E123: Dawson Church - The Science in Meditation

Dawson Church is a health writer and researcher who has edited or
authored a number of books in the fields of health, psychology,
and spirituality. His principal works are The Genie in Your
Genes (YourGeniusGene.com), which reviews the research
linking consciousness, emotion, and gene expression (USA BookNews
“Best Health Book”), Mind to Matter (MindToMatter.com),
which examines the science of peak mental states (American Book
Fest “Best Health Book”), and Bliss Brain
(BlissBrain.com), which demonstrates that “flow” states rapidly
remodel the brain for happiness.


He has published many scientific papers in peer-reviewed
journals, collaborating with scholars at various universities on
outcome studies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
depression, and anxiety. He is the editor of the peer-reviewed
journal Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment
(EnergyPsychologyJournal.org) and general manager of Energy
Psychology Press, which maintains a research bibliography and
case histories at EFT Universe (Research.EFTUniverse.com), one of
the most-visited alternative medicine sites on the web. He is
the science columnist for Unity magazine and his blog
posts on the Huffington Post have been viewed by hundreds
of thousands of readers.


In his undergraduate and graduate work at Baylor University, he
became the first student ever to graduate from the academically
rigorous University Scholar’s program in 1979. He earned his
doctorate in Integrative Healthcare at Holos University under the
mentorship of neurosurgeon Norman Shealy, MD, PhD, founder of the
American Holistic Medical Association.


After an early career in book publishing as editor then president
of Aslan Publishing, Church went on to receive a postgraduate PhD
in Natural Medicine, as well as clinical certification in Energy
Psychology (CEHP certification #2016). Church and Shealy
coauthored the book Soul Medicine (SoulMedicine.net),
which surveys the role of energy in healing from the earliest
times to the modern day.


In 2007, Church founded the National Institute for Integrative
Healthcare (NIIH.org), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution
dedicated to education and research on evidence-based healing
modalities. The two primary methods he uses are EcoMeditation and
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT acupressure tapping). He has
worked with over a thousand pain clients, with average symptom
reductions of 68% [18], and co-developed the Skinny Genes program
which results in long-term weight loss.[13]


In 2008 the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare
initiated the Veterans Stress Project (StressProject.org), a
clearinghouse to connect veterans suffering from PTSD with energy
therapy practitioners. Over 21,000 veterans and family members
have received counseling through the Project, and Church has
twice been invited to testify before US Congressional committees
on his work.


Church is a former president of the Family Connection, one of 53
nonprofits named as Points of Light by President Bill Clinton,
and is also a member of the Transformational Leadership Council.
Books on which he has worked have won over two dozen awards,
including Best Health Book (Independent Press Awards) and Best
Science Book (USA Booknews Awards). He has been quoted in USA
Today, CNN, BBC, the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco
Chronicle, Parenting, and many other national media.


Learn More about Dawson at: https://dawsonchurch.com/


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