The evidence is accumulating. The stories are extraordinary.
Meet Your Hosts
Ivy Ross
Ivy Ross has held a range of executive positions, from head of product design and development to CMO and president, at companies including Mattel and Gap. Ross co-authored the New York Times bestselling book Your Brain on Art.
Meredith Sprengel
Meredith Sprengel is currently Research and Program Director for the Subtle Energy Funders Collective & PhD Candidate in Cognitive Psychology at Leiden University.
EPISODE ONE
“The Healer in the Lab | Studying Energy Healing and Cancer at MD Anderson”
In Episode 1, we explore the work at MD Anderson Cancer Center—one of the largest and most respected cancer research institutions in the world—where something remarkable is happening in the laboratory.
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EPISODE TWO
“Reiki versus Fakey |
A Clinical Trial on Chronic Pain with Harvard and the University of Utah ”
Rick Axelson spent his career teaching research methods at medical colleges. He also spent decades suffering from debilitating migraines that even his team at the Mayo Clinic couldn't resolve. Then he tried one session of Reiki with a practitioner named Natalie Dyer. Forty-five minutes. And his migraines have never come back.
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Featured Guests
Adam Hanley, PhD
Associate Professor Florida State University
Adam Hanley is a psychologist and Associate Professor at Florida State University, where he directs the Complementary Health Innovation Lab (CHIL). His research focuses on developing, refining, and scaling mind–body interventions that can be used to reduce pain and improve quality of life. He is also interested in the therapeutic potential of self-transcendent experiences that may arise through mind–body practices.
Coming soon
- Ep. 3: Healing as a Way of Life | Qigong, Meridians, and the Science of Qi at Harvard
- Ep. 4: No One Left Behind | PTSD, Healing Touch, and the Military’s Research Into Finding Relief
- Ep. 5: There's Something Between Us | The Science of the Healer-Patient Bond at Harvard
- Ep. 6: Not a Machine but a Flame | The Biology of Energy at Columbia and Beyond
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