

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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Dec 6, 2024 • 42min
Herbal Intelligence: David Hoffmann and Dawson Church in Conversation
David Hoffmann is the author of 14 books, such as The Holistic Herbal and Medical Herbalism, that have been translated into 9 languages. He is a Fellow of Britain’s National Institute of Medical Herbalists. After moving to the US in 1986 he became co-founder and is a past president of the American Herbalist Guild. His most recent book is Herbal Intelligence.
Here he and Dawson discuss:
The value of living a life of simplicity
Embracing everything including the darkness
Getting rid of conditioning
How Herbalism is integrating humans into the whole of life
Why in every culture from the most ancient ones they have used herbalism
Thinking of herbs as alleviating distress and empowering rather than curing
The 6 herbs that everyone should know about
Reducing inflammation, easing coughs, improving skin, promoting relaxation
The profound science behind herbalism
Being in community with people, animals, plants and nature
Enoughness gives us space to grow and love each other
To purchase David's book, Herbal Intelligence: Plant Teachers and the Return of Viriditas
https://www.amazon.com/Herbal-Intelligence-Teachers-Return-Viriditas/dp/1620556146
To connect with Dawson, his work, and his books:
https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #herbalintelligence #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation

Nov 25, 2024 • 45min
The Awakening Intensive with Dawson Church
A rare treat! A solo High Energy Health episode! Here, host Dr. Dawson Church leads listeners through a set of energy exercises. They are designed to cultivate a sense of community and allow you to feel your energetic connection with others on the same path. They also help you develop healthy boundaries, release tension in your body, and cultivate the slow waves of healing and renewal in your brain. He explains the Four Circuits of the Brain's Enlightenment Network, and how you can develop these one by one.
Celebrating the connection we all share as community
Exercise 1: Energetic connection with the whole group
Exercise 2: Maintaining healthy boundaries and returning to your own energy space
Exercise 3: Tapping to release tension in the body
Exercise 4: Eye movements to bring the brain into alpha-theta state
The Awakening Intensive Meditation Retreat
Ancient spiritual practices filtered through the lens of neuroscience
The Four Circuits of the Brain's Enlightenment Network
How activating the Enlightenment Network leads to ecstatic states of joy
For more information, visit: https://eftuniverse.com/awakening-intensive/
#highenergyhealth #spiritualintelligence #blissbrain #mindtomatter #eft #meditation #thebrain #enlightenmentnetwork #awakening

Nov 13, 2024 • 45min
Your Magical Power of Choice: Jonathan Hammond and Dawson Church in Conversation
Jonathan Hammond is a spiritual counselor and author of The Shaman’s Mind. He is a graduate of Harvard and a master teacher of Reki and Shamanism. He teaches classes in the Hawaiian healing art of Huna at Omega Institute and online.
Here he and Dawson discuss:
Jonathan's background
Empathic attunement with indigenous mind
The enchantment of human and natural worlds
The energy of Hawaii
Aloha: to share life force or breath
What’s lighting you up? It’s like that for a reason!
The Huna tradition
The ability to make a choice is magical power
Trauma blindsides us and the nervous system creates an inner critic
Looping trauma and how to interrupt it
Using Ho’oponopono
“I love you. I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you.”
Jonathan can be found online at: https://mindbodyspiritmaui.com/
And Dawson can be found at: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #spiritualintelligence #blissbrain #eft #highenergyhealth #meditation #theshamansmind #huna #hawaii

Nov 7, 2024 • 49min
Fulfilling Relationships: Dené Logan and Dawson Church in Conversation
Dené Logan is a marriage and family therapist, spiritual teacher, and host of the podcast Cheaper Than Therapy, which gives a behind-the-scenes look at coaching sessions with clients and interviews with thought leaders in the field of mental health and wellness.
Here Dené and Dawson discuss:
Lifetime curiosity about our behavior patterns
Often there is conflict over who’s getting what share of the energy
Eastern traditions have an understanding of our own wholeness
Building on Jung’s work on the masculine and feminine within each person
Jung’s individuation process
As a society we’re questioning: who are we?
When you take everything away, who am I?
Getting into intuition and synchronicity
Why you can feel the energy between people
Always be respectful about your partner
Should you do your psychological growth work within the relationship?
The first thing to do in your relationship is to ask why
The Stoics always asked the first question: Know yourself
Know your story and your own purpose, then bring an individuated self into the relationship dynamic
Our relationships are these mirrors that are showing us ourselves
You are the love of your life
To learn more about Dené and her work: https://denelogan.com/
To find Dawson and his work: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #relationships #marriage #couples #cheaperthantherapy

Nov 1, 2024 • 53min
Getting Past Defensiveness: Sarah Close and Dawson Church in Conversation
Sarah Close is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Oregon. She received her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and operates from a Relational, Trauma-Informed approach. She is trained in EMDR and NARM. Sarah gently aims to shift the focus of mental health care from the struggles and ‘problems’ we all face, to the resiliency and wisdom inherent in seeking help. She has been with BetterHelp since its inception in 2013, supporting this online service dedicated to making mental health care more accessible to everyone. BetterHelp’s network of over 30,000 licensed therapists has helped millions of people take ownership of their mental health and work towards their personal goals.
Here Sarah and Dawson discuss:
Sarah's background feeling trapped by her desire to help
Research into complex PTSD
Trauma results from an event when our needs are not met
Survival needs, relationship needs, attachment needs
As we approach healing, our defensive strategies come up
Being stuck in the negative belief that 'I’m not enough'
Why some people do not heal despite effective treatments like EMDR and EFT?
Suggestions for self-care
To reach out to Sarah or other therapists in the BetterHelp network:
https://www.betterhelp.com/
To reach out to Dawson: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #podcast #blissbrain #eft #emdr #betterhelp #highenergyhealth #therapy #mentalhealth

