Explore every episode of the podcast Spirit Gym with Paul Chek
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| 421 — Quit Paying to Feel Worse: Redirect It Into Your Health With Eugene Trufkin | 27 Oct 2026 | 02:05:30 | |
Today, the world is facing a serious health crisis that’s pretty similar to another catastrophe nearly 100 years ago although we have more knowledge and tools at our fingertips than ever before to make a positive and meaningful impact on our health. However, today’s challenges are so grave what passes for modern medicine has shifted the goalposts so much that being obese is considered normal and healthy. Paul and HLC Practitioner Eugene Trufkin, author of the new book American Culture and Normalized Pathology: When Obesity, Misery, Medical Drug Dependence and Disease Becomes a Normal Way of Life, share their vast expertise on living a better, healthier life by mastering simple principles this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Eugene at his Trufkin athletics website. Find him on social media via Facebook and Instagram. Check out his Eugene Trufkin Radio podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get them. Timestamps 7:47 Creating a healthier lifestyle less focused on work inspired Eugene to write his latest book. 10:14 “Americans have somehow figured out a way to become mentally and physically the sickest humans in all of human history.” 24:01 Humans are buried in bad, dumbed-down health information. 34:31 “Think of epigenetics as our environment playing the keys on a piano.” 40:49 Can you reduce your expenses and live on a shorter work week? 59:37 How much more does it cost (in health expenses) to maintain an overweight or obese body? 1:14:00 The estimated cost of living on a 2,000-calorie organic diet for a year. 1:25:38 The pioneer of the organic food movement. 1:37:20 Humans are built as integrated, holistic, cybernetic systems, yet the allopathic medical system still looks at us as separate parts. 1:49:53 “I know you get it, but are you doing it?” 1:56:49 Are you following the path of average? Resources Anti-Factory Farm Shopping Guide and Laws of Aesthetics by Eugene Trufkin Animal Farm by George Orwell The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul, John Wilkinson and Robert Merton Against The Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity by Paul Kingsnorth The work of Sir Robert McCarrison, Matt Kahn and Stephen Wolinsky The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life by Robert Becker and Gary Selden The Living Soil and the Haughley Experiment by Lady Evelyn Barbara Balfour The Peckham Experiment by Innes Hope Pearse The 1-2-3-4 of Overcoming Addiction, Obesity and Disease by Paul Paul’s podcast conversations with Eben Britton, Jason Pickard and Dr. Autumn Smith Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 420 — Why Psilocybin Belongs in a Church, Not a Clinic With Eric Osborne | 20 Oct 2026 | 02:58:07 | |
More than a decade ago, Eric Osborne co-founded the world’s first public psilocybin retreat In Jamaica (MycoMeditations) on the heels of Michael Pollan’s revelatory New Yorker feature, The Trip Treatment. Eventually, Eric left the world of wellness retreats behind to establish Psanctuary, a Louisville, Ky., church that allowed him to create an ideal environment where he could build a permanent and legal community that focuses on people and healing with psilocybin. Eric Osborne shares his amazing journey from teen snake-charmer to spiritual leader and healer, explains why a church is the best place to do psychedelic work and reveals what he learned from his first experience with psilocybin at age 19 that he keeps exploring even now, this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Eric and his work at his website and his Psanctuary website (where you can check out his My Mushroom Map mini-course). Sign up to read the first chapter of his upcoming book, The Psychedelic Reformation, at this link. Find Eric on social media via Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok. For Spirit Gym listeners: Eric is offering Spirit Gym listeners a 10 percent discount on all three courses Psanctuary teaches — his upcoming live, three-session My Mushroom Map Bootcamp (via Zoom) starting on Monday, Oct. 26 and Level 1: MySelf Training and Level 2: Friends and Family Spaceholder Training geared for people seeking out deeper journeys — through this special link. Save 10 percent on these courses by using the promo code SPIRITGYM at checkout. Timestamps 3:39 Eric’s scientific obsession with snakes introduced him to the world of taboo subjects, like mushrooms. 10:57 A sovereign being in a spiritual space. 19:23 “I've learned more from plant medicines than all the books I've ever read in my life and I've read a lot of them.” 24:14 Do you fear consuming mushrooms because you’ll find out what entities are already possessing you? 35:24 Applying material science to psychedelics can be a real problem. 41:40 What Eric learned in his first mushroom experience that he will keep exploring for the rest of his life. 48:18 Eric believes a church is the best place to do psychedelic work. 57:45 Why do so many consider scientism a religion? 1:02:13 Are mushrooms conscious entities? 1:16:31 Eric communicates with mushrooms. 1:49:44 Eric leaves the Jamaica retreat he created to build Psanctuary, a Kentucky-based church. 1:59:49 “Quantum biology will teach us more about the psychedelic experience and what is happening in these states than psychology will.” 2:08:06 “Losing your mind is the entry point to becoming everything.” 2:13:41 Eric is very cautious before he considers playing a role in a ceremony. 2:23:39 Eric’s philosophy on working with someone in a ceremony: “I’m here to help you learn how to use this medicine on your own.” 2:29:24 Could psychedelic therapy wake people up to their own personal empowerment or perpetuate their codependency? 2:37:45 People can come to psilocybin with help from clinical professionals but they’re really not equipped to support you through this sacred experience. 2:47:38 “We cannot truly be ourselves or discover ourselves without a community.” Resources Eric’s recent podcast conversation with Kyle Kingsbury Podcaster Shawn Ryan shares his experience with Ibogaine on YouTube How Psychedelics Work: The Hidden Mind and Our Power to Heal by Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris The work of Hunter S. Thompson, Thomas Merton, Paul Stamets, Iain McGilchrist, Albert Hofmann and Rupert Sheldrake Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding The Dark Side of Psyche by Robert A. Johnson Paul’s podcast conversations with Hamilton Souther, Robert Forte, Dr. Nathan Riley and Sasha Latypova Paul’s solocasts on Lucifer, Christ and Ahriman and Shadow Work Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything by Ervin Laszlo The Unknown Spirit by Jean Charon The Are You Possessed? audio program with Paul and Kaedrich Olsen Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James Carse Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 419 — Vaccines, Virology and Cancer Statistics With Sasha Latypova | 13 Oct 2026 | 03:23:32 | |
What’s contained/not contained in vaccines and why isn’t it regulated? After all these years, why is the polio vaccine still a sacred cow? Why has Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not made the impact in human health at the federal level so many people expected? Explore the scientific truth behind the fiction with former pharmaceutical R&D executive Sasha Latypova this week on Spirit Gym. Read Sasha’s work on Substack, including her Summary of Everything and Quick Links Update January 2026. Timestamps 4:19 Most pharmaceutical professionals don’t understand biologics — drugs derived from living organisms — are totally different. 6:28 By the spring of 2020 (the beginning of COVID), Sasha noticed the FDA was behaving in ways she’d never seen before. 10:18 The TeGenero scandal. 19:15 Falling into mental traps and pretending into real problems. 25:10 The differing concepts of error versus intention. 37:10 “Germ theory consciousness is fundamentally based on fear.” 43:12 Fear-mongering and propaganda from medical “experts” really works. 49:56 “People need to understand that virology is not a science.” 56:59 The truth about cancer. 1:08:14 If cancer is driven by exposures, how did its demographic profile change so radically over the course of a century? 1:15:04 Nixon’s war on cancer. 1:21:22 The great business of imaginary spirit cooking. 1:30:09 The polio vaccine is a sacred cow. 1:45:43 The Biologics Control Act/Virus-Toxin Law of 1902. 1:52:01 Nothing about biologics is regulated, even in vaccines. 1:56:37 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wasn’t the defender for public health Sasha, Paul and many others expected. 2:02:07 “[RFK Jr.] has no values and does what his handlers tell him to do.” 2:17:28 Glyphosate. 2:28:08 Diffusion tactics that distract you from the truth. 2:35:25 “Smoking is hazardous to your health” falsehoods. 2:59:17 “Don’t endow tools [like AI] with superhuman properties.” 3:02:50 The crisis of daily living is always the same, so take as much responsibility as you can for the decisions you make. 3:10:51 “Make sure your picture of reality is accurate.” Resources Sasha’s What is Cancer: a Comprehensive Theory of Causes and Mechanisms essay on Substack Sasha’s 175+ Years of Cancer: The Big Picture the Establishment Doesn’t Want You to See essay on Substack Sasha’s conversation with Dr. Andrew Kaufman on YouTube Sasha’s conversations with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Militarized Healthcare and leaked Moderna files The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul, John Wilkinson and Robert Merton How Bad is My Batch website NIH’s Cancer Stat Facts Voltaire on Inoculation Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) The Science Delusion by Rupert Sheldrake Paul’s podcast conversations with Dr. Alexis Cowan, Dr. Tom Cowan and Dr. Sherry Tenpenny What Really Makes You Ill?: Why Everything You Thought About Disease is Wrong by Dawn Lester and David Parker The work of Charles Richet, Theron Randolph, Edward Edinger, Sir Robert McCarrison and Dr. Alton Ochsner Outbreak (movie) DNA: Pirates of the Sacred Spiral by Leonard Horowitz Against The Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity by Paul Kingsnorth Missing Links with Gregg Braden on Gaia Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 418 — The Well-Rounded Woman With Natasha Kingsbury | 06 Oct 2026 | 03:27:34 | |
Rather than struggle for perfection, analytical psychologist Carl Jung believes being a well-rounded man/woman is a better, smarter and healthier goal in life. So, what exactly are the traits of a well-rounded woman? Paul explores what that means in today’s world with wife, mother and painter Natasha Kingsbury (her husband is the amazing Kyle Kingsbury) who keeps her mind wide open to new possibilities this week on Spirit Gym. Check out Natasha and her family on Instagram. Contact Natasha through her husband’s Kingsbu website. Download a PDF of Natasha’s amazing art she and Paul discuss toward the end of their conversation at this link. Timestamps 5:45 If you could go back in time, would you change anything about your past? 10:35 Natasha’s introduction to plant medicines. 21:14 Meridians and bee/wasp stings. 27:29 Natasha’s first painting of a human being — Paul — was a perfect one. 36:46 “I’ve found it’s easier to do deeper healing work if you have a healthy, stable woman with you.” 42:21 Natasha’s worldview: Prepare for the future. 58:27 Balance. 1:11:05 “I want [my kids] to hear both sides of an issue.” 1:27:18 Over the past decade, Natasha has learned more about her body and how it works than ever before. 1:39:09 Red Tent rituals. 1:46:20 Natasha recommends The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz as a great postpartum book for women. 2:04:33 The version of open relationships for Natasha and Kyle was very different than others. 2:09:07 Natasha and Kyle return to monogamy and learned not to overshare so much. 2:31:17 The 18-month honeymoon phase of a relationship is real. 2:43:10 What art means to Natasha. 2:47:51 Natasha sits with God when she paints. 2:52:22 Natasha shares some of her paintings she gifts to others. 3:00:36 The snow leopard connection. 3:09:12 Natasha knows the gender of your baby before she/he is born. 3:18:18 “All of my friends know I want crow friends.” Resources Thus Spoke The Plant by Monica Gagliano and Suzanne Simard The Secret Life of Plants documentary on YouTube The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird Primary Perception: Biocommunication With Plants, Living Foods and Human Cells by Cleve Backster The Ever-Present Origin Part 1 by Jean Gebser Nonviolent Communication: The Basics As I Know and Use Them by Wayland Myers The work of Rowena Kryder Paul’s podcast conversations with Aubrey Marcus and Kyle Kingsbury, Dr. Keith Witt, Emily Abbott and Mike Salemi Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 417 — Surprising Nutrition Truths No One Told You Until Now With Dr. Autumn Smith | 29 Sep 2026 | 02:18:13 | |
