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Dr. Anna Yusim is a Board-Certified, Stanford- and Yale-educated Psychiatrist & Executive Coach.

Dr. Anna Yusim is an internationally-recognized, award-winning Board-Certified, Stanford- and Yale-educated Psychiatrist & Executive Coach with private practices in New York City and Connecticut. She is a best-selling author of "Fulfilled - How the Science of Spirituality Helps You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life" and clinical faculty member at Yale Medical School, where she is currently working to establish a Spirituality & Mental Health Center.

10/06/2025

What is spirituality? It’s the recognition that we exist within an intelligent, interconnected web of meaning that transcends our individual understanding.

🌍For me, spirituality isn’t about religious doctrine—it’s about awakening to the profound mystery that consciousness itself represents. It’s the humbling realization that we are both drops in the ocean and the entire ocean in each drop. This paradox becomes the doorway to extraordinary possibilities.

✨Spirituality manifests as those moments when linear thinking gives way to deeper knowing. When intuition whispers truths that logic cannot yet grasp. When seemingly random events align in ways that feel orchestrated by an intelligence far greater than our cognitive mind.

⚡It shows up as the creative force that moves through us when we’re most aligned. As the inexplicable peace that emerges in chaos. As the sudden clarity that arrives precisely when we need it most. As the invisible thread connecting us to every being we encounter.

💫The most sophisticated minds throughout history—from Einstein to Jung to Rumi—have pointed to this same truth: we are not isolated individuals navigating a random universe, but conscious expressions of a greater wholeness discovering itself through infinite forms.

Stay awake to the sacred ordinary. The universe is constantly communicating with those who remember how to listen.

10/05/2025

Join us for Consciousness Drinks™️ – A Gathering for Practitioners in the healing arts to connect, share, and grow together.

📅 Date: Monday, October 6, 2025

⏰ Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM EST

📍 Location: Rosehill Rooftop, 125 East 27th Street, New York, NY 10016

(Head to the back of the rooftop—we’ll be outdoors, so bring a layer for comfort. The evening promises beautiful, weather-friendly vibes!)

✨ Expect inspiring conversations on:

-The science of consciousness

-Healing the healer

-Innovative technologies & modalities

-New rules of the game in the age of AI

-The science of kindness, compassion & love

👉 RSVP today: exploringrealitymaybe.org/consciousness-drinks-1

Let’s come together to expand our practices, support each other, and co-create new possibilities. 🌿💫

10/04/2025

🧠 What does research tell us about spirituality and mental health?

📊 Recent neuroimaging studies show that spiritual practices activate specific brain regions associated with emotional regulation and stress response.

People who report spiritual connection often demonstrate measurable physiological differences.

🔬 Key findings from clinical research:

● Reduced cortisol in regular meditators

● Stronger prefrontal cortex activity during spiritual practices

● Lower inflammatory markers in those with strong spiritual beliefs

● Improved treatment outcomes when spirituality is integrated into therapy

💡 Interestingly, the type of spiritual practice matters less than the sense of connection itself.

Whether through meditation, prayer, nature connection, or community involvement, the brain responds similarly to practices that foster meaning and belonging.

📈 Large-scale studies consistently find correlations between spiritual practices and better mental health outcomes, though researchers continue to study the mechanisms behind these associations.

🤔 The question isn’t whether spirituality “works”—the data suggests it often does. The more interesting question is how these practices influence our neurobiology and what that means for treatment approaches.

09/30/2025

✨ Honored to be speaking at the Symposium on alternative therapies for Veterans and their families battling PTSD, traumatic brain injury, and addiction.

Join me on 30th September at 3:15 PM ET for my session “Hero’s Journey: Changing the Conversation on Mental Health Care From Stigma to Strength.”

Together, we can shift the narrative and create pathways of healing, resilience, and hope. 💜

🔗 Register through the QR code to be part of this powerful conversation.

09/27/2025

🌟 The alchemy of authentic healing reveals itself in paradox: we don’t overcome our darkness—we learn to dance with it.

✨ Real transformation isn’t about perfecting ourselves into some idealized version, but about recognizing the sacred wholeness that exists within our very brokenness. When we stop trying to fix what we think is wrong and start honoring what is longing to emerge, healing becomes less about changing ourselves and more about remembering who we’ve always been.

