.

Links

The MetaMind Circle

Jeanine Thompson is a transformational coach, speaker, and author whose breadth of knowledge and experience spans multiple disciplines and professional expressions from clinical psychotherapy to global business to advancing spiritual growth. At the core of her diverse career is a passionate dedication to helping individuals live their highest potentiality. She shares her journey and how others can reach their full potential in her first book, 911 From Your Soul.

Highlights

• Jeanine Thompson shares what she went through before she committed to bringing what she was learning about the soul into business.
• For Jeanine, the soul is the eternal essence of who we are.
• Potentiality is about living a satisfying and peaceful life. It does not require that people reach a point of predefined success.
• We talk about whether or not understanding who we are is age-related.
• Jeanine’s hope for people is that they learn to truly love who they are and know that they are the intelligence of love.
• We talk about understanding the Oneness.
• Our systems are fundamentally broken and flawed in many ways, especially as they teach that there is something wrong with us that needs fixing.
• Business touches every aspect of life, which is why Jeanine wants to bring her message to the business world where she functioned for many years.
• Our uniqueness is our gift to the world.
• There is a spiritual and emotional underpinning to disease and physical discomfort.
• We have to learn to trust our inner direction.
• Nature is a terrific catalyst. It is a gateway to our wisdom. It helps our minds soften and go into the wonder.
• Whatever you are seeking is who you are.
• Jeanine shares some ideas on how you can connect to your true self.

Links

911 From Your Soul

Jeanine Thompson’s website

Jeanine Thompson on Facebook

Jeanine Thompson on LinkedIn

Jeanine Thompson on Instagram