
High Energy Health Podcast
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.
Latest episodes

Mar 27, 2025 • 46min
Insight and Mindfulness: Andrew Holecek and Dawson Church in Conversation
Andrew Holecek offers seminars internationally on meditation, lucid dreaming, and the art of dying. He has studied sleep yoga, bardo yoga, and other traditional practices with living masters in India and Nepal. Holecek is a talented writer who has published books, Dreams of Light and Dream Yoga, and had articles appear in Psychology Today, Parabola, Lion’s Roar, Tricycle, Utne Reader, Buddhadharma, Light of Consciousness, and many other periodicals. He also hosts the popular "Edge of Mind" podcast and is the founder of the Night Club Community, a support platform for nocturnal meditations.
Here he and Dawson discuss:
Chongyam Trungpa: “Meditation isn’t a sedative, it’s a laxative”
Andrew's background
The aspects of the unconscious mind
Cognitive scientists tell us 95 percent of what we do is driven by unconscious patterns
How to start making the unconscious processes conscious
How can you attain something you already have?
The problem with the concept of a Spiritual Path
The Saint who said: “Enlightenment was my biggest disappointment”
Underneath all the experience is openness
Why we are a localization of consciousness
Andrew's definition of meditation: habituation to openness
The 5 nocturnal meditations
Using your sleep for your psychospiritual development
To learn more about Andrew's work: https://www.andrewholecek.com/
Find Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #unconscious #spiritualpath #consciousness

Mar 20, 2025 • 48min
Lighting Up Your Soul: Mandy Morris and Dawson Church in Conversation
Mandy Morris is a bestselling author, speaker, and coach specializing in personal development and manifesting techniques. She is the author of several books including The Guilt Within and The Promise. Known for her empowering work on aligning thoughts, emotions, and actions to create a fulfilling life, she inspires global audiences through her books, courses, and workshops. Mandy’s compassionate approach blends science and spirituality, helping individuals uncover their highest potential and live purposefully.
Here she and Dawson discuss:
Mandy's story
What challenge do you believe you can’t get through?
What small change will you commit to 100%?
From that day to me finding my husband was 2 weeks
Ask: “Why are we manifesting what we don’t want?”
Transmutation of trauma into light
Being in the head rather than in the heart
Mastering yourself: life will never be perfect
What lights your soul up?
Look for just the next step, you don’t need to see the destination
Clearing the clutter
Learn more about Mandy at: https://www.mandymorris.love/
Find Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #trauma #mindfulness #manifestation

Mar 13, 2025 • 50min
When Everything Falls Apart: 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 is the founder of the Prison Mindfulness Institute and the Heart Mind Institute. 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.
Here he and Dawson discuss:
Fleet's background
Exercise 1: What dark part of your life feels like it can never be fixed?
Exercise 2: Regulate breath, posture, voice, get ourselves out of fight flight
Finding a nugget of time when you’re in wellbeing, and build on that
Why healing the world starts with our individual work
How genetically we’ve inherited the collective trauma of the human race
Plugging back into quantum field
The three views of human nature
The goals at Heart Mind Institute
What are the three simplest foundational practices (breathwork, witness perspective/mindfulness, and bodywork)
To learn more about Fleet and the Heart Mind Institute: https://www.heartmind.co/
Find Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #heartmindinstitute #collectivetrauma #mindfulness

Mar 6, 2025 • 46min
Healing the Incurable: Ofer Niv and Dawson Church in Conversation
Ofer Niv, a transformational healer with a unique background in IT and shamanic energy work, joins Dawson Church for an enlightening conversation. They explore the notion of unchangeable body conditions, revealing the potential origins of ailments in past lifetimes. Ofer discusses the power of high-frequency light and divine light oneness, advocating for the collective impact of individual meditation on global well-being. Listeners are encouraged to reflect on their personal healing journeys and the spiritual roots of their challenges.

Feb 27, 2025 • 45min
Releasing Chronic Pain: Rick Olderman and Dawson Church in Conversation
Rick Olderman is a sports and orthopedic physical therapist, and the author of Pain Patterns and several other books. He has 30 years of clinical experience with chronic pain patients.
Here Rick and Dawson discuss:
The definition of acute versus chronic pain
The 3 problems that cause almost all back pain
Exercise: identifying chronic back pain by lying down, legs bent vs flat
Why the posture with knees bent feels better?
Fascial myofibroblasts have 6x the flexibility of regular fascia
Old injuries
What to do if you’re walking poorly and triggering pain?
Tension in lower back
Unlocking your knees
Rick has so much wisdom to share; you can find him at: https://rickolderman.com/
View Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #painpatterns #sportstherapy #orthopedic #chronicpain

