Living From the Soul

By Dr. Helen Lavretsky

When Neuroscience Meets the Soul: A Roadmap to Calm, Clarity, and Deeper Meaning

In Living from the Soul: The Neuroscience of Spiritual Awakening (Park Street Press, July 2026, 24.99), integrative psychiatrist and neuroscientist Helen Lavretsky explores the intersection of spirituality and neuroscience—utilizing both to optimize spiritual and mental health. She shows that the evolution of the Soul is the purpose of life. Drawing on the latest research and examples from her clinical practice, Lavretsky helps you know and embody your Soul—a union that provides inner guidance, peace, balance, happiness, and an opportunity to reach your highest potential.

Lavretsky aims to put the psyche (soul) back into psychology using a proven methodology. She offers a combined approach of psychological and mind-body practices that enable you to control reactive behavior and reconnect with higher Consciousness. She offers guidance on navigating challenges and spiritual emergencies, such as the Dark Night of the Soul, with enhanced intuitive abilities and clarity. With clinical examples and practical exercises, Lavretsky shows how you can transform negative thoughts and feelings into a sense of excitement and curiosity. This will increase your ability to reduce stress, regulate negative emotions, improve your brain health, and cultivate gratitude, compassion, and joy by living a truly authentic life.

Living from the Soul allows us to incorporate the neuroscience of spiritual awakening into our lives to alleviate depression and anxiety, enhance resilience, and gain a consistent sense of serenity and well-being.

About the Author: Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS, is an integrative and geriatric psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and professor of psychiatry at UCLA. She directs clinical and research programs in integrative mental health. She serves as a Director of Research for the UCLA Integrative Medicine Collaborative, and lives in Los Angeles. https://www.drhelenlavretsky.com

About the Book: Living from the Soul: The Neuroscience of Spiritual Awakening by Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS
ISBN: 9798888503133, July 2026
Also available as an eBook, Paperback: $24.99, 328 pages, 6 x 9, Includes 8-page color insert
Imprint: Park Street Press

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Living From the Soul

Living from the Soul allows us to incorporate the neuroscience of spiritual awakening into our lives to alleviate depression and anxiety, enhance resilience, and gain a consis­tent sense of serenity and well-being.

Living from the Soul allows us to incorporate the neuroscience of spiritual awakening into our lives to alleviate depression and anxiety, enhance resilience, and gain a consistent sense of serenity and well-being.