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Oct 27, 2024 • 44min
Spiritual Intelligence and Leadership: Yosi Amram and Dawson Church in Conversation
Yosi Amram, a clinical psychologist and leadership coach, discusses his groundbreaking research on spiritual intelligence, crucial in today's leadership landscape. He introduces the 7 Dimensions of Spiritually Intelligent Leadership, emphasizing the importance of trust, joy, and community in the workplace. Yosi shares insights on the power of authentic presence and resilience, blending passion with surrender. Listeners are encouraged to connect with their breath and values, transforming work into a more fulfilling and creative experience.

Oct 23, 2024 • 48min
Living Open Versus Closed: Nate Klemp and Dawson Church in Conversation
Nate Klemp is a philosopher, mindfulness entrepreneur, and the author of several books including Start Here, The 80/80 Marriage, and Open: Living With an Expansive Mind in a Distracted World.
Here Nate and Dawson discuss living with an open mind, and provide you with four provocative exercises you can use to live an open life as well as:
The two modes of being in the world: open and closed
Nate's background and journey to this work
Tantric Buddhism says we can burn out the roots of our desires
Why being closed affects your sleep
External closure to those who disagree with you
How the real work is done when you’re back to ordinary reality
Living in a closed mind you still get short term pleasures
Experiencing sadness grief as part of the human experience
Daily why and how Nate interrupts his closedness and moves into openness
What openness looks and feels like
To learn more about Nate's work and books: https://www.nateklemp.com/
And to learn about Dawson's work and his books: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#blissbrain #mindtomatter #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #expansivemind #distractedworld #mindfulness

Oct 17, 2024 • 48min
Healing Through Feeling: Rachel Kaplan and Dawson Church in Conversation
Rachel Kaplan, MA, MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and author of the book Feel, Heal, and Let That Sh*t Go. Kaplan has studied yoga, meditation, and hands-on healing practices in India and Nepal, earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and trained in cutting-edge trauma modalities such as EMDR. She divides her time between Oakland and Joshua Tree, California.
Here she and Dawson discuss:
Rachel's story
How human relationships inherently involve loss and challenges
When decades of emotional numbness isn’t easy to overcome
When people don’t allow themselves a physical based feeling
The lurking sense of impostor syndrome
The inability to slow down because of all the distractions
First Step... ask a key question: What qualities of me do I not accept?
Emotional release work
Letting the energy of emotions move through you
Moving anger is high energy release
Emotional resilience
Why EMDR is one of the most powerful forms of trauma healing
Brave into the unknown... face your fears and you’ll build self-trust
To learn more about Rachel: https://thefeelingsmovement.com/
And for more about Dawson: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#highenergyhealth #feelings #healing #mindtomatter #blissbrain #emdr #eft #meditation

Oct 15, 2024 • 46min
The Five Core Characteristics of Enlightenment Experiences: Andrew Newberg and Dawson Church in Conversation
Andrew B. Newberg, M.D. is currently the Director of Research at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital in Philadelphia. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Nuclear Medicine. Dr. Newberg has been particularly involved in the study of mystical and religious experiences; a field referred to as “neurotheology.” He has published over 200 peer reviewed articles and chapters on brain function, brain imaging, and the study of religious and mystical experiences. He is also author or co-author of several books including How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain: The New Science of Transformation (Avery) and Neurotheology: How Science Can Enlighten Us About Spirituality (Columbia University Press). He has appeared on Dr. Oz, Good Morning America, Nightline, 20/20, CNN, ABC.
He and Dawson discuss topics such as:
The five core characteristics of the enlightenment experience
Intensity - the emotional centers of the brain are triggered when something significant happens to us
Oneness - as we surrender, there’s a drop in activity of the frontal lobe
Limiting distractions
Focus... but then surrender
How long do you need to meditate to start neural plasticity? (... just 12 minutes!)
Being happy, creativity, concentrating, and problem solving
The sense of unity to community and global humanitarian the universe
Andrew's website is: https://www.andrewnewberg.com/
And Dawson can be found at: https://dawsonchurch.com/
Note: This episode of High Energy Health originally aired on HealthyLife.net in September 2019.
#highenergyhealth #enlightenment #blissbrain #eft #mindtomatter #meditation #integrativehealth

Oct 7, 2024 • 45min
Living Gandhi’s 6 Core Values: Perry Garfinkel and Dawson Church in Conversation
Perry Garfinkel is a veteran journalist, editor, and author of the books Buddha or Bust and Becoming Gandhi. For that book, he spent 3 years retracing the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi while living his core values. He has written extensively for many publications including the New York Times, National Geographic, LA Times, and the Huffington Post.
Here he and Dawson reflect on:
Why people turn to Buddhism
Gandhi’s 6 Core Values
Perry's story
The questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How is the world put together?
Simplicity
Meditation
Emptying your mind
Releasing the self judgment that brings us down
To learn more about Perry, his work, and his books: https://perrygarfinkel.com/
And for more on Dawson: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #highenergyhealth #eft #meditation #gandhi #buddhism