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In this milestone episode (400), Andrea Samadi celebrates seven years of the Neuroscience Meets SEL Podcast with her husband Majid Samadi. They reflect on the journey of translating neuroscience into practical strategies for performance, learning, and well-being. Together they review core lessons — everything begins with the brain, safety before performance, how thoughts shape biology, the power of movement, recovery as a performance strategy, and the central role of relationships and support. Majid also shares leadership insights from his decades in educational sales, including stress management, motivation, continuous learning, and the guiding motto: do the right thing. They close by looking ahead to the next phase on movement, learning and cognition and invite listeners to subscribe for future episodes. Sales Leadership Under Pressure: Applying the Neuroscience of High Performance to Real-World Leadership Guest: Majid Samadi Listen to YouTube interview here https://youtu.be/SSZH3qwPqf8 Intro: Top 7 Lessons from the past 7 years Guest: Majid Samadi (Interview begins at 10:16) EP 400: Sales Leadership Under Pressure with Majid Samadi In this milestone 400th episode, Andrea welcomes back her husband, Majid Samadi, who first appeared on Episode 1 when the podcast launched in 2019. Together, they reflect on seven years, fifteen seasons, and 400 episodes of exploring the neuroscience behind achievement, leadership, learning, motivation, and human potential. In this episode, we will cover: ✔ The Top 7 Lessons Learned from 7 Years and 400 Episodes ✔ Why understanding the brain changes the way we learn, lead, and perform ✔ The neuroscience of stress, self-regulation, and leadership under pressure ✔ How high-performing leaders sustain motivation without burning out ✔ The connection between movement, learning, cognition, and peak performance ✔ Why relationships are the foundation of leadership and long-term success ✔ The role trust plays in building high-performing teams ✔ Leadership lessons learned through organizational change, uncertainty, and growth ✔ How the definition of success evolves over a lifetime and career ✔ Why no meaningful achievement happens alone As Andrea reflects on the lessons learned from hundreds of conversations with neuroscientists, educators, physicians, psychologists, business leaders, and peak performers, she shares the one lesson that stands above all the rest: Behind every meaningful accomplishment is someone who believed in you enough to help you keep going. Welcome back to Season 15 of the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast. I'm Andrea Samadi, and on this podcast, we bridge the science behind social and emotional learning, emotional intelligence, and practical neuroscience so we can create measurable improvements in well-being, achievement, productivity, and results. Over the past 399 episodes, we've explored the neuroscience behind performance, learning, stress, motivation, and human potential. For this milestone Episode 400, I wanted to do something different. Instead of interviewing another neuroscientist, or reviewing past episodes, we're going to explore what happens when these ideas are applied in the real world. Joining me is someone listeners heard on EP 1[i] my husband, Majid Samadi, where we laid out the framework for future episodes, EP 200[ii] (Why we launched this podcast), and EP 300[iii] (a special episode with my Mom, Hazel MacPhail, where she taught us “how to live the good life”). I'll never forget EP 1, when I asked Majid if he would record with me to help me to launch this podcast thing I wanted to start. He had just come home from working LAUSD (in California) and he put his suit jacket on my desk, and sat down in front of the microphone. I showed him the questions I would ask him, and off we went. I learned that when you start something, it doesn't have to be perfect. Just start. What 15 Seasons Taught Me Before we begin today's conversation, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on what I've learned over the past seven years and 400 episodes of the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast. I had sketched out a framework, and had some ideas of what I wanted to cover on at least the first 50 episodes. When I started this idea in 2019, I thought I was creating a platform to share neuroscience research (as it connected to Social and Emotional Learning). What I didn't realize was that the journey would change me. After hundreds of interviews with neuroscientists, physicians, educators, psychologists, business leaders, and peak performers, there are a few lessons that stand above all the rest. I'll always say it took me 50 episodes to get started. I found it really difficult to ask questions and breathe at the same time. Lesson #1: Everything begins with the brain. Whether we're talking about achievement, learning, leadership, health, relationships, or performance, success starts with understanding how the brain works. When we understand the brain, we stop fighting ourselves and start working with ourselves. We all have our own journey here. Mine started when an educator, Jeff Kleck, from EP 246[iv] challenged me to add neuroscience to my work. This was around 2014 when I had partnered with AZ Department of Education with a character ed/leadership program, and Jeff Kleck told me that I wouldn't go wrong if I wrote a whole new book that focused on the brain and learning. That's when I sat down, and started to study some of the leading researchers in this field. I've heard similar stories from other authors like Dr. Doug Fisher, who told me that he sat in classes with medical students to unwrap how the brain learns best. Lesson #2: Safety comes before performance. One of the most important themes of Season 15 has been that a dysregulated nervous system cannot perform at its best. Before growth, before learning, before leadership, the brain must feel safe. This lesson applies in our homes, our schools, our workplaces, and our relationships. I'll never forget asking Dr. David Stephen on EP 388[v] about a situation where I was under unusual stress, and my eyesight (or ability to read) stopped working. He explained the neuroscience behind this example, that I'll never forget and his solution to my problem that was to eat glucose before any important meeting or presentation. Lesson #3: Our thoughts become biology. Through experts like Dr. Caroline Leaf, Bob Proctor, Dawson Church, and many others, I learned that our thoughts are not just ideas. They influence our chemistry, our attention, our habits, and ultimately our results. What we repeatedly think becomes what we repeatedly do. This one I've believed since my days working in the seminar industry with Bob Proctor. He would hammer this concept into everyone's mind in every seminar. I just always thought this was something he really believed in, until I heard the SAME thing from Dr. Caroline Leaf, and Dr. Korotkov from Russia. It's also behind Dr. Joe Dispenza's work. To this day, I watch the words I think and say out loud. Lesson #4: Movement changes the brain. This lesson became personal. The science is clear: movement improves attention, memory, mood, resilience, and learning. But over the years, I experienced it firsthand through hiking, walking, strength training, and building daily movement into my life. This is how I've always been. I remember putting on my rollerblades when I was 16 and rollerblading to the local YMCA that wasn't really in my neighborhood. Motivation got me moving. Movement changed my brain. And this is how I still find the energy to sit at my desk and write podcasts episodes every Saturday. I have to exercise (or move) first, and then I can create. Over time this has probably been my healthiest habits. Lesson #5: Recovery drives performance. For years I focused on doing more. The neuroscience taught me something different. Growth doesn't happen during effort. Growth happens during recovery. Sleep, stress regulation, recovery, and reflection are not luxuries—they are performance strategies. This took me years to finally put into practice. Lesson #6: Relationships change everything. If there is one lesson that appears in every field of neuroscience, it is this: We are wired for connection. The quality of our relationships influences our health, happiness, resilience, leadership, and longevity. And that brings me to perhaps the most important lesson of all. Lesson #7: No meaningful achievement happens alone. People often see the finished podcast episode. They don't see the support system behind it. For 400 episodes, there has been one person supporting this mission from behind the scenes. My husband, Majid. While I was researching, writing, recording, editing, and building this platform, Majid was encouraging me when things were difficult, celebrating the wins, offering perspective when I needed it, and helping me continue when the path wasn't always clear. Many of these episodes were written because someone believed in me enough to keep me going. The podcast may have my name on it, but it has always been supported by both of us. As we celebrate Episode 400, that's the lesson I want to leave everyone with. Achievement is rarely a solo journey. Behind every meaningful accomplishment is a person, a mentor, a teacher, a spouse, a friend cheering you along the way from the sidelines, or a community that helped make it possible. The neuroscience taught me how the brain works. Life taught me that relationships are what make everything work. And that's why there is no better person to join me for Episode 400 than Majid Samadi. Welcome Majid! Thank you for taking the time to record this milestone episode with me. I know your time is limited. Before we get started, can  you share what it is that you do when you are not being strong armed to record podcast episodes for me? So, we have been covering 5 phases in Season 15, showing how the brain comes online and changes with each phase. So I've got some questions for you that will cover each phase. Does that sound good?

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 

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 

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 

MaryAnn DiMarco is an internationally recognized spiritual teacher, bestselling author, and speaker known as The Medium Mentor. She helps people trust their intuition and navigate life with greater clarity and confidence. MaryAnn is the bestselling author of Medium Mentor, and The Guide(s) Book. She has been featured on top podcasts including Dear Gabby, The Marie Forleo Podcast, Sibling Revelry, Lipstick on the Rim with Molly Sims, and Heal with Kelly, as well as in major publications such as The New York Times, Bustle, Elle, Women's Health, and Well+Good.   Here she and Dawson reflect on: MaryAnn's background Malign energies as well as benevolent ones EXERCISE: What's looking to come through you? EXERCISE: What's blocking it? Spiritual awakenings Understanding what your soul came here to learn Soul contracts Free will Why every awakening comes with an unraveling Moving into a new consciousness  Expanding our consciousness as a species Journaling, automatic writing, sitting with your guides and loved ones Making your practice authentic to you   To learn more about MaryAnn: https://maryanndimarco.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 #intuition #spiritualawakening #mediumship 

Roy Remer is the author of Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others. An educator and end-of-life caregiver since 1997, he is executive director of Zen Caregiving Project in San Francisco and lead creator of the Mindful Caregiving Education curriculum. A dedicated practitioner in the Soto Zen tradition, Remer is a student at San Francisco Zen Center.   Here he and Dawson reflect on: Roy's background Coming back to present moment awareness no matter what is happening Being triggered by big emotions  Noticing when you're out of present moment awareness What is mindfulness  How do we process overwhelming emotions  The life cycle of an emotion The 5 stages of compassion  The ability to reflect on what we'd like to become Your intention in the role of caregiving Showing up with an open heart   To learn more about Roy and The Zen Caregiving Project: https://www.zencaregiving.org/   Connect with host Dr. Dawson Church is 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 #caregiving #zen

Melissa Minnich is an internationally respected coach, energy healer, and spiritual thought leader. Her book High on Life: A Prescription for Bliss, offers a science-meets-soul roadmap for transformation and emotional liberation for high-achievers in a stressed-out society. She produced the Quantum Miracles docuseries, which has reached over a million people worldwide.   Here she and Dawson reflect on: Melissa's background Life changing books What to do to get in touch with love Tuning into your body Shifting your emotions as you process them  How it only takes 1% of a population to make a shift Why you are here to remember that you're a beautiful divine being Where is humanity headed    Find Melissa online at: https://melissaminnich.com/   Connect with host Dr. Dawson Church is at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #love #highonlife 

World-renowned consciousness teacher Peter Russell is the author of How to Meditate Without Even Trying and eleven other books. A teacher of meditation for more than fifty years, he believes the critical challenge of today is freeing human thinking from the limited beliefs and attitudes that lie behind many of our problems — personal, social, and global. He has inspired thousands through his talks, teachings, retreats, and popular online courses.   Here he and Dawson talk about: Peter's background Transcendental Meditation  Why there's nothing wrong with having thoughts Starting with a deep sigh as you sit down to meditate Feeling your feelings, allowing them to soften and dissolve Being curiously aware EXERCISE: When will I meditate? Commit to a specific time daily The power of mini meditations  Why academics have been exploring the nature of consciousness Consciousness as the fundamental characteristic of the universe How our consciousnesses are linked to others Deep contentment How can a private practice like meditation help the world? Why when we're calm, our minds are clearer and we're more effective How stepping out of the ego mind, we become kinder The most fundamental practice to let your attention relax A quiet mind is a relaxed mind   To learn more about Peter: https://www.peterrussell.com/   Connect with host Dr. Dawson Church is at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #consciousness #genieinyourgenes 

