High Energy Health Podcast

Elena Brower is a celebrated international yoga and meditation teacher on Glo, guiding transformative practices since 1999. Her debut book, Art of Attention, has been translated into seven languages. In 2023, she received Jukai (lay Buddhist vows) from Roshi Joan Jiko Halifax at Upaya Zen Center and is a student in Upaya’s Chaplaincy Training As part of her service, she volunteers in hospice and penitentiary settings, bringing yoga, meditation, and compassionate presence. Her most recent book, Hold Nothing, investigates what it means to let go of narratives and return to the spacious emptiness within.   Here she and Dawson reflect on: Elena's background  The moment of change: “How do I ever stop? The alignment of outer work with the vows and values The sometimes scary inner world Exercise: when you want run away, stay with it for one more breath The point where the void ceases to be fearful Letting go of the external extraneous realities Why there's no way to escape sickness, old age, death, and losing everyone you love Wisdom in the quiet   Learn more about Elena at: https://elenabrower.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #zen #stillness #holdnothing

Andrew Vidich, PhD, is an author, educator, international speaker, and editor. Dr. Vidich has served as faculty at several universities and is a founding member of The Interfaith Council of New York. He teaches and trains people in conflict management, leadership skills, and contemplative practice in educational, corporate, and nonprofit organizations. He has been meditating, and studying and writing about meditation, since his teenage years. He is the author of Love Is a Secret and Light Upon Light, two books about the paths of the great spiritual masters, and what their journeys can teach us. Light Upon Light has recently appeared in audio, and you can download it for free if you choose it as your first book when you get an Audible membership.   Here he and Dawson reflect on:   Andrew's background The use the word “love”  States of being that we don’t have words for  How lovers don’t meet each other, they’re in each other all along The fundamental misconception that love is outside us Love as the gift of the Creator to the created Why all forms of love are derivatives of the Creator’s love   Find Andew's book, Love is a Secret, at: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secret-Andrew-Vidich-ebook/dp/B0CL5HCDDK/ Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #love

Dr. Joel Levey, along with his wife Michelle, are pioneers in the global “mindfulness revolution." Through the International Center for Corporate Culture and Organizational Health, they have been introducing mindfulness into workplace as a “vital organizational operating system” for enhancing the quality of every aspect and encounter of life and work within an organization. They are the authors of Manual for the Awakening Warrior.   Here Joel and Dawson explore: Joel's background Consciousness research in the 70s at Washington University Understanding human potential movement Exercise: Feeling each of your fingers individually Integrating high level nutrition, aikido, biofeedback and neurofeedback Dissolving tension, regulate emotions, calm minds, contemplative mindfulness The word for being unable to describe your feelings: Alexithymia Exercise: Wiggle fingers, feel toes Vipassana techniques Releasing traumas that are encoded in the deep matrix of the body Allowing the field of our love reach out to touch everyone   Learn more about Dr. Joel Levey at: https://www.wisdomatwork.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #wisdomatwork #awakeningwarrior

Greg Mahr, M.D., is a psychiatrist actively involved in teaching and research on acute trauma and nightmares. He is on the faculty of the medical schools at both Michigan State University and Wayne State University and has published more than 30 academic research articles. Greg is the author of The Wisdom of Dreams: Science, Synchronicity and the Language of the Soul. His most recent work, coauthored with Heather Taylor-Zimmerman, is a guidebook and set of 42 cards called the Dream Wisdom Oracle.   Here he and Dawson discuss: Greg's background Why every dream is an unopened letter How nightmares can be a way of processing trauma Rewriting traumatic dreams with a positive ending Modern techniques for inducing lucid dreams   The Jungian term, “Active Imagination” The link between dreams and creativity How MRIs of the dreaming brain show lots of connections not present in waking life What is trauma  The ways dreams can help you connect with parts of the self that allow creativity to enter in different ways   For more information about Dr. Greg Mahr: https://www.gregmahr.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 #dreams

