

High Energy Health Podcast
Dawson Church PhD
Join Dr. Dawson Church, a best-selling science writer, to explore the leading edge of health and happiness, along with practical techniques to maximize your wellbeing.
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Oct 30, 2025 • 46min
Going Through Hell to Find Heaven: Fleet Maull and Dawson Church in Conversation
 Fleet Maull, PhD, is a consultant, motivational speaker, social entrepreneur, and authorized teacher in the Zen and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. He also founded Prison Mindfulness Institute and National Prison Hospice Association, catalyzing two national movements, while serving a 14-year mandatory-minimum federal drug sentence from 1985 to 1999. He is the author of Radical Responsibility: How to Move Beyond Blame, Fearlessly Live Your Highest Purpose, and Become an Unstoppable Force for Good and Dharma in Hell: The Prison Writings of Fleet Maull. 
 
Fleet founded the Heart Mind Institute, offering online summits, courses, and coaching programs integrating western science with ancestral & contemplative wisdom and addressing themes of trauma healing, resilience building, post-traumatic growth, expanded states of consciousness, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, conscious entrepreneurship, and more. 
 
Here he and Dawson discuss:  
Fleet's background
The ways each of us has our own hero’s journey
The truth of "the only way out is through"
The pain paradox: that joy lies on the other side of pain
Our own inner channel 
How the suffering of great spiritual masters sensitizes them to the world’s suffering
A deeply embodied approach to meditation
The Task Positive Network
Why when plugging into source our nervous system untangles itself
Feeling the physicality of the body which will calm your mind
Spontaneous experiences of Samadhi or awakened states
Why deeper states of awakening require consistent practice
When deep states produce the risk of clinging to them
 
Get a free eBook copy of Fleet's Neuro-Somatic Mindfulness: A Direct Path to Awakening at:
https://www.heartmind.co/nsm-dawsonchurch
 
Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/
 
To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
 
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #consciousness #mindfulness #awakening 

Oct 23, 2025 • 44min
Question Your Reality: Gurman and Dawson Church in Conversation
 Gurman is a motivational speaker, educator and the author of The Third Testament. He had a 20-year career in law enforcement, where he interacted with every echelon of society, from government leaders to the most under-served communities. He is also an ordained minister and host of the podcast Path of the Audacious Rebel. 
 
Here he and Dawson discuss:
Gurman's background 
Why 'love your neighbor as yourself' is the foundation of every religion
The ways we do not see the world as it is, we see it as we are
Reexamining your beliefs and asking out-of-the-box questions
The taboo about death, we think about it as the end
How energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change form
Evidence from Near Death Experiences and children who remember past lives
A global awakening of consciousness
 
You can more about Gurman at: https://iamgurman.com/
 
Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/
 
To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
 
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #consciousness #energy #pathoftheaudaciousrebel 

Oct 17, 2025 • 49min
Raising Your Vibration: Christy Whitman and Dawson Church in Conversation
 Christy Whitman is a transformational leader and spiritual guide. She is the New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Having It All and The Flow Factor. Christy has appeared on The Today Show, The Morning Show, TedX, and Next Level Soul. 
 
Here she and Dawson discuss:
How everyone has access to flow
The importance of being present to find out how you’re feeling
Why our consciousness lives in words, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, actions
The bridge where flow starts to happen
Three ways to cultivate self-compassion 
Being energy receivers and transmitters
The way energy manages everything in your universe
Ways to raise your vibration to a high state
Asking yourself 3 questions:
What do I want?
Why do I want it?
How do I want to feel?
 
Find Chirsty at: https://www.christyandthecouncil.com/
 
Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/
 
To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
 
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #theflowfactor #vibration #energy 

Oct 8, 2025 • 45min
The Dreamlike Nature of Reality: Paul Levy and Dawson Church in Conversation
 A pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence, Paul Levy is a wounded healer in private practice, assisting others who are also awakening to the dreamlike nature of reality. He has authored six books, three of which are on the collective but unconscious psychoses in which we live. His newest book is a revised and expanded edition of The Quantum Revelation: Awakening to the Dreamlike Nature of Reality. An artist, he is deeply steeped in the work of C. G. Jung and has been a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for 40 years. 
 
Here he and Dawson discuss:
Paul's background
Realizing that our lives are a dream
How the act of observation creates the universe
All one interconnected quantum system
How to get in touch with your own wholeness
Discovering there is only the eternal now
How this life is a dream
Ways our civilization can collectively leap into a new level of consciousness
Allowing the magic of the universe
Finding courage, blessing, grace and love hidden in life’s worst events
For more about Paul's work: https://www.awakeninthedream.com/
 
Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/
 
To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
 
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #quantumrevelation #dreams #dreamlikenatureofreality 

Sep 29, 2025 • 46min
The Body and The Universe: Maria Toso and Dawson Church in Conversation
 Maria Toso is a Danish-born author, spiritual teacher, and somatic healing coach based in Minnesota. Her book, Heal What Hurts: How to Heal Emotional Triggers (Llewellyn Worldwide, September 2025), guides people to release emotional triggers that shape the lens through which we see others and ourselves. Her method helps people become emotionally free, no longer dependent on others to change or on numbing agents to cope. Maria also teaches Yoga Teacher Training at Minneapolis College and leads international retreats and workshops.
 
