

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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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

Aug 13, 2025 • 43min
Addiction Is a Family Disease: Jackie Jackson and Dawson Church in Conversation
Jackie Jackson is a yoga teacher certified in Somatic EMDR. She is the author of Urge Overkill: A Story of Breaking Free, a self-help book on based on her own experience and her work at a domestic violence and rape shelter. Her second book is Holistic Trauma Healing: Strategies to Integrate the Body, Mind, and Spirit, exploring how to use conventional with complementary modalities. Jackie is also a group facilitator with Other Parents Like Me, a national online network supporting caregivers of children facing mental health challenges.
Here she and Dawson talk about:
Jackie's story and purpose
Why addiction is a family disease
Questioning our thoughts, and holding space for contrasting needs
The gayatri mantra
Remaining positive no matter what
Emotional triggers
Experience glimmers
Self-care and boundaries
When adverse behaviors appear in loved ones
Maintaining connection with I statements and understanding
Walking beside people without trying to fix or change them
To learn more about Jackie: https://www.jacquelinejackson.net/
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 #addiction #somaticemdr

Aug 8, 2025 • 45min
Understanding Autism: Sol Smith and Dawson Church in Conversation
Sol Smith spent nearly two decades as a college professor, always feeling and doing things out of step with everyone else, before realizing that he was autistic. He works with individuals, as well as offering educational seminars about neurodiversity. He is the author of The Autistic’s Guide to Self-Discovery.
Here he and Dawson talk about:
Sol's story
Masking; feeling like an impostor
Why sharing puts us into a vulnerable position
Stats: Around 3-6% of the population is autistic
Stats: Four boys for every 1 girl
Why only 20% are diagnosed as children, 80% are not diagnosed till adulthood
How women mask autism better than men
Self-assessments
Camouflaging autistic traits
How Autism is a type of neurodivergence
Definition: Neurodivergence is when the brain diverges from typical development
Tools for those with Autism like exercise, sleep and meditation
Short term tools: steps like changing your setting, activities, mantras
Going from motivation to stress
An important topic! Find Sol's book and work at: https://www.professorsol.com/
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 #autism #neurodivergence

Aug 2, 2025 • 43min
Soul Design: Linda Backman and Dawson Church in Conversation
Linda Backman is a psychologist and regression therapist. She has been guiding a process she calls Soul Regressions for 30 years and has conducted thousands of Past Life and Between Lives Soul Regressions. Among her books are Soul Design, Souls on Earth, The Evolving Soul and Bringing Your Soul to Light. They describe how reincarnation plays a pivotal role in our personal growth and relationships.
Here she and Dawson talk about:
Linda's background
Research into actual past life cases
Working with clients on the soul level
What is soul energy and where does it come from
Energy that pushes us to evolve and grow
Why most of us do not remember our past lives
The discovery that knowing the specifics of our past lives isn’t necessary to heal
How you know when you’re on track and off track
Trusting the signs the universe is giving you
How some souls are here to aid humanity not necessarily designed for earth
Your core is your higher self and your guides speaking to you
To learn more about Dr. Linda Backman: https://ravenheartcenter.com/
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 #souldesign #pastlives #soulenergy

Jul 24, 2025 • 44min
Coincidences: Bernard Beitman and Dawson Church in Conversation
Dr. Bernard Beitman is a graduate of Yale Medical School and did his psychiatric residency at Stanford University. He is the author of Life-Changing Synchronicities: A Doctor’s Journey of Coincidence and Serendipity. Dr Beitman is the former chair of psychiatry of the University of Missouri-Columbia Medical School for 17 years; he writes a blog for Psychology Today on coincidence and is the coauthor of the award-winning book Learning Psychotherapy. He’s the founder of The Coincidence Project, and you can share your coincidence story with him at https://thecoincidenceproject.net/
Here he and Dawson talk about:
How and why love is fundamental to creating coincidences
The inner GPS compass
Bernard's background
They ways individually we are part of a global mind
Love connections over time and space
Shared consciousness of all humanity
Contributing to the collective consciousness of humankind
Questions: What is it that you’re here to do? What’s your purpose?
How one might contribute to planetary healing
Global synchronicity
Consciousness on this planet as a collaborative
To learn more about Dr. Beitman: https://www.coincider.com/
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 #coincidence #synchronicity #consciousness

