

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 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

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