Here Maria and Dawson chat about:
Emotional triggers 
Body scanning
Breathwork 
Maria's story
Coping mechanisms 
How and why the body is a perfect expression of your spirit and your programming
How many breaths we take in a minute 
What to do when you find yourself triggered
Asking, “How old are you?” and let the place in the body speak
Avoiding the victim story 
 
Find Maria online at: https://www.mariatoso.com/
 
Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/
 
To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
 
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #healing #emotionaltriggers 

Sep 18, 2025 • 44min
Maintaining Positive Inner Energy: Seth Steward and Dawson Church in Conversation
 Seth Stewart is a longtime performer and creator in the entertainment industry, acting in major roles in some of Broadway’s greatest hits - including “In the Heights” and “Hamilton”- and performing with artists like Madonna, Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, and Mariah Carey. Seth followed a deep spiritual calling that led him from the spotlight to the silence of the forest, building an off-grid cabin in the forest where he spent three years immersing himself in and reconnecting with the ancient wisdom of nature. His memoir, Follow Your Vision, Live Your Truth chronicles his journey from Broadway to spiritual guide. 
 
Here Seth and Dawson talk about: 
Seth's background 
Freedom and meditation 
The heart as a compass 
Studying Yogananda and Osho
Oneness with all things, nature, the universe, each other
What if we could experience oneness right now?
Why is it so hard to be happy?
An energy shield designed to bring positive people and a high energetic state
Inner awareness creates energetic sovereignty
Energetic stability independent of what is trying to happen around you
 
Find Seth and his wonderful memoir at: https://www.iamsethstewart.com/
 
Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/
 
To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
 
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #energy #broadway #followyourvision #liveyourtruth 

Sep 11, 2025 • 45min
Learning to Trust Yourself: Tama Kieves and Dawson Church in Conversation
 Tama Kieves, an honors graduate of Harvard Law School, left her law practice with a prestigious corporate law firm to write and help others unlock the extraordinary faculties within them. She’s the best-selling author of Learning to Trust Yourself and other books. Featured in USA Today, the Huffington Post, Forbes, as well as on ABC News, Oprah Media and other national media, she is a sought-after speaker and visionary career success coach. After discovering the wisdom path of A Course in Miracles, she’s taught it in an interactive and highly experiential way for over 30 years. 
 
Here she and Dawson talk about: 
Tama's background 
Learning to love yourself through the setbacks
Navigating through your fear to your love
When you trust yourself, you trust the divine within you
Mistaking self-doubt for self-inquiry
How do we stay in our heart and our higher consciousness always 
A Course in Miracles
Steps to learning to trust ourselves
 
To learn more about Tama: https://tamakieves.com/
Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/
 
To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
 
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #trustyourself #feartolove 

Sep 5, 2025 • 42min
Ending Unnecessary Suffering: Peter Ralston and Dawson Church in Conversation
 Peter Ralston is one of the founders of the consciousness movement of the 1960s. He is a martial artist and has spent thousands of hours in contemplation which have led to notable enlightenment experiences. He is the author of several books including The Book of Not Knowing and Ending Unnecessary Suffering. 
 
Here Peter and Dawson talk about: 
Why we do things that make us suffer
Not connecting the action we’re taking with our own suffering
Recognizing that actual reality is objective and physical
How does "no self" lead to the cessation of suffering?
Why an "enlightenment experience" does not end suffering even though you lighten up
Breakthroughs in consciousness
Catalyze transcendent experiences by asking yourself: "What would the rabbit do?"
How to stop doing the dysfunctional stuff that makes you suffer
 
To learn more about Peter's work and his books: https://chenghsin.com/
 
Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/
 
To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
 
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #pastlives #consciousness #endsuffering #enlightenment 

Aug 28, 2025 • 46min
Quantum EFT: Jenny Johnston and Dawson Church in Conversation
 Jenny Johnston is the founder of Quantum EFT for the soul and author of Tapping into Past Lives and Your Past Life Inheritance. Jenny was an Occupational Therapist for 31 years, but after a spinal injury in 2005, began a new career in hypnotherapy and Clinical EFT. She has been a trainer for EFT Universe since 2010. She has worked with many veterans with PTSD which led her to connect with Dawson in 2009 because of his research with veterans. Through Quantum EFT and past life regression, Jenny enables people to see and become the possibilities that are available to them by exploring their soul contracts. 
 
She and Dawson have been close friends for many years, and here talk about: 
Body consciousness and electromagnetic consciousness
Our past lifetimes stored in our quantum DNA
The Akashic Records 
Near Death Experiences 
Tapping away trauma with Clinical EFT first
Quantum EFT looks at what’s happening on the soul level
 
Learn more about Jenny and her work at:  https://quantumeft.com.au/
 
Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/
 
To order Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
 
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #pastlives #consciousness #dna #soulcontracts 

Aug 21, 2025 • 57min
Your Heart’s Energy Field: Rollin McCraty and Dawson Church in Conversation
 Rollin McCraty, Ph.D. is Director of Research at the Institute of HeartMath. Research interests include the physiology of emotion, intuition and optimal functioning. His work focuses on the mechanisms by which emotions influence cognitive processes, behavior, and health as well as the global interconnectivity between people and the earth’s energetic systems. 
 
Here he and Dawson discuss:
Rollin's background and interest in this work
How the heart’s field is 100 times greater than brain’s field
Experiments that show heart coherence and meditation could change DNA
Needing both heart coherence and intention
What is heart coherence 
How the heart is carrying information about our emotional states
The Global Coherence Initiative
The link between earth’s geomagnetic field and human electromagnetic fields
The Earth’s Field Line Resonances are plucked by the solar wind 
A study where people radiate love and coherence using the heart lock-in
Why negative emotions like frustration produce 1400 biological changes
Ways to turn your emotions around at the energetic level with heart focused breathing
Importance of pausing as often as possible throughout the day
Asking: “What am I feeding the field?”
 
To learn more about Dr. Rollin McCraty and the HeartMath Institute: https://www.heartmath.org/
 
Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/
 
To order Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
 
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #heartmath #heartcoherence #emotions 