It’s just a fact that people are far more tuned into current events — AI, data centers, bad TV shows and politics — while their eyes are glued to their mobile phones than what they put in their mouths, thus putting their health at a far greater risk than ever before. The bigger problem: There’s a wealth of research that shows how and why eating nutrient-rich organic food and grass-fed meats really matters but few know about it outside the realm of research. Dr. Autumn Smith, co-founder of Paleovalley and Wild Pastures, shares what she’s learned about glycine (one of the most overlooked nutrients in modern nutrition), brain nutrition and what you should be avoiding this week on Spirit Gym. Download Autumn’s presentation she shares during her Spirit Gym conversation with Paul — The Glycine Gap — at this link. Learn more about Autumn’s inspiring journey on YouTube and watch her eight-part ReThink Meat series here. Follow Autumn on social media via Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Watch/listen to her ReThink Health podcast at the Paleovalley website, YouTube, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get them. For Living 4D listeners: Check out Paleovalley’s sister company Wild Pastures and their amazing variety wild-caught seafood, pasture-raised chicken and pork and 100 percent grass-fed and finished beef. Sign up for a home delivery subscription and save 20 percent off for life along with free shipping and $15 on your first order. And, don’t forget to save 15 percent on any Paleovalley products you buy at this link. Timestamps 8:21 What is glycine? 13:25 Who has the highest levels of glycine in their bodies: Vegans or carnivores? 18:03 The lack of glycine spurs faster aging. 24:10 Rend mode versus mend mode. 31:51 Autumn’s obsession with the many positive ways the brain interacts with nutrition. 39:00 The power of three. 45:43 Low plasma glycine: A very consistent biomarker of insulin resistance. 56:04 What’s more effective: Getting more glycine in a supplement or food? 59:45 Common questions about glycine. 1:05:35 Have you tried a bone broth fast? 1:10:26 Autumn shares the results of her work with Dr. Stephan Van Vliet on the Beef Nutrient Density Project. 1:13:33 The Omega-3 Index, the benefits of eating pasture-raised/grass-fed animals and the wisdom of your body. 1:21:51 Could mercury warnings for pregnant women be doing more harm than good? 1:25:53 Brain nutrition is so poor, could average IQs drop sharply over the next four decades? 1:36:04 Are you eating too much liver? 1:44:25 How you can be fooled by Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) laws. 1:49:27 Does the citric acid in your food come from mold? 1:53:55 Lab-grown meats. 1:59:08 The spread of data centers and how it could affect our health. 2:06:20 Wild Pastures Burger Co. is growing! Resources The Glycine Miracle: The Science of Living Long and Free from Inflammation by Dr. Joel Brind Autumn’s conversation with Dr. Joel Brind on her ReThink Health podcast The Shrinking Brain: Mental Health is affected by poor brain nutrition by Michael Crawford and David E. Marsh The work of Stephanie Seneff, Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, Dr. Joseph Hibbeln and Dr. Bill Harris Autumn’s work on the Journal of Animal Science study, Nutritional composition of beef: a comparison of commercial North-American grass- and grain-finishing systems Autumn’s conversation with Dr. Anthony Hulbert about achieving Omega balance on her ReThink Health podcast Oneness vs. the 1% by Vandana and Kartikey Shiva Paul’s podcast conversations with Dr. Ibrahim Karim, Dolf Zantinge and Dr. Robert Gilbert How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy 20th Anniversary Edition The Great Plant-Based Con by Jayne Buxton The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe by Jeremy Lent Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 416 — Stop Treating Pain Like the Enemy With Leigh Brandon | 22 Sep 2026 | 02:08:50 | |
Your relationship with pain probably goes one of the two ways… Most people take the conventional route and try to obliterate it with drugs and extreme treatments they may not need (that can hurt them even more than the pain itself). In many cases, their relationship with pain defines who they are. Paul and senior CHEK instructor Leigh Brandon, author of Beyond the Pain: A Whole-Person Approach to Understanding Pain and Participating in Recovery, explore a very different and holistic relationship with pain, one that doesn’t treat it like an enemy but a vital source of information about your body this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Leigh and his work at his website. Find him on social media via Instagram, Twitter/X and TikTok. Check out Leigh’s podcast, Beyond the Pain, on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen to them. Read the first chapter of Beyond the Pain at this link. For Spirit Gym listeners: Download Leigh’s paper, The Load Capacity Hierarchy Model of Chronic Pain: A Systems Based Framework for Understanding Pain and Guiding Clinical Practice, today! Timestamps 4:54 Why Leigh felt compelled to write a book about pain. 6:46 More UK adults suffer from chronic pain than Americans, depending on the studies you read. 14:43 The double-whammy of taking a painkiller and medication for depression. 16:44 One of Leigh’s worst experiences with pain that took him 22 months to diagnose, treat and heal. 27:13 Do you have a pain identity? 31:39 Miasms (trapped emotions). 36:39 Why people treat pain as their enemy. 44:12 Treating fear as different emotions. 50:21 Proprioception. 1:03:30 Pain is far more diverse and complex than most people realize. 1:10:30 The four predominant causes of persistent pain that interact with each other, based on Leigh’s experience (structural, metabolic, nervous system regulation and emotional load). 1:15:08 People are so addicted to mobile phones, they use them in saunas! 1:22:40 Leigh narrows down his knee inflammation to eating porridge every morning for breakfast. 1:31:30 Viscerosomatic reflexes. 1:41:02 When we can make meaning and understand our pain, it raises our threshold and we are better able to live our lives. 1:54:23 Leigh’s six principles of recovery. 2:02:27 Pain exists as a vital path of communication and a safety valve that doesn’t always guarantee painful problems. Resources Anatomy of Sports Injuries for Fitness and Rehabilitation by Leigh Brandon Anatomy for Strength and Fitness Training For Speed by Leigh Brandon Anatomy For Yoga For Posture and Health by Leigh Brandon Eliminating Adult Acne for Good by Leigh Brandon The Tennis Biomechanics Manual by Leigh Brandon and Paul Chek The CHEK Totem Pole Wall & Melzak’s Textbook of Pain by Stephen B. McMahon, Martin Koltzdenburg, Irene Tracey and Dennis Turk Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter The work of Dr. John Sarno and Mariano Rocabado Paul’s podcast conversations with Danny Way, Dr. Ibrahim Karim, Doreya Karim and Angie Chek The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life by Robert Becker and Gary Selden How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy! 20th anniversary edition Nonviolent Communication: The Basics As I Know and Use Them by Wayland Myers Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 415 — Healing Inherited Family Trauma With Mark Wolynn | 15 Sep 2026 | 02:17:15 | |
In his first conversation with Paul, Mark Wolynn shared his personal journey that led him to become a renowned authority on inherited trauma and write a best-selling book about it. Mark returns to talk about his recently revised landmark book, It Didn’t Start With You, and a new workbook that accompanies it and to describe how our DNA and genes are affected by trauma across generations this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Mark and his Inherited Family Trauma Training Program and workshops along with booking a private session with him on his website. You’ll also find him on Facebook and Instagram. If you need help, contact Giovanna Taormina for a list of practitioners Mark has trained. Timestamps 9:13 Despite writing a book on generational trauma, Mark’s work with clients mainly focuses on attachment trauma. 11:02 “Throw away the old book!” 18:45 While some pay attention to attachment styles, Mark looks at breaks between people and how they function. 25:27 Describing generational trauma. 32:00 The first case that taught Mark how to look for inherited family trauma and changed his life 30 years ago. 40:57 Where does this deeply traumatic information reside? 49:12 How our DNA and genes are affected by trauma across generations. 52:49 Mark describes the trauma experience from a spiritual perspective. 1:03:50 Mark’s psychotic break at age 24 was the beginning of his healing and how he began helping others. 1:08:45 Mark regains his eyesight after healing his trauma inherited from his mother and grandparents. 1:12:36 Paul’s inherited trauma. 1:24:27 How many generations of inherited trauma could humans carry? 1:32:19 “Our inhumanity toward others is often a mirror of our own inhumanity toward ourselves.” 1:42:04 Mark’s core sentence tool in action. 1:49:37 Positive traits can be transferred and inherited among generations too. 1:56:31 Examples of verbal and non-verbal trauma language. 2:01:31 Mark’s The Official It Didn’t Start With You Workbook is designed to be used whether you read his book or not. 2:13:16 Every day, take a few moments to pause and take inventory of what you’re feeling and, especially, the divine nature within you. Resources It Didn’t Start With You by Mark Wolynn The Official It Didn’t Start With You Workbook by Mark Wolynn The work of Bert Hellinger, Dr. Isabelle Mansuy and Dr. Rachel Yehuda Paul’s podcast conversation with Diane Poole Heller Morphic Resonance and Morphic Fields: An Introduction by Rupert Sheldrake Healing With Haiku: A Poetic Exploration of Self by Anne Helfer Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Dr. Daniel Siegel The Biology of Transcendence by Joseph Chilton Pearce A Practical Guide to Vibrational Medicine: Energy Healing and Spiritual Transformation by Richard Gerber Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 414 — Detox Your Body, Mind and Life With Angie Chek | 08 Sep 2026 | 02:19:47 | |
So many people and companies sell miracle products and supplements that claim to detox your body from the harm of everyday living that it’s really hard to know the difference between fact and fiction. Find Angie online at angiesworld.com, where you can also book a free 15-minute consultation to learn more about working with her in person or virtually to discuss detox strategies or any health issues. For Spirit Gym listeners: Check out the DesBio product line of supplements and detox products Angie talks about during the podcast at the DBscript website. To purchase products on the website, register at this link. Save 10 percent on any purchase you make on the website by using the promo code PAULCHEK10 at checkout. Timestamps 3:23 Toxic statistics. 11:39 The detoxification process in your body. 19:19 Liposuction. 21:44 Organs that detoxify your body. 28:21 The relationship between your organs and emotions. 38:39 Your environment (indoor and outdoor) can be toxic too. 46:28 Are chloramines in your drinking water? 52:09 What’s really in your supplements? 1:00:07 The toxic chemicals hiding in plastic containers. 1:05:54 Pollution your body feels from light, noise, Wi-Fi routers and 5G towers (EMFs). 1:15:21 “What you put in your mouth you have full control over…” 1:30:02 Angie’s annual Christmas gift for Penny and Paul. 1:42:09 Nature as the ultimate detox. 1:52:01 Are you detoxing too much? 2:00:02 Try a 30-day social media detox. 2:05:11 BioGeometry. Resources How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Barrett The Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) consumer guides EWG’s full lists of the Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen foods King Corn (movie) Optimize: A Groundbreaking 7-Step Plan to Health and Longevity Through Quantum Biology by Dr. Catherine Clinton The work of L. Ron Hubbard The Safe Shoppers Bible by David Steinman and Samuel Epstein Paul’s podcast conversations with Dr. Catherine Clinton, Doreya Karim, Jason Pickard, Sayer Ji, Wade Lightheart and Matt Gallant, Dr. Ibrahim Karim and Dr. Robert Gilbert Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea and Japan by F.H. King Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 413 — Was Jesus a Myth? With Sean O’Laoire | 01 Sep 2026 | 02:16:02 | |