In this episode I talk about Emotional Freedom Tapping with Sarah Louise Lilley and we are also joined by DN Instructor Shawna Lewis who uses EFT for herself and her horses. I think you'll find this episode really interesting and useful. About the Guest: Sarah Louise Lilley is a clinical Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or “Tapping”) practitioner. A sought after coach and speaker, she helps equestrians overcome fears, blocks and trauma. Known for her holistic and heart-centered approach, Sarah equips riders with tools that cultivate ease, trust, and clarity by releasing the root causes of anxious thinking and limiting beliefs. Sarah has taken the stage at Equine Affaire (MA), US Pony Club Convention, Warwick Schiller's Journey on Podcast Summit and collaborated with Wendy Murdoch on her popular series Webinars with Wendy. Sarah has appeared on numerous equestrian podcasts including: The Whole Equestrian with 5* Eventer Emily Hamel, WeHorse's The Equestrian Connection with Danielle Crowell, and Horse Illustrated's Barn Banter with Susan Friedland. When she's not riding her horse or working with her clients, Sarah mentors the next generation of Practitioners at EFT Universe, alongside Dawson Church. To learn more about Sarah, please visit EmotionalFreedomwithSarah.com or Instagram @SarahLouiseLilley.About the Host: Karen Rohlf, author and creator of Dressage Naturally, is an internationally recognized clinician who is changing the equestrian educational paradigm. She teaches students of all disciplines and levels from around the world in her clinics and the Dressage Naturally virtual programs. Karen is well known for training horses with a priority on partnership, a student-empowering approach to teaching, and a positive and balanced point of view. She believes in getting to the heart of our mental, emotional, and physical partnership with our horses by bringing together the best of the worlds of dressage and partnership-based training. Resource Links:Download the Fearless and Free Tapping audio at: EmotionalFreedomwithSarah.com Sarah Lousie Lilley: EmotionalFreedomwithSarah.com or Instagram @SarahLouiseLilley(Free) Private Consultation: https://karenrohlf.as.me/schedule/d1232333/appointment/1513707/calendar Blog: https://blog.dressagenaturally.net/110-accepting-praise How To Create A Happy Athlete course: https://go.dressagenaturally.net/hats AUDIOBOOK Dressage Naturally: https://go.dressagenaturally.net/book-audio-573092 Karen's VIDEO CLASSROOM: https://dnc.dressagenaturally.net/ Finding Beauty Book: https://karenrohlf.com/ Ask a question or leave a message for the pod: https://www.speakpipe.com/AskKarenAnything Private Consult: https://karenrohlf.as.me/schedule/d1232333/appointment/1513707/calendar/any?appointmentTypeIds[]=1513707 The Dressage Naturally Book+Video: https://shop.dressagenaturally.net/collections/home-page-featured/products/book-dvdKaren Rohlf's Course: Sweet Spot of Healthy Biomechanics: https://go.dressagenaturally.net/sweet-spot-course Get 3 free training videos: https://dressagenaturally.net/free-dressage-training-videos/ Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it! Don't forget to FOLLOW the podcast! Leave us an iTunes review - Did you love it? Let us know!

Are you waking up at 3 am, heart racing, mind spinning, unable to shut off the fear, no matter what you try? Are months, maybe years of relentless bad news quietly aging you from the inside out? Science now proves it is. And science also proves you can reverse it, fast. Michael welcomes back Dr. Dawson Church, one of the world's leading EFT researchers with over 200 clinical trials to his name and 22,000 veterans helped to recovery from PTSD, a man who has also lived through the unthinkable. When his home burned to the ground in a California wildfire, losing everything overnight, Dr. Dawson didn't just survive it. He tapped his way through it, meditated through the ash and the grief, and discovered something extraordinary about what the human nervous system is truly capable of. His newest work, Spiritual Intelligence, maps the neuroscience of awakening itself, and the findings will blow your mind. This isn't about managing stress. This is about lighting up four hardwired circuits in your brain that make bliss, resilience, and genuine transcendence your new normal. Key Topics: Why a single EFT tapping session reduces cortisol by an average of 24%, and why chronic stress, left unchecked, can rob you of up to 24 years of your life. The truth about why talking about your problems doesn't work, and what tapping does in nanoseconds that talk therapy simply cannot. How Dr. Dawson's home burning down became the greatest proof of his life's work, and the one thing he did the very next morning that brought him back from dissociation. The 3 am wake-up hack: why you keep jolting awake in the middle of the night and the evidence-based technique to turn that window into deeper sleep. What the enlightenment network is, the four specific brain circuits that meditators grow bigger, stronger, and more connected, and how stress is the only thing shutting them off. Why we are literally hardwired for enlightenment, and the stunning data showing the human neocortex has grown 13% in volume in just one generation. How meditation has been shown to halt, and even reverse, Alzheimer's-related brain shrinkage, growing key regions back within six months. EcoMeditation: the five-minute, evidence-based protocol Dr. Dawson created to get even the most scattered, over-stimulated minds into deep meditative states, fast. Why tapping is subtractive, and meditation is additive, and how combining them is the double whammy that breaks the trauma cycle for good. Your brain can build a brand new neural pathway in just 12 seconds. The four circuits of your enlightenment network: emotion regulation, focused attention, compassion, and reduced self-absorption, are already wired inside you. They`ve always been there. Stress is simply the switch that turned them off. And you, right now, have everything you need to turn them back on. Join the Inspire Nation Soul Family!

Jessica Howard is the author of Energy Healing for Modern Life. She brings many years of energy healing expertise to her work as a teacher and practitioner. A Rekik Master who has studied many healing traditions; she's spoken at international conferences and written for major publications. Her approach blends traditional wisdom with modern applications.   Here she and Dawson reflect on:   Jessica's background Energy Healing for Modern Life's inspiration Protecting your energy field Negative energetic bonds Exercise: Which people do you admire who may be tinged by fear? Energetic protection  Energy shield visualization to prevent negative energy coming in The use use of mirrors to reflect energy How our positive energy can radiate out to uplift other people Making time to check in with our bodies and energy Chakra scan Connection with your energy starting at the top of the head   To learn more about Jessica's work: https://www.modernenergyhealing.co.uk/   Connect with host Dr. Dawson Church is at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #energyhealing   

Samantha Corfield is the author of Create Your Own Afterlife, in which she invites readers to design a personalized afterlife vision. She founded the web site Spellmaker.com in 1995 to make spiritual practice accessible and meaningful for everyday people.   Here she and Dawson reflect on: “What do you want to happen in the afterlife?” Animals in the afterlife  An after-life conference where we assess our lifetime If we have a pre-life conference, why don't we remember it? Doing your emotional processing here so you don't take the unresolved with you Exercises caregivers can help with if people are near death   Connect with Samantha at: https://www.createyourownafterlife.com/   Connect with host Dr. Dawson Church is at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #afterlife #grief 

Mark Langenfeld is the author of Wisdom from the Woods: A Year of Gentle Guidance from Mother Nature. He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology from Alliant International University in Fresno, CA. He worked as a therapist for several years. He now teaches psychology and sociology at Northwood Technical College in Superior, WI. His hobbies include juggling, hiking, gardening, meditation, rock collecting, fishing, and doing random acts of kindness.   Here Mark and Dawson reflect on: Mark's background The message: “Do as I do” Why most animals will avoid conflict, they only fight if they're cornered Honoring Mother Nature Buddhism Saying: “The life energy in me honors the life energy in them” Reflecting: “They were born an innocent baby … what happened to injure them?” Exercise: Which of your new habits isn't serving you? The Student Nutrition Assistance Program   To purchase Mark's book, Wisdom from the Woods: A Year of Gentle Guidance from Mother Nature  https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Woods-Gentle-Guidance-Mother/dp/0738782173/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church is at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #nature #wisdomfromthewoods 

Kelly Ann Street is a therapist who works with people to navigate life's darkest moments. She is the author of Embrace the Dark. Through her writing and online programs, she helps people step into their stories and embrace both the light and shadow within.   Here she and Dawson reflect on:   Kelly's background Exercise 1: Are you doing what feels right for your soul? History behind: “Dark Night of the Soul” Exercise 2: In what areas of your life do you feel numb? Why are anxiety and depression more prevalent now? How our brains can't keep up with amount of info we have to take in each day Universal consciousness Feeling the vastness and also your own small consciousness Breathwork Grounding The term “The Shadow” for unconscious parts coined by Carl Jung  Exercise 3: Which parts of you are in the shadow? Why every generation thinks that the world is in the worst shape ever When you can't help the world if you're chaotic inside Creating regulation in your own nervous system “All is well in my soul”   Find Kelly Ann Street online at: https://embracethedarkandthelight.com/   Host Dr. Dawson Church is at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #consciousness #embracethedark   

Thomas Brophy is a physicist, consciousness researcher, and President of the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS). He previously served as president of California Institute for Human Science (CIHS), a unique mind, body, spirit integral university, which achieved accreditation during his tenure. Dr. Brophy explored the science of consciousness in his 1998 book The Mechanism Demands a Mysticism: An Exploration of Spirit, Matter, and Physics. His other books explore the astronomy of prehistoric Egypt as well as extraterrestrial intelligence.   Here he and Dawson explore: Transcendent experiences  The philosophy behind quantum mechanics The spiritual life of scientists Thomas' background Why observation collapses the quantum wave into one of the many possibilities Why anomalous experiences happen when science says they can't The human cycle headed towards a reconnection with spirituality Non human intelligence  Consciousness based technologies    To learn more about the work Dr. Thomas Brophy is involved in: https://noetic.org/ https://cihs.edu/ https://consc.org/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #consciousness #ions #humanscience #quantummechanics      

Tonya Lester, LCSW, is the author of Push Back: Live, Love, and Work with Others Without Losing Yourself and a Brooklyn-based psychotherapist and writer known for her work with relationships and communication. Her essay “Couples Therapist, Heal Thyself” was published in the Modern Love column in The New York Times, and she has been writing the popular Staying Sane Inside Insanity blog for Psychology Today since 2020. She has been featured as an expert in The Guardian, Newsweek, Well+Good, HuffPo, Fatherly, and the Bumble site The Buzz.   Here she and Dawson cover:   Conflict aversion  Assertiveness Jealousy  Question: “Where do I have resentment and the other person would be surprised?” Value of a script Reciprocity, reliability, and communication  Should partners do therapy together or separately? We don't need to process absolutely everything, we can let some things go Core vulnerabilities: incompetence, unloveable, unworthy Noticing where you overreact A “dread list” of things  If your emotions are getting above a 5, take a break Speaking for your feelings not from your feelings Reframe conflict from what divides us to what brings us closer    For more information about Tonya and her work: https://www.tonyalester.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #relationships #communication   

John Bucher is a renowned mythologist and story expert who has been featured on the BBC, the History Channel, the LA Times, The Hollywood Reporter and on numerous other international outlets. He serves as Executive Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation and is a writer, podcaster, storyteller, and speaker. Holding a PhD in Mythology & Depth Psychology, he integrates scholarly insights with practical storytelling techniques, exploring the profound connections between myth, culture, and personal identity.   Here he and Dawson explore: John's background The life and teachings of Joseph Campbell  Mythology and Depth Psychology  Questioning: What experiences of awe are you missing? Campbell's take on joy and doing the inner work to discover what brings you to life Why we don't have enough time to pause and reflect on things that bring us alive Exploring what makes you most alive? The 3 large stages of the Hero's Journey: Departure, Initiation, and Return Joseph Campbell's definition of the hero as a person who's willing to sacrifice Journaling to reflect on the stages of your own Hero's Journey   To learn more: https://www.tellingabetterstory.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #mythology #psychology #hero

Sarah McCrum is a money consciousness coach, author, and educator. She is the author of Love Money, Money Loves You. She helps entrepreneurs, leaders, and families create lives of genuine wealth and wellbeing by transforming their relationship with money. Through her books, courses, and live masterclasses, she invites people to experience money not as stress and scarcity, but as a supportive, loving energy that enables us to thrive.   Here she and Dawson reflect on:   Sarah's background Why when your muscles relax your energy channels open so you're more receptive The way money is a movement of energy How the energy of worry compounds as more things to worry about Energy is a form of power, currency is a transfer of power and freedom Our relationship with money True meaning of abundance  False belief that money has to come from a particular source Building strength and resilience through adverse experiences Money always tells us that it's unlimited How you can organize my life to create more value How money relates to our spiritual life The energy of money is the energy of creation, turning energy into form   To learn more about Sarah's work: https://sarahmccrum.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #money #abundance #energy   

Anton Grosz, PhD, is an ordained Interfaith Minister, a retired Hospice Chaplain. He grew up in an atheistic family. But his life was changed when in 1978, at the age of 37, he discovered spirituality through a Near Death Experience. He is the author of several books including Letters to a Dying Friend: What Comes Next, as well as How Do I Live When I Know I'm Going To Die? His most recent book is Handbook for a New Consciousness: The Next Step in Human Evolution.    Here he and Dawson discuss: Anton's background and near-death experience Earth from an infinite distance “I am reborn in God” Why the jewel of truth is available through the door of every spiritual path The pure consciousness with “I am” at the core Disappearing into the oneness through meditation Peace, love, and joy at the core of who we are Inner stillness    To learn more about Dr. Anton Grosz and his books: https://antongrosz.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #stillness #neardeathexperience #consciousness 

