High Energy Health Podcast

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 

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 

Change Your Energy For Radical Healing: Donna Eden, David Feinstein and Dawson Church in Conversation

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: 

• Why most people are able to feel energy even if they can’t see it
• What is Tapping 
• How Tapping converts pressure into an electrical impulse to manage stress
• Why David and Dawson picked EFT
• Energy and healing
• When people tap, you see a little spark in their hands then the energy travels up to the brain along meridian lines
• After the tapping sessions you see the different energy systems vividly
• How David and Donna work along with some client stories
• Self-healing is a gift handed to you when you’re born
• Believe in energy, and it will change your life
• 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 

 

 

 

Consciousness Is All There Is: Tony Nader and Dawson Church in Conversation

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:

• Life’s big questions of freedom and happiness
• Research on the brain and consciousness
• Transcendental Meditation (TM)
• Consciousness as emerging out of cells and brain
• Training ourselves to direct our intention inward rather than outward
• The infinite absolute unbounded self within 
• The purpose of life as an expansion of consciousness which leads to happiness
• The whole purpose of our existence
• 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 

 

Reversing Alzheimer’s: Heather Sandison and Dawson Church in Conversation

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:

• Optimizing our health as we age
• The six risk factors of Alzheimer's: Toxicity. Nutrients. Stressors. Structure. Signaling. Infection.
• Three types of toxins: Mold, household, and personal chemicals
• Heavy metals like lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium: what they do to our body
• Balancing stress
• High quality sleep
• Your body's signals
• Infection as a risk factor, especially gum health
• 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

 

How Our Negative Patterns Serve Us: Jerry Colonna and Dawson Church in Conversation

Jerry Colonna is a leading executive coach who uses the skills he learned as a venture capitalist to help entrepreneurs. He is a co-founder and CEO of Reboot, the executive coaching and leadership development company, host of the Reboot Podcast, and author of Reunion: Leadership and the Longing to Belong. He draws on his wide variety of experiences to help clients design a more conscious life and make needed changes to their career to improve their performance and satisfaction. 

 

Here he and Dawson share their perspectives on: 

• Jerry's story: walking away from the money and glamor of being a venture capitalist
• “What is the path to enlightenment?”
• Confronting the things that have held us back
• “How have I been complicit in creating these circumstances?”
• Thinking we lack the power to create changes
• “How has this belief system served me?
• The gap between the world as it could be and the world as it is
• The importance of pausing and taking note of how you feel at this moment
• Start by being kind to yourself

 

To explore Jerry's work deeper, his website is: https://www.reboot.io/

 

And you can find Dawson at: https://dawsonchurch.com/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #eft #meditation #executivecoach #highenergyhealth #leadership

The Gift of Your Shadow: Amrit Sandhu and Dawson Church in Conversation

Amrit Sandhu is an international speaker and life purpose coach. Episodes of his podcast, Inspired Evolution, have been heard or downloaded by over 2 million people. Amrit has gone from mental health challenges to a profound transformational journey. He shares his insights with others as he guides them in their own transformations. 

 

Here he and Dawson cover topics such as:

• Amrit's struggled with depression and career misalignment
• Doing what you love: inspired evolution 
• The benefits of a "retreat"
• Meditation
• Choosing a retreat designed to bring you into enhanced mindfulness
• Your soul has a reason it’s here
• We are the universe looking in on itself
• We are all pure consciousness

 

Amrit can be found online at: https://inspiredevolution.com/

 

And Dawson at: https://dawsonchurch.com/

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #meditation #eft #highenergyhealth #inspiredevolution #lifepurpose 

Healing Anxiety through the Body: Amanda Huggins and Dawson Church in Conversation

Amanda Huggins is the author of the book Anxiety to Empowerment. She is an anxiety and mindfulness coach, certified yoga and meditation instructor, and motivational speaker. She developed her own spiritual, scientific, and practical approach to deal with her own anxiety and now shares that with others. 

 

Here Amanda and Dawson dialog about:

• Amanda's background
• Yoga as the process of creating space in your life
• Healing starts with the body, second the soul, and finally the mind
• We usually try to heal in reverse, using the mind, overriding the body
• If we want to change our thoughts, we have to start with the body
• Anxiety starts with fight of flight in the body
• Observation: How does anxiety manifest in my body?
• Healing isn’t a linear process
• Connecting with your soul starts with getting quiet
• Create a vision by asking, “What does that empowered version of me look like?”

 

Amanda's website is:  www.amandahugginscoaching.com

 

And Dawson can be found at: https://dawsonchurch.com/

 

#anxiety #mindtomatter #blissbrain #eft #meditation #empowerment 

 

Bottoming Out the Universe: Richard Grossinger and Dawson Church in Conversation

Richard Grossinger has been a change maker since his college years. After an academic career teaching anthropology, he founded North Atlantic Books and currently edits the Sacred Planet Books imprint for Inner Traditions. Among his books are Planet Medicine and Bottoming Out the Universe. He has studied many transformational traditions including tarot, Tai Chi, craniosacral, dreamwork, breathwork and other healing modalities. 

 

Here Richard and Dawson share their views on:

• Where do all these energy healing techniques converge
• The conversion of material substance into energy
• Sounds and chants converted into energy
• Cutting out your own static and resistance to the energy
• Consciousness comes from higher realm and manifests in physics biology
• DNA in the etheric realm, turning into DNA in the physical realm
• Homeopathy 
• Aging 
• Depression
• Making peace with negative energies 

 

Richard's website is: https://richardgrossinger.com/

 

And Dawson can be found at: https://dawsonchurch.com/

 

#mindtomatter #highenergyhealth #blissbrain #eft #healing #meditation #taichi #publishing #energy 

What the Afterlife Is Like: Susan Grau and Dawson Church in Conversation

Susan Grau is an intuitive medium, author, soul healer, and speaker. Susan is licensed as a hypnotherapist, and specializes in grief therapy, guiding people to healing and recovery. Her book Infinite Life, Infinite Lessons takes a deep dive into the soul's journey, offering insights into healing from grief and the afterlife. 

Here she and Dawson have a lively conversation about:

• Susan's background

• Vibrating at the energy of love

• Love is in the spirit world 

• Brain chemistry 

• Why some people remain embedded in suffering

• If it doesn’t resonate with love, walk away

• People in the spirit world have emotion and love

• Those in the spirit world appear as 3 dimensional holograms 

 

To connect with Susan, her website is: https://susangrau.com/ 

 

And you can find Dawson at: https://dawsonchurch.com/

 

#highenergyhealth #eft #meditation #blissbrain #mindtomatter #infinitelife #infinitelessons #afterlife