Most people believe in Jesus as a savior who shared parables, performed miracles and died for our sins during his brief life. But is that really true? For the longest time, Paul had tried to connect with Jesus yet came up empty until recently when his soul led him to Jesus, the man not of the Bible. Paul and Sean O’Laoire examine the life of Jesus from very different and complementary perspectives that may encourage you to reconsider what you think about myth and the Bible this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Sean at his Spirits in Spacesuits website. Find him on social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Timestamps 11:05 Epistemology, ontology and cosmology. 15:28 Was Jesus a product of Jesus mythicism (Christ myth theory)? 19:38 What modern historians DO agree on about the life of Jesus. 31:08 The difference between wisdom and knowledge. 34:56 Mythish: Sacred wisdom shared in story form. 40:20 The use of metaphor. 52:09 “When power becomes available, morality goes out the window.” 1:05:30 Prosopon. 1:17:27 A cohort of souls. 1:27:11 Sean is one of few people Paul thinks about the most, especially when he gets very irritated at Christianity. 1:38:13 Paul spent many years tracking Jesus and only experienced emptiness, until he recently connected with Jesus, the man not of the Bible. 1:42:54 What really happened to Jesus after the crucifixion. 1:45:35 What is evil? 1:46:34 Did Jesus practice a religion? 1:49:45 How Paul brought alchemy into his teachings. 1:54:16 Awe. 2:01:47 Why one minister taught kids at his church to fear God. 2:11:13 “We volunteer to be here right now.” Resources Setting God Free: Moving Beyond the Caricature We've Created in Our Own Image by Sean O’Laoire Dr. Walter Russell’s Home Study Course Third Edition (FREE PDF link) The work of Bart Ehrman, Paramahansa Yogananda, Thomas Aquinas, Stanislav Grof and Elie Wiesel Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility by James Carse The Religious Case Against Belief by James Carse Streams of Wisdom by Dustin DiPerna and Ken Wilbur The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe by Jeremy Lent Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 412 — Forget Little Green Men: Consider the Sentient Theory of UFOs/UAPs With Michael Jawer | 25 Aug 2026 | 01:58:55 | |
When people ask for your opinions about UFOs, are the little green men from The X-Files the first things that pop in your head? Michael Jawer, author of the upcoming book What UFOs Really Are, believes we should be less focused on aliens flying in the sky and directing our attention on our inner selves and downward to living things anchored on the ground like plants, trees and fungi. Join Paul and Michael on a wide-ranging conversation that could make you look at reality in a brand-new way this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Michael’s work on his website and Linkedin. Timestamps 2:20 Michael’s next book, What UFOs Really Are, coming out in December. 3:39 “My myth begins with emotion.” 13:51 Abnormalities like UFOs/UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena) are where enigmas often meet stigmas. 17:17 UAPs are forms of sentience, but not here to take over our planet. 26:59 Is lucid dreaming connected to remote viewing? 39:06 “The dimension that I'm most interested in is what's under the surface, or what we don’t see within our own unconsciousness.” 45:45 Is the unconscious poorly understood, incorrectly named or both? 58:00 Does an electron or atom feel like anything? 1:08:37 Michael is directing his attention inward and downward, rather than toward the skies. 1:13:50 C.H. Waddington’s concept of creodes. 1:21:27 UFOs and UAPs shake up our perceptions and invite us to consider viewing reality in different ways. 1:28:16 Paul’s question, What is on the sun?, is answered. 1:36:16 The ancient origins of AI. 1:46:06 “Humanity is in peril because we have archaic emotions, medieval institutions and god-like technology.” 1:48:56 John Lennon’s UFO sighting. Resources Michael’s recent appearance on New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove on YouTube The Spiritual Anatomy of Emotion: How Feelings Link the Brain, the Body and the Sixth Sense by Michael Jawer and Dr. Marc Micozzi Your Emotional Type: Key to the Therapies That Will Work For You by Michael Jawer and Dr. Marc Micozzi Sensitive Soul: The Unseen Role of Emotion in Extraordinary States by Michael Jawer Planta Sapiens: The New Science of Plant Intelligence by Paco Calvo and Natalie Lawrence Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life by Dacher Keltner The 2017 New York Times article about the Pentagon’s UFO program A British military defense unit report on acquiring UFO tech from the Jerusalem Post The Hidden Life of Trees and The Inner Life of Animals by Peter Wohlleben The Future of Life by Edward O. Wilson Disclosure Day (movie) Arrival (movie) The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery After by Dr. Bruce Greyson Rupert Sheldrake’s paper, Is the Sun Conscious? Rupert Sheldrake’s banned TED talk on YouTube The Trickster and the Paranormal by George Hansen The Mystic Spiral: Journey of the Soul by Jill Purce Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies by Carl Jung Compendium of the Emerald Tablets by Billy Carson The work of Ingo Swann, Barbara Hand Clow, Dr. Michael Levin, Steven Greer, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Jenny Randles and Jacques Vallée Your Body is Your Subconscious Mind by Candace Pert The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird The Secret Life of Nature: Living in Harmony With The Hidden World of Nature Spirits From Fairies to Quarks by Peter Tompkins The Unknown Spirit by Jean-Emile Charon Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 411 — Meet the Man Who's Been Chatting With The Architect Since Age 3 With John Novello | 18 Aug 2026 | 02:26:41 | |
Do you remember hearing from your Higher Power for the very first time? John Novello heard a voice from Source — what he calls the Invisible Architect — telling him, “Point to the keyboard,” at the ripe, old age of three. That cosmic whisper led John to a long and successful career as a composer and acclaimed jazz pianist. Another conversation later in life led John to write his best-selling book, The Invisible Architect: How to Design a Perfect Life from Within, as a way to help others tap into the wisdom and knowledge that sits inside them waiting to be tapped. John goes deep into the Invisible Architect and shares his Be, Do, Have philosophies of life this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about John’s work as a bestselling author at this link and his first career as an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer at this link. Check out his 1-1 mentoring program at this link. Find him on social media via Facebook and Linkedin. Timestamps 3:35 John’s upcoming book series, The Invisible Architect Guide For Young Souls, for kids. 9:44 John’s first experience with the Invisible Architect at age three. 14:23 A conversation with the Architect that led to John writing The Invisible Architect as a way to pay it forward. 19:28 What is the Invisible Architect? 28:53 The importance of reciprocity. 34:34 Are you really aware there’s an inner voice inside you waiting to be heard? 49:14 Few people know how to listen to the Invisible Architect. 52:48 Why John believes humans have no souls. 58:39 Remember the future. 1:01:03 Applying John’s Be, Do, Have philosophies and the Law of Thought Substitution. 1:13:46 Who goes to the afterlife? 1:20:59 A prayer John says to invite the Architect and express perfection through him. 1:32:53 The ultimate way to manifest anything, according to Thomas Troward. 1:42:41 Most people operate on the Have, Do, Be system and can’t convert a goal into a fact. 1:52:52 The seven milestones of John’s Be, Do, Have process. 2:00:31 Refining your Be is critical. 2:16:51 Instead of the law of attraction, John reframes it as three things: The law of reflection, law of cause and effect or law of resonance. 2:21:00 “The journey is not one of becoming, but one of remembering.” Resources Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee Conversations with God: an uncommon dialogue book 1 by Neale Donald Walsch The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield The work of Bob Carver, Lawrence Welk, Myron Floren, Walter Russell, Dan Inosanto, Zig Ziglar, Eckard Tolle, David Bohm, Delores Cannon, Wei Wu Wei, Neville Goddard, Sri Aurobindo Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility and The Religious Case Against Belief by James Carse Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 410 — Simple Things Make All The Difference With Matt Gallant and Wade Lightheart | 11 Aug 2026 | 02:31:45 | |
The difference between being healthy or not healthy mostly comes down to the simple things within your control like eating nutrient-rich foods, incorporating movement into your daily routine and following a stable sleep schedule. Like Paul, BIOptimizers co-founders, Matt Gallant and Wade Lightheart, constantly test, test and test their bodies, beliefs and products to ensure those simple things are always protecting and enhancing better health. Building on that theme of experimenting, Matt talks about the 80,000+ experiments he’s done on BIOptimizers products over the years and Wade shares his bucket theory of nutrition that will make your health more bulletproof this week on Spirit Gym. Besides the many great BIOptimizers products Wade and Matt have developed, you’ll want to check out the BIOptimizers Nutrition Coach Program. Look for Matt and Wade on social media via Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. Listen to the BIOptimizers Awesome Health Podcast hosted by Wade on Apple Podcasts. Timestamps 2:19 Is maltodextrin in your electrolyte drink? 6:08 BiOptimizers’ bio-lab recently topped the 80,000 mark in experiments. 10:17 Wade’s concussion theory. 24.28 “Matt loves running experiments on everything.” 32:42 Do you have a zinc deficiency? 38:32 Can you really feel the truth? 51:30 How to make your health more bulletproof. 1:00:37 Wade’s bucket theory of nutrition. 1:08:55 Feeling the sensation of a weightlifter’s/athlete’s heart. 1:16:38 Understanding cofactors. 1:22:53 “One of the hardest things [for humans] to absorb is fat soluble molecules.” 1:33:21 Protecting your microbiome. 1:45:44 Wade’s small confession. 1:53:30 The power of the placebo and the biology of belief. 2:02:00 The benefits of experiential reality. 2:17:06 Substitute the word belief for hypothesis and your life will change. 2:23:00 “Children are the ultimate health hack.” Resources The Ultimate Nutrition Bible by Matt Gallant and Wade Lightheart Orthomolecular Psychiatry: Treatment Of Schizophrenia by Dr. David Hawkins and Dr. Linus Pauling Bioaccessibility, bioavailability and metabolism of functional foods, Handbook of Functional Foods Paul’s podcast conversation with Jason Christoff Hildegard von Bingen’s Physica by Saint Hildegard of Bingen and Priscilla Throop The Fat of the Land by Vilhjalmur Stefansson Your Body’s Many Cries for Water by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life by Robert Becker and Gary Selden Tuning in to Nature by Philip Callahan Biochemical Individuality by Roger Williams Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 409 — Is Mother Earth Baba Yaga? With Dr. Joanna Kujawa | 04 Aug 2026 | 03:10:48 | |
Toward the end of her first Spirit Gym conversation with Paul, Dr. Joanna Kujawa described how Baba Yaga insisted on being included in her recent book, Alien Goddess: UFOs, AI and the Goddesses of Ascension. Joanna and Paul continue their conversation about Baba Yaga and her connection to Mother Earth as the soul and guardian of our planet who has had quite enough of our human shenanigans and isn’t putting up with it any longer this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Joanna’s work on her website and Substack. Find her on social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Timestamps 7:01 Could Baba Yaga be Mother Earth, the spirit of our planet? 10:50 “The issue is authenticity.” 19:22 Joanna felt a sense of urgency while writing her book, Alien Goddess. 28:57 Becoming the change you want to see in the world by making small choices. 36:53 The four levels of consciousness. 44:55 Ignorance versus wisdom. 48:51 “Mystics see in the light what scientists try to measure but seldom get.” 1:02:02 The Ahrimanic deception. 1:12:55 The looming conflict ahead: Consciousness, how we define it and what we can do to prevent its suppression. 1:29:30 Are we too focused on the untruths? 1:35:50 Will this delusion of merging body and machine eventually end well? 1:43:52 A necessary sacrifice. 1:58:04 Ascending and descending waves of consciousness. 2:03:04 Why Baba Yaga is angry with us. 2:16:31 “We know what they are.” 2:30:24 Be a spiritual warrior in the face of oppression and suppression from AI and too much tech. 2:45:05 Communicating in liminal and imaginal space. 2:55:50 “As we evolve, God evolves.” 3:00:33 “The best thing you can do for God is to work on yourself.” Resources The Other Goddess by Dr. Joanna Kujawa Mythologium 2026: Mythic Imagination rewatch Rupert Sheldrake discusses The Science Delusion on YouTube I, Robot (movie) Mercy (movie) The myth of Prometheus The story of Enlil and Enki The myth of Demeter and Persephone Involution and evolution, according to Rudolf Steiner Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea and Japan by F.H. King The work of Marie-Louise von Franz, Victor Frankl, David Bohm, Dr. Fred Allen Wolf, Dr. William Tiller, Sam Altman, Gregg Braden, Billy Carson, Rabia al Basri and Edward O. Wilson Paul’s podcast conversations with Amit Goswami, Sean O’Laoire, Dr. Marc Gafni, Dr. Jared Horvath and Elizabeth Nelson Paul’s podcast on Lucifer, Christ and Ahriman Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 408 — The Case Against Believing Anything You Hear On This Episode With Erick Godsey | 28 Jul 2026 | 02:25:43 | |
