{"podcast":{"title":"The Kevin Miller Podcast","slug":"the-kevin-miller-podcast-1066460","podcast_index_feed_id":1066460,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GLSS8058688303","website_url":"https://www.kevinmiller.co","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ce7c16d0-a354-11ed-9f45-9b833919c7ef/image/4ee4c9c5d2a9184b98f876d4f92b251e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Kevin Miller","episode_count":1695,"summary":"The big question - what is the meaning of life? The great quest - to find meaning in life. I devoted my life to filling all the roles, pursuing all the achievements, and engaging with all the relationships I thought would provide the greatest meaning to my life. Only to come to the reckoning that the world doesn't give meaning to my life. I do. Join me as I discuss how we make meaning from our lives and how we can satisfy ourselves in every moment, regardless of the circumstances. kevinmiller.co *Over 75 million downloads, 350 expert guests, 1,700 episodes...and the journey continues on the podcast evolution from 'The Ziglar Show' to 'The Self-Helpful Podcast' to 'What Drives You' to 'The Kevin Miller Podcast'...","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T08:17:30.000848+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-kevin-miller-podcast-1066460"},"episode":{"title":"Living & Thriving With Pain of Loss That Will Never Go Away w/ Neurosurgeon Lee Warren","slug":"living-thriving-with-pain-of-loss-that-will-never-go-away-w-neurosurgeon-lee-warren","published_at":"2026-05-29T18:14:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-kevin-miller-podcast-1066460/living-thriving-with-pain-of-loss-that-will-never-go-away-w-neurosurgeon-lee-warren","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-kevin-miller-podcast-1066460","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/cohst.app/pdcst/8V6C6E/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP5693358347.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/cohst.app/pdcst/8V6C6E/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/YAP5693358347.mp3","summary":"The concept of trauma has gotten more focus than ever, as of late, it seems. But I feel much of what gets labeled trauma is the pain of loss. Losses we don’t know how to, or maybe never will, reconcile. I don’t claim having trauma in my life, but I have loss that I don’t think I’ll ever get over. I don’t want to minimize trauma at all, but I feel even more people resonate with the concept of loss. Even if it stems from a tragic trauma. And what I’ve been considering is some losses I don’t expect or even intend to “get over.” They are now a part of me. And, I want to thrive in my life anyway. My guest knows much about this, not only from his own life, but with experience with so, so many people. Lee Warren is a neurosurgeon. Every day he is dealing with people who may lose some of their cognitive abilities, or their lives. And he deals with their loved ones who are losing someone significant in their lives. This is Lee’s life. In addition, Lee knows what I’ll call straight-up, big T Trauma. On August 20, 2013, his nineteen-year-old son Mitch died of multiple stab wounds to the neck. Mitch’s best friend died along with him with one stab wound. Whether the knife used to kill Mitch was in his hand or someone else’s, whether he was at fault or a victim, they will never know. An unsolved murder. This could have been the end of Lee. Obviously it was not. But he hasn’t gotten over it and doesn’t expect to. All this adds up to what I found to be a profound conversation that I’ve understood more as time has passed and I’ve experienced more loss. Lee has a book about all this, Hope Is the First Dose: A Treatment Plan for Recovering from Trauma, Tragedy, and Other Massive Things. And wherever you are listening to this podcast, you can find his podcast, just search for The Dr. Lee…","meta_description":"The concept of trauma has gotten more focus than ever, as of late, it seems. But I feel much of what gets labeled trauma is the pain of loss. Losses we do…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5017,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-kevin-miller-podcast-1066460/episodes/living-thriving-with-pain-of-loss-that-will-never-go-away-w-neurosurgeon-lee-warren/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-kevin-miller-podcast-1066460/living-thriving-with-pain-of-loss-that-will-never-go-away-w-neurosurgeon-lee-warren.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}