Each week, host Dr. Lisa Belisle sits down with the people who shape the state: entrepreneurs and educators, physicians and artists, community builders and keepers of place. She brings a clinician's ear and two decades in radio and writing to every conversation.
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The beautiful thing about Mercy is the core of it has not changed. We're still sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. We still are very, very focused on each encounter and the person that we're serving.
Your only job on stage is to make everyone else look good, full stop. What that means is when you go on stage, if there's five of you and I'm thinking about myself and you're thinking about yourself and everyone else is thinking about themselves, then you only have one person concerned about you on stage during the scene, which is not great. But if I go on stage and I'm only thinking about the other four people and they're all thinking about the other four people, then I've got four people worried about me.
Some of the skills, when you learn them, you never know where they will lead you, or to what destination. You just need to trust that they will lead you.
Meet Your Host
MD · PhD · MPH · MBA
Dr. Lisa Belisle is a board-certified family physician, writer, and the host of Radio Maine. She works at the intersection of medicine and the human spirit, in the clinic, on the air, and on the page.
Read More About LisaA selection of the most recent guests on Radio Maine.
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For 50 years, Mel Allen has been listening for stories. His first published piece appeared in the Maine Sunday Telegram in 1975, beginning a…
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Jeff Zachau grew up around construction. His father started a small carpentry business in 1969, his mother kept the books, and Jeff spent we…
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Dr. Carrie Niederman knew something had changed. An athlete and veterinarian with a background in biochemistry, Carrie became suddenly ill…
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Radio Maine is produced in partnership with the Portland Art Gallery, Maine's premier destination for contemporary fine art. Visit the gallery at 154 Middle Street in Portland, or explore the work of gallery artists online.
From Off the Wall · Portland Art Gallery Artist
I consider the opportunity I have to paint to be a gift.
Recent essays from Dr. Lisa Belisle's Substack on medicine, place, and the creative life.
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Previously: Love Maine Radio
Quick clips from recent conversations.