Elena Brower is a celebrated international yoga and meditation teacher on Glo, guiding transformative practices since 1999. Her debut book, Art of Attention, has been translated into seven languages. In 2023, she received Jukai (lay Buddhist vows) from Roshi Joan Jiko Halifax at Upaya Zen Center and is a student in Upaya's Chaplaincy Training As part of her service, she volunteers in hospice and penitentiary settings, bringing yoga, meditation, and compassionate presence. Her most recent book, Hold Nothing, investigates what it means to let go of narratives and return to the spacious emptiness within.   Here she and Dawson reflect on: Elena's background  The moment of change: “How do I ever stop? The alignment of outer work with the vows and values The sometimes scary inner world Exercise: when you want run away, stay with it for one more breath The point where the void ceases to be fearful Letting go of the external extraneous realities Why there's no way to escape sickness, old age, death, and losing everyone you love Wisdom in the quiet   Learn more about Elena at: https://elenabrower.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #zen #stillness #holdnothing 

Andrew Vidich, PhD, is an author, educator, international speaker, and editor. Dr. Vidich has served as faculty at several universities and is a founding member of The Interfaith Council of New York. He teaches and trains people in conflict management, leadership skills, and contemplative practice in educational, corporate, and nonprofit organizations. He has been meditating, and studying and writing about meditation, since his teenage years. He is the author of Love Is a Secret and Light Upon Light, two books about the paths of the great spiritual masters, and what their journeys can teach us. Light Upon Light has recently appeared in audio, and you can download it for free if you choose it as your first book when you get an Audible membership.   Here he and Dawson reflect on:   Andrew's background The use the word “love”  States of being that we don't have words for  How lovers don't meet each other, they're in each other all along The fundamental misconception that love is outside us Love as the gift of the Creator to the created Why all forms of love are derivatives of the Creator's love   Find Andew's book, Love is a Secret, at: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Secret-Andrew-Vidich-ebook/dp/B0CL5HCDDK/ Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #love

Dr. Joel Levey, along with his wife Michelle, are pioneers in the global “mindfulness revolution." Through the International Center for Corporate Culture and Organizational Health, they have been introducing mindfulness into workplace as a “vital organizational operating system” for enhancing the quality of every aspect and encounter of life and work within an organization. They are the authors of Manual for the Awakening Warrior.   Here Joel and Dawson explore: Joel's background Consciousness research in the 70s at Washington University Understanding human potential movement Exercise: Feeling each of your fingers individually Integrating high level nutrition, aikido, biofeedback and neurofeedback Dissolving tension, regulate emotions, calm minds, contemplative mindfulness The word for being unable to describe your feelings: Alexithymia Exercise: Wiggle fingers, feel toes Vipassana techniques Releasing traumas that are encoded in the deep matrix of the body Allowing the field of our love reach out to touch everyone   Learn more about Dr. Joel Levey at: https://www.wisdomatwork.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's latest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #wisdomatwork #awakeningwarrior     

Greg Mahr, M.D., is a psychiatrist actively involved in teaching and research on acute trauma and nightmares. He is on the faculty of the medical schools at both Michigan State University and Wayne State University and has published more than 30 academic research articles. Greg is the author of The Wisdom of Dreams: Science, Synchronicity and the Language of the Soul. His most recent work, coauthored with Heather Taylor-Zimmerman, is a guidebook and set of 42 cards called the Dream Wisdom Oracle.   Here he and Dawson discuss: Greg's background Why every dream is an unopened letter How nightmares can be a way of processing trauma Rewriting traumatic dreams with a positive ending Modern techniques for inducing lucid dreams   The Jungian term, “Active Imagination” The link between dreams and creativity How MRIs of the dreaming brain show lots of connections not present in waking life What is trauma  The ways dreams can help you connect with parts of the self that allow creativity to enter in different ways   For more information about Dr. Greg Mahr: https://www.gregmahr.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #dreams

"Happiness radiates out of people… your change is the most potent contribution you can make to global change."  Hard times have a way of exposing what actually holds us together. When prices rise, headlines darken, and uncertainty becomes constant, willpower and positive thinking stop working. What matters then is whether you have an inner foundation that stays steady regardless of external pressure. This episode points to a different kind of strength—one that doesn't numb you to reality, but keeps you calm, clear, and grounded while everything else feels unstable.  The conversation explores how inner states like peace, resilience, and clarity are not personality traits or spiritual gifts—they're trainable. There is a neurological threshold where fleeting moments of calm begin to lock in, where stress stops running the system, and where reactions soften into perspective. What's most compelling is how quickly this shift can begin, and how it changes the way people relate to money, conflict, fear, and even ambition during difficult seasons.  Dr. Dawson is a researcher, author, and speaker known for bridging neuroscience with spiritual practice. He has written multiple bestselling books and founded an organization that has helped tens of thousands of veterans recover from PTSD. His work focuses on turning elevated inner states into something stable, practical, and usable—especially when life feels anything but easy.  Learn more & connect:  spiritualintelligencebook.com  EFTUniverse.com https://dawsonchurch.com/  Other books:    The Genie in Your Genes – Dr. Dawson Church  Mind to Matter – Dr. Dawson Church  Bliss Brain – Dr. Dawson Church  Happy for No Reason – Marci Shimoff  Raymond Aaron has shared his vision and wisdom on radio and television programs for over 40 years. He is the author of over 100 books, including Branding Small Business For Dummies, Double Your Income Doing What You Love, Canadian best-seller Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul, and he co-authored the New York Times best-seller Chicken Soup for the Parent's Soul. Raymond's latest, co-authored book is The AI Millionaire's Path: Discover How ChatGPT‐Written Books Become Bestsellers and How They Can Make You a Millionaire Author!. www.Aaron.com 

In this Season 14 review (Part 3) Andrea revisits key insights from Dr. Shane Creado on the critical link between sleep, concussions and performance. The episode explains how even mild or repeated head impacts and sleep deprivation damage the same brain regions that support learning, memory, decision-making and emotional regulation, and how one all‑nighter can reduce hippocampal learning capacity by around 40%. Practical takeaways include treating sleep as neurological recovery (7–9 hours), protecting the brain after head jolts, avoiding late alcohol and screens, and prioritizing consistent sleep routines to restore learning, resilience and long‑term brain health for athletes, students and professionals. Welcome back to SEASON 14 of The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we connect the science-based evidence behind social and emotional learning and emotional intelligence training for improved well-being, achievement, productivity and results—using what I saw as the missing link (since we weren't taught this when we were growing up in school), the application of practical neuroscience. I'm Andrea Samadi, and seven years ago, launched this podcast with a question I had never truly asked myself before: (and that is) If productivity and results matter to us—and they do now more than ever—how exactly are we using our brain to make them happen? Most of us were never taught how to apply neuroscience to improve productivity, results, or well-being. About a decade ago, I became fascinated by the mind-brain-results connection—and how science can be applied to our everyday lives. That's why I've made it my mission to bring you the world's top experts—so together, we can explore the intersection of science and social-emotional learning. We'll break down complex ideas and turn them into practical strategies we can use every day for predictable, science-backed results. As we are nearing the end of Season 14 here, it has been about reflection as we have looked back and reviewed past interviews. Our goal has not been about nostalgia, or remembering these interviews, the goal has been about integrating what we have learned. Taking what we know, aligning it with how the brain actually functions, and applying it consistently enough to change outcomes. And if there's one thing this season has reinforced, it's this: Sustainable success isn't built on intensity or focus alone—it's built on alignment. As we move into what's next, (Season 15) the focus shifts from understanding this alignment to bringing this alignment into a tangible, physical form, or embodiment. Not more information—but better execution. After hundreds of conversations with neuroscientists, educators, peak performers, and thought leaders, one truth keeps resurfacing— lasting success is never about doing more. It's about alignment. Alignment between how the brain actually works, how emotions drive behavior, and how daily habits compound over time. Season 14 has been about stepping back—not to reminisce, but to integrate what we have learned into our current life. I knew the minute that I was sent a couple of video clips from our past episodes, that I had forgotten about, that while I thought I had implemented the ideas from our past guests, I had some work to go myself. For this reason, we spent Season 14 and will resume with Season 15 next January, reviewing past episodes, with the goal of noticing what we have now aligned, that's bringing us results in our daily life. Core Reflection When we started this podcast 7 years ago, the goal was simple: bridge neuroscience research with practical strategies people could actually use. What I didn't fully appreciate then—what only became clear through repetition, reflection, and real-life application—is that information alone doesn't create change. Understanding the brain doesn't matter if we ignore what to do with the information we release each week: improving our sleep reducing our stress practicing emotional regulation with consistency that actually changes who we are at the core: our identity Season 14 has been about connecting those dots. Listening again to conversations with voices like Dr. John Medina, Dawson Church, Bob Proctor, Dr. John Ratey, Friederike Fabritius, and so many others, one pattern became impossible to ignore: The brain thrives on simplicity, repetition, and finding emotional safety to implement these concepts—not intensity or a quick fix. We will take the time with each interview review to offer ways for all of us to implement the lessons learned, so that when we finish 2026, we will be able to look back, and see where our changes all began. This week, we move onto PART 3 of our review of EP 72[i] with Shane Creado, MD and his book Peak Sleep Performance for Athletes recorded back in July of 2020. ✔ In PART 1[ii], we covered: How strategic napping, morning brain habits, and even the Silva Method all work together to reset your brain, boost performance, and transform your health from the inside out. ✔ In PART 2[iii] we continued with our review, diving a bit deeper into sleep deprivation and its impact of performance (whether you are an athlete, or just someone looking to improve productivity). ✔ PART 3, we will go a bit deeper into the impacts of concussions and brain injuries on our sleep and performance. Let's go back to 2020 and revisit what Dr. Creado had to say about sleep in this last episode of this season.   VIDEO 1 – Click Here to Watch   In the first clip of this episode, with Dr. Creado, he dives into the connection with concussions and sleep. He says, “Most people who have had a concussion end up with sleep problems. It makes a lot of sense when you think about the brain and how it regulates sleep and wakeful cycles and then it gets jarred. But what people don't realize is that even a mild head injury can really damage your brain. Even if you're not officially diagnosed with a concussion, you don't have to lose consciousness to have a concussion. You don't even need to have any symptoms to have your brain injured in some way. And then the little injuries along the way add up over time. So the brain is as soft as butter and in a hard, bony skull. Anything that jars it, even whiplash can cause your brain to be injured. And it accumulates over time. What's interesting is that the same regions of the brain that are most damaged in head injuries are also damaged in sleep deprivation and also alcohol use. The frontal lobes, the temporal lobes and the parietal lobes at the top of the brain.”

Dawson Church, PhD, is an award-winning science writer, researcher, and founder of EFT Universe. His groundbreakingbooks The Genie in Your Genes, Mind to Matter, and now Spiritual Intelligence bridge the worlds of neuroscience, psychology, spirituality, and epigenetics. For more than 30 years he has worked at the intersection ofhealing and peak performance, conducting clinical trials, training practitioners worldwide, and helping thousands of people transform trauma into resilience through evidence-based energy psychology techniques.His life's work explores one essential question: What becomes possible when we awaken the brain's highest circuits and connect local consciousness with universal consciousness? Those with ears, let them hear.  Always love Ryan Connect with DawsonWebsite: https://dawsonchurch.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawson-church-68b4a8/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawson.church.3Podcast: https://dawsonchurch.com/podcast/  Connect with Always Better than YesterdayWebsite: https://abty.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abty/Men's Group: https://abty.co.uk/akira  Join our mail list here for exclusive content here: https://abty.co.uk/contact   Sign up for our coaching here: https://abty.co.uk/coaching Please email your questions and comments to podcast@abty.co.uk  #DawsonChurch #SpiritualIntelligence #Awakening

David Cunningham is a renowned transformational coach and speaker with 40 years' experience in empowering individuals to live from a place of love, grace, and authenticity. For three decades, at Landmark Worldwide, one of the world's most powerful transformational programs, he led literally hundreds of thousands of participants to live from a place of love, grace, and authenticity. He is the author of Your Love Does Matter.    Here he and Dawson discuss: David's background How to expand your love footprint Control over our thoughts and emotions Bestowing grace regardless of how you feel The Love Matters Collaboration Exercise - before you go to a place today, ask, what love footprint will you leave behind? Why we have difficulty forgiving Asking yourself for how many more hours you're going to resent this person Knowing Your Love Does Matter   Find David at: https://www.yourlovedoesmatter.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #love #forgiveness #yourlovedoesmatter

