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Soul to Soul with Dr. Lisa Carter-Bawa

Soul to Soul with Dr. Lisa Carter-Bawa

By: Lisa Carter-Bawa PhD MPH APRN ANP-C FAAN
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What happens when a behavioral scientist with two decades of experience studying how meaning gets lost — between doctors and patients, between research and real life, between who we are and who we perform — turns that lens inward?

Soul to Soul is a weekly podcast hosted by Lisa Carter-Bawa, PhD, MPH, APRN, ANP-C, FAAN, a researcher, leader, and advocate who has spent her career at the intersection of health equity, communication, and human behavior. Each episode is an invitation to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with the parts of yourself that institutions and expectations have tried to edit out.

The show features three kinds of episodes. Soul Reflections are weekly meditations on leadership, identity, and what it means to stay whole in a world that wants to fragment you. Lost in Translation episodes unpack the moments where meaning breaks down in healthcare, communication, and everyday life. The Return brings conversations with people who found their way back to themselves after years of performing someone they weren’t.

Grounded in the philosophy that you don’t need reinvention — you need a return — Soul to Soul is for leaders, scientists, healthcare professionals, and anyone who suspects that the most powerful version of themselves isn’t the one they’ve been projecting.

New episodes every Monday.

© 2026 Soul to Soul with Dr. Lisa Carter-Bawa
Episodes
  • The Quiet Art of Realignment
    Feb 16 2026

    What if the restlessness you're feeling isn't burnout — it's your soul asking a question you've been too busy to hear? In this Soul Reflection, Lisa explores the difference between drift and burnout, what behavioral science reveals about the shadow side of adaptation, and why the most radical act of leadership might be a series of small, honest reckonings with yourself. This episode closes with one question worth sitting with.

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    9 mins
  • Why I Finally Pressed Record
    Feb 14 2026

    I've spent almost twenty years studying what gets lost between the message and the meaning. Today, I'm trying something I've never done before — no citations, no methodology section, no peer review. Just me, a microphone, and the truth about what it actually costs to lead, to hold multiple identities, and to realize the version of yourself that earned the credentials isn't the version that will carry you forward. This is the story of how "soul to soul, not role to role" went from a quiet essay to the thing I couldn't stop thinking about. And why I believe you don't need reinvention — you need a return.

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    14 mins
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