Living the life of your dreams is very hard work. Paul believes much of that hard work comes from being open (and brave) to listen to new and different ideas — things you may never have considered before — then testing them in your own laboratory of daily living to see if they’re true and they work for you. Having the courage to explore and refine your life by doing the hard work of letting go of the stuff that isn’t working for you and choosing to allow the new in is a recurring theme in this week’s Spirit Gym conversation with Erick Godsey, a Master Coach and teacher of myth, science and philosophy. Remember, the best teachers you’ll ever have are the ones who are always challenging you to be your best you, not a clone or cult member! Curious to read more after Paul’s conversation with Erick? Check out part 1 and part 2 of his Renaissance Fitness essays on Substack where you can subscribe to his feed for free. Find out more about Erick and his work on his website and Skool.com/The Dharma Artist Collective. Look for him on social media via Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Listen to his Myths That Makes Us podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to them. Timestamps 3:12 The spiritual community is splitting into different camps about how to handle technology. 7:58 Erick was slow to change his mind about God, reincarnation and remote viewing. 15:17 Paul’s remote viewing skills are put to the test. 25:25 “To remote view, you have to get rid of any idea that could alter your conviction that it's even possible.” 34:35 What does unconditional love mean? 44:03 Myths and archetypes. 51:05 Is there a fundamental grammar for archetypes that’s represented in the Tarot? 59:18 A metaphysical kind of artificial intelligence that’s been around for billions of years. 1:06:42 The illusions we create to make our stories work when they really don’t. 1:13:43 Paul’s dream: Do the work to figure things out for yourself and test what you learn, even from him. 1:19:46 Like Paul, Erick has been accused of being a cult leader and he lists it on his resume as a source of pride. 1:23:46 One thought leader believes it could take about 735 lifetimes to reach a state of enlightenment. 1:31:42 “I see a lot of sleeping teachers and potential leaders.” 1:40:30 The deep importance of your dream life. 1:47:10 Paul explains how to speak to and hear your soul. 2:01:48 Paul helps Erick work with his soul. 2:10:44 Heart breathing, soul connection and praying. Resources Life Before Life: Children’s Memories of Past Lives by Dr. Jim B. Tucker Phenomena: The Secret of the U.S. Government’s Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis by Annie Jacobsen The work of Dr. Stanislav Grof, Paramahansa Yogananda, Ibn Arabi, Itzhak Bentov, Arthur M. Young, Huston Smith, Jean Gebser, Eckhart Tolle and Laozi Fingers Pointing Toward the Moon by Wei Wu Wei Paul’s podcast conversation with James Carse When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 407 — A Lot of Cool Things Happen in the Afterlife With Barbara With | 21 Jul 2026 | 02:26:03 | |
The ability to channel isn’t a superpower, although many would argue that recognizing and embracing that gift, living it fully and sharing it with others may be one… Barbara With wanted to be a rock star and spent nearly two decades pursuing it until one day she spontaneously began to write for no reason. And, when she wrote the question, “Who are you?” the answer was Sound. Barbara shares her experiences as a psychic and channel, connecting with Albert Einstein and The Party from the Afterlife to provide a better understanding of the operating system of life based on working with three dimensions — emotion, intuition and intellect — that help us align as humans with compassion this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Barbara and her work at her website, Synergy Alliance and The Music of Barbara With. Look for her on social media via Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. For Spirit Gym listeners: Save 40 percent on a 1-hour reading with Barbara, Albert Einstein and the Party by going to this link and using the promo code EINSTEIN. (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to top redeem after 30 days.) Timestamps 4:02 Barbara’s first experience with channeling in high school showed her how to love herself better. 10:29 A lot of cool things happen in the afterlife. 22:10 Three human dimensions: Emotion, intuition and intellect. 27:32 What Compassion does. 31:19 “God is the name of the blanket that wraps the mystery.” 37:48 “Is everyone a reflection of you, including whomever you are channeling?” 45:44 Healing old wounds. 1:02:55 The hardest thing for most people to do: Stop and take care of themselves. 1:09:49 “Synergy: One plus one equals three.” 1:16:09 Separate your fears and handle them differently, not as one whole thing. 1:26:25 You can’t cheat or fake empathy and compassion. 1:38:55 Know that emotions like anger and sadness can fuel thoughts of joy, happiness and peace too. 1:47:38 The Psychic Sorority. 1:54:10 The first baby steps toward self-love and its reciprocal responses. 2:05:05 Conflict REVOLUTION. 2:08:38 “No one is going to save me.” 2:15:35 “We work for the good of the whole.” Resources Diaries of a Psychic Sorority: Talking With the Angels by Kimberly Lilith Phelps, Barbara With and Teresa McMillian Conflict REVOLUTION: The Workbook by Barbara With Sound: Native Teachings and Visionary Art by Joseph Rael The Ojibwe/Anishinaabe/Chippewa Indigenous tribe Barbara’s appearance on the Metaphysical Hippie Chicks 2.0 podcast The Serenity Prayer The work of Jean Houston Paul’s podcast conversations with James Carse and Anne Helfer The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk Voices of the First Day by Robert Lawlor Healing With Haiku: A Poetic Exploration of Self by Anne Helfer Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 406 — You're Being Mind Controlled RIGHT NOW and You Don't Even Know It With Jason Christoff | 14 Jul 2026 | 02:06:53 | |
Do you ever wonder why it’s so hard to make to make simple changes that could help you live a healthier, stress-free life? Perhaps, it’s powers behind the scenes motivating you to drink that extra cup of coffee that becomes many more or skip your afternoon workout in the gym that becomes a lasting habit. CHEK Professional Jason Christoff returns to share what he’s learned about mind control in his new documentary, Planet Mind Control, this week on Spirit Gym. Check out Jason’s articles, programs and podcast appearances on his website. Find him on social media via Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube and Soundcloud. Watch Jason’s documentary, Planet Mind Control, for FREE. Receive guidance on breaking the self-sabotage loop by emailing Jason directly at info@jchristoff.com. Timestamps 4:21 Why Jason made his documentary about mind control. 14:25 If magicians can fool people with mind hacks, how good are trained professionals who specialize in mass mind control? 22:08 The mindset of the least hackable people. 27:15 “You have to trick citizens to destroy the U.S. from the inside.” 45:05 Donald Trump: A strong mind control operation all by himself. 54:28 The COVID times, fight or flight and mind control. 1:06:47 Resetting your consciousness from negative content with repetitive positive things. 1:11:08 Mind control and self-sabotage work in concert to keep you stuck. 1:14:56 Direct versus indirect mind control. 1:20:45 Mind control and kids. 1:29:57 Living a lifetime as a professional teenager. 1:35:26 Why is it so easy for people to trick themselves? 1:46:04 Ever question why you drink alcohol or coffee? 2:00:39 What’s next for Jason. Resources Jason’s presentation during a U.S. Senate roundtable on YouTube The Art of War by Sun Tzu I Am Legend (movie) Contagion (movie) 28 Days Later (movie) Outbreak (movie) The work of Justin Willman, Max Major, Denis Rancourt, Sir Robert McCarrison, Michael Tsarion and Rupert Sheldrake Dr. Lawrence Dunegan’s transcript covering the New Order of the Barbarians meeting with Dr. Richard Day in 1969 The Medes Paul’s solocast on Shadow Work Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea and Japan by F.H. King DNA: Pirates of the Sacred Spiral by Leonard Horowitz Trance: The Cathy O’Brien Story Paul’s podcast conversation with Dr. Keith Witt Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 405 — The Science and Spirituality Behind Sound Therapy With Tenille Bentley | 07 Jul 2026 | 02:20:02 | |
Sound can do so much for us. It can entertain, inform, motivate and immerse you in its healing tones. If you don’t believe it, take an early morning walk in a park and let nature surround you with sounds that can heal your soul if you let it. At the dual closures of a 15-year adventure in the corporate world and a long-term relationship, Tenille Bentley came back to her first love — music — as medicine to bring joy and healing to her body and soul. Tenille shares her healing story that led to a new career as a performer who combines music, frequency and science to connect, heal, soothe and celebrate and explains how you can too, even with little to no musical knowledge, this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Tenille’s work on her website. Find her on social media via Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube. Listen to her music on Bandcamp and Spotify. Explore a coaching/mentoring opportunity with Tenille at this link. Watch the trailer for her film, Does Sound Heal, and learn about sponsoring opportunities at this link. Check out Tenille’s Attune app at this link. For Spirit Gym listeners: Save 20 percent on Tenille’s 12-week, self-paced Institute of Sound and Frequency course at this link. You need no prior knowledge of music or know how to play an instrument to take this journey. Use the promo code CHEK2026 to receive your discount. (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.) Timestamps 2:40 The differences between sound healers and sound therapists. 7:14 “My work has been shaped by beauty, but also the rupture of life.” 10:38 Giving up music for building companies. 18:04 When Tenille’s calling back to music returned. 25:21 “You don’t choose the instrument… the instrument chooses you.” 33:29 Your relationship with sound. 41:42 The ngoni (African harp). 46:36 Tenille recalls experiencing trauma, heaviness and crying during a concert. 54:10 “I purposely walk in (to a sound experience) without a plan because the room is going to tell me.” 1:10:59 The importance of silence. 1:18:28 Over the past 15 years, Tenille has surrendered to a journey that’s led by something greater than her with unwavering faith and surrender. 1:29:09 The first instrument that called to Paul. 1:39:16 A sound diet. 1:58:02 “Some of the deepest, most profoundly changing songs in people's worlds have been ones that have just been written through me in five minutes.” 2:08:11 Do you regularly question your contribution to the world, especially if you’ve left it for a short time? Resources Digital Consciousness: The Emotional Digital Frequency of Self by Tenille Bentley The Shruti box Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) Healing at the Speed of Sound: How What We Hear Transforms Our Brains and Our Lives by Don Campbell and Alex Doman Paul’s podcast conversations with Ian Morris, Dr. John Demartini, Ross Newkirk and Jonathan Goldman The work of Don Miguel Ruiz and Dr. Bruce Lipton The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life by Robert Becker and Gary Selden The Humming Effect: Sound Healing for Health and Happiness by Andi and Jonathan Goldman Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 404 — You Are the Punchline With JP Sears | 30 Jun 2026 | 02:07:39 | |
If you follow politics at all, your head must be on a swivel (and hurting) with all of the upheaval going in America and abroad. In many cases, promises were made but not kept which may be making you rethink some of your recent choices at the ballot box and even squirm a bit. Comedian JP Sears dissects these recent events and, like the deft, wise humorist he is, reminds us that giving our power as citizens way too easily on promises not delivered makes us the punchline of the joke, a lesson all of us can learn from as we create a better destiny for ourselves and the world this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about JP and his work on his website. Check out his new adventure, the Better Man Project, on YouTube. Follow him on social media via Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Rumble. Timestamps 2:51 JP leaves the standup comedy world. 9:32 “As a country, how did we get to this place where THAT can happen?” 17:28 Feeling gratitude for living through the COVID era. 23:22 The devil in the world right now gives us plenty of opportunities to look inside ourselves and ask, how am I doing this… 29:33 Our blind spots are easy sources for laughter. 36:21 Comparing our shadow work to bowel movements. 44:07 JP and Paul do some “yin-yagging.” 53:48 “If Trump is a joke, what is the punchline?” 1:06:04 The dual lack of common sense and wisdom is becoming fatal on a societal scale. 1:16:52 What really matters the most to you? 1:24:44 The defeat of U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) in the 2026 House primary. 1:46:42 The Bibi Files. 1:52:38 How do we create our destiny? Resources The myth of Midas’ Golden Touch Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy Voices of the First Day by Robert Lawlor The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) The Shawn Ryan Show on YouTube Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded by Maxwell Maltz Paul’s solocast on Shadow Work Paul’s podcast conversations with Sean O’Laoire, Anne Helfer, James Hollis and Mark England and Kimberly Kesting The work of Adam Smith, Laozi (Lao Tzu), Louis Hamilton and Earl Nightingale Tao Te Ching: The Book of Meaning and Life by Richard Wilhelm Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax Paul’s appearance on London Real The Alex Jones Show on Spreaker Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 403 — History Isn't Dead: It's the Myth Living Through You Right Now With Letao Wang | 23 Jun 2026 | 01:57:14 | |