Essential listening for anyone who intellectually knows what needs to change but keeps defaulting to familiar patterns. You know what needs to change. You can feel it. But somehow you keep choosing the same responses, the same strategies, the same patterns—and then wonder why nothing shifts. In this episode, Meghan gets to the heart of why "more of the same plus more of the same equals more of the same"—and what it actually takes to break free. Drawing from Dawson Church's neuroscience research in Mind to Matter and Dr. John Churchill's work on the imaginal realm, she reveals how our brains are wired for efficiency, not transformation. The good news? You have the power to interrupt old patterns and literally rewire your neural pathways toward new possibilities. This isn't about willpower or waiting for circumstances to change. It's about understanding that you are the architect of your reality, and change begins the moment you consciously choose to do something different. Not tomorrow. Today. Links + Resources Full show notes Shop: 30% off Rise + Shine: Guided Path to Heart-Led Living and Leadership  

Donnie Yance is a Clinical Master Herbalist and Certified Nutritionist, internationally renowned for his pioneering work in botanical and nutritional medicine, particularly the integrative treatment of cancer. Donnie has authored two definitive books on botanical and herbal medicine: "Herbal Medicine, Healing and Cancer" and "Adaptogens in Medical Herbalism."    Here Donnie and Dawson discuss: Donnie's background Why fear dominates medicine not love Turning an unhealthy person into a super-person The interplay between host and disease What cancer does when it hijacks the system Unpacking the characteristics of disease Creating resilience Optimize your health rather than fight disease The biggest new discovery in cancer: beta blockers for hypertension How the sympathetic nervous system is a major driver of metastasis The most important element of spirituality: kindness It's not what's happening, it's how we respond to what's happening Bring love and goodness to the world Kenosis - Greek word for getting the garbage out of our minds Telos - divine meaning of self Lectio Divino - divine reading, pause, allow divine to speak   Find Donnie's work and books at: https://www.donnieyance.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #cancer #herbalmedicine 

Monica Evans is a Clinical EFT practitioner and mentor for EFT Universe. Though she studied energy healing for more than 20 years, it was only when she learned Clinical EFT that she was able to release the fear-based reactions that were running her life. Inspired by her own experience, she made sharing these gifts with others her life's work. Monica's gentle and trauma-informed approach helps clients heal their inner wounds once and for all.    Here she and Dawson discuss: Monica's background Reiki, Transcendental Meditation, EMDR, and EFT OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) Disproportionate responses  Finding the root of your own issues Clinical EFT  Covert trauma - the lack of something, like being valued as a child Child dissociation  The inner critic    Monica generously created a code for listeners to receive $50 off of any of her private session bundles. Link is https://www.peaceloveandtapping.com/book-online    Code is HIGHENERGY50   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #stress #tapping #ocd #clinicaleft #peaceloveandtapping 

Brad Yates is known internationally for his creative and often humorous use of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). He is the author of the best-selling children's book "The Wizard's Wish," the co-author of the best-seller "Freedom at Your Fingertips.” Videos on Brad's YouTube channel have been viewed over 55 million times.    Here he and Dawson reflect on: Brad's background Why behind despair is fear and suffering Energy hygiene practices Healthy ways to manage our stress Seeing ways of improving your life when you get out of stress mode Exercise: Tapping for my wellbeing level Brad's future vision  How tapping away stress can help develop a positive vision for our future   Find Brad at: https://www.tapwithbrad.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #stress #tapping

Gene Monterastelli is a teacher, coach, and creator who helps people use tapping to transform the stories that keep them stuck. As the founder of Tapping Q & A and Tapping Mastery Academy, Gene has spent more than fifteen years helping thousands of people release resistance, heal emotional wounds, and take meaningful action in their lives and businesses.    Here he and Dawson reflect on: Gene's background Discovering EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Tapping I'd played around with EFT tapping Why life is a resource management problem Finding the subconscious resistance How the subconscious mind acts as a prediction machine  The ways it's not survival of the fittest, it's survival of the most fearful How the subconscious mind believes it's safer to do nothing Where to start ...often the hardest part The Peaceful Heart Network Bringing EFT Tapping to places such as refugee camps, schools, prisons crisis, and Rwanda   For more about Gene:  http://tappingqanda.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #subconscious #tapping

Fleet Maull, PhD, is a consultant, motivational speaker, social entrepreneur, and authorized teacher in the Zen and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. He also founded Prison Mindfulness Institute and National Prison Hospice Association, catalyzing two national movements, while serving a 14-year mandatory-minimum federal drug sentence from 1985 to 1999. He is the author of Radical Responsibility: How to Move Beyond Blame, Fearlessly Live Your Highest Purpose, and Become an Unstoppable Force for Good and Dharma in Hell: The Prison Writings of Fleet Maull.    Fleet founded the Heart Mind Institute, offering online summits, courses, and coaching programs integrating western science with ancestral & contemplative wisdom and addressing themes of trauma healing, resilience building, post-traumatic growth, expanded states of consciousness, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, conscious entrepreneurship, and more.    Here he and Dawson discuss:   Fleet's background The ways each of us has our own hero's journey The truth of "the only way out is through" The pain paradox: that joy lies on the other side of pain Our own inner channel  How the suffering of great spiritual masters sensitizes them to the world's suffering A deeply embodied approach to meditation The Task Positive Network Why when plugging into source our nervous system untangles itself Feeling the physicality of the body which will calm your mind Spontaneous experiences of Samadhi or awakened states Why deeper states of awakening require consistent practice When deep states produce the risk of clinging to them   Get a free eBook copy of Fleet's Neuro-Somatic Mindfulness: A Direct Path to Awakening at: https://www.heartmind.co/nsm-dawsonchurch   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase 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 #mindfulness #awakening

Gurman is a motivational speaker, educator and the author of The Third Testament. He had a 20-year career in law enforcement, where he interacted with every echelon of society, from government leaders to the most under-served communities. He is also an ordained minister and host of the podcast Path of the Audacious Rebel.    Here he and Dawson discuss: Gurman's background  Why 'love your neighbor as yourself' is the foundation of every religion The ways we do not see the world as it is, we see it as we are Reexamining your beliefs and asking out-of-the-box questions The taboo about death, we think about it as the end How energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change form Evidence from Near Death Experiences and children who remember past lives A global awakening of consciousness   You can more about Gurman at: https://iamgurman.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase 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 #energy #pathoftheaudaciousrebel 

Christy Whitman is a transformational leader and spiritual guide. She is the New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Having It All and The Flow Factor. Christy has appeared on The Today Show, The Morning Show, TedX, and Next Level Soul.    Here she and Dawson discuss: How everyone has access to flow The importance of being present to find out how you're feeling Why our consciousness lives in words, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, actions The bridge where flow starts to happen Three ways to cultivate self-compassion  Being energy receivers and transmitters The way energy manages everything in your universe Ways to raise your vibration to a high state Asking yourself 3 questions: What do I want? Why do I want it? How do I want to feel?   Find Chirsty at: https://www.christyandthecouncil.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #theflowfactor #vibration #energy 

Sarah Louise Lilley is a clinical Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or “Tapping”) practitioner.  A sought after coach and speaker, she helps equestrians overcome fears, blocks and trauma. Known for her holistic and heart-centered approach, Sarah equips riders with tools that cultivate ease, trust, and clarity by releasing the root causes of anxious thinking and limiting beliefs. Sarah has taken the stage at Warwick Schiller's Journey on Podcast Summit and appeared on numerous equestrian podcasts including: The Whole Equestrian with 5* Eventer Emily Hamel, WeHorse's The Equestrian Connection with Danielle Crowell, Horse Illustrated's Barn Banter and The Equestrian Podcast with influencer Bethany Lee. When she's not riding her horse or working with her clients, Sarah mentors the next generation of Practitioners at EFT Universe, the world's largest EFT certification program. She recently taught alongside Dawson Church at The Omega Institute. To learn more about Sarah, please visit EmotionalFreedomwithSarah.com /or Instagram @SarahLouiseLilley

A pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence, Paul Levy is a wounded healer in private practice, assisting others who are also awakening to the dreamlike nature of reality. He has authored six books, three of which are on the collective but unconscious psychoses in which we live. His newest book is a revised and expanded edition of The Quantum Revelation: Awakening to the Dreamlike Nature of Reality. An artist, he is deeply steeped in the work of C. G. Jung and has been a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for 40 years.    Here he and Dawson discuss: Paul's background Realizing that our lives are a dream How the act of observation creates the universe All one interconnected quantum system How to get in touch with your own wholeness Discovering there is only the eternal now How this life is a dream Ways our civilization can collectively leap into a new level of consciousness Allowing the magic of the universe Finding courage, blessing, grace and love hidden in life's worst events For more about Paul's work: https://www.awakeninthedream.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #quantumrevelation #dreams #dreamlikenatureofreality 

Maria Toso is a Danish-born author, spiritual teacher, and somatic healing coach based in Minnesota. Her book, Heal What Hurts: How to Heal Emotional Triggers (Llewellyn Worldwide, September 2025), guides people to release emotional triggers that shape the lens through which we see others and ourselves. Her method helps people become emotionally free, no longer dependent on others to change or on numbing agents to cope. Maria also teaches Yoga Teacher Training at Minneapolis College and leads international retreats and workshops.   Here Maria and Dawson chat about: Emotional triggers  Body scanning Breathwork  Maria's story Coping mechanisms  How and why the body is a perfect expression of your spirit and your programming How many breaths we take in a minute  What to do when you find yourself triggered Asking, “How old are you?” and let the place in the body speak Avoiding the victim story    Find Maria online at: https://www.mariatoso.com/   Find host Dr. Dawson Church at: http://dawsongift.com/   To purchase Dawson's newest book, Spiritual Intelligence:  https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Intelligence-Activating-Circuits-Awakened/dp/160415294X/   #mindtomatter #blissbrain #spiritualintelligence #eft #meditation #highenergyhealth #sq #healing #emotionaltriggers 

Andrea Samadi revisits her 2019 conversation with neuroleadership pioneer Friederike Fabritius to explore practical neuroscience strategies for better productivity, well-being, and workplace happiness. On this episode, we'll learn: ✔ Why only 20% of people feel passionate about their jobs, and what we can do to change that. ✔ How to use neuroscience to reach peak performance or flow with your work. Neuroscientist and neuroleadership pioneer Friederike Fabritius shows us how three simple ingredients—FUN, FEAR, and FOCUS—can help us find flow and peak performance at work. We'll also explore why men and women often respond differently to stress, how to identify your unique neurosignature, and practical ways to design a workplace (and a life) that helps your brain thrive ✔ Learn the three key ingredients for flow—fun, fear (challenge), and focus—how the stress–performance curve affects apathy and burnout. ✔ Why tailoring roles to individual neurosignatures (dopamine, serotonin, testosterone, estrogen) can unlock peak performance. Welcome back to SEASON 14 of The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we connect the science-based evidence behind social and emotional learning and emotional intelligence training for improved well-being, achievement, productivity and results—using what I saw as the missing link (since we weren't taught this when we were growing up in school), the application of practical neuroscience. I'm Andrea Samadi, and seven years ago, launched this podcast with a question I had never truly asked myself before: (and that is) If productivity and results matter to us—and they do now more than ever—how exactly are we using our brain to make them happen? Most of us were never taught how to apply neuroscience to improve productivity, results, or well-being. About a decade ago, I became fascinated by the mind-brain-results connection—and how science can be applied to our everyday lives. That's why I've made it my mission to bring you the world's top experts—so together, we can explore the intersection of science and social-emotional learning. We'll break down complex ideas and turn them into practical strategies we can use every day for predictable, science-backed results. For today's Episode 373, we continue our journey into our mind with the next interview review. Just a reminder-this review series began back with Episode 366[i], where in Part 3 we discovered an important lesson: if we don't like our results—or what we see on the outside—we need to shift our mindset and look within. True change always begins on the inside. We moved onto EP 369[ii] we learned how to Rewire our Brain with Dr. Dawson Church and his Bliss Brain Meditations, and then EP 370[iii] with John Medina's Brain Rules, where we reviewed how important this understanding of neuroscience is, especially connected to education, teaching and learning. Next we went deeper into our mind and brain with EP 371 and 72 where we with clinical professor of psychiatry from UCLA's School of Medicine, Dr. Daniel J Siegel and his Mindsight concept, which is the same idea as Theory of Mind, or seeing the mind in another. All of these episodes are helping us to further sharpen of minds and brains, and connect better with others,  for improved productivity and success in our work and personal lives. For today's EP 373, we go back to EP 27[iv], recorded October 2019, with pioneer in neuroleadership, neuroscientist, Friederike Fabritius[v], from Germany. On this episode, we covered her book, The Leading Brain: Neuroscience Hacks to Work Smarter, Better and Happier. Friederike returned again to the podcast, for EP 258[vi] recorded in November 2022 advancing our conversation with her next book, The Brain Friendly Workplace. Both of these interviews covered important tips that I think we should all take into consideration to be happier, and therefore, more productive at work. Going along with our theme-that if we don't like what's going on outside of ourselves, let's dive deeper into understanding how our brain and minds work. Which brings us back to FRIEDERIKE FABRITIUS, MS, is a neuroscientist and pioneer in the field of neuroleadership. She trained at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and is an alumna of McKinsey & Company (helping organizations to create change).  Friederike delivers brain-based leadership programs to Fortune 500 executives and organizations around the globe to transform how they think, innovate, and navigate change. I'm always looking for productivity tips that we can all use, and it's clear that stress in our workplaces is at an all-time high, globally. We know that “2/3 of people report being stressed at work, to the point they can't sleep at night”[vii]  and in our first clip, Friederike reports that “only 20% of people feel passionate about their jobs” and that “40% of people never experience FLOW in their jobs.” I think there has to be another way to find balance here. VIDEO 1 Click Here to Watch Let's listen to Friederike's clip on: Why FUN, FEAR, and FOCUS Matter for Flow & Peak Performance  “Only 20% of people feel passionate about their jobs. That's insane. And 40% of people never experience FLOW in their jobs. And (she thinks)  it can be that simple. That everyone can be happy at their jobs. All you need are three simple things. (Friederike calls them ) FUN, FEAR, and FOCUS. And it has to do with a certain mix of neurochemicals in our brain. When we are having fun at work (not the after work party kind of fun) where you have fun after the work is done. I'm thinking of having fun related to the task at hand. And when we are having fun, our brains release a neurochemical called dopamine. Dopamine is a real brain booster. It makes you think faster. It helps you to do everything a bit speedier and better, and makes us more creative.”