David Cunningham is a renowned transformational coach and speaker with 40 years’ experience in empowering individuals to live from a place of love, grace, and authenticity. For three decades, at Landmark Worldwide, one of the world’s most powerful transformational programs, he led literally hundreds of thousands of participants to live from a place of love, grace, and authenticity. He is the author of Your Love Does Matter.    Here he and Dawson discuss: David's background How to expand your love footprint Control over our thoughts and emotions Bestowing grace regardless of how you feel The Love Matters Collaboration Exercise - before you go to a place today, ask, what love footprint will you leave behind? Why we have difficulty forgiving Asking yourself for how many more hours you’re going to resent this person Knowing Your Love Does Matter   Find David at: https://www.yourlovedoesmatter.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 #love #forgiveness #yourlovedoesmatter

Donnie Yance is a Clinical Master Herbalist and Certified Nutritionist, internationally renowned for his pioneering work in botanical and nutritional medicine, particularly the integrative treatment of cancer. Donnie has authored two definitive books on botanical and herbal medicine: "Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer" and "Adaptogens in Medical Herbalism."    Here Donnie and Dawson discuss: Donnie's background Why fear dominates medicine not love Turning an unhealthy person into a super-person The interplay between host and disease What cancer does when it hijacks the system Unpacking the characteristics of disease Creating resilience Optimize your health rather than fight disease The biggest new discovery in cancer: beta blockers for hypertension How the sympathetic nervous system is a major driver of metastasis The most important element of spirituality: kindness It’s not what's happening, it's how we respond to what’s happening Bring love and goodness to the world Kenosis - Greek word for getting the garbage out of our minds Telos - divine meaning of self Lectio Divino - divine reading, pause, allow divine to speak   Find Donnie's work and books at: https://www.donnieyance.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 #cancer #herbalmedicine

Monica Evans is a Clinical EFT practitioner and mentor for EFT Universe. Though she studied energy healing for more than 20 years, it was only when she learned Clinical EFT that she was able to release the fear-based reactions that were running her life. Inspired by her own experience, she made sharing these gifts with others her life’s work. Monica’s gentle and trauma-informed approach helps clients heal their inner wounds once and for all.    Here she and Dawson discuss: Monica's background Reiki, Transcendental Meditation, EMDR, and EFT OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) Disproportionate responses  Finding the root of your own issues Clinical EFT  Covert trauma - the lack of something, like being valued as a child Child dissociation  The inner critic    Monica generously created a code for listeners to receive $50 off of any of her private session bundles. Link is https://www.peaceloveandtapping.com/book-online    Code is HIGHENERGY50   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 #stress #tapping #ocd #clinicaleft #peaceloveandtapping

Brad Yates is known internationally for his creative and often humorous use of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). He is the author of the best-selling children's book "The Wizard's Wish," the co-author of the best-seller "Freedom at Your Fingertips.” Videos on Brad’s YouTube channel have been viewed over 55 million times.    Here he and Dawson reflect on: Brad's background Why behind despair is fear and suffering Energy hygiene practices Healthy ways to manage our stress Seeing ways of improving your life when you get out of stress mode Exercise: Tapping for my wellbeing level Brad's future vision  How tapping away stress can help develop a positive vision for our future   Find Brad at: https://www.tapwithbrad.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 #stress #tapping

Gene Monterastelli is a teacher, coach, and creator who helps people use tapping to transform the stories that keep them stuck. As the founder of Tapping Q & A and Tapping Mastery Academy, Gene has spent more than fifteen years helping thousands of people release resistance, heal emotional wounds, and take meaningful action in their lives and businesses.    Here he and Dawson reflect on: Gene's background Discovering EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Tapping I’d played around with EFT tapping Why life is a resource management problem Finding the subconscious resistance How the subconscious mind acts as a prediction machine  The ways it’s not survival of the fittest, it’s survival of the most fearful How the subconscious mind believes it's safer to do nothing Where to start ...often the hardest part The Peaceful Heart Network Bringing EFT Tapping to places such as refugee camps, schools, prisons crisis, and Rwanda   For more about Gene:  http://tappingqanda.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 #subconscious #tapping

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