My guest forLife on Purpose Episode #95 is award-winning author, speaker, teacher, and researcherDawson Church. He joined me to discuss his new bookBliss Brain, the Neuroscience of Remodeling Your Brain for Resilience, Creativity, and Joy(HayHouse), in which he digs deep into leading-edge science, and finds stunning evidence that rapid and radical brain change is possible. In just eight weeks ofpractice, 12 minutes a day, using the right techniques, we can produce measurable changes in our brains that make us calmer, happier, and more resilient. About Bliss Brain: How Quickly Can You Remodel Your Brain For Joy? Stunning new research shows that “flow” states begin changing your brain within hours. With practice, they remodel key brain regions completely. Stress circuitsshrink while happiness circuits grow. This leads to “Bliss Brain.” It’s a state in which joy is natural. It nurtures the personality traits of patience, compassion, creativity, and love. In this remarkable new book, legendary researcher Dawson Church explains the neuroscience behind these discoveries. He teaches the 7 simple steps that lead toelevated emotional states, and shows how science can take you to Bliss Brain daily. To learn more aboutBliss Brain, visit:blissbrain.com. About Dawson Church: Dawson Churchis an award-winning author whose best-selling book The Genie in Your Genes (www.YourGeniusGene.com) has been hailed by reviewers asa breakthrough in our understanding of the link between emotions and genetics. His follow-up title,Mind to Matter (www.MindToMatter. com), reviews thescience of peak mental states. He founded theNational Institute for Integrative Healthcare (www. NIIH.org) to study and implement promising evidence-based psycholog- ical and medicaltechniques. In his undergraduate and graduate work at Baylor University, he became the first student to successfully graduate from the academically rigorousUniversity Scholars program in 1979. He earned a doctorate at Holos University under the mentorship of neurosurgeon Norman Shealy, MD, PhD, founder of theAmerican Holistic Medical Association. After an early career in book publishing as editor and then president of Aslan Publishing, Church went on to receive a postgraduatePhD in Natural Medicine as well as clinical certification in Energy Psychology. Church’s groundbreaking research has been published in prestigious scientificjournals. He is the editor ofEnergy Psychology: Theory, Research & Treatment, a peer-reviewed professional journal. He shares how to apply the breakthroughs of energy psychology to health and athletic performance throughEFT Universe (www.EFTUniverse.com). EFTUniverse was the first organization to have its courses accred- ited for CME (continuing medical education) for all the major professions, including doctors(AMA), psychologists (APA), and nurses (ANCC). He has trained thousands of practitioners in energy psychology techniques and offers the premier certificationprogram in the field (EnergyPsychologyCertification.com). ###