The Bountiful Path is a twice-weekly newsletter from Dr. Lisa Belisle. Longer essays on Sundays, lighter features on Fridays, organized around four pillars: story, system, self, and seasonality. The work comes from a family medicine practice, a life on the coast of Maine, and a conviction that how we live matters as much as how long we live.
SubscribeEvery essay lives under one of these.
What shapes us. The narratives we inherit and the ones we revise. Memoir, history, and the lives around us.
How we care for one another. Medicine, public health, the systems that hold or fail us, and the people who work inside them.
How we pay attention. Contemplative practice, Chinese medicine, the body, and the quiet work of a life in progress.
How we live with the year. Five Phase theory, the tides and the shoreline, and the landscapes of coastal Maine.
How we live matters as much as how long we live.
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Tools and teachings that move the essays from the page into daily practice.
Field-guide PDFs organized around the Five Phases. Spring and Summer are available now, with companion apps. More to come.
See the toolkits →Courses at the intersection of integrative medicine and contemplative practice. Warm and expert, accessible to anyone.
Browse classes →A recurring Friday feature, connecting books read at the shoreline to the seasons, to medicine, and to the life of a reader.
Read the feature →Radio Maine Live and Artful Escapes, the Bountiful Path universe, in a room.
An on-stage conversation with a visiting artist, healer, or thinker, produced in the Radio Maine tradition. Available as a standalone event or as part of a larger gathering.
Hosted retreats at the intersection of medicine, art, and the seasons. Time in a landscape with a small group, shaped around reading, conversation, and rest.
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