Jul 18, 2025 • 48min
Big Love: Scott Stabile and Dawson Church in Conversation
Scott Stabile is the author of Big Love: The Undeniable Joy of Following Your Heart. He is a passionate love advocate who believes there is no force more powerful than love to create real connection and healing in our world. Scott guides transformation breathwork journeys and leads personal empowerment workshops internationally. His inspirational posts have attracted more than 350,000 Facebook fans.
Here he and Dawson talk about:
Why it is entirely human to have conflict and not like people
Accepting who we are as we are in the moment
Being in alignment with your heart’s energy
Our journey through life is figuring out how to be with our experiences
How can we stay in our hearts despite all our emotions
How do you live love in a world in which horrible things are always happening?
Aligning yourself with your values
How can you be a living example of what you want to see in the world?
Scott's website is: https://www.scottstabile.com/
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 #biglove #joy #followyourheart

Jul 10, 2025 • 48min
Cravings and Chronic Pain: Peta Stapleton and Dawson Church in Conversation
Dr. Peta Stapleton has 25 years' experience as a registered Clinical and Health Psychologist and is currently a Professor in Psychology at Bond University in Australia. She is the author of The Science behind Tapping and has been an investigator in dozens of clinical trials, mostly of EFT tapping. In 2019 Peta was named Psychologist of the Year by the Australian Allied Health Awards.
She and Dawson have collaborated on many studies, and here they review:
Peta's background
Treating anorexia and bulimia
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Clinical Trials and Research
After EFT had better restraint, in the next 6 months they kept on losing weight
How tapping can leave you in a meditative state
Where tapping and meditation is taking the world
Interactions with children, partners and team members after using EFT
Why tapping can lead to an increase in happiness and calm
Can EFT result in changes in countries and global systems?
Children learning to tap in school
For more information about Dr. Peta Stapleton: https://www.petastapleton.com/
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 #tapping #research

Jul 4, 2025 • 47min
Spiritual Intelligence on the Job: Cindy Wigglesworth and Dawson Church in Conversation
Cindy Wigglesworth is the bestselling author of SQ21: The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence. Her SQ21 spiritual intelligence self-assessment has created a validated and diversity-appropriate way of having spiritual conversations in the workplace. John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market, calls SQ “the next frontier in leadership.” Cindy has appeared on Oprah, PBS, and numerous other national media and conferences. Through her company Deep Change, she consults on leadership development and sustainable corporate culture.
She and Dawson have been sharing ideas about SQ for years, and here talk about:
How personal growth makes you so much more effective as a leader
Cindy's background
Why SQ is love in action
Defining SQ as the ability to behave with wisdom and compassion while maintaining inner and outer peace
An essential skill is distinguishing between your ego and higher self
Awareness that your ego self exists
Observing the ego and noticing the differences between it and the higher self
Recognizing in the body the situations where ego wants to take charge
Learning to hear the voice of the higher self.
Shifting from Ego to Higher Self, acronym, SOUL
S for Stop. Interrupt the pattern.
O for Observe what’s happening in your body
U for Understanding deeply from the other person’s perspective
L for Love; find a loving response
Learn more about Cindy and her work at: https://www.deepchange.com/
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 #ego #soul #deepchange

Jun 26, 2025 • 47min
Reversing Chronic Disease: James Maskell and Dawson Church in Conversation
On a mission to flatten the curve of healthcare costs, James Maskell has spent the past decade innovating at the cross section of functional medicine and community. He created the Functional Forum, the world’s largest integrative medicine conference. He is author of the book The Evolution of Medicine, which prepares health professionals for a new era of personalized, participatory medicine.
James and I discuss:
James' background
Discovering our society is on the brink of a precipice of chronic disease
People supporting each other in their own healing
Why all lifestyle diseases lead to brain inflammation
TruNeura software
How our culture reinforces the most unhealthy behaviors
James' personal vision
Collective models of ownership
You can find more information at: https://goevomed.com/
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 #truneura #evolutionofmedicine #chronicdisease