🌟 The path isn’t about eliminating struggle—it’s about developing the capacity to meet whatever arises with presence, curiosity, and profound self-compassion. Each wound becomes a doorway, each challenge an initiation into deeper wisdom.

💎 True healing is revolutionary: it asks us to love ourselves not despite our imperfections, but because of them. Our scars become our medicine, our struggles our greatest teachers.

Swipe through to remember: you are not broken and in need of fixing—you are whole and in the process of becoming.

09/26/2025

The journey of awakening is less about becoming someone new and more about remembering the truth of who we already are.

We spend so much of life searching outside ourselves for answers, forgetting that the deepest wisdom is waiting quietly within. When we turn inward—not to escape the world, but to embrace it with greater clarit—we discover that the very essence we’ve been seeking has been here all along.

Awakening doesn’t mean bypassing pain or pretending everything is light. It means opening our hearts wide enough to hold both the joy and the sorrow, the clarity and the confusion. It means realizing that every experience, no matter how difficult, carries the seed
of insight, growth, and grace. The path forward isn’t about perfection—it’s about presence. It’s about meeting each moment with tenderness, courage, and curiosity. In that space, life ceases to be something
we endure and becomes something we co-create with the universe.

Swipe through to remember: you are not lost—you are returning to yourself.

09/25/2025

🧬 What if I told you that the most sophisticated healing happens not in the operating room, but in the sacred space where science meets soul?

💎 I recently had the profound honor of joining The Bone Collectors podcast to explore how the marriage of rigorous scientific inquiry and ancient spiritual wisdom creates healing modalities that transcend what
either approach could achieve alone.

🌊 We delved into the quantum mechanics of transformation—how consciousness itself becomes medicine when we understand that healing isn’t just about fixing what’s broken, but about remembering the wholeness that was never actually lost. This isn’t mystical thinking masquerading as medicine; it’s cutting-edge neuroscience revealing what indigenous healers have known for millennia.

Hope you enjoy the discussion!

09/16/2025

Paradoxical Wisdom: The profound paradox of mindfulness: our deepest peace emerges not from conquering darkness, but from befriending it.

When patients learn to greet their shadow emotions as wise messengers rather than unwelcome intruders, transformation begins.

True mastery isn’t controlling what we feel—it’s dancing with the full spectrum of human experience. The question shifts from “How do I fix this?” to “What is this here to teach me?” This radical acceptance becomes the gateway to authentic power.

09/11/2025

09/09/2025

⭐️There exists an elegant intelligence orchestrating our lives that becomes visible only when we soften our grip on how we think things should unfold.

✨ I’ve witnessed this truth countless times in my practice: the moment we release our white-knuckled attachment to specific outcomes, life begins to reveal its deeper design. What we often dismiss as coincidence is actually the universe’s sophisticated guidance system—a constant dialogue between our soul’s purpose and reality’s infinite possibilities.

💫 Synchronicities aren’t random gifts from a benevolent cosmos. They’re evidence of our alignment with our authentic path. When we notice the meaningful patterns, the perfect timing, the unexpected doors opening precisely when needed, we’re witnessing the intersection of consciousness and destiny.

💎 This requires a radical shift in perspective: from believing we must force our way through life to trusting that life is perpetually conspiring for our highest evolution. The people who appear, the opportunities that emerge, the challenges that arrive—all are precisely calibrated for our soul’s expansion.

🌟 The most profound spiritual practice isn’t meditation or prayer—it’s cultivating the courage to stay open when everything in us wants to contract, to trust when logic argues against hope, to recognize the sacred choreography hidden within apparent chaos.

🌊 What synchronicities have reminded you lately that you’re exactly where your soul needs to be?

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Dr. Anna Yusim is a board-certified psychiatrist with a private practice in New York City's Upper East Side and a Lecturer at the Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate education at Stanford University, where she studied Biology & Philosophy. Dr. Yusim attended Yale Medical School & the NYU Residency Training Program in Psychiatry. She believes every person is unique and therefore needs an individually-tailored therapy approach. The philosophy of Dr. Yusim’s practice is to help individuals achieve their highest level of psychological, emotional & mental well-being. Dr. Yusim's book: "Fulfilled - How the Science of Spirituality Helps You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life" is currently available to order on Amazon.com