In this episode Andrea revisits her 2019 conversation with Dr. Daniel J. Siegel to explore Mindsight — his science-based approach to understanding the mind, integrating the brain, and cultivating empathy. Dr. Siegel explains the difference between mind and brain, the benefits of the Wheel of Awareness meditation, and how Mindsight can change brain structure and improve health. Watch full interview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7pnea2Vbzc Practical tips include daily Mindsight practice, naming emotions to build self-awareness, and simple emotional check-ins to make learning and relationships more meaningful. This week, in our review of EP 28 with Daniel J. Siegel, MD  and his book Mindsight, we learned: ✔ The Difference Between the Mind and the Brain. ✔  The Benefits of The Wheel of Awareness Meditation. ✔ How to Understand and Apply Mindsight that gives us insight into ourselves, and empathy for others. ✔ How Mindsight can change brain structure and improve health. ✔ In order to make teaching and learning more meaningful, what we are teaching must have an element of emotion. Welcome back to SEASON 14 of The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we connect the science-based evidence behind social and emotional learning and emotional intelligence training for improved well-being, achievement, productivity and results—using what I saw as the missing link (since we weren't taught this when we were growing up in school), the application of practical neuroscience. I'm Andrea Samadi, and seven years ago, launched this podcast with a question I had never truly asked myself before: (and that is) If productivity and results matter to us—and they do now more than ever—how exactly are we using our brain to make them happen? Most of us were never taught how to apply neuroscience to improve productivity, results, or well-being. About a decade ago, I became fascinated by the mind-brain-results connection—and how science can be applied to our everyday lives. That's why I've made it my mission to bring you the world's top experts—so together, we can explore the intersection of science and social-emotional learning. We'll break down complex ideas and turn them into practical strategies we can use every day for predictable, science-backed results. Episode 371: For today's Episode 371, we continue our journey into the mind with the next interview review. Just a reminder-this review series began back with Episode 366[i], where in Part 3 we discovered an important lesson: if we don't like our results—or what we see on the outside—we need to shift our mindset and look within. True change always begins on the inside.   EP 369[ii] we learned how to Rewire our Brain with Dr. Dawson Church and his Bliss Brain Meditations, and then last week, EP 370[iii] with John Medina's Brain Rules, we reviewed how important this understanding of neuroscience is, especially connected to education, teaching and learning. Which brings us to today's review, EP 371, where we revisit a very early episode with clinical professor of psychiatry from UCLA's School of Medicine, Dr. Daniel J Siegel. He's from EP 28[iv], that was recorded back in November of 2019. As we take this journey deeper into the mind, Dr. Dan Siegel offers the perfect place to begin, with his ability to bridge cutting-edge neuroscience and practical wisdom. Dr. Dan Siegel, is well known for his books, trainings and courses that bridge cutting edge neuroscience with mindfulness and therapy. A reminder of his background-he's a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and executive director of the Mindsight Institute[v] where you can find his courses, workshops, books and tools to help anyone understand and apply what can sometimes be complicated scientific concepts and make them easy to understand and applicable to our daily lives. At the end of the interview, I let Dr. Siegel know that I had been practicing his Wheel of Awareness Meditation, and ended up reviewing what I learned on EP 60[vi] where we explored the Science Behind a Meditation Practice. You can watch the whole interview by clicking on the link in the resource section in the show notes, and learn all about Dr. Siegel's work that encompasses schools, with resiliency, brain science and helping our next generation to understand how to apply these important strategies whether it's in our classrooms, or workplaces of the future. Today we will continue to explore within, sharpen our mindset, and learn about what Dr. Siegel calls Mindsight. VIDEO 1 Click Here to Watch In Clip 1, Dr. Siegel unpacks the concept of Mindsight and helps clarify the difference between the mind and the brain, when I asked him to explain this distinction. I knew this wasn't an easy question—as I had already listened to him answer it many times over the years, and still wasn't sure I fully grasped it. In fact, I even tried to tackle it myself back in Episode 23[vii], Understanding Your Brain and Mind for Increased Results. But revisiting this topic now, I can see this concept requires a much deeper reflection. So, I asked Dr. Siegel if we could look at his definition of the mind—one he has been studying for years and that many in his scientific and educational circles agree on. He describes the mind as “an embodied and relational process—since it's in the body and it's in our relationships with one another—that regulates the flow of energy and information.” I wanted to hear him expand on this again, especially around why relationships are so critical for our health, our well-being, and for creating what he calls an integrated brain—which he equates with a healthy brain. His answer helped me to understand the importance of implementing Mindsight into our daily life. He said: “The word mind doesn't actually have a formal definition—not in education, psychotherapy, or even in fields like psychology that study it directly. But if we look closely, the mind includes your subjective experience—that inner feeling of being alive. It also includes consciousness—the ability to know that you're having that subjective experience. And beyond that, there's information processing—which doesn't always require consciousness and is essentially what school focuses on: learning to process information. When you understand the mind as a self-organizing process—a complex system that regulates its own becoming—you begin to see the power of teaching about the mind itself. This is what we call Mindsight. And if we could bring this understanding into education, the outcomes for students would be profoundly different.” Key Tip 1 with Dr. Dan Siegel Understanding and Applying Mindsight which is “the way we focus our attention on the internal world. It's how we bring consciousness to our own thoughts and feelings, and then next,  how we attune to the inner world of someone else. Mindsight gives us insight into ourselves, and empathy for others.”

Sarah Louise Lilley is a clinical Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or “Tapping”) practitioner. A sought after coach and speaker, she helps equestrians overcome fears, blocks and trauma. Known for her holistic and heart-centered approach, Sarah equips riders with tools that cultivate ease, trust, and clarity by releasing the root causes of anxious thinking and limiting beliefs. Sarah has taken the stage at Warwick Schiller's Journey on Podcast Summit and appeared on numerous equestrian podcasts including: The Whole Equestrian with 5* Eventer Emily Hamel, WeHorse's The Equestrian Connection with Danielle Crowell, Horse Illustrated's Barn Banter and The Equestrian Podcast with influencer Bethany Lee. When she's not riding her horse or working with her clients, Sarah mentors the next generation of Practitioners at EFT Universe, the world's largest EFT certification program. She recently taught alongside Dawson Church at The Omega Institute. To learn more about Sarah, please visit EmotionalFreedomwithSarah.com /or Instagram @SarahLouiseLilley

Episode 370 reviews Dr. John Medina's insights from Brain Rules and explores how neuroscience and social-emotional learning combine to improve teaching, learning, and well-being. Key takeaways: teachers need basic neuroscience to support learning; the emotional stability of the home strongly shapes a child's resilience and confidence; and children build resilience when adults co-regulate and model healthy emotion management during high-emotion moments. This short review highlights practical steps for educators, parents, and leaders to apply brain-based strategies and SEL to boost student outcomes and lifelong skills. EP 370 covers a review of Dr. John Medina's Brain Rules, from EP 42 (February 2020)  We learned: ✔ If education is about the brain, then teachers need to understand how the brain learns best. ✔ A child's resilience and confidence are deeply tied to the emotional climate of the home. ✔  Children build resilience not in calm moments, but in how parents (or caregivers) respond when emotions run high. Welcome back to SEASON 14 of The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we connect the science-based evidence behind social and emotional learning and emotional intelligence training for improved well-being, achievement, productivity and results—using what I saw as the missing link (since we weren't taught this when we were growing up in school), the application of practical neuroscience. I'm Andrea Samadi, and seven years ago, launched this podcast with a question I had never truly asked myself before: (and that is) If productivity and results matter to us—and they do now more than ever—how exactly are we using our brain to make them happen? Most of us were never taught how to apply neuroscience to improve productivity, results, or well-being. About a decade ago, I became fascinated by the mind-brain-results connection—and how science can be applied to our everyday lives. That's why I've made it my mission to bring you the world's top experts—so together, we can explore the intersection of science and social-emotional learning. We'll break down complex ideas and turn them into practical strategies we can use every day for predictable, science-backed results. Episode 370: Brain Rules and the Future of Learning For today's Episode 370[i], we continue our journey into the mind with our next interview review—Dr. John Medina, author of the well-known book Brain Rules. We first featured Dr. Medina in EP 42, when we explored “Implementing Brain Rules in Schools and Workplaces of the Future.” To remind you where we began with our interview review series: We opened with EP 366[ii], diving into speaker Bob Proctor's timeless principles. Bob was the very first person—over 25 years ago—who challenged me with the question, “What do you really want to do with your life?” At the time, I didn't have a clear answer. It's taken well over 25 years now for this clarity to evolve. Eventually, I realized what mattered most to me: and that was bringing social and emotional learning (SEL) skills into schools. I had already seen how these skills—once called “soft skills”—transformed the lives of 12 teenagers I worked with in the motivational speaking industry in the late 1990s. Later, I watched as SEL spread into schools across states and countries, until the research became undeniable. A 2011 meta-analysis of 213 studies confirmed what I had seen firsthand a decade before this study was released: students who participated in SEL programs showed an 11-percentile-point increase in academic performance[iii] compared to control groups. That's a significant improvement, demonstrating just how powerful SEL can be. Long before this research, I simply knew these skills could shape the future of the next generation. This podcast itself was built around the six core SEL competencies—each explored in its own dedicated episode that you can find in our resource section in the show notes. Then came the next step: adding the lens of neuroscience. I realized that everything we were studying in SEL connected back to how the brain works. My deep dive into what I called “Neuroscience 101” began when an educator handed me a stack of books that opened my eyes to the importance of brain science in education. From those early hand-drawn sketches grew the framework that still guides this podcast today—bridging SEL and neuroscience to make learning both practical and powerful.   Which brings us to today's review: Episode 370, where we revisit Dr. John Medina. At the heart of this conversation is the very question that launched my journey years ago: What happens when we connect social and emotional learning with neuroscience? How can understanding the brain not only improve results and productivity, but also better equip our next generation of students in the classroom? It was John Medina's Brain Rules that first landed on my bookshelf back in 2009. And to be honest—it just sat there for a while. I wasn't ready yet. As Dr. Medina himself has said, this kind of learning can't be forced. You need a strong why to really dive into the mind–brain connection. For me, that why came later, when I realized how deeply understanding the brain could impact learning, teaching, and even life itself. If you're following along with this podcast, I imagine you've had a similar moment—when the connection between the brain and practical neuroscience suddenly made sense and became something worth pursuing. I'm always curious about what that moment looks like for others—what it is that makes this topic click. For me, it became clear during my very first presentation on this subject in November 2017, at a conference for the York Region School District in Toronto. The topic I was in charge of presenting was Stress, Learning, and the Brain, and the room was so full it was standing room only. This was after just three years of studying the topic myself, and when I first opened up David Souza's How the Brain Learns Series, I honestly thought this topic was over my head, and too difficult for me to understand, let alone having me teach it to others. But once there is a strong why, the way will be shown. And that day, when I saw how many people showed up to learn the topic, I knew this was the field I wanted to dedicate the rest of my life to—continuing to learn, and helping others understand and apply to their lives. VIDEO 1 Click Here to Watch Now that you know where this mind-brain connection began for me, I hope you can gain clarity with why it's so important to you. Important enough that you are tuning into this podcast to learn more. Wouldn't you know it—understanding this WHY with the brain-mind connection to thrive at home, work and school and with sport is exactly what Dr. John Medina said to me during our interview back in February 2020. If you click the link in the show notes, you can watch VIDEO 1, where he explains: “I believe that the cognitive neurosciences should be at the table of education training. Before you get a Bachelor Degree in Education, you have to have a fair degree of neuroscience. And it's a very specific slice—it's the kind of neuroscience that says: this is what we know about how the brain learns. Because teachers are in charge of that. It blows me away sometimes—I look at the Colleges of Education: if you're in the Geology Department, you study rocks. If you go to Medical School, you study humans. You could argue that the world of education is all about studying the brain. Where are the courses that say—‘This is how memory works. This is how we get someone to pay attention. This is what visual processing looks like.'” Dr. Medina is 100% right. When I went through teacher training at The University of Toronto, courses like this weren't offered. Fast forward to today, and my daily work now focuses on supporting educators with the Science of Reading—a body of research that, much like SEL, took decades to gain traction but is finally reshaping classrooms and teacher training, impacting how we teach our next generation of students to read. Of course, this knowledge can't just be forced on us. It's not easy material—it requires effort to learn. But if you're listening to this podcast each week, it's because you're curious. You're willing to dig into concepts that, until recently, were reserved for medical students. That's how Dr. Douglas Fisher gained his insights into how the brain learns best. As he told me in EP 161[iv], How Learning Works: Translating the Science of Learning into Strategies for Maximum Learning in Your Classroom, he actually sat in classes with medical students to develop a deeper understanding of brain-based learning—knowledge we were never given in traditional teacher training. Key Point from Video Clip 1 from John Medina

