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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If you're going to love it, if you're going to lead with passion? If the number one, if the general is love leads the army, go for it.
Self compassion has been probably the most impactful thing for me. As a military officer, there's just kind of this constant expectation of perfection.
I want the viewer to be drawn in deeper so that it could be the fifth, 30th time they've looked at that piece and they'll notice a bit of texture in a corner or a little something peaking out from an earlier layer that they hadn't noticed previously.
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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Bibby Gignilliat stopped painting at age 10 after an encounter with a critical teacher helped turn her into a perfectionist. But the idea of…
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Most of us already know the basics: move more, eat better, manage stress, stop working at a reasonable hour. So why can doing those things s…
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Watercolor asks an artist to give up something most of us spend our lives trying to hold onto: control. For Marion Wilson, that willingness…
In Partnership With
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.