Did you know that to be gifted in the Tarot, you need to be a historian too? Spiritual counselor and Tarot master Letao Wang shares how the dual studies of history and the Tarot intersect and how both affected his work and life for the better this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Letao and how to work with him at his Healing Kingdom website. Find Letao on social media via YouTube and Instagram. Timestamps 3:03 Letao’s award-winning Tarot card decks. 8:13 “A myth is history and there’s no defined boundary between them.” 15:08 To be a good astrologer, you have to be a good historian too. 25:14 “Life is like a tennis game and astrology's like a weather report.” 27:41 How Letao selected the 36 historical figures who appeared in his latest Oracle deck. 31:31 The story of Yoshiko Yamaguchi and the ways it paralleled Letao’s life growing up. 39:46 How should you use Lateo’s Tarot card deck to gain insights into your life? 42:06 Using Lateo’s Tarot card decks in functional and non-traditional ways, like a meditation tool. 56:48 One of Letao’s goals with his newest Tarot card deck: Sharing very influential figures in Asian culture to a Western audience like Chiune Sugihara. 1:08:38 A meditation on sacrifice for the greater good. 1:14:48 “If we are unconscious of the myth living within us, we are unconscious of the choices we’re making.” 1:23:51 2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse. 1:34:32 Knowing that Benjamin Netanyahu is a Libra could explain a lot of his actions as Israel’s Prime Minister. 1:40:25 Some positives to look out for during the remainder of 2026. Resources Legends, Heroes and Villains Oracle Tarot card deck by Letao Wang Oracle of the Celestial Deities Tarot card deck by Letao Wang Oracle of the Mythic Heroes Tarot card deck by Letao Wang= Penelope’s Bones: A New History of Homer’s World Through the Women Written Out of It by Emily Hauser Letao’s interview about the Year of the Fire Horse on BBC News on YouTube Letao’s conversation with Gahl Sasson on YouTube The work of Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., Puyi, Nelson Mandela and Fritz Haber Paul’s podcast conversation with Ernst Wilhelm Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 402 — Teaching Kids How to Think — Not What to Think — in the Age of AI With Priten Soundar-Shah | 16 Jun 2026 | 02:14:18 | |
The state of public education is a mess. At the heart of it is a real struggle about a fundamental question: How much tech should our kids be exposed to daily in the classroom? Contrary to what parents have been told by public schools nationwide, there is no single one-size-fits-all solution for kids and that includes the use or non-use of tech tools like artificial intelligence (AI) in classrooms. Also, did those high-tech school districts warn you your kid’s basic math skills would erode so much that she/he would be tethered to a tech device for the rest of their lives? Priten Soundar-Shah, author of Ethical Ed Tech: How Educators Can Lead on AI and Digital Safety in K-12, shares a better way forward based on the intelligent and deliberate use of technology that fosters better engagement in our public schools this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Priten and his much-needed work in the non-profit sector at his website. Listen to his podcast, Margin of Thought with Priten, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen to them. You’ll find him on social media via Instagram, Linkedin and TikTok. Read the opening chapter of Priten’s book, Ethical Ed Tech, for free at this website. Buy his book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Bookshop and upload your receipt, and you’ll receive several free resources, including an exclusive bonus chapter and video course. Timestamps 7:39 Living the life of a non-profit entrepreneur, tech tool-builder and teacher. 19:14 The conversations about the role of tech in schools moved from teachers to big tech companies. 26:03 Reading a book on how to read inspired the name for Priten’s podcast. 32:26 How do know what red is if you don’t experience it? 44:36 How do you persuade kids to eat vegetables and learn things too? 50:19 Making things happen faster and easier — what tech does best — is often not the best environment for learning. 58:00 Paul’s crashing conversation with Claude about generating faulty AI art. 1:02:47 There is no one-size-fits-all solution for improving education and that includes the use/non-use of tech like AI. 1:11:40 Gamified engagement versus learning engagement. 1:18:06 Are we so dependent on technology that your kid’s basic math skills have been “downloaded” to a digital calculator on a cell phone? 1:25:30 The case studies featured in Ethical Ed Tech provide scenarios and options for the ethical use of tech in schools, not absolute solutions. 1:33:17 One unintended consequence of tech dominance in schools: A fixation on measuring and controlling every aspect of them (including reading and test scores). 1:46:11 There’s no community consensus on the purpose of schooling. 1:53:36 The real-world limits on how much schools can solve external factors like personal flourishing, contributing to the world and how a kid feels about herself/himself away from school. 2:03:21 Priten hopes schools will deal with AI faster than they did cell phones (10-15 years). Resources AI and the Future of Education: Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Priten Soundar-Shah The work of Confucius Paul’s podcast conversations with Dr. Jared Horvath and Elizabeth Nelson The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids’ Learning — And How To Help Them Thrive Again by Jared Horvath The Living Soil and the Haughley Experiment by Lady Evelyn Barbara Balfour Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 401 — Nothing Is Missing in Your Life… You're Just Not Seeing It With Dr. John Demartini | 09 Jun 2026 | 02:37:16 | |
At age 13, Dr. John Demartini left home after being told by the “experts” around him that his life would never amount to much. People claimed his physical and learning challenges were too much to overcome… Nearly six decades later, John is living the life none of those “experts” could’ve ever imagined, as a world-renown teacher who helps his students come to a greater understanding of human behavior and maximizing their potential. John shares his amazing journey from his early days as teenage surfer without a home, then explains why he gave up the self-help movement — it’s a moral trap — and reveals the importance of asking the right questions of ourselves and others this week on Spirit Gym. Find out more about John and his work on his website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and YouTube. Listen to his podcast, The Demartini Show, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to them. Also, John invites Spirit Gym listeners to take advantage of some free gifts: · Download his 7 Steps to Expand to the Next Level of Empowerment workbook. · Watch John’s inspiring presentation, Awakening Your Astronomical Vision. · Complete the Demartini Value Determination Process, a 13-step process that helps you determine your highest values or priorities in life. · Take his master classes, Increase Your Deserve Level and Finally Get What You Want and Discover The Hidden Order and Its Power to Transform Your Life. Timestamps 5:34 John leaves home at age 13 to hitchhike cross-country and surf. 8:31 John’s life-changing encounter with Paul Bragg. 19:59 From learning-challenged to speaking to University of Houston students daily. 35:20 “Everything that's going on our life is on the way to help us be our most magnificent self.” 46:00 Lean into your uniqueness and authenticity with help from your teachers. 53:29 The Demartini method. 1:01:45 Holy curiosity. 1:13:32 “I really believe all of the randomness that we have is missing information.” 1:22:29 “The Master lives in a world of transformation, not the illusion of gain, loss, pleasure, pain or polarities.” 1:27:39 John’s research leads him to give up the self-help movement. 1:39:32 “Quality questions are ones that make us aware of what we're unconscious of when we're interpreting things in this polarized way.” 1:41:47 What is depression? 1:54:56 True science and true religion mirror each other, but with different languages. 2:03:25 John’s definition of evil: An incomplete awareness of a mental construct. 2:12:59 Good and evil: The only labels we impose on things that are exaggerations rather than synthesis. 2:15:41 The soulmate question. 2:31:05 “The first thing I tell my students: Whatever you perceive in me, let’s find it in you.” Resources Essentials of Emotional Intelligence by Dr. John Demartini Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind and Art Friedman The Principles of Quantum Mechanics by P.A.M. Durac The C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston Dr. John Demartini’s heated conversation with Aubrey Marcus on YouTube The Science of Mind: The Complete 1926 edition by Ernest Holmes The Law of Eristic Escalation explained by Dr. John Demartini The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale The work of Jack LaLanne, Buddy Miles, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Claude Shannon, Frank Tipler, Stephen Wolfram, Vera Rubin, Sri Aurobindo, Stephen Hawking, Edward Edinger and Epictetus Rudolf Clausius and the second law of thermodynamics What is Life? by Erwin Schrodinger The Rigveda Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind by Richard Bucke Gate control theory by Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall The Secret (film) on YouTube Paul’s podcast conversation with Sean O’Laoire Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 400 — Shadow Work Never Ends And That’s Great News With Paul Chek | 02 Jun 2026 | 01:59:59 | |
Have you been running away from your shadow self for so long you no longer remember why? Too many people attempt to escape from their shadow selves out of fear and a lack of understanding that acknowledging their shadow is a structural feature of an individuated psyche and a reservoir of vital energy that can help you grow into the adult you’re meant to be. If you’ve been struggling to find a path forward, Paul shares the benefits of shadow work and explains why doing it consistently over a lifetime can transform your life this week on Spirit Gym. Check out the PDF Paul created that accompanies this episode to help you better understand shadow work. Timestamps 5:00 True shadow work is a lifetime process that never ends. 15:08 Managing your shadow work by better managing your health and breathing. 21:47 Your shadow: The price of having a definitive identity. 28:35 “The pull between consciousness and shadow is what makes psychological growth possible at all.” 38:16 “If you're not working with your shadow consciously with legitimate spiritual intent and doing the work properly, it will project itself outward.” 44:03 The collective unconscious. 50:43 Doing your shadow work goes a long way toward lessening your judgement of others. 56:03 Hyperstition. 1:03:27 To think holistically, always ask yourself, “Is it true?” 1:11:06 What is your secret story? 1:21:54 The shadow: A hyperstitional structure. 1:31:36 Break hyperstitional patterns with these exercises. 1:44:20 You can’t have consciousness without a positive and a negative. 1:49:15 Your stories are connected to events and the shadow work you do. Resources Ego and Archetype by Edward Edinger The numinous The work of Swami Vivekananda, Carl Jung, Dean Radin, Dr. Larry Dossey, Murray Stein, Edgar Cayce and Nick Land How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy! When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone Paul’s podcast conversations with James Hollis, Jonathan Bluestein and James Carse Paul’s solocast on Lucifer, Christ and Ahriman Nonviolent Communication: The Basics As I Know and Use Them by Wayland Myers The Evolution of Love From Quarks to Culture: The Rise of Evolutionary Relationships in Response to the Meta-Crisis by Dr. Marc Gafni Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 399 — 272 Emotions and You Probably Only Know 28 of Them With D. Earl Johnston | 26 May 2026 | 02:07:19 | |
