Ali and Atman Smith are Baltimore-born brothers who co-founded the Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) in 2001. Raised in a household immersed in yoga and meditation, they deepened their practice during college at the University of Maryland. Motivated to revitalize their West Baltimore community, they established HLF to provide yoga, mindfulness, and wellness programs to underserved populations. Their initiatives have reached over 200,000 individuals across diverse settings, including schools, detention centers, and wellness centers. In their book Let Your Light Shine they share insights on mindfulness and community empowerment. 

 

Here they and Dawson discuss:

Their background

Counseling those in trauma

Sympathetic dominance breathing 

Connecting with people authentically to lay the foundation

Why other people will see the difference in you before you see it in yourself

Being Social Entrepreneurs

The Holistic Life Foundation's mission

Their new program for changing detention to meditation 

 

To learn more about Ali, Atman, and The Holistic Life Foundation: https://holisticlifefoundation.org/

 

Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To order Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

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

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #trauma #yoga #mindfulness #community #holisticlifefoundation

Sharad Paul is a physician and the author of several books in the field of skin, medicine, and genomics such as Skin, a Biography and The Genetics of Health. He has been honored by several professional societies for his contributions to patient centered care in several countries. His latest book is called Biohacking Your Genes. 

 

Here he and Dawson discuss:

Simple health hacks you can do yourself

The importance of positivity 

The truth about stress

Why genes are typical of an entire species, not an individual

Lifestyle research and statistics 

Natural remedies 

Support from food / diet

To learn more about Dr. Paul's work and books: https://skininyourgameblog.drsharadpaul.com/

 

Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

To order Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

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

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #gene #nutrition #genetics #skin

Shakti Durga is a spiritual teacher, healer, author, sacred musician, and founder of transformative initiatives that uplift human consciousness and create inner peace. She established the charities Shanti Mission and The Wellbeing Initiative to foster spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical well-being. She has written five transformational books and produced numerous spiritual music and mantra albums. Before embarking on her spiritual vocation, she was a practicing Trial Attorney. She resides in New South Wales, Australia and teaches world-wide. 

 

Here she and Dawson discuss:

How meditation evolves you

Questioning, are we moving into the Age of Aquarius?

Looking back 100 years, you see a great change

Contrast and free will

Developing an inner spaciousness

Feeling content in our own being and thinking about others

What can you do to give back?

Visioning, non attachment, and surrender

Processing collective trauma 

Practices that can bring us into elevated states

The energy of the people around us and how that can affect us

Releasing energy that isn’t yours through the breath

How do we find our highest energy?

Breathing into the heart, contemplating love and compassion

 

For more about the work of Shakti Durga: https://shaktidurga.com/

 

Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

And to order Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

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

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #consciousness

High Energy Health host, Dawson Church, PhD, just released his latest book, Spiritual Intelligence. The book reveals the breakthrough science behind Spiritual Intelligence... how your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs literally shape your brain and gene expression. You’ll discover how to activate your brain’s Enlightenment Network, reduce stress hormones like cortisol, and rewire your neural pathways for joy, resilience, and self-transcendence. Drawing from the latest neuroscience, peak states research, and personal practice, Dawson shows how simple daily actions like mindfulness, meditation, and EFT can lead to extraordinary mental clarity, emotional balance, and even reverse aging in the brain. 

 

In this solo episode, he shares: 

The unhappiness of his early journey

How many of us learned the biochemistry of stress even before we were born

About the stress hormone cortisol

Why stress is epigenetic, creating molecules like adrenaline and cortisol

MRI studies have now mapped the brain circuits active in long term meditators

“The Enlightenment Network”

How to dig ourselves out of the pit of stress

Ways we can stimulate the neural bundles of the Enlightenment Network so they grow

How Spiritual Intelligence changes your every day life

Specifics on how Spiritual Intelligence enables you to meet challenges with wisdom and resilience

 

Find Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

And to order Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

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

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #theenlightenmentnetwork

Eben Alexander, MD, was an academic neurosurgeon for over 25 years, including 15 years at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School in Boston. In 2008, he experienced a transcendental Near-Death Experience (NDE) during a week-long coma from an inexplicable brain infection that completely transformed his worldview. A pioneering scientist and modern thought leader in the emerging science that acknowledges the primacy of consciousness in the universe, he is the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Proof of Heaven, The Map of Heaven and Living in a Mindful Universe. 

 

Here he and Dawson discuss:

Dr. Alexander's story

Binaural beats 

Remote viewing and precognition

Shedding baggage with our soul group between lifetimes

Soul agreements

The life review as from the perspective of everyone involved

The Golden Rule: written into the fabric of the universe

The link between intuition and meditation

Releasing suppressed emotions

Trusting in the universe and increased positive emotions

 

To learn more about Dr. Eben Alexander: https://ebenalexander.com/

 

Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

And to order Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

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

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #neardeath #lifereview #proofofheaven

Sadhvi Saraswatiji, PhD, is the author of Come Home to Yourself and Hollywood to the Himalayas. She graduated from Stanford University and for more than two decades has lived at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. She has presented to groups ranging from the United Nations to the Parliament of World Religions on topics ranging from conscious business to science and spirituality to sustainable development and is renowned as a spiritual bridge between Eastern and Western culture. 

