- Published: 29 November 2022
- ISBN: 9780141991030
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $22.99
The Awakened Brain
The Psychology of Spirituality and Our Search for Meaning

















- Published: 29 November 2022
- ISBN: 9780141991030
- Imprint: Penguin Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $22.99
A new revolution of health and well being. She shows through scientific research, clinical insight, and personal experience that we can always choose between two modes of conscious awareness, each with profoundly different outcomes for our health and daily experience
Deepak Chopra, author of Super Brain
Lisa Miller is the leading psychologist of her generation on the benefits of religion and spirituality. She asks, 'What makes life worth living?' and finds evidence-based answers
Martin Seligman, author of Learned Optimism
Unequivocally shows that spirituality heals. Her pioneering research has vast implications not only for medical science, but also for the growing field of consciousness research
Larry Dossey, author of Healing Words
Ushers in a new science of healing. This work is urgent; a vision for human potential that is sorely needed in our time . . . I simply could not put it down
Liz Murray, author of Breaking Night: My Journey from Homeless to Harvard
Truly transformative . . . Lisa Miller's life's work and story weave a tapestry of science, psychology and spirituality which unfolds a world of mystery and meaning . . . reveals a unity to the universe that can be accessed by both heart and mind for our mental and physical well-being
The Rt Revd James Jones KBE, author of Why Do People Suffer?
A captivating look at what happens to our brains when we're connected to something greater than ourselves - and what it does for our lives
Adam Grant, author of Think Again
Potent, profound, and accessible . . . a compelling examination of the correlations between spirituality and mental health
Kirkus Reviews
Erudite, compelling . . . Miller's iconoclasm challenges orthodoxies and common practice . . . what makes this a credible and original investigation is Miller's solid and verifiable clinical and epidemiological data
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, i Newspaper
A revisionist account of mind and matter . . . Miller argues that spiritual awareness is to be found across religious differences and should be considered a birthright
Mark Vernon, Church Times