Imagine you and your teenager are sitting down for a nice meal and she/he asks, “What do you know about depression?” and you’re stumped for an answer. Faced with that question, D. (Doug) Earl Johnston set out to find the answer and, along the way, identified 271 additional and distinct emotional states that formed the basis of his latest book, Choosing Emotions: Thinking with Your Head and Acting with Your Heart. Doug shares what he learned about the amazing array of emotions all of us feel and how they protect us this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Doug and his work at his website and on social media via Instagram. Timestamps 4:58 Doug’s daughter asked him a question he couldn’t answer: What do you know about depression? 10:42 Identifying 272 distinct emotional states through famous quotes. 21:41 Our emotions are tools that protect us. 32:15 The fundamental misunderstandings people have about emotions. 43:15 A consilience. 47:35 Name it, blame it and tame it. 56:30 “Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.” 1:06:35 Where do you draw the line between an emotion, mood, condition, pattern or life? 1:23:54 “Can you change a default emotion?” 1:33:38 Doug’s reckoning with ego. 1:39:05 Vocabulary and emotions. 1:48:03 The domains of the head, heart and gut. 1:52:55 One of Paul’s guiding principles he learned from a student. Resources Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown The work of Rollo May, J.K. Rowling, Eckhart Tolle, Dr. Antonio Damasio, Jonathan Heidt, Daniel Kahneman, Niels Bohr, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Charles Kettering, Noam Chomsky, Dan Siegel, Stanley Krippner, Edgar Cayce and Sir Winston Churchill Paul’s podcast conversations with Rollin McCraty and Keith Witt How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Barrett Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath Feelings Buried Alive Never Die by Karol Truman The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk Tao Te Ching: A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell The Second Book of the Tao by Stephen Mitchell Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 398 — AI Doesn't Hallucinate — It Makes Crap Up (That Distinction Matters) With Elizabeth Nelson | 19 May 2026 | 02:01:56 | |
Once upon a time not so very long ago, artificial intelligence (AI) was a product of speculative science fiction, especially in films from Metropolis to Blade Runner. Today, AI has so infiltrated our daily lives, the thought of not having access to Google or other AI-driven apps on our mobile phones and computers scares the crap out of a lot of people. Paul continues his investigation into AI with able assistance from author, Silicon Valley survivor and depth psychologist Elizabeth Nelson who explores the wide gulf between human and machine this week on Spirit Gym. Check out Elizabeth’s essays and individual coaching groups, watch her video presentations and read her essays on her website. Timestamps 7:54 Defining technology and machines. 12:05 Artificial intelligence, large language models (LLMs) or large language machines? 19:12 “Technology is not neutral.” 23:48 Confusing data and information with real knowledge. 29:50 The intrusion of machine language into our humanity. 37:45 The danger of LLMs emulating humans. 51:23 Exploring the gulf between human and cyborg/machine in books and films like Blade Runner. 57:23 When describing what AI does, calling it making crap up or AI slop is better than hallucinating. 1:08:26 Are we turning an it like AI into a being? 1:14:15 The irony of some people celebrating the end times while others turn to transhumanism. 1:38:18 Can you leave your tech toys at home for a week without feeling anxiety? 1:49:48 Why is it so important for humanity to understand very clearly what reality is? Resources Depth Psychology, Myth and Artificial Intelligence: Soul and the Machine, edited by Jason Batt and Jonathan Erickson The Art of Jungian Couples Therapy: An Introduction by Elizabeth Nelson and Anthony Delmedico The Art of Inquiry: A Depth Psychology Perspective by Elizabeth Nelson and Joseph Coppin Psyche’s Knife: Archetypal Explorations of Love and Power by Elizabeth Nelson Journal of Jungian Scholarly Studies Understanding Media: The Extension of Man by Marshall McLuhan and Lewis Lapham Elizabeth’s Psyche, Soma, Cyborg course at the Pacifica Graduate Institute The Ship of Theseus (Theseus’s Paradox) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick The work of James Hillman and Edward Edinger Paul’s podcast conversation with B. Earl DNA: Pirates of the Sacred Spiral by Leonard Horowitz Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley The Forgotten Truth: The Common Vision of the World’s Religions by Huston Smith The Social Dilemma on Netflix Elizabeth’s presentation during the recent Soul and the Machine webinar on the International Society of Mythology website Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 397 — The Shamanic Journey You Never Knew Fasting Could Be With Sean McCormick | 12 May 2026 | 02:40:02 | |
Thanks to its recent mainstream popularity, more people are turning to fasting as a means to promote better health and weight loss than ever before, but is it a good one? Fasting can be beneficial for some people but not everyone, and only if they really pay attention to what their bodies are telling them and are working with professionals like Sean McCormick, an expert in the realm of dry fasting. Paul and Sean discuss the real world pros and cons of fasting and how a session of fasting, under the best and safest conditions, can be a life-changing Shamanic journey this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Sean and dry fasting on his website and Dry Fast With Friends where you can access a FREE Dry Fast Guide and masterclass video. Find Sean on social media via Instagram here and here. Listen to Sean’s Optimal Performance podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to them. For Spirit Gym listeners: Interested in taking the next step into dry fasting? Join Sean’s next Dry Fast With Friends 4.0 live event starting June 25 at Dry Fast With Friends. Save 50 PERCENT on the event or any other levels of dry fasting by using the promo code CHEK. (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.) Timestamps 4:28 Sean’s journey to performance optimization began when his parents taught him transcendental meditation at age 12. 11:17 Sean’s first dry fast was to impress a young woman who is now his wife during Ramadan. 29:32 Sean’s experiments with various fasting methods that are measurable. 35:13 Why dry fasting works best for Sean. 41:44 Pay attention to how your body reacts badly and well to fasting, then food and water afterward. 53:23 How a fast can be an introspective process. 1:02:07 Down and dirty with enemas. 1:12:11 Can you recognize you don’t know everything and be willing to refer a client to a health professional with more skills? 1:20:32 Dry fasting isn’t good for everyone, with the metabolic disruptions that occur in your body. 1:36:19 Treat fasting like a Shamanic journey, not a quick fix to lose weight. Resources The Phoenix Protocol: Dry Fasting For Rapid Healing and Radical Life Extension by Dr. August Dunning Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 396 — Does Your Personal Cosmology Need Improvement Before a Plant Medicine Ceremony With Mark Gober | 05 May 2026 | 02:26:12 | |
If someone asked you about your personal cosmology — who are you, why are you here and what is your role on our planet — what would you tell them? Or, more to the point, could you really answer the question? For best-selling author Mark Gober, it took years for him to understand the huge gap between following a personal cosmology that was nihilistic, random, superficial and meaningless and living an intentional one that embraces Spirit and the divine in all of us. A decade passed before Mark was ready for his first plant medicine ceremony, and the healing work he did on developing his personal cosmology made all of the difference in creating a positive, intimate experience that keeps on delivering insights. Join Mark and Paul on a journey of discovery and lasting growth with help from plant medicines and learn why a personal cosmology matters this week on Spirit Gym. Check out Mark and his work on his website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube and Telegram. Timestamps 3:46 Does our intellect or something in our biology block us being receptive to our natural state, especially as we age? 12:23 How plant medicines reconnect us to the various aspects of ourselves. 15:20 Amnesia is built into the human experience (with a large dose of ignorance thrown in). 22:27 Ibogaine: A medicine that loves through truth, even when it is painful. 31:12 Mark meets ibogaine. 44:00 It took a decade for Mark to be ready for his first plant medicine ceremony. 46:55 Mark’s four intentions going into his first plant medicine ceremony. 1:05:31 Self-betrayal: A form of self-loathing that our society trains us to do. 1:09:35 Ancestral trauma, underlying terror and catastrophic thinking. 1:17:27 “Whenever we heal for ourselves, we’re really healing for our family.” 1:26:54 The purpose of existence and authenticity is the only game in town. 1:32:07 A sign Mark was tapping into his divine guidance before his plant medicine ceremony: Writing a book about it. Resources An End to the Upside Down Cosmos by Mark Gober Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 395 — The Family Who Ditched The Rat Race and Never Looked Back With Robyn and Victor Robledo | 28 Apr 2026 | 02:33:06 | |
If you’re a parent, do you remember one day when you had fun with your kids doing things that weren’t tied down to going on a (rare) yearly vacation or a holiday gathering? Unfortunately, most parents are living the lives of event planners, carting their kids from home to school, birthday parties, recitals, large family gatherings and too many youth sports and hardly anyone is having any fun (or getting much sleep). Do you want to parent your kids in a more holistic, connected way that teaches them how to be their best selves and allows you to live your best life too? Robyn and Victor Robledo, the nomads with a purpose who raised their five kids on the road, will show you how this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Robyn, Victor and their family at the Nomads With a Purpose website and Robyn’s website. Check out their adventures on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Contact Victor and Robyn via email for information about their services. Timestamps 4:39 Building a business as a couple at age 20 on the fly and figuring it out. 8:11 Victor’s extreme adrenal fatigue and subsequent panic attack changed everything. 16:15 Victor’s collision course with trauma. 20:46 Leaving Southern California to explore the world. 29:24 Two parents and five kids living on the road on about 150 euros ($174) a day. 32:37 Paul’s collision course with seasonal affective disorder. 39:08 There's something amazing about waking up and choosing what you want to do today, not what you have to do. 47:53 Are you so afraid of your kids that they will reject you? 55:12 “There’s no self-growth in me sitting on the sidelines of another soccer game.” 1:04:54 What started as homeschooling eventually became unschooling. 1:13:09 Robyn and Victor raised a family of seven on roughly $4,000 per month while living on the road. 1:32:39 The Five Pillars of healthy living Robyn and Victor have used to build their family. Resources The Road Less Traveled: Why You Shouldn’t Give Up Your Comfy Couch, Hot Showers and Steady Paycheck by Robyn Robledo Gabriela Robledo’s TEDx Talk on How to Find Purpose and Personal Power Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 394 — Every Parable Has 3 Levels of Understanding and Most People Are Stuck on Level One With Sean O’Laoire | 21 Apr 2026 | 02:04:39 | |
When many of you were very young, you learned about right versus wrong sitting in Sunday School being taught the Parables of Jesus. Unfortunately, that’s often where the learning stopped… Discover how reviewing the Parables from an adult perspective can be a transformative experience with the help of Sean O’Laoire this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Sean at his Spirits in Spacesuits website. Find him on social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Timestamps 8:04 Defining Parables. 9:42 The difference between knowledge and wisdom. 16:21 Jesus: The master of exaggeration. 23:21 The master and the servant motif in Parables. 26:16 The real lesson behind the Prodigal Son Parable. 30:48 The Proverb (ancient words). 48:32 “Every piece that’s necessary is there and every piece that’s there is necessary.” 56:53 The soul. 1:00:32 What’s your personal epistemology? 1:11:00 The Cross according to Rudolf Steiner. 1:21:40 “There is no situation you cannot reconfigure in order to become a deeply spiritual person.” 1:26:10 Solving problems from a deeper meta-perspective. 1:38:54 Religion: The training wheels for spirituality. 1:45:52 Do you live in gratitude? 2:01:10 Sean closes the conversation with a song. Resources Setting God Free: Moving Beyond the Caricature We've Created in Our Own Image by Sean O’Laoire Jesus and Lao Tzu: The Parallel Sayings by Martin Aronson The cockle (weed) Ilya Progogine’s concept of dissipative structures Paul’s podcast conversation with Sayer Ji How to Understand Your Bible by Manly P. Hall Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 393 — Your Kid’s Dropping IQ Is Not An Accident — Here’s the Proof With Dr. Jared Horvath | 14 Apr 2026 | 03:02:21 | |