In this episode Andrea Samadi revisits a popular interview with Dr. Dawson Church about his book Bliss Brain and the neuroscience of meditation. They explore how simple, evidence-based practices can quiet the brain's default mode, trigger blissful neurochemicals, and reshape stress and happiness networks. Listeners learn why happiness must be trained, how meditation helps people live more in the present, and practical tips to start a daily meditation practice using guided tools like the free Bliss Brain meditations. Welcome back to SEASON 14 of The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we connect the science-based evidence behind social and emotional learning and emotional intelligence training for improved well-being, achievement, productivity and results—using what I saw as the missing link (since we weren't taught this when we were growing up in school), the application of practical neuroscience. I'm Andrea Samadi, and seven years ago, launched this podcast with a question I had never truly asked myself before: (and that is) If productivity and results matter to us—and they do now more than ever—how exactly are we using our brain to make them happen? Most of us were never taught how to apply neuroscience to improve productivity, results, or well-being. About a decade ago, I became fascinated by the mind-brain-results connection—and how science can be applied to our everyday lives. That's why I've made it my mission to bring you the world's top experts—so together, we can explore the intersection of science and social-emotional learning. We'll break down complex ideas and turn them into practical strategies we can use every day for predictable, science-backed results. For today's Episode 369, we are moving forward on our journey of the mind, to our next interview review, with our goal of building off of our past reviews, and sharpening our saw for improved well-being, productivity and success in 2025 and beyond. To review our last 3 episodes, with our interview with speaker Bob Proctor, we learned that “If we want to improve our RESULTS, we must focus on the six faculties of our mind—reason, intuition, perception, will, memory, and imagination.” “Devoting a year to developing each one would be time well invested, elevating us to greater heights and setting us apart from others.” Next, we looked at how we need to become extremely clear with our vision of “what we really want” and keep in mind that…. Our External Environment Reflects Our Internal World What exactly does this mean? It means that if we don't like what's happening in our external world—whether it's in our job, relationships, results, or any area of our life—we must first look inward. Our circumstances mirror the beliefs and thoughts we hold within. As James Allen reminds us in As a Man Thinketh: our outer world is always a reflection of our inner state. For today's Episode 369, we'll turn inward—sharpening our inner world so that we can transform the outer one. Today we go back EP 98[i] our interview with Dr. Dawson Church, that was recorded back in December of 2020, where we looked at the science behind implementing meditation into your daily routine. This interview is currently our most watched YouTube interview with over 11K views. This week, in our review of EP 98 with Dr. Dawson Church and his book Bliss Brain, we will explore how meditation can rewire the brain for happiness and presence. We will learn: ✔ Since happiness didn't evolve naturally, we must train our brain to achieve it. ✔ Our brains default to the past or future, constantly scanning for threats, instead of resting in the present moment. ✔ Extreme states of happiness are possible for all of us when we implement meditation consistently. ✔ How to commit to a daily meditation practice using the free meditations that come with Bliss Brain, or explore other guided programs until you find one that resonates with you Just a reminder-Dr. Church is the author of the book called Bliss Brain: The Neuroscience of Remodeling Your Brain for Resilience, Creativity and Joy.[ii] He's an award-winning science writer who blends cutting-edge neuroscience with the stories of people who've had firsthand experience of brain change. Neural plasticity—the discovery that the brain is capable of rewiring itself—is now widely understood. But what few people have grasped yet is how quickly this is happening, how extensive brain changes can be, and how much control each of us exerts over the process of our thinking. It's been almost 5 years since this interview, and it feels like yesterday to me. I remember at the time, one of my dogs was barking in the yard when the landscapers came, and I was worried it would distract our interview. It didn't. I don't even think Dr. Church could hear them. There were also two other things that stuck out in my head from this interview (other than the fact I was wearing glasses trying to prepare for Lasik surgery and couldn't really see the questions) but I'll also never forget that American entrepreneur and biohacker Dave Asprey, who's well known for his interest in helping others achieve these elevated brain states, wrote the Foreword to his book. I also won't ever forget Chapter 1, of Bliss Brain, where Dr. Church shares how he and his wife lost their home and pets in the 2017 Santa Rose Fire, yet they chose to focus on gratitude and rebuilding their lives with joy. This story highlights his teaching that even trained minds struggle under pressure, but with meditation and practice, we can shift into a bliss or flow state. Church's EcoMeditation method, (that he covers in his book) supported by science and praised by Dave Asprey in the Foreword, helps quiet the brain's Default Mode Network[iii] and quickly releases calming, pleasurable chemicals—in as little as four minutes. Dr. Church has a strong following, and there are many powerful testimonials at the start of his book. One we spoke about in our interview was from Toni Tombleson who wrote: After a week of putting out a handful of mini-fires that often accompany the start of a new school year in my world, I can see why these lessons to handling both major life crises and everyday challenges, by learning to cultivate a “Bliss Brain” should remain a top priority for resilience, productivity, and well-being, for all of us. VIDEO 1 Click Here to Watch Which brings me to Video Clip 1 of our review. Watch video clip 1 with the link in the show notes. Historical Context: Dr. Church begins by reflecting on The Buddha, who over 2,000 years ago sought to relieve human suffering. He also reviews other spiritual teachers, including Plato, who grappled with the same question. Biological Explanation: Dr. Church emphasizes that suffering is a biological problem, a feature of how the human brain evolved. How our lives have become easier than they were 2,000 years ago. He explained to me how people are 3x as wealthy now, than they were 40 years ago. In terms of longevity, our lifespans have doubled in the last century. There are many markers like this that show us that we live in a much more secure and safe world than we used to. Key Point: While we live in a safer environment today, than 2,000 years ago, our brains were not designed for where we are today. We are not suffering he reminded me because we are bad people, we lack will, or haven't read enough personal growth books… “We simply didn't evolve to be happy because there was no survival benefit in being happy.”  Tip #1: Since happiness didn't evolve naturally, it's something we must train our brain to achieve. Practical Application: This is the basis of his book Bliss Brain, where he explains how meditation helps us train the brain to reach a bliss or flow state. It's in his book that we learn how to achieve this state that will change not only our brain, (our internal state) but our outer results in our everyday lives. In Chapter 2, he shows us why most people find it so hard to meditate. The difficulty has nothing to do with willpower or intention. It's simply due to the design of the human brain. When you understand this clearly, you'll be equipped to work around it. Chapter 3 describes the ecstatic states that you can achieve in meditation. He examines the regions of the brain that you activate, and what each one does. He also lists the extensive health and cognitive benefits that you get from activating each of those regions. In Chapter 4 you'll hear the story of his own personal failed meditation experiences. He learned many different styles of meditation, but could never establish a consistent practice. His breakthrough came from science. When he combined seven simple evidence-based practices together, found a formula that puts people into deep states automatically and involuntarily. No effort required. When he and his colleagues hook people up to EEGs and MRIs, they find that using these seven steps, even non-meditators get into profound states in less than 4 minutes. Sometimes in less than 50 seconds. Historically, the secrets of these states have been available to only about 1% of the population. Thanks to science, they're now available to everyone. Chapter 5 he goes into the seven neurochemicals of ecstasy. We learn how each one is like a drug that makes you feel good. But combine all seven together, and you have a potent formula that takes your brain into bliss. Meditation is the only way you get all seven at one time. The star of the show is a neurotransmitter called anandamide, aka “the bliss molecule.” When you trigger these ecstatic states daily, they change your brain. Chapter 6 is about the extensive brain remodeling that occurs in seasoned meditators. Stress circuits shrink, while happiness networks grow. But you don't need to be an adept to trigger this rewiring. It begins the very first week you meditate effectively. Chapter 7 is about post-traumatic growth, and how the brains of meditators make them resilient to the inevitable upsets of life. Medical crises and financial disasters included. It provides practical examples of how meditation can make you resilient even during global upheavals like the coronavirus panic that was happening at the time of this interview. Whatever challenges confront us, we will be well equipped to handle large and small life challenges. If we truly want to find happiness, then we will need to rewire our brain to accomplish these states. VIDEO 2 Click Here to Watch Watch video clip 2 with the link in the show notes. Question asked: “How can we learn to be more in the present moment, instead of somewhere else?” Dr. Church's explanation: The brain is hardwired to identify threats for survival. Today, most of us don't face immediate threats, but the brain's Default Mode Network (DMN) keeps scanning for danger. Without real threats, it replays past negative experiences (even from years ago or childhood) and projects fear into the future (“what if it happens again?”). This keeps us stuck in the past and future, not the present moment. Monks & meditation: Monks, after years of deep meditation, trained their brains differently. Brain scans showed structural changes—the brain literally began to shrink in areas related to stress and overthinking. Key Point: Our brains are not naturally wired to live in the present moment—they default to the past or future, scanning for threats. Tip #2: Get serious about meditation. Example: Australian astrophysicist & TV journalist Graham Phillips remodeled his brain in just 8 weeks of meditation practice. VIDEO 3 Click Here to Watch Watch video clip 3 with the link in the show notes. In this clip, Dr. Church explains how “meditation changes everything” and why “20 years ago, he decided to make this commitment to daily meditation” sharing how his whole world changed after this. These are noticeable changes that were behind his motivation to write this book, Bliss Brain, to show the world how they too can reach these states of extreme happiness. He told us to go back and study historical figures who were clearly in altered states of being, like the Italian Catholic Preacher, Saint Francis of Assisi, who appears in a blissed-out state as we see in a drawing, where it looks like he is communicating with God or something divine. This beautiful blissful state, that goes beyond happiness, is available to all of us. We will cover more about the changes our brains undergo with meditation as we go back to review our interview #28 with clinical professor of psychiatry from the UCLA school of medicine, Dr. Dan Siegel[iv], on a later episode, but for now, we can conclude that we can in fact change our outside world, in a significant and powerful way, by dedicating ourselves to a daily meditation practice. Key Point: We can ALL reach this state of extreme happiness by implementing a daily meditation practice. Tip 3: We can get started with our own meditation practice (if we are not currently implementing one) by using the FREE mediations that come along with the Bliss Brain Book Or use whatever meditation program resonates with you. REVIEW AND CONCLUSION Episode 369 Wrap-Up: Bliss Brain Review with Dr. Dawson Church This week, in our review of EP 98 with Dr. Dawson Church and his book Bliss Brain, we explored how meditation can rewire the brain for happiness and presence. Key Point from Clip 1: Although we live in a safer world than 2,000 years ago, our brains weren't designed for today's environment. “We simply didn't evolve to be happy because there was no survival benefit in being happy.” Tip #1: Since happiness didn't evolve naturally, we must train our brain to achieve it. Key Point from Clip 2: Our brains default to the past or future, constantly scanning for threats, instead of resting in the present moment. Tip #2: Commit to meditation—like astrophysicist and TV journalist Graham Phillips, who saw powerful changes after just 8 weeks of his daily practice that helped him to focus in the present moment. Key Point from Clip 3: Extreme states of happiness are possible for all of us when we implement meditation consistently. Tip #3: Start small. Use the free meditations that come with Bliss Brain, or explore other guided programs until you find one that resonates with you I highly recommend watching the full interview with Dr. Church[v]—especially if you've struggled to stay consistent with your own practice. Even Dr. Church himself shares moments where he lost momentum, which is a reminder that this is a journey for all of us. Personally, I've cycled through different meditation programs—starting with John Assaraf's work, then moving on to Dr. Dan Siegel's Wheel of Awareness, using Dr. Church's Bliss Brain meditations, and now practicing Dr. Joe Dispenza's chakra-focused work. The program you choose matters less than your ability to make it a consistent daily practice—that's when the real brain changes occur. We'll see you next week as we continue exploring the Journey of the Mind, working on connecting practical science to improve our inner and outer world. See you next week!   RESOURCES: VIDEO CLIP 1 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DkeDGwbShwU VIDEO CLIP 2 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a5O3eI7qKro VIDEO CLIP 3 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zatnfj4MPok FREE ACCESS TO BLISS BRAIN RESOURCES, MEDITATIONS https://blissbrainbook.com/ REFERENCES: [i]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 98 “Dr. Dawson Church: The Science Behind Using a Meditation: Rewiring Your Brain for Happiness, Resilience, and Joy”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-dawson-church-on-the-science-behind-using-meditation-rewiring-your-brain-for-happiness-resilience-and-joy/     [ii] FREE ACCESS TO BLISS BRAIN RESOURCES, MEDITATIONS https://blissbrainbook.com/     [iii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 204 “The Neuroscience of Happiness”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-on-the-neuroscience-of-happiness/   [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 28 with Dr. Daniel Siegel on “Mindsight: The Basis for Social and Emotional Intelligenvce”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/clinical-professor-of-psychiatry-at-the-ucla-school-of-medicine-dr-daniel-siegel-on-mindsight-the-basis-for-social-and-emotional-intelligence/   [v] YouTube Interview with Andrea Samadi and Dr. Dawson Church https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH8yVKHjFN4  

