Episodes
12 minutes ago
12 minutes ago
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:
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Lifetime curiosity about our behavior patterns
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Often there is conflict over who’s getting what share of the energy
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Eastern traditions have an understanding of our own wholeness
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Building on Jung’s work on the masculine and feminine within each person
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Jung’s individuation process
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As a society we’re questioning: who are we?
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When you take everything away, who am I?
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Getting into intuition and synchronicity
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Why you can feel the energy between people
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Always be respectful about your partner
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Should you do your psychological growth work within the relationship?
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The first thing to do in your relationship is to ask why
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The Stoics always asked the first question: Know yourself
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Know your story and your own purpose, then bring an individuated self into the relationship dynamic
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Our relationships are these mirrors that are showing us ourselves
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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
7 days ago
7 days ago
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:
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Sarah's background feeling trapped by her desire to help
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Research into complex PTSD
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Trauma results from an event when our needs are not met
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Survival needs, relationship needs, attachment needs
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As we approach healing, our defensive strategies come up
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Being stuck in the negative belief that 'I’m not enough'
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Why some people do not heal despite effective treatments like EMDR and EFT?
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Suggestions for self-care
To reach out to Sarah or other therapists in the BetterHelp network:
To reach out to Dawson: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #podcast #blissbrain #eft #emdr #betterhelp #highenergyhealth #therapy #mentalhealth
Saturday Oct 26, 2024
Spiritual Intelligence and Leadership: Yosi Amram and Dawson Church in Conversation
Saturday Oct 26, 2024
Saturday Oct 26, 2024
Yosi Amram is a clinical psychologist, leadership coach, and author of Spiritually Intelligent Leadership. Previously he was founder and CEO of two companies that he has led through successful IPOs. Yosi has coached over 100 CEOs, many of whom have built companies with thousands of employees and revenues in the billions. With engineering degrees from MIT, an MBA from Harvard, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Sofia University, he is a pioneering researcher in the field of spiritual intelligence. His research has received over 1000 citations. Yosi is committed to awakening greater spiritual intelligence in himself and the world.
Here Yosi and Dawson share their views on:
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Yosi's background
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Yosi’s research
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The 7 Dimensions of Spiritually Intelligent Leadership
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Meaning, Grace, Inner-direction, Community, Authentic Presence, Truth, Wisdom
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Trusting the universe, opening to beauty in our work
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Bringing joy into work makes us creative and spontaneous
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Working in alignment with our core values
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The most precious resource we have is our attention
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Exercise: connect with your breath, drop into body, heartbeat
Yosi's website is: https://yosiamram.net/
And Dawson can be found at: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #highenergyhealth #leadership #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Living Open Versus Closed: Nate Klemp and Dawson Church in Conversation
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
Tuesday Oct 22, 2024
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:
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The two modes of being in the world: open and closed
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Nate's background and journey to this work
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Tantric Buddhism says we can burn out the roots of our desires
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Why being closed affects your sleep
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External closure to those who disagree with you
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How the real work is done when you’re back to ordinary reality
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Living in a closed mind you still get short term pleasures
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Experiencing sadness grief as part of the human experience
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Daily why and how Nate interrupts his closedness and moves into openness
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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
Thursday Oct 17, 2024
Healing Through Feeling: Rachel Kaplan and Dawson Church in Conversation
Thursday Oct 17, 2024
Thursday Oct 17, 2024
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:
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Rachel's story
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How human relationships inherently involve loss and challenges
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When decades of emotional numbness isn’t easy to overcome
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When people don’t allow themselves a physical based feeling
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The lurking sense of impostor syndrome
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The inability to slow down because of all the distractions
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First Step... ask a key question: What qualities of me do I not accept?
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Emotional release work
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Letting the energy of emotions move through you
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Moving anger is high energy release
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Emotional resilience
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Why EMDR is one of the most powerful forms of trauma healing
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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
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
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:
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The five core characteristics of the enlightenment experience
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Intensity - the emotional centers of the brain are triggered when something significant happens to us
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Oneness - as we surrender, there’s a drop in activity of the frontal lobe
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Limiting distractions
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Focus... but then surrender
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How long do you need to meditate to start neural plasticity? (... just 12 minutes!)
