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Dawson Church, PhD
Dawson Church, PhD is a best-selling science writer and the author of three award-winning books. The Genie in Your Genes broke new ground by showing that gene expression is influenced by emotions. Mind to Matter is based on hundreds of studies showing that our brains play a key role in constructing the reality around us. In Bliss Brain, he demonstrates that as we cultivate peak states, our brains rapidly rewire themselves for happiness. He is the founder of the Veterans Stress Solution, which has offered free PTSD treatment to over 22,000 veterans. After retiring from active business management, Dawson has continued to teach and inspire through his presentations, podcasts, books and blog posts.
Church’s second best-seller, Mind to Matter reviews the science behind the brain’s remarkable ability to create material reality, and was named “Best Health Book” by the American Book Fest. Church followed this with Bliss Brain, which analyzes the transcendent “flow” states found in meditation and peak performance, and how these rapidly remodel the brain for happiness.
Church has been involved in over 100 scientific studies published in peer-reviewed journals, many as Principal Investigator. He has collaborated with researchers from prestigious institutions including Harvard Medical School, California Pacific Medical Center, Emory, Columbia and Duke. He has edited several special issues for top-ranked journals such as Frontiers in Psychology.
Church spent some 20 years engaging in outcome studies focusing on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety. He founded the peer-reviewed journal Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment and after earlier managing Aslan Publishing now serves as the general manager of Energy Psychology Press. To train professionals in evidence-based stress reduction methods such as meditation and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT acupressure tapping), in 2010 Church established EFT Universe, one of the most-visited alternative medicine sites on the web. He developed the EcoMeditation method to make meditation easy for novices.
Church’s academic journey began during his undergraduate and graduate studies at Baylor University. He became the first-ever graduate of the academically rigorous University Scholar’s program in 1979. He went on to earn his doctorate in Integrative Healthcare at Holos University under the mentorship of the eminent neurosurgeon, Dr. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD, founder of the American Holistic Medical Association, and later a post doctorate in Natural Medicine. With Dr Shealy he co-authored the book Soul Medicine which reviews role of energy in healing throughout history.
In the 1990s, Church served as the president of the Family Connection, a nonprofit dedicated to placing homeless families in long-term housing. It was named as one of only 58 “Points of Light” by President Bill Clinton. Church is also a member of the Transformational Leadership Council, a group of cultural creatives and thought leaders.
To promote research and humanitarian work, in 2007 Church established the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare (NIIH), a nonprofit institution aimed at promoting evidence-based healing modalities. He has worked with over a thousand clients suffering from chronic pain, measuring average symptom reductions of 68% (Church & Brooks, 2010).
In 2008, NIIH initiated the Veterans Stress Solution, a pioneering project that connects veterans with PTSD to energy therapy practitioners. It has since provided free treatment to more than 22,000 veterans and their family members. Twice, Church has been invited to testify before US Congressional committees. His work has been referenced in many media outlets such as USA Today, CNN, BBC, the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Parenting.
Church’s most recent research focuses on self-transcendent experiences, such as those found in deep meditation and “flow” states. fMRI research demonstrates that the EcoMeditation method he developed results in rapid brain remodeling, downregulating regions associated with suffering and increasing activity in brain areas linked to compassion and happiness.
Though Church retired from active business management in 2023, he continues his journey in science and mysticism with blogs, studies, podcasts and books. He splits his time between Nevada, Hawaii and California. He is married to Christine Church, a noted painter, and together they enjoy time with their children and grandchildren.

Mirjam Paninski
Mirjam Paninski is an EFT master and trainer, meditation teacher, healer, writer and researcher. She is the founder and CEO of Open Consciousness Institute and serves as Consciousness Programs director and trainer at EFT Universe. Mirjam has worked with hundreds of clients and students, helping them liberate from ancestral and generational trauma into higher consciousness of an embodied spirituality.
She is completing her book project and doctoral research on perinatal trauma and narratives around pregnancy and birth with a particular focus on BIWOC, their communities, and narratives of slavery that are still deeply ingrained in the medical apparatus in the United States at Brown University.
The combination of mindfulness practices and therapeutic somatic techniques, working with complex and generational trauma, high levels of anxiety, and habitual patterns, has deeply informed her research. She grew up meditating in ashrams and meditation centers around the world.
Mirjam has been faculty at various institutes, including the Omega Institute and CIIS, and multiple universities, including Brown University, Smith College, and the University of Vienna.