In this episode of the Conscious Living Podcast, I have the joy of welcoming back my dear friend and internationally renowned author, Dr. Dawson Church. Dawson has an extraordinary gift for weaving science and spirituality into practical wisdom that can truly transform our lives. You may know him from his groundbreaking books The Genie in Your Genes, Mind to Matter, and Bliss Brain—and now he's back with his newest work, Spiritual Intelligence: Activating the Four Circuits of the Awakened Brain.Together, we explore how this book offers a roadmap for cultivating awakened states of consciousness, showing us that happiness, peace, and expansion are not just fleeting experiences, but natural states we can learn to sustain. Dawson explains how neuroscience is now catching up with ancient wisdom traditions, and why your brain is wired for far more joy and possibility than you've ever imagined.Here's what you will discover in this new podcast episode:1. What Spiritual Intelligence really means2. How science is validating spiritual practices in powerful new ways3. Eco Meditation as a practical tool you can use anytime, anywhere4. The profound benefits of developing your spiritual intelligence5. How to reduce stress while unlocking your highest potentialIf this sparks your curiosity (and I know it will!), I encourage you to pick up Dawson's new book, Spiritual Intelligence: Activating the Four Circuits of the Awakened Brain. You'll also find extended practices, eco meditation guides, and resources to deepen your journey at spiritualintelligencebook.com

In this Season 14 review (Episode 368), Andrea Samadi revisits key clips from her original interview with Bob Proctor (Episode 66), exploring how frequencies, imagination, and intuition shape our goals and results. We will cover:  Tip #1: How to Understand Frequencies and Levels of Vibration Tip #2: You've Got to Follow Your Heart Tip #3: Your External Environment Reflects Your Internal Thoughts and Mental State   Three takeaways: use your imagination to move to the vibration of your goal; follow your heart as an inner compass; and remember your external environment reflects your internal thoughts and beliefs. Welcome back to SEASON 14 of The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we connect the science-based evidence behind social and emotional learning and emotional intelligence training for improved well-being, achievement, productivity and results—using what I saw as the missing link (since we weren't taught this when we were growing up in school), the application of practical neuroscience. I'm Andrea Samadi, and seven years ago, launched this podcast with a question I had never truly asked myself before: (and that is) If productivity and results matter to us—and they do now more than ever—how exactly are we using our brain to make them happen? Most of us were never taught how to apply neuroscience to improve productivity, results, or well-being. About a decade ago, I became fascinated by the mind-brain-results connection—and how science can be applied to our everyday lives. That's why I've made it my mission to bring you the world's top experts—so together, we can explore the intersection of science and social-emotional learning. We'll break down complex ideas and turn them into practical strategies we can use every day for predictable, science-backed results.   For today's Episode 368, we're going back to Episode 66[i]  for PART 3 of our review with the late Bob Proctor—the first person who challenged me to think. We covered in PART 1 EP 366[ii]: ✔ Top Lesson from Episode 66 – Where we refined the question: “What do you really want to do with your life?” hoping that midway through 2025, we can refine our goals, and see if we are on track. ✔ Sage Advice Tip #1: “We have been given the mental faculties to create our own environment. “We explored how to go beyond our five senses and tap into the six higher faculties of our mind (further developing our reason, intuition, perception, will, memory and imagination.” ✔ Sage Advice Tip #2: “There's only one mind.” We looked at how our actions matter because we are all deeply connected. ✔ Sage Advice Tip#3: “We are a soul—we don't have one.” We reflected on the perfection within each of us, and how this perfection continually drives us toward bigger and better possibilities. We covered in PART 2 EP 367[iii]: Sage Tip #4: “If we want to improve our RESULTS, we must focus on the six faculties of our mind—reason, intuition, perception, will, memory, and imagination.”The key is to choose one of these faculties and dedicate time to studying and applying each one until you see real results from your deeper understanding. Sage Tip #5: “Goals are not set to get; they are set to grow.” Reminding us that sometimes goals don't unfold the way we expect, and that's okay—as long as we keep moving forward and growing. To do this, we must keep studying, learning about ourselves, clarifying what we truly want, and seeking specialized knowledge in our field from those who have gone before us. Today, EP 368, PART 3 VIDEO 1 Click Here to Watch Watch video clip 1 with the link in the show notes. Bob begins this clip by talking about The Law of Vibration and why it's so important to understand how frequencies work. Many of us have heard of this law by now, especially since the movie, The Secret by Rhonda Byrne brought it into the mainstream. But my first introduction to understanding frequencies was back in the late 1990s, when I was teaching in the classroom and picked up Bob Proctor's book You Were Born Rich.[iv] I still remember hiding the book behind my binder during a staff meeting at the Toronto District School Board—I couldn't put it down until I'd finished it. That book changed the way I looked at everything. Suddenly, I began to see new possibilities in areas where I might have once been closed off. What captivated me wasn't Chapter 1, Me and Money, or even Chapter 2, How Much is Enough. It wasn't about money for me. What drew me in was Chapter 6—The Law of Vibration and Attraction. In that chapter, Bob shared what he had learned from the late Dr. Wernher von Braun, covering everything from science and religion, to the cosmos, to rates of vibration and frequency. That chapter expanded my mind—it even touched on the connection between the brain and body, a topic that would fascinate me even more 25 years later. It also revealed how powerful positive thinking can be for our health and wellness, while introducing the foundational Laws of Success. I wanted to learn more, so every time Bob held a seminar, I made sure to attend. From spending time in his offices, and sitting in these classes, I began to pick up how to promote these seminars to others, that started with bringing something new home to study each night. Eventually, I started talking to seminar attendees on the phone, explaining Bob's upcoming seminars. On these calls, I discovered what other people were studying. They would ask me, “Who else are you learning from?” and at first, I honestly didn't know anyone else teaching this material. But I listened carefully, wrote down the names they mentioned, and searched for their books at the library—this was long before we could just go online and find everything instantly. Sometimes people would drop off other programs for Bob to review. I remember one day, someone left a cassette tape set at the office and asked me to pass it along to him. Curious, I opened the package and saw the title: “Special Subjects Vol. 1”[v] by Abraham-Hicks, covering The Law of Attraction. I realized that, while not many people knew about this material, those who did were using it to achieve incredible things. On the way to Bob's house that evening, I couldn't resist. I slipped one of the tapes into my car stereo and listened as I drove. When Bob opened the door, the first thing he asked me was, “Did you listen to one of them?” I was stunned—how could he possibly know? I admitted I had and said, “Yes, and the program is really good.” I wasn't sure if I'd get in trouble for listening first, but instead, he later handed the tapes over to me to keep. I must have listened to them more than 100 times. That program led me to Abraham-Hicks' books, audio programs, and seminars—where I met people from all walks of life: pro athletes fine-tuning their mindset, business leaders sharpening their edge, and everyday people like me, hungry to learn and grow. Those cassette tapes opened a door. Each word studied brought me back to that time when I was just beginning to understand this material—discovering a whole world of wisdom waiting to be explored. I will be sure to link other places you can go to learn this topic, if you would like to dive deeper. What helped me the most, was when I saw an image describing these frequencies, or levels of vibration. We've looked at and explored this visual often on this podcast, that matches how Bob explains goals and frequency on the clip we selected. The image shows the Goal (target) at a higher level (the star), with lines representing different frequencies or levels of vibration. The word “DECISION” marks the point where you shift to a higher level to match the frequency of your goal. We learned in this clip that “when we image a goal, what we've done is take our mind off on a trip. And we've gone to a new frequency, beyond where we are living.” We learned that it is our imagination that moves us out of our current state of awareness (or vibration) using the “screen of our mind”—the place where we see and create new possibilities before they exist physically. This “place” isn't physical. It's the inner screen of our mind, the same concept explained in The Silva Method[vi], where you consciously project images, ideas, and goals in mental pictures. That's where creation begins—before it's expressed in the outside world. I've often wondered, “How exactly do we shift to a new level of vibration?” It's not something that's easy to explain until we've experienced it ourselves. Looking back, the path seems clear—just as Steve Jobs once said, “we can only connect the dots backwards.” But moving forward, the process feels less obvious. We move to a new vibration when we're in harmony with what we truly want. A powerful example of this is being in love—when we resonate deeply with someone, we're on the same frequency. At times, this connection runs so deep that we can almost sense each other's thoughts (a kind of telepathic communication). When we share the same frequency, it feels like magic unfolds. The same principle applies to our goals. Once you've decided what you want—whether it's a career change, a relationship, or a new opportunity—you must connect your heart to it. Feel the resonance, and then use your imagination to paint the picture on the screen of your mind. With practice, patience, and belief, you'll one day look back and see there were no limits to what you could achieve. Until that moment comes, keep moving forward, keep growing, and keep reaching for the stars, moving up those levels of vibration or frequency. Sage Tip #1: How to Understand Frequencies and Levels of Vibration “When we image a goal (on the screen of our mind, something that we resonate with) we take our mind on a trip and what we've actually done is gone to a new frequency. We've used our imagination to get there.” If we can see it in our mind, with our imagination, we can hold it in our hand. VIDEO 2 Click Here to Watch Watch video clip 2 with the link in the show notes. There were two important lessons from this clip. Sage Tip #2: You've Got to Follow Your Heart. According to Bob, listening to your "heart" means trusting your intuition and emotional mind to connect with the divine side of yourself. He explained that this "heart" is not the physical organ but the subjective, feeling side of your mind that holds your deepest desires.  I remember after the interview, (back in June 2020) I wrote this on my wall, (you've got to follow your heart) and have used this as a sense of guidance ever since. We learned in this clip that “if you follow your heart you'll never make a mistake, for as long as you live.” Do you listen to your heart? It's this tip that brings us back to understanding frequencies, because when we are listening to our heart, we are paying attention to what we are in resonance with. Our deepest desires that will take us to whatever it is that we REALLY want to do with our life. All of these tips blend, and tie in together, like the colors of the rainbow. Sage Tip #3: Your External Environment Reflects Your Internal Thoughts and Mental State If we don't like what's happening in our external world—our job, our results, our relationships, or any part of our life we've created—we must first look within. Our outer circumstances mirror the thoughts and beliefs we hold inside. In As a Man Thinketh, James Allen reminds us of the power of our mindset: "Mind is the Master power that molds and makes, And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills, Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills— (depending on what we are thinking). He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass: Environment is but his looking-glass." The phrase “environment is but his looking-glass” means that your external environment is simply a reflection of your internal thoughts and mental state. The world you experience is showing you what's happening in your mind. REVIEW AND CONCLUSION To wrap up this week's Episode 368, PART 3—where we revisited two powerful clips from Episode 66, our interview with Bob Proctor—where we explored three key takeaways: Sage Tip #1: Understanding Frequencies and Levels of Vibration We discovered that there are infinite levels of vibration, and when we align ourselves with the frequency of what we truly want, magic happens. This is how we become one with our goal. There are no limits—only the challenge of using our imagination to bridge the gap between where we are now and where we want to be. Sage Tip #2: Follow Your Heart Listening to your heart means trusting your intuition and emotional guidance to connect with the divine side of yourself. Your heart can serve as a powerful compass to guide you toward the right decisions and opportunities in life. Sage Tip #3: Your External Environment Reflects Your Internal World If we don't like what's happening in our external world—whether it's in our job, relationships, results, or any area of life—we must first look inward. Our circumstances mirror the beliefs and thoughts we hold within. As James Allen reminds us in As a Man Thinketh: our outer world is always a reflection of our inner state. With that thought, I will close out our 3 PART review of EP 66, and hope that calling out these tips that I thought were important will help us all to sharpen our saw, and find ways that we can all move confidently in the direction of whatever it is that we are working on this year, taking us to greater heights. I'll see you next week as we revisit EP 98[vii] with Dr. Dawson Church, an award-winning science writer who blends cutting-edge neuroscience with inspiring stories of people who have experienced brain change firsthand. Neural plasticity—the discovery that the brain is capable of rewiring itself—is now widely accepted. What's less understood is just how rapidly these changes can occur, how profound they can be, and the degree of control each of us has over reshaping our thinking. My goal is that we build on what we uncovered in our review of EP 66—refining the question of what it is we truly want—and then explore how to direct our thoughts inward to create lasting change with our goals and results. RESOURCES: How to Understand Frequencies, Vibration and The Law of Attraction with Bob Proctor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJpEkbf8zc   YouTube Short 1 Andrea Samadi and Bob Proctor https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oUZOe7SH0ng   YouTube Short 2 Andrea Samadi and Bob Proctor https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oUZOe7SH0ng  REFERENCES:   [i] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #66 with The Legendary Bob Proctor  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/the-legendary-bob-proctor-on/   [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 366 Redefining Goals with Bob Proctor-PART 1https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/unlocking-your-potential-redefining-goals-with-bob-proctors-wisdom/   [iii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE 367 Perfecting The 6 Faculties of the Mind-PART 2  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/reaching-your-full-potential-perfecting-the-6-faculties-of-your-mind-reasoning-intuition-perception-the-will-memory-and-imagination-part-2-review/   [iv] You Were Born Rich by Bob Proctor https://www.proctorgallagherinstitute.com/programs   [v] Special Subjects VOL 1 by Abraham Hicks https://www.abraham-hickslawofattraction.com/special-subjects-volume-one.html   [vi] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast PART 1 of The Silva Mind Control Method https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/a-deep-dive-with-andrea-samadi-into-applying-the-silva-method-for-improved-intuition-creativity-and-focus-part-1/   [vii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast #98 with Dr. Dawson Church on the Science Behind Meditation https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-dawson-church-on-the-science-behind-using-meditation-rewiring-your-brain-for-happiness-resilience-and-joy/  

