High Energy Health Podcast

Subtle Energy and Your Nervous System: C.J. Llewelyn and Dawson Church in Conversation

C.J. Llewelyn, MEd, is a licensed professional counselor in private practice. She works with clients struggling with trauma and addiction. C.J. is a trained Internal Family Systems therapist and certified in EMDR. She uses polyvagal theory as a foundation for her work. She is a Reiki Master and curious observer of the human condition. Her book Chakras and the Vagus Nerve reveals the psychological dimensions each of your chakras holds and explains how your body experiences the pain of trauma. 

 

Here she and Dawson discuss:

• Vagus patterns in the chakras
• Filtering and attuning to reading energies
• Feeling safe in our bodies allows us to connect with our spiritual experiences
• Compassionate connection with self and others
• The vagus nerve is bilateral, so as we use bilateral eye movements or tapping we no longer respond somatically to triggering stimuli
• When the trauma is cleared, you feel different in your body
• Exercise: Be curious about the energy in your body

 

To learn more about C.J.'s books and work: https://cjllewelyn.com/

 

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

 

And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence: https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/

 

 

#highenergyhealth #eft #meditation #chakras #vagusnerve #blissbrain #mindtomatter #spiritualintelligence 

 

 

 

Mind Magic: James Doty and Dawson Church in Conversation

James Doty, MD is a Tulane-trained neurosurgeon, Stanford professor, and New York Times bestselling author of Mind Magic and Into the Magic Shop. He is the founder and director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford, of which His Holiness the Dalai Lama is the founding benefactor. He holds multiple patents and is the former CEO of Accuray (ARAY:NASDAQ). Dr. Doty has given support to a number of charitable organizations supporting peace initiatives and providing healthcare throughout the world. Additionally, he has supported research, provided scholarships and endowed chairs at multiple universities. 

 

Here he and Dawson reflect on:

• James' story
• Understanding that everyone is suffering
• Becoming friends with the Dalai Lama, Thich Nat Hanh, and Eckart Tolle
• To live in fear or love
• Seeing the suffering of others
• How your mental state has a profound effect on body
• Manifesting all the time and why the baggage we carry from childhood affects what we manifest
• The 6 to 10 million bits of information passing through our sensory system every second ...but we can only pay attention to 50 to 100 of these
• Creating neural pathways through repetition, embedding our intention
• Why embedded thoughts lock us into an unhealthy narrative
• To be a whole person you have to integrate your shadow ...every human being has one
• How to let the negative thoughts slide by, say “I deserve love and compassion”

 

For more information about Dr. Doty and his latest book: 

https://www.jamesrdotymd.com/

His app can be found at: www.happi.ai

 

And to reach host Dr. Dawson Church: https://dawsonchurch.com/

 

#mindtomatter #spiritualintelligence #blissbrain #mindmagic #intothemagicshop #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth 

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 

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 

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 

 

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 

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 

Spiritual Intelligence and Leadership: Yosi Amram and Dawson Church in Conversation

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:

• Yosi's background
• Yosi’s research
• The 7 Dimensions of Spiritually Intelligent Leadership
• Meaning, Grace, Inner-direction, Community, Authentic Presence, Truth, Wisdom
• Trusting the universe, opening to beauty in our work
• Bringing joy into work makes us creative and spontaneous
• Working in alignment with our core values
• The most precious resource we have is our attention
• 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 

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 

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