Does it seem to you as if today’s kids are not as smart and lacking in common sense than previous generations? You’re not imagining things… The current focus on education — treating the human brain like a computer and using artificial intelligence (AI) to feed it knowledge — may be great for sitting in front of a screen playing video games, but not so much on real learning and creativity, the one true superpower every human being has. Educator Dr. Jared Horvath explains why today’s kids are cognitively declining and describes what we can do to reverse that downward trend this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Jared at his LME Global website and on social media sites like Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Instagram. Timestamps 8:05 Pursuing the science of learning. 13:20 “The brain is not a computer, and you are not your brain.” 24:49 Our kids are losing their conceptual natures, and are cognitively declining. 27:56 Humanity’s greatest superpower. 32:32 The three stages of creativity. 35:30 Why are kids living East Asian countries smarter and more creative than those in America? 50:01 Why teachers don’t have a say in the education process. 58:20 Focusing on proximal goals versus distal goals. 1:09:29 Do you really understand the difference between opinions and knowledge? 1:16:01 AI falsely assumes human thought is best represented in speech. 1:21:00 The reification of education. 1:28:09 When Paul was a child, he dreamed of becoming a bank robber. 1:35:42 The breadth of your knowledge is only as good as the depth of it, which may explain why education is broken. 1:42:32 The importance of mastery. 1:53:07 Is it really cheaper for schools to divest from digital tech for physical education and the arts? 2:02:28 Why it is NOT important for kids to be taught how to use AI. 2:16:01 Jared’s real problem with AI, aside from the fact that it does nothing: Its intellectual heritage is hidden. 2:21:08 The tech outsourcing of basic parenting. Resources The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids’ Learning — And How To Help Them Thrive Again by Dr. Jared Horvath Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 392 — What Writing Spider-Man Taught Me About the Fool’s Journey With B. Earl | 07 Apr 2026 | 02:32:16 | |
Did you know the comic book characters and their stories that are adapted into very successful books, TV shows and movies could teach you as much about myth as the work of Joseph Campbell? Filmmaker and comic book writer B. Earl describes how his deep love for comics, mythology and the Tarot led him on a Fool’s Journey away from doing the safe thing — studying biochemistry — to work on Spider-Man comics, make movies and share the lessons he learned by following the road less traveled this week on Spirit Gym. Discover more about B. Earl on his Weirdbunch Studio website and on Instagram, Substack and LinkedIn. Read his chapter in the book, Depth Psychology, Myth and Artificial Intelligence: Soul and the Machine, edited by Jason Batt and Jonathan Erickson. Check out his crowdfunded Fangbanger: SUPERPOSITION Anthology on Zoop. Timestamps 7:44 “I found my voice and my own ideas through a mixture of mythology and comic books.” 11:09 Whose dream wins out to study biochemistry or telling stories? 17:53 B. Earl’s Hero’s Journey begins with a call from movie producer Larry Cohen. 28:03 The Tarot helps B. Earl achieve sobriety when he needed it. 33:45 The libido as life force energy. 37:46 How do we learn to process, use and embrace the 72 demons of Solomon? 49:13 The commercialization of Hip Hop. 53:35 Comics: The most powerful medium and the additive version of the creative process. 1:00:05 Can you decode the symbolism hiding in plain sight? 1:07:15 How much of your consciousness is tied up in your ego? 1:16:44 The Fool’s Journey. 1:26:40 Different Tarot card decks, different insights. 1:35:00 The forced redundancy of us in AI. 1:41:07 The magic of storytelling that conveys deeper truths and native myths in B. Earl’s Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man. 1:55:55 Conflict and forgiveness are necessary for us to live and grow. Resources Watch B. Earl talk about The Poetry of Death during the recent Soul and the Machine webinar on the International Society of Mythology website Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 391 — Myth, Soul and the Machine: How Ancient Wisdom Can Ground You in a World Gone Digital with Jason Batt | 31 Mar 2026 | 02:46:05 | |
As artificial intelligence (AI) encroaches deeper than ever before into our daily lives, how do we as humans begin to address the greater questions about the soul and what mysteries lie beyond our planet? Technological Philosopher, Mythologist/Futurist and Wizard Jason Batt joins Paul on an exploration of what lies ahead for humans and AI and how the power of myth can light the way this week on Spirit Gym. Check out Jason’s work on his website, the International Society of Mythology and Substack. Find him on social media via Instagram and LinkedIn. For Spirit Gym listeners: Save 15 percent on on these courses Jason teaches with the following promo codes:
Timestamps 7:31 Is Jason a Technological Philosopher, Mythologist/Futurist or a Wizard? 16:25 The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the 100 Year Starship project comes calling on the birth of Jason’s third child. 29:08 Why the Tarot has been around for a long time. 46:17 Momentary gods. 59:35 The danger of mixing myth and religion. 1:08:27 What happens when AI platforms talk to each other? 1:18:12 “Every book of fiction is ourself.” 1:25:59 The greatest profession anyone could have. 1:37:31 The SOUL.md of AI. 1:48:32 The myth of Narcissus is a metaphor for modern times. 1:58:19 To ignore the lessons of myth leaves us vulnerable to the hubris of unchecked innovation and being deceived. Resources Depth Psychology, Myth and Artificial Intelligence: Soul and the Machine by Jason Batt and Jonathan Erickson Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 390 — You Can't Fire a Cannon From a Canoe: The Core Truth Elite Athletes Learn Too Late With Paul Chek | 24 Mar 2026 | 02:02:37 | |
When people have a hard time dealing with back pain that keeps them from doing the tasks that make up their day, they rarely think about the health of their core, the locus of their body’s visceral somatic expression. In this very special solocast, Paul shares a wealth of knowledge he’s accumulated for more than a quarter-century about the core and explains why doctors and therapists commonly misdiagnose the origins of back pain and assorted injuries this time on Spirit Gym. This episode is also available as a video on Paul's YouTube channel. To see the graphics he talks about, download the accompanying handout here. After you listen to the podcast, take a few minutes to complete the NLC CHEK Health Index — an official CHEK Institute assessment tool — at this link. Timestamps 3:17 Mapping out your core, the foundation for your arms and legs. 6:42 Why many physicians and therapists misdiagnose core dysfunctions like back pain. 9:00 The CHEK Totem Pole. 15:09 The most unstable part of your body and spine. 25:43 Why it’s common to see hip, knee, ankle and foot injuries originate in the spine and low back. 28:24 How the inner and outer unit muscles work. 37:10 “You cannot fire a cannon from a canoe!” 44:14 The RC Factor. 51:43 Functional exercise and infant development. 1:02:53 The Primal Pattern™ movement system. 1:15:31 One of the most dangerous things you can do in a gym. 1:21:44 The human microbiome. 1:28:33 Without healthy glands and organs, optimal conditioning and strength development cannot happen. 1:48:59 Fear changes everything from your breathing to your muscle tone, posture and hormones. 1:52:53 Achieving balance between the right and left hemispheres of your brain. Resources The filum terminale The Spinal Engine by Serge Gracovetsky (FREE PDF link) How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy (20th Anniversary Edition) Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 389 — The Deeper Your Questions Get, the Bigger Your Life Becomes With Fred Provenza | 17 Mar 2026 | 02:09:56 | |
While navigating the very narrow habitrail of daily living, it’s very easy to forget there’s an amazing, alluring and mysterious universe all around us that we simply cannot completely quantify (but take very much for granted). Over time, this daily dulling of our imagination can kill our heart, mind and soul, but only if we let it… If you’ve misplaced your sense of wonder and want to reclaim it, join Paul and his very special guest Fred Provenza on an exploration of the cosmos through the world of dreams this week on Spirit Gym. Download Fred’s recent paper, Cosmic Dreaming: Memories of a Moment on Earth, for FREE at this link. Check out Fred’s earlier work on Acres USA at this link. Watch Fred’s recent discussion, Cosmic Dreaming: The Ecology of Food Systems and Human and Environmental Health, with the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine on YouTube. Learn more about the Behavioral Education for Human Animal Vegetation and Ecosystem Management (BEHAVE) program co-founded by Fred at Utah State University at this link. Timestamps 2:21 The conversation begins with prayers. 4:59 What happens when God become an idea instead of a mystery? 14:25 The one lesson all of us need to learn during our time on the planet. 25:38 The book that saved Fred from a life of depression. 31:16 What is consciousness? 37:58 How Fred developed a course on Myth and The Management of Natural Resources. 44:19 The danger of dogmas. 56:57 “You depart from nature when the death you produce no longer feeds or supports life.” 1:08:09 Has the human race become doers at the expense of losing out on feeling alive? 1:11:35 How much do you want to be owned? 1:33:13 The inherent creativity of human beings. 1:38:08 Challenges, opportunities, living in an evolutionary spirit and transcending boundaries. 1:51:36 The importance of studying principles that transcend time and space. Resources The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers Lucid Dying: The New Science of Revolutionizing How We Understand Life and Death by Sam Parnia Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 388 — The Return of the Divine Feminine Isn't Optional Anymore With Dr. Joanna Kujawa | 09 Mar 2026 | 03:06:48 | |
Seeker, scholar and spiritual detective Dr. Joanna Kujawa describes the divine journey that led to her life’s work — exploring the gospel of Mary Magdalene — along with a deeper, better understanding of the Divine Feminine and Goddesses and how that knowledge can change the world this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Joanna’s work on her website. Find her on social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Read her books Alien Goddess: UFOs, AI and the Goddesses of Ascension and The Other Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the Goddesses of Eros and Secret Knowledge. Timestamps 4:42 Why Joanna calls herself a spiritual detective. 10:46 Joanna was told to write her book, Alien Goddess. 21:08 In imaginal space, we can communicate with aliens rather than just listen to them. 29:34 What is a Goddess? 37:09 The differences between Goddesses and Gods. 42:59 Why civilizations suppress the feminine. 56:44 The ongoing struggle between good and evil in the universe. 1:03:56 The reason Joanna became a spiritual detective and seeker: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene. 1:18:27 “A teacher may fall, but their teachings that were passed to you are still there.” 1:25:47 “There’s immense power in the feminine eros, and I think that’s why they are afraid of us.” 1:29:18 AI, posthumanism and transhumanism. 1:49:21 Do you have an overwhelming feeling right now that something is missing in your life? 1:56:15 Why matriarchy and patriarchy have their limitations: We need both in our lives. 2:04:42 “The only place that you can find the divine is within you and in nature.” 2:15:27 Men do not know how to address and embody their own Divine Masculinity. 2:36:11 The equal importance of Mary Magdalene and Jesus who embodied the Divine Feminine and Masculine as examples for all of us. 2:44:14 Eros: The creative power of the universe. 2:50:16 Baba Yaga insisted on being included at the end of Joanna's latest book. Resources Joanna’s conversation with Jeffrey Mishlove on New Thinking Allowed on YouTube Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 387 — What Makes Cannabis Medicine Versus Just Getting High With Ryan Sprague | 03 Mar 2026 | 02:23:55 | |
