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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