 

In this discussion, Dawson and Sadhvi share personal stories and experiences on topics such as:

Experience of the divine and being infinite

Living in Rishikesh

The solution to so much of our suffering 

Which of our sufferings is objective over which we have no control?

Where is our inner wellbeing hooked into a story about how others should behave?

The highest calling in a human birth is to experience who we are

How we can be conscious of being conscious

How we can look at the mind and emotions to recognize “I am not that”

Oneness with the universe

Our purpose or dharma as this particular human body

Choosing peace regardless of how others are

Remembering every day that we are not our body or our story

The goal is to do while remaining in being, fulfilling our dharma

 

To explore Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji's work: https://divineshaktifoundation.org/about/sadhvi-bhagawati/

 

Find Dawson at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

And to order Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

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

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #oneness #consciousness #beinginfinite #comehometoyourself

Elizabeth Husserl is a registered investment advisor representative, financial advisor, and cofounder of Peak360 Wealth Management, a boutique wealth planning firm. She is the author of The Power of Enough: Finding Joy in Your Relationship with Money. She holds an MA in East-West psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and has led workshops at major tech companies, including Airbnb, Unity, and Google. 

 

Here she and Dawson discuss:

How to put “joy” and “money” in the same sentence

Asking yourself: What, to me, represents wealth?

The mandala of the 12 dimensions of wealth

“Financial DNA,” or the ways that family beliefs shape money behaviors

Exercise: Go back in your lineage, what beliefs did your ancestors hold?

How to have a conversation with money to work through moments of scarcity

Money as a spiritual guide

Money as a doorway to self-knowledge

 

To learn more about Elizabeth's work: www.elizabethhusserl.com 

 

Find Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

And to order Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

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

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #money #wealth #abundance #powerofenough #relationshipwithmoney

Helané Wahbeh, ND, MCR, is the Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and an adjunct assistant professor at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Wahbeh is the author of some 90+ peer-reviewed publications and the book The Science of Channeling: Why You Should Trust Your Intuition. Her VET-MIND study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and examined the mechanisms of meditation for combat veterans with PTSD. Her current research interests include healing stress and trauma and extended human capacities. She is a Board Member and Past President of the Parapsychological Association and has been meditating for two decades. 

 

Here she and Dawson discuss:

Noetic Signature: experience of our inner wisdom

How to differentiate from your ego and your higher self?

Exercise: To what question would you like intuitive information?

Noetic knowing shows up in one of 12 different ways

Meditation: An introduction to the inner world

The ability all humans have to access energy and information

Types of channelings 

Why studies correlate childhood trauma with psychic experiences and mediumship

How two studies in UK found that psychic abilities run in families

Study comparing the full genome of a psychic to controls

Study discovery: a unique noncoding gene on chromosome 7 in the psychic group

 

To learn more about the Institute of Noetic Sciences: https://noetic.org/

 

Find Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

And to order Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

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

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #channeling #intuition #noetic #ions

Andrew Holecek offers seminars internationally on meditation, lucid dreaming, and the art of dying. He has studied sleep yoga, bardo yoga, and other traditional practices with living masters in India and Nepal. Holecek is a talented writer who has published books, Dreams of Light and Dream Yoga, and had articles appear in Psychology Today, Parabola, Lion’s Roar, Tricycle, Utne Reader, Buddhadharma, Light of Consciousness, and many other periodicals. He also hosts the popular "Edge of Mind" podcast and is the founder of the Night Club Community, a support platform for nocturnal meditations. 

 

Here he and Dawson discuss:

Chongyam Trungpa: “Meditation isn’t a sedative, it’s a laxative”

Andrew's background 

The aspects of the unconscious mind

Cognitive scientists tell us 95 percent of what we do is driven by unconscious patterns

How to start making the unconscious processes conscious

How can you attain something you already have?

The problem with the concept of a Spiritual Path

The Saint who said: “Enlightenment was my biggest disappointment”

Underneath all the experience is openness

Why we are a localization of consciousness

Andrew's definition of meditation: habituation to openness

The 5 nocturnal meditations

Using your sleep for your psychospiritual development

 

To learn more about Andrew's work: https://www.andrewholecek.com/

 

Find Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

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

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #unconscious #spiritualpath #consciousness

Mandy Morris is a bestselling author, speaker, and coach specializing in personal development and manifesting techniques. She is the author of several books including The Guilt Within and The Promise. Known for her empowering work on aligning thoughts, emotions, and actions to create a fulfilling life, she inspires global audiences through her books, courses, and workshops. Mandy’s compassionate approach blends science and spirituality, helping individuals uncover their highest potential and live purposefully. 

 

Here she and Dawson discuss: 

Mandy's story

What challenge do you believe you can’t get through?

What small change will you commit to 100%?

From that day to me finding my husband was 2 weeks

Ask: “Why are we manifesting what we don’t want?”

Transmutation of trauma into light

Being in the head rather than in the heart 

Mastering yourself: life will never be perfect 

What lights your soul up?

Look for just the next step, you don’t need to see the destination

Clearing the clutter

 

Learn more about Mandy at: https://www.mandymorris.love/

 

Find Dawson's work at: http://dawsongift.com/

 

And to preorder Dawson's next book, Spiritual Intelligence: 

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

 

#mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #trauma #mindfulness #manifestation