Cannabis is a plant medicine that can do so much for one’s health when it’s grown properly and used very wisely. Expert and educator Ryan Sprague explores the chemistry behind what makes cannabis work and explains why judging its quality solely on how much THC it contains is a very bad idea this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Ryan and his work on his Highly Optimized website and on social media via Instagram here and here and YouTube. Listen to Ryan’s Highly Optimized podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to them. For Spirit Gym listeners: The Sacred Smoke Collective is a private membership association where you can shop for its organic tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) offerings. Save 10 percent on any purchase at this website and a mystery gift by using the promo code paulchek at this link. Also, sign up for the Sacred Smoke Collective’s affiliate program at this link. (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.) Timestamps 4:44 How a highly optimized human uses cannabis wisely and as one of many tools. 10:00 Do Drugs Have Religious Import? by Huston Smith from The Journal of Philosophy. 21:28 Practice the Daoist not too much, not too little philosophy. 32:34 Psychedelics are meant to be challenging by design. 51:09 Why Ryan believes cannabis and hemp are the people’s plants. 1:05:26 “Cannabis is a medicine that works on one regulatory system that happens to deal with 80-plus different conditions and purposes.” 1:13:22 Could cannabis treat epilepsy? 1:27:42 How much THC do you realiy need in your cannabis? 1:34:18 Foods that help with endocannabinoid production besides cannabis. Resources Soma: Divine Mushroom of Immortality by R. Gordon Wasson (FREE PDF link) Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 386 — The Ancient Template That's Been Guiding Your Life All Along With Chip Richards | 24 Feb 2026 | 03:07:10 | |
As you know, the Hero’s Journey is one of Paul’s favorite tools to help his clients take on their challenges and begin to evolve into the people they are meant to be. Former Olympic Coach and Leadership Guru Chip Richards joins Paul on a deep dive into the Hero’s Journey and how it can transform lives this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Chip on his website and on social media via YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. For Spirit Gym listeners: Chip is offering listeners a special discount to join him on a Heart of Leadership retreat, such as the upcoming trip to Tonga to swim with humpback whales, or to be part of the Heart of Leadership 12-month mentorship program. For more details and dates, reach out to Chip on his website and mention you heard him on Spirit Gym. Timestamps 3:18 The Shero’s Journey. 6:09 Chip’s long ago meetup with Paul in Australia that changed the story arc of his Australian Olympic Ski team. 10:19 Parallel influences across oceans. 26:16 Being mythed. 32:01 The twisting, winding path of personal chaos is there to help us discover the divine essence within. 41:06 Chip’s first call to adventure as an elite athlete. 51:51 Paul has experienced the Hero’s Journey many times. 1:07:06 “Who we really are is not the programming.” 1:18:16 Tests and allies. 1:27:39 A true commitment. 1:34:10 What happens during the Hero’s Journey when everything falls apart? 1:39:03 Nature bathing surrounded by whales that allows people to let go and just be. 1:56:39 “One of the things that makes [Paul’s] work so special: You are living the myth we’re talking about right now.” 2:05:55 The elixir: The deeper answer that reveals why you went on this journey and become the embodied expression of that knowledge. 2:15:48 The Hero’s Journey: A journey from concept to experience. 2:26:13 Tests that Chip and Paul are facing. 2:34:15 Protecting the hives with very simple devotion. 2:48:14 How to use the Hero’s Journey as a self-reflection/self-realization tool. Resources The Seed of Dreams by Chip Richards Writing the Story Within by Chip Richards The Varroa mite Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 385 — Are Your Dreams Trying to Tell You Something You're Missing With Sarah Janes | 17 Feb 2026 | 02:50:26 | |
Do you pay close attention to your dreams or write them off as “mind movies” that have little meaning in your daily life? Author, researcher and curator Sarah Janes explains why dreaming helps us make sense of who we are and how dreams can change your life forever this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Sarah and her work at her website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Substack and YouTube. For Spirit Gym listeners: Save £70/80 euros/$97 on Sarah’s 9-week Dream Hieroglyphs course at this link. Also, save £150/173 euros/$204 on Sarah’s Dreams of Elefis dream retreat in Greece Sept. 16-25. Just include Paul’s name when contacting Sarah via email. Timestamps 3:59 Sarah’s 1-year dream drought sparked her deep interest in researching it. 9:18 Sarah’s lecture series featuring her super niche interests that interested her and her friends. 15:15 Dreaming: A process we go through at night to make sense of ourselves in space and time. 29:12 “I came from pure whiteness, and that’s where I will go when I die.” 43:21 Aphantasia. 50:16 Returning to your original divine blueprint. 56:29 Has your life changed completely after having a dream? 1:03:11 After going to Istanbul, Sarah realizes she’s been there before… in her dreams. 1:13:31 It isn’t unusual for people to be surrogates who dream for others. 1:27:37 The process of remembering dreams when writing them. 1:38:09 “Hieroglyphics will start appearing in your dreams as soon as you start drawing and painting them.” 1:44:06 Sarah and Paul identify hidden symbols in a painting Paul’s brother drew a year before he died. 1:55:12 Gardening: The most useful and divine thing anyone can do. 2:10:44 “Dreaming is the beginning of the idea of the afterlife and the eternal soul.” 2:13:32 Incubation: A magical practice with a goal of cultivating an interaction with the deceased or a divine entity. Resources Initiation Into Dream Mysteries by Sarah Janes Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and John Tenniel Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 384 — Being "Enlightened" Doesn't Matter If You're Still an Asshole With Dr. Nick Dawe, Nathan Siles and Ryan Barraclough | 10 Feb 2026 | 02:48:09 | |
You can say, eat and do all the right things to become a healthier human being and can still get sick if you don’t go deeper into your soul and truly live good health from the inside outward. In this week's tag-team conversation on Spirit Gym between Paul and Dr. Nick Dawe, Nathan Siles and Ryan Barraclough, you’ll discover that some of the best things you can do to achieve greater health are completely free and why finding the middle path really matters. Check out Biotra: An Approach to Healthy Living in a Modern World, the book written by Nick, Ryan and Nathan, on Amazon, the Biotra website and Instagram. Find out more about Nathan at Biospectral Systems and Instagram. Learn more about Nick’s approaches to healthier living on Substack. Check our Ryan’s work at his website and the Embodied Man Institute. For Spirit Gym listeners: Save 15 percent on Biospectral Blue Light Blocking Glasses at Nathan’s Biospectral Systems website by using the code SPIRITGYM when you checkout. Timestamps 5:56 “You can be as healthy as you want, but if you hate yourself, you’re [not healthy].” 10:57 Natural intelligence versus artificial intelligence. 22:20 Nick’s passion — exploring and understanding the deepest codes of how human movement originates — mirrors what led Paul to the development of CHEK Totem Pole and his Primal Pattern™ movement system. 34:23 Nathan’s mission with Biotra: Illuminating the invisible and explaining to the modern world why chronic diseases and many athletic injuries are happening that surprise people. 41:18 Why do healthy people become sick? 53:32 Helping people find the middle path. 1:05:31 The core principle of Biotra: The gentle weaving of biophysics, biomechanics and psycho-spirituality. 1:11:37 Biophysics: How life moves energy and information. Resources Nick’s first Spirit Gym conversation with Paul Nathan’s Biophysical Foundations Course Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 383 — The Missing Link in Modern Medicine: A Quantum Approach With Dr. Catherine Clinton | 03 Feb 2026 | 02:42:57 | |
Dr. Catherine Clinton shares her journey into the growing field of quantum biology that led to her book, Optimize, that explains how light, water, sound and human energy influence the human body at the cellular level, this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Catherine’s work on her website. Find her on social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Order Catherine’s book, Optimize, and receive more than $400 in free bonuses, including her Quantum Biology Masterclass and her Unlocking Your Quantum Biology course at this link. Timestamps 6:51 Catherine’s introduction to natural medicine. 10:48 Psychoneuroimmunology. 19:25 Quantum biology: Waves that hold energy and information. 27:21 The electrical capacity of the human body and how pain emerges. 34:19 pH balance and a positive charge in the body. 48:04 What is the source of electrical currents in nature and humans? 57:08 The fascia as a liquid crystalline semiconductor that can create its own charge. 1:08:39 When Catherine went all in on quantum biology. 1:15:59 Nurturing a relationship with the natural world is one of the most overlooked ways to elevate our health. 1:26:17 “We don’t end at the barriers of our skin.” 1:32:32 Tantra and the Nada Bindu point. 1:41:07 The physical receiver. 1:47:08 “Use your heart to feel what you know.” 1:53:26 Water: The bridge for frequency information. 2:03:16 “Awe is medicine.” 2:11:04 Digging deeper into the mitochondria. 2:27:47 Did you know each of us can communicate with the universe via infrared light transmission? Resources What is Life? by Erwin Schrodinger Water, The Cradle of Life via its Coherent Quantum Frequencies by Hans Geesink, Dirk Mejier and Igor Jerman (free PDF) Electric Body, Electric Health by Eileen McKusick Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 382 — Metamorphosis: Supplements, Spirituality and Peak Performance With Wade Lightheart and Matt Gallant | 27 Jan 2026 | 02:25:45 | |
Unlike insects and amphibians, humans don’t experience what science defines as a physical metamorphosis. Yet, Matt Gallant and Wade Lightheart of BIOptimizers are pushing the boundaries of science, biology, Shamanism and cutting edge neurofeedback technology with their Metamorphosis group to do just that. Explore real human metamorphosis at the ground level with Wade Lightheart and Matt Gallant this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about the work Wade and Matt do at BiOptimizers via social media on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok. For Spirit Gym listeners: BIOptimizers’ Year New You sale features up to 26 percent on select products and bundles. Plus, check out select bundles for up to 45 percent at this link and use the promo code PAUL15 promo code to get the best deals possible. Also, check out The BIOptimizers Nutrition Coach Program and save 15 percent at this link. The Metamorphosis program mentioned during the podcast is brain training which will be available for people to join. The best way to inquire about being a part of it is to email mailto:support@bioptimizers.com. Timestamps 6:21 Maintaining trust relationships that are karmically clean. 13:12 A $2 million investment on clinical trials. 25:50 The Metamorphosis protocol. 32:00 What’s your best wave? 41:17 Heart breathing. 49:55 Gnosticism. 55:23 Fighting with the beginner’s mind. 1:02:23 A passion project. 1:08:15 “Feedback is the most powerful transformational force anybody can have in their life.” 1:11:26 A simple way to get into a hypnagogic state (with practice). 1:19:38 Maximum transformation, minimum time. 1:30:01 This process isn’t cheap to do, but the results are obvious and transformational. Resources The Division Bell by Pink Floyd The work of Dr. James Hardt Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 381 — Where Ancient Medicine Meets Modern Mental Health With Maestro Hamilton | 20 Jan 2026 | 02:06:42 | |
Blue Morpho chairman and plant medicine expert Maestro Hamilton Souther believes the war between the light and the dark began very early yet humans have always been distracted by the shiny objects dancing in front of them to do anything to address or deal with it. Maestro Hamilton Souther explores the nature of spiritual development and the steps you need to take to achieve a right relationship between you and the universe this week on Spirit Gym. Check out Maestro Hamilton’s work on his Blue Morpho website and on Instagram. For Spirit Gym listeners: Receive a $2,000 discount on Maestro Hamilton’s Transform Your Life Through the Wisdom of Plant Medicines 8-week, online program which includes more than $12,000 in bonuses from the CHEK Institute and Blue Morpho at this link. Timestamps 8:09 Did you know one of the most powerful plant medicines is also a very common house plant in the U.S.? 11:31 The war between the light and dark. 33:09 The nature of spiritual development demands that we go deeper into inