The science of spirituality with scientist Paul J. Mills

In today’s episode, I  speak with Dr. Paul J Mills, the 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 is the former Chief of Behavioral Medicine and Former Director of the Clinical Research Biomarker Laboratory at the University of California San Diego.

His scientific career has been active and diverse, with over 400 scientific publications in the fields of pharmacology, oncology, cardiology, psychoneuroimmunology, space physiology with NASA, behavioral medicine, and integrative health. He was part of the research team that published some of the earliest scientific research on meditation. He has held leadership positions in many national and international scientific societies as well as in numerous scientific journals.

In 2022, Paul completed serving as Guest Editor for the journal Global Advances in Health and Medicine (GAHM) on a Special Collection of articles on the topic of Whole Health. GAHM is the official journal of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Health and Medicine.

His work has been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, National Public Radio, US News and World Reports, Consumer Reports, The Huffington Post, Gaia TV, and WebMD, among others. He’s presented his work at hundreds of conferences and workshops around the world, including presenting at the United Nations.

His book, SCIENCE, BEING, & BECOMING: The Spiritual Lives of Scientists is available. 

We talk about the following and so much more: 

✅ The science of spirituality and what it means to be a spiritual scientist

✅ Some of the research he has done on integrative medicine

✅ What it was like to direct Chopra Foundation’s Research Program

✅ In his latest book, he talks about the need to transform materialistic science and why 

✅ The Galatic Alignment and why is understanding this important 

✅ Some of the leading scientists he looks up to now - and why? 

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