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Hi, I’m Elana Miller, MD

I'm a psychiatrist who's passionate about integrating Western medicine, Eastern wisdom, and holistic approaches to help people live fuller and happier lives

I'm also a cancer survivor who believes you can overcome any adversity

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I help purposeful professionals overcome anxiety, depression, and stress so they can improve their relationships, be more successful at work, and feel happier

My practice focuses on holistic mental health, including combining prescription medications, talk therapy, and whole body alternative and complementary approaches

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A New Beginning

A New Beginning

November 13, 2017 By Elana 130 Comments

Maybe this is a story Maybe this is a poem It starts where the last one ended—a new beginning It continues, unafraid, without knowing It's been one year, one month, and eight days since I last published a post. How to even start with what has happened in the meantime? As I sit down to write I … [Keep Reading...]

Love… (A Reprise)

Love… (A Reprise)

October 5, 2016 By Elana 59 Comments

"With wisdom let your mind full of love pervade one-quarter of the world, and so too the second, third and fourth quarter.  Fill the whole wide world, above, below, around, pervade the world with love-filled thought, free from any ill will, love abounding, sublime, beyond measure." –The Digha … [Keep Reading...]

Elana Miller aka E. Diddy Presents The Cancer Rap

Elana Miller aka E. Diddy Presents The Cancer Rap

June 27, 2016 By Elana 39 Comments

I got cancer and all I have to show for it is this stupid rap. ...Just kidding. But seriously. I did it... I wrote a rap about cancer. I think when you're able to reflect back on a difficult experience and and turn it into something as ridiculous and hilarious as this rap is it means you're … [Keep Reading...]

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