Feb 21, 2025 • 47min
Natural Supplementation for Transformation: Leah Linder and Pam Conboy with Dawson Church in Conversation
Leah Linder is a naturopathic physician with a focus on botanicals and nutrition, and expertise in natural supplement formulation and manufacture. She is also a Master Gardener. Pam Conboy is a doctoral student in naturopathic medicine. She has spent her professional years educating practitioners about nutritional supplementation. Both are ordained ministers and shamanic practitioners.
Here they and Dawson discuss:
Research on psilocybin for PTSD and addictions
Microdosing
Plant medicine for profound understanding of something beyond self
Lifestyle management
Serotonin receptors which synthesizes other neurotransmitters
Transcendence of self
Dopamine and oxytocin
Failure to seek social support
The many layers of trauma
For more information about Leah and Pam: https://www.setasseminary.org/
View Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #naturalsupplementation #trauma #psilocybin

Feb 13, 2025 • 43min
Terrible Events as a Source of Meaning: Jennifer McLean and Dawson Church in Conversation
Jennifer McLean is the author of 5 books and has appeared on FOX, ABC, CBS and other media. She created the first online summit in the personal development space, Healing With The Masters, which reached millions over 17 seasons. She is the creator of the Spontaneous Transformation Technique (STT) which helps release unconscious and unresolved trauma from the body.
Jennifer and Dawson have been friends for many years, and here they share about:
Jennifer's background
Soul intention
How dissonance creates a yearning for harmony
The reason why the body doesn’t know the difference between reality and a story
Deep compassion and trust
Fact: One thought of compassion is more powerful than evil
Using the moment of your reaction to heal the part of you that’s ready to heal
The importance of spending 3 minutes just feeling your feelings
Exercise: Say “I feel X” without telling the story behind the feeling
Jennifer can be found at: www.spontaneoustransformationcertification.com/horoscope-stts
View Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #spontaneoustransformationtechnique #compassion #trauma

Feb 5, 2025 • 41min
Spiritual Aging: Carol Orsborn and Dawson Church in Conversation
Dr. Carol Orsborn is the best-selling author of over 35 books including Spiritual Aging: Weekly Reflections for Embracing Life. Her earlier books include The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life’s Promise and Older, Wiser, Fiercer. She has appeared on Oprah, NBC Nightly News and on The Today Show among many others. She has helped brands such as Ford, AARP, Prudential and Humana communicate with Baby Boomers.
Carol and Dawson discuss:
Why aging in the best of times is difficult
Searching for meaning and purpose
Exploring aging as a spiritual experience
Carol's story
How to age positively
What to do when you feel powerless and alone
Unprecedented joy and fulfillment
Learning to love aging is a new skill
The reasons why older you get, the freer you get
Living passionately and fully at any age
Discover more about Carol's work at: https://carolorsborn.com/
View Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #aging #spiritualaging #embracinglife

Jan 29, 2025 • 47min
Dreaming Your Future: Theresa Cheung and Dawson Church in Conversation
Theresa Cheung has been researching and writing about spirituality, dreams and the paranormal for the past twenty-five years. Her books, including The Premonition Code and Dreaming of Your Future have been translated into over 40 languages. She has appeared on many media outlets including the BBC, Coast to Coast, and ITV, and has her own popular spiritual podcast called White Shores. She works closely with scientists studying consciousness.
Here she and Dawson discuss:
Theresa's background
Why where your attention goes during the day appears in your dreams
Dream journaling
Avoiding screens an hour before sleep
Allowing the first half of your day to be quiet time just for you
How dreams can alert you to medical conditions you might not know you have
How the dreaming mind knows that your real wealth is your soul
Ways dreams can show you your unconscious mindsets; things you aren’t admitting to yourself
Looking beneath the surface for meaning
The practice of seeing your waking day as a dream
For more about Theresa's work: https://www.theresacheung.com/
For more about Dawson and his work: https://dawsonchurch.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #dreams #consciousness

Jan 19, 2025 • 45min
Inner Stillness: Jiulio Consiglio and Dawson Church in Conversation
Jiulio Consiglio is a spiritual teacher and the author of Your Inner Healer, Open Your Third Eye, and The Healing Frequency. He focuses on the transformative power of inner stillness, the mind-body-spirit connection and the development of psychic abilities. His message is that there is life beyond fear and incessant thinking, and it is found in the dimension of inner stillness.
Here he and Dawson discuss:
Jiulio's story
When you allow negative thoughts to remain unchallenged
In the Inner Stillness, the mind is silence
Surrender, trust, faith, no inner conflict
Living moment by moment
How attachment to outcomes is the source of our suffering, not desire
Fearlessness, empowerment discernment unconditional love
From the inner stillness you’re observing the outer world
Becoming aware of the thinking mind and then the space between thoughts
Enlightenment is awareness of inner stillness
Why we never change when we’re uncomfortable
In the enlightenment state you’re observing the outside world
The key is to choose love and stillness consistently
For more information about Jiulio: https://www.jiulioconsiglio.com/
For more about Dawson: https://dawsonchurch.com/
And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence:
https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #innerstillness #healingfrequency