High Energy Health Podcast

Adriana Popescu, PhD, is Chief Clinical Officer at Avery Lane recovery center in Novato, California, and the author of EFT for Addiction. As well as working directly with clients, she provides coaching and mentorship for the Avery Lane clinicians and leadership team. In her practice as a psychologist, she has treated a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic pain, and grief. Research into Avery Lane’s results has shown that Adriana’s energy psychology methods produce much larger reductions in symptoms and relapse than traditional treatment programs.

 

Here she and Dawson discuss:

• Adriana's background
• Discovering EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)
• Using The Prochaska Stages of Change Model to determine readiness to change
• The importance of numerical assessment of symptoms
• Partnering with Vista Research to collect data using standardized instruments
• Assessments of patients in addiction treatment programs
• The fight flight freeze response
• The limitations of traditional talk therapy
• How tapping calms the nervous system
• The way EFT can reach the brain through the connective tissue and calms the amygdala
• How to apply tapping with someone in the throes of an addiction craving
• Tapping on being willing and open to change
• Tapping on specific cravings with addiction treatment
   

Find Adriana at: https://www.adrianapopescu.org/

And to purchase EFT for Addiction: https://www.amazon.com/EFT-Addiction-Adriana-Popescu-PhD/dp/1604153164/

 

Connect with Dawson at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To purchase Dawson the 20^th Anniversary Edition of The Genie in Your Genes: 

https://www.amazon.com/Genie-Your-Genes-Epigenetic-Consciousness/dp/1604153202/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #emotionalhealing #genieinyourgenes #trauma #addiction #eftforaddiction #energypsychology 

Gina Goldfeder is a psychologist and the author of Releasing the Emotional Wound: Shamanic and Psychological Tools to Release Trauma and Rebuild Your Life. Her work draws on her training in shamanism, dream interpretation, psychdrama, and sacred geometry. She helps individuals and couples find core wounds and uses both psychological and spiritual techniques to release them to build a new and functional identity.

 

Here she and Dawson discuss:

• Great psychology as spiritual
• The wound as the portal to healing
• Why we shouldn't be in a hurry to fix your wounds
• Exercise: Write about the you with this wound and the you without it
• The ways we wear armor and eventually we forget we even have it on
• Our strategies to avoid suffering that disconnect us from who we really are
• Exercise: In what ways am I armored?
• Why some people seek help and others do not
• How for some people, suffering becomes the purpose of life
• The practice of owning your life and being responsible 
• Exercise: Where have I gotten comfortable with my wounds?
• Why at some point there are no more words or thoughts, you need more
• Exercise: What ritual can I use to release what I no longer need?

 

Learn more about Gina and her work at: https://ginagoldfeder.com/

 

Connect with Dawson at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To purchase Dawson's book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #emotionalhealing #genieinyourgenes #trauma 

Wendy Valentine is author of Women Waking Up: The Midlife Manifesto for Passion, Purpose, and Play and host of The Midlife Makeover Show, which is a top-rated podcast for women in midlife.  Wendy helps women kick fear to the curb, reignite their spark, and wake up to what’s possible. She lives on the island of Madeira, Portugal.

 

She and Dawson share about: 

• Midlife experiences 
• Wendy's background and personal story
• The inner critic and enemy voice
• Exercise: Who is the you who is waiting in the wings?
• Enjoying the process of being messy as it doesn’t all have to be perfect
• “Wonder Wendy”
• Focusing on a new future self and just keep moving ahead
• The first and most important step... is to believe
• How negative thoughts are like weeds growing in the mind
• Self-love
• “Soul-scribing” 
• Allowing emotions to flow
• How to stop camping out in low frequency emotions

 

To learn more about Wendy: https://wendyvalentine.com/

 

Connect with Dawson at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To purchase Dawson's book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #midlife #genieinyourgenes #reigniteyourspark 

Mandy Tang is the author of Heal Your Career Wounds: Navigating the Trauma of Today’s Workplace. A career coach and holistic healer, Mandy helps clients such as large technology companies, start-ups, and the nonprofit sector bring more creativity and joy into their work lives. Her training includes an MBA in finance from Columbia, certification as a trauma-informed yoga instructor, and completion of a three-year shamanic practitioner program.

 

Here she and Dawson discuss:

• Mandy's diverse background 
• Why there isn’t "great" leadership and management in many companies
• How to get you in touch with your potential at work
• Overreliance on an analytical the mind and how that leads to bad decisions
• Listening to your own inner guidance system; disconnecting from external noise
• Why the best decisions are rarely linear 
• How we talk to ourselves and why that makes a huge difference
• Noticing and raising our level of vibration around work
• What to do if you’re feeling stuck
• Trusting your own voice
• Having a creative outlet that is not tied to outcomes
   

Learn more about Mandy's work at: https://www.mandytang.co/

 

Connect with Dawson at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To purchase Dawson's book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #career #leadership #worklife #healyourcareerwounds 

Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS, is an integrative psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and a professor of psychiatry at UCLA. She directs clinical and research programs in integrative mental health. She serves as a Director of Research for the UCLA Integrative Medicine Collaborative. She is the author of Living from the Soul: The Neuroscience of Spiritual Awakening.

