Episodi

  • Living From Your Soul: Helen Lavretsky and Dawson Church in Conversation

    Living From Your Soul: Helen Lavretsky and Dawson Church in Conversation
    Jul 9 2026
    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
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    42 min
  • Work Trauma: Mandy Tang and Dawson Church in Conversation

    Work Trauma: Mandy Tang and Dawson Church in Conversation
    Jul 16 2026
    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
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    42 min
  • Passion Purpose and Play in Midlife: Wendy Valentine and Dawson Church in Conversation

    Passion Purpose and Play in Midlife: Wendy Valentine and Dawson Church in Conversation
    Jul 23 2026
    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
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    51 min
  • Emotional Wounding and Identity: Gina Goldfeder and Dawson Church in Conversation

    Emotional Wounding and Identity: Gina Goldfeder and Dawson Church in Conversation
    Jul 30 2026
    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
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    42 min
  • The 8 Fundamentals of Wellbeing: A Solo Episode Hosted by Dr. Dawson Church

    The 8 Fundamentals of Wellbeing: A Solo Episode Hosted by Dr. Dawson Church
    Jun 29 2026
    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
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    47 min
  • Radiant Mindfulness: Will Johnson and Dawson Church in Conversation

    Radiant Mindfulness: Will Johnson and Dawson Church in Conversation
    Jun 15 2026
    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
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    46 min
  • Trusting Your Inner Light: Kristin Kirk and Dawson Church in Conversation

    Trusting Your Inner Light: Kristin Kirk and Dawson Church in Conversation
    Jun 8 2026
    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
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    47 min
  • Resilience in the Midst of Global Chaos: Dawson Church in Conversation with Himself

    Resilience in the Midst of Global Chaos: Dawson Church in Conversation with Himself
    Jun 1 2026
    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
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    46 min