Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology of Consciousness

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20th Anniversary Edition Fully Revised and Updated

Your genes respond to your thoughts, emotions, and energy.

When researcher Dawson Church first published this claim in 2007, it was a visionary hypothesis. Two decades later, it is one of the most thoroughly confirmed findings in modern biology. The science of epigenetics has documented, in hundreds of peer-reviewed studies, exactly what Church predicted: that consciousness, emotion, and energy are not abstractions floating above the body -- they are forces that reach directly into your cells, switching genes on and off and shaping the molecular landscape of your health.

This landmark 20th Anniversary Edition has been completely rewritten to incorporate the latest discoveries in epigenetics, cell biology, quantum physics, neuroscience, and psychology. It is the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical guide to consciousness-based healing available.

Inside, you will discover:

• The science of epigenetic control -- how the environment around your genes, including your emotional life, determines which genes express and which remain silent
• Dramatic case histories of people who have shifted their mindset and behavior to trigger "miracles of healing" in their genes
• How practices including meditation, EFT tapping, heart coherence, gratitude, and prayer produce documented changes in gene expression, cortisol levels, inflammatory markers, and telomere length
• The electromagnetic nature of the body -- how energy flows through your connective tissue, meridians, and cellular matrix, and how disruptions in that flow precede disease
• The quantum biology of healing -- how quantum coherence, entanglement, and nonlocal consciousness explain phenomena that conventional medicine cannot account for
• The neuroscience of happiness -- which genes code for the biochemicals of joy, how trauma silences them, and how to thaw those frozen assets
• Transgenerational epigenetics -- how the emotional choices you make today may alter the genetic inheritance of generations who haven't been born yet
• Energy psychology and energy medicine -- the evidence base for EFT, EMDR, HeartMath, and related approaches, and how to apply them to conditions beyond the reach of conventional treatment
• Practical tools for becoming what Church calls an "epigenetic engineer" of your own wellbeing -- and of the world around you

Told with scientific rigor and deep personal warmth and illustrated throughout with documented case histories and over 400 research citations, The Genie in Your Genes has earned its place as a foundational text of 21st-century medicine. This new edition brings that legacy fully into the present -- and points toward a future in which healing is understood as a function not just of chemistry, but of consciousness.

Author: Dawson Church
Publisher: Energy Psychology Press
Published: 09/08/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.91h x 5.81w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9781604153200

About the Author
Dawson Church, PhD, is an award-winning researcher, bestselling author, and pioneer in the science of mind-body healing. He is the founder of the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare, developer of Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), and the author of Mind to Matter, Bliss Brain, and Spiritual Intelligence, among other works. His research has appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals and has been featured in media worldwide.