 

Here she and Dawson discuss:

• When you bring in the soul it changes everything
• Helen's background
• How our bodies have the ability to express light
• Why human awakening is happening in steps because it’s too much to handle
• Self-regulation
• Being open to the possibility of the existence of your soul
• The ways caregivers realize that they’re never alone
• Brain health
• Encouraging psychiatry to include self-healing and soul perspective
• Viewing stress and trauma as information for the soul’s evolution

 

Find Helen at: https://drhelenlavretsky.com/

 

Connect with Dawson at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To purchase Dawson's book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #energy #neuroscience #spiritualawakening #livingfromthesoul 

A rare solo episode! Join host Dr. Dawson Church as he guides listeners through the 8 fundamentals of wellbeing ...which are:

• Clean food
• Clean water
• Time in Nature
• Conscious Breathing
• EFT Tapping
• Meditation
• Loving Relationships
• Quality Sleep

To connect with Dawson: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To purchase Dawson's book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #energy #consciousness #breathing #mindfulness #wellbeing 

Will Johnson is the director of the Institute for Embodiment Training and the founder of Bambu Hueco, a retreat center in Costa Rica that views the body as the doorway to spiritual growth and transformation. The author of several books, including Radiant Mindfulness, Breathing through the Whole Body, and Eyes Wide Open, he teaches a deeply body-oriented approach to sitting meditation at Buddhist centers around the world. He lives in Costa Rica.

 

Here he and Dawson reflect on: 

• Why oxygen is food for our cells
• How breathing is central to health and energy
• The historical Buddha
• The first level of instruction the Buddha tells us to keep our attention
• Mindful awareness
• Entering into a shift of consciousness
• Exercise 1: When you’re stressed or overwhelmed, move your attention to the breath
• Why most of us are embedded in the thinking mind
• Exercise 2: Feeling the whole body all at once
• Breathing practice to every cell of the body
• The energetic vibration of all our cells
• When the whole body becomes the organ of breathing

 

To learn more about Will, his work, and his books: https://www.embodiment.net/

 

To connect with host Dr. Dawson Church: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To purchase Dawson's book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #energy #consciousness #breathing #mindfulness 

Kristin Kirk is a spiritual teacher and healer. Since an awakening experience in 2003, she has worked with people to accelerate healing, embodied awakening and self-realization. She offers transmissions and healing events through her online community.

 

Here she and Dawson reflect on: 

• Kristin's background
• Where thoughts and emotions get lodged in the body 
• Fully surrendering 
• Levels of self 
• Nature manifested as miracles of consciousness
• How the truth is within you now whether or not it makes sense
• Question: Are we going through a jump in planetary evolution?
• When it’s hard to trust that love will take care of situation
• Allowing yourself to feel the wisdom and purity of nature
• Creating inner space for lightness newness freshness
• Solutions you would never think of

 

To learn more about Kristin's work: https://kristinkirk.com/

 

To connect with host Dr. Dawson Church: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To purchase Dawson's book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #energy #emotionalregulation #consciousness #healing 

In this solo episode, host Dr. Dawson Church brings three important pieces to listeners who are looking to find more resilience in the midst of global (and personal) chaos.

 

Spiritual Intelligence and Emotional Regulation

Dawson discusses his book "Spiritual Intelligence" and its focus on developing emotional regulation and spiritual intelligence as a progression beyond IQ and emotional intelligence. He explained how the ventromedial prefrontal cortex can be developed to better regulate negative emotions, using examples of both highly intelligent people struggling with emotional control and how meditation can strengthen this brain circuit. Dawson also addressed how global issues like climate change and political concerns are triggering increased depression and despair, particularly among young people.

 

Eco-Meditation and Brain Function

Dawson talks about the importance of maintaining positivity in the face of global challenges and emphasizes the need for resilience. He explained how stress affects brain function and recommended practicing EcoMeditation for 30 days to see measurable changes in brain function, including increased presence and compassion. 

 

Daily Meditation Benefits Discussion

Dawson shares the benefits of daily meditation. He explained how meditation can shift brain function and change one's perspective on global challenges, allowing individuals to see both negative and positive events from a resilient standpoint.

 

To connect with Dr. Dawson Church: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To purchase Dawson's book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #energy #emotionalregulation #ecomeditation #brainfunction 

MaryAnn DiMarco is an internationally recognized spiritual teacher, bestselling author, and speaker known as The Medium Mentor. She helps people trust their intuition and navigate life with greater clarity and confidence. MaryAnn is the bestselling author of Medium Mentor, and The Guide(s) Book. She has been featured on top podcasts including Dear Gabby, The Marie Forleo Podcast, Sibling Revelry, Lipstick on the Rim with Molly Sims, and Heal with Kelly, as well as in major publications such as The New York Times, Bustle, Elle, Women’s Health, and Well+Good.

 

Here she and Dawson reflect on:

• MaryAnn's background
• Malign energies as well as benevolent ones
• EXERCISE: What’s looking to come through you?
• EXERCISE: What’s blocking it?
• Spiritual awakenings
• Understanding what your soul came here to learn
• Soul contracts
• Free will
• Why every awakening comes with an unraveling
• Moving into a new consciousness 
• Expanding our consciousness as a species
• Journaling, automatic writing, sitting with your guides and loved ones
• Making your practice authentic to you

 

To learn more about MaryAnn: https://maryanndimarco.com/

 

To connect with host Dr. Dawson Church: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To purchase Dawson's book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #energy #intuition #spiritualawakening #mediumship