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Being happy, creativity, concentrating, and problem solving
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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
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
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:
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Why people turn to Buddhism
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Gandhi’s 6 Core Values
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Perry's story
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The questions: Who am I? Why am I here? How is the world put together?
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Simplicity
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Meditation
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Emptying your mind
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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
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Donna Eden and David Feinstein are pioneers in the field of Energy Medicine and Energy Psychology. For four decades, Donna has been teaching people how to work with the body’s energy systems to reclaim their health and natural vitality. She has taught more than 100,000 people worldwide, both laypeople and professionals. David is a clinical psychologist and an award-winning author who has published many influential papers in peer reviewed scientific journals. With Donna, he coauthored several seminal books in the field, including Tapping: Self-Healing with the Transformative Power of Energy Psychology, as well as the classic Energy Medicine, and the relationship guide The Energies of Love.
Here Dawson, Donna, and David share about:
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Why most people are able to feel energy even if they can’t see it
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What is Tapping
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How Tapping converts pressure into an electrical impulse to manage stress
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Why David and Dawson picked EFT
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Energy and healing
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When people tap, you see a little spark in their hands then the energy travels up to the brain along meridian lines
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After the tapping sessions you see the different energy systems vividly
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How David and Donna work along with some client stories
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Self-healing is a gift handed to you when you’re born
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Believe in energy, and it will change your life
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How energy medicine and energy psychology work together
To learn more about Donna and David as well as to purchase their latest book: https://edenmethod.com/tapping/
And to learn more about Dawson, his work, and books: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#tapping #eft #blissbrain #highenergyhealth #mindtomatter #energymedicine #energypsychology
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
Consciousness Is All There Is: Tony Nader and Dawson Church in Conversation
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
Tony Nader MD PhD is a medical doctor trained at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in neuroscience) and globally recognized expert in the science of consciousness and human development. His training includes internal medicine, psychiatry, and neurology. He’s the successor to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the head of the Transcendental Meditation organizations globally. He believes that when we connect to the source of our being, which is pure consciousness, we enter a state of profound clarity, peace, and contentment. He is the author of the NY Times best-selling book, Consciousness Is All There Is: How Understanding and Experiencing Consciousness Will Transform Your Life. It provides the methods, tools, and guidance for connecting with our authentic inner nature and understanding how consciousness is the essence of all existence.
Here he and Dawson interact with joy and enthusiasm as they discuss:
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Life’s big questions of freedom and happiness
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Research on the brain and consciousness
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Transcendental Meditation (TM)
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Consciousness as emerging out of cells and brain
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Training ourselves to direct our intention inward rather than outward
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The infinite absolute unbounded self within
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The purpose of life as an expansion of consciousness which leads to happiness
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The whole purpose of our existence
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Creating peace and harmony within a group to change collective awareness
To discover more about Dr. Tony Nader and his work: https://www.drtonynader.com/
To learn more about host Dr. Dawson Church: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#mindtomatter #blissbrain #eft #meditation #tm #consciousness #neuroscience #highenergyhealth
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Reversing Alzheimer’s: Heather Sandison and Dawson Church in Conversation
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Monday Sep 09, 2024
Heather Sandison ND is a renowned naturopathic doctor specializing in neurocognitive medicine and the Founder of Solcere Health Clinic, San Diego’s premier brain optimization clinic. She has dedicated her career to researching and supporting those suffering with dementia. She hosts the annual online Reverse Alzheimer’s Summit where she shares cutting-edge insights into keeping your brain sharp at any age. Dr. Sandison's new book is entitled, Reversing Alzheimer's: The New Toolkit to Improve Cognition and Protect Brain Health.
Here she and Dawson discuss:
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Optimizing our health as we age
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The six risk factors of Alzheimer's: Toxicity. Nutrients. Stressors. Structure. Signaling. Infection.
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Three types of toxins: Mold, household, and personal chemicals
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Heavy metals like lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium: what they do to our body
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Balancing stress
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High quality sleep
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Your body's signals
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Infection as a risk factor, especially gum health
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Case histories: the first major study was published in 2022
To reach Dr. Heather Sandison: https://www.drheathersandison.com/
And Dawson can be found at: https://dawsonchurch.com/
#blissbrain #mindtomatter #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #brainhealth #alzheimers
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