What if your brain had an operating system designed to align you with peace, clarity, and infinite abundance? What if the key to lasting joy and fulfillment wasn't about becoming someone new… but remembering who you already are?In this soul-expanding episode of The Abundance Journey, host Elaine Starling unpacks a revolutionary concept from Dawson Church's book, Spiritual Intelligence—and it might just change how you live, love, and lead. You'll discover what SQ (Spiritual Intelligence) really is, how it differs from IQ and EQ, and why it's the foundation for living a life of deep connection and true abundance.You'll also be introduced to a powerful, science-backed spiritual practice: EcoMeditation, a multi-sensory, multi-dimensional tool that rewires your brain, lowers your stress, strengthens your immunity, and puts you in direct connection with The Divine. (And it only takes 22 minutes a day!)If you've ever felt stuck in survival mode, disconnected from your purpose, or longed for a deeper, truer spiritual experience that doesn't require years in a monastery—this is the episode you've been waiting for.About the Host, Elaine Starling:Welcome to The Abundance Journey—where we don't just talk about abundance, we embody it.I'm Elaine Starling, The Abundance Ambassador™. After a spiritual near-death experience, I was called to help you align your energy, purpose, and voice with the Divine abundance already within you.Each week, you'll hear practical tools, spiritual insights, inspiring guests, and powerful Intention Activations to help you:• Reconnect with your true self• Reclaim your intrinsic worth• Take aligned action toward your highest visionLet's spiral up into joy, purpose, and prosperity—together.www.TheAbundanceJourney.comBeaming you infinite love and blessings!Free Gift: Get a book excerpt from “5 Steps to Activate Your Abundance”How to Support: Please share this episode with everyone you love and admire. Let them know that they are receiving this lovely energy too!Elaine Starling Social Media Links:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elaine.abundance Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainestarling/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3eXgwdMYYzLicCEcB1DdrgTEDx Talk, “Abundance Is a Choice” https://youtu.be/tMQ0D4sfEysWebsite: www.TheAbundanceJourney.com5 Steps to Activate Your Abundance Book: https://amzn.to/3vjKjft Thanks for listening!Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page.Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!Subscribe to the podcastIf you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.Leave us an Apple Podcasts reviewRatings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.#TheAbundanceJourney #ElaineStarling #SpiritualIntelligence #EcoMeditation #AbundanceMindset #FundamentalWellBeing #ConsciousLiving #DawsonChurch #PodcastLove

What if Human Design held the key to creating a better life and more aligned relationships — simply by understanding how you're wired to thrive?   In this episode of HEAL with Kelly, I sit down with Human Design expert and bestselling author Erin Claire Jones for an eye-opening conversation about how this powerful system can help you live, love, and lead with greater clarity, ease, and authenticity.   Whether you're a Generator, Projector, Manifesting Generator, Manifestor, or Reflector, Human Design offers more than a label — it gives you permission to be yourself and practical tools to navigate life in alignment with who you truly are.   Erin shares real-life stories and insights from her new book, How Do You Choose?: A Human Design Guide to What's Best for You at Work, in Love, and in Life, as we explore how your energy type, strategy, and authority shape everything from your relationships and parenting style to decision-making, communication, and daily flow.   You'll walk away with a deeper understanding of yourself — and the people you love — and actionable guidance to help you make aligned choices, avoid burnout, and create more meaningful connections.   Whether you're brand new to Human Design or well into your journey, this conversation will leave you feeling empowered to live life on your terms — with compassion, clarity, and confidence. LINKS Dawson Church Website: https://dawsonchurch.com/ Dawson Church on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawson.church.3/ Spiritual Intelligence on Amazon: https://amzn.to/42Nebho SPONSORS HONEYLOVE: Go to https://www.honeylove.com/HEAL and use our exclusive link to get 20% OFF. Connect with Kelly:   ·      Watch all episodes on YouTube ·      Sign up for HEAL with Kelly newsletter ·      Follow Kelly on Instagram ·      Follow HEAL with Kelly on Instagram  ·      HEAL with Kelly on TikTok ·      Follow HEAL with Kelly on Facebook ·      Visit HEAL with Kelly Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Andrea welcomes Dr. Dawson Church, acclaimed researcher, bestselling author, and spiritual thought leader, to explore the transformative power of Spiritual Intelligence. Dawson reveals groundbreaking neuroscience showing that connecting with higher consciousness isn't random or mystical; it's a trainable, biological process that literally reshapes our brains in just 30 days. Together, Andrea and Dawson dive deep into how meditation, energy work, and conscious living activate brain circuits responsible for joy, compassion, and resilience. Discover how individual spiritual growth is accelerating global evolution, why compassion is on the rise, and why now is the most hopeful time in human history. This conversation will expand your heart, your mind, and your spirit.✨ Learn more about Dawson and https://spiritualintelligencebook.com/  Timestamps00:00 — Introduction to Spiritual Intelligence01:30 — Meet Dr. Dawson Church: The Science of Transformation03:20 — Childhood Dreams and Early Spiritual Awakening05:00 — Why Dr. Church Wrote Spiritual Intelligence08:00 — Spiritual Intelligence vs. Religion: What's the Difference?13:00 — Non-Duality and Mystical Experiences Across Faiths16:00 — The Biology Behind Spiritual Experiences18:00 — Building Spiritual Intelligence: Practice Over Time21:00 — Neuroplasticity: How 30 Days of Meditation Reshapes Your Brain25:00 — Meditation's Impact on Alzheimer's and Cognitive Health28:00 — The Four Brain Circuits of Spiritual Intelligence32:00 — Rising Compassion and Global Evolution36:00 — Technology, AI, and Spiritual Consciousness41:00 — Why Activism + Awareness Go Hand-in-Hand46:00 — The Power of the Observer Mind50:00 — Energy Work, Reiki, and Changing Matter56:00 — Key Takeaways from Spiritual Intelligence59:00 — How Listeners Can Begin Their Journey01:02:00 — Closing Gratitude and Final ThoughtsValuable Resources and TakeawaysResources Mentioned:Dr. Dawson Church's new book: Spiritual IntelligenceFree extended meditations, videos, and tools at spiritualintelligencebook.com

In this transformative episode of the Jack Canfield Podcast, I sit down with my dear friend Dr. Dawson Church—award-winning author, researcher, and one of the most joyful human beings I know. Together, we explore how to activate your brain's "enlightenment network"—a powerful set of neurological circuits that are hardwired to help you access joy, peace, resilience, and higher consciousness. Dawson breaks down the science behind what he calls Spiritual Intelligence, the subject of his latest groundbreaking book. You'll discover the four specific brain circuits that can be trained to cultivate emotion regulation, present-moment awareness, compassion, and a sense of unity with all of life. And the best part? It doesn't take years in a monastery—you can rewire your brain for bliss in just weeks. We dive deep into: How spiritual practices like eco-meditation physically change the brain in just 8 weeks The four core circuits of the “enlightenment network”—and how to activate them Why mystics like Rumi and St. Francis were so happy—and how you can be too How trauma blocks transcendence—and how to heal it using EFT (tapping) The neuroscience of compassion, gratitude, joy, and higher consciousness Real-world applications: from education to prisons to daily productivity Dawson also shares how this research is helping children overcome anxiety, adults recover from trauma, and even Alzheimer's patients reverse brain shrinkage. It's inspiring, emotional, and packed with practical tools that can upgrade every part of your life.

Welcoming Dawson Church to discuss his groundbreaking work in neuroscience and meditation. Dawson Church, known for his books 'Mind to Matter,' 'The Genie in Your Genes,' shares his journey and insights. They explore how meditation, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), and heart coherence impact mental and physical health, resilience, and well-being. Church delves into the science behind these practices, highlighting their effects on gene expression, cortisol levels, and brain structure. He encourages daily practice and leveraging both ancient techniques and modern research for longevity and mental clarity. The conversation also touches on Church's personal experiences, including overcoming adversity, and previews his upcoming book, 'Spiritual Intelligence,' which explores reaching transcendent states and their profound impact on life and health.     Connect with Dawson here:   Enjoy a free meditation and manual!   Pre-order Dawson's new book Spiritual Intelligence, and download the first 2 chapters     Our Sponsors: - Take the guesswork out of nutrition with @True Nutrition and get 15% off with code KKP at truenutrition.com/KKP! - Organifi's has everything health optimization. The Shilajit gummies are a game changer. Try them out and get a 20% discount www.organifi.com/KKP Use code KKP for 20% off! - If there's ONE MINERAL you should be worried about not getting enough of... it's MAGNESIUM. If your looking for great supplements at a great price... Head to http://www.bioptimizers.com/kingsbu now and use code KINGSBU10 to claim your 10% discount.   Connect with Kyle: I'm back on Instagram, come say hey @kylekingsbu Twitter: @kingsbu  Fit For Service Academy App: Fit For Service App  Our Farm Initiative: @gardenersofeden.earth  Odysee: odysee.com/@KyleKingsburypod  Youtube: Kyle Kingbury Podcast  Kyle's Website: www.kingsbu.com - Gardeners of Eden site   If you enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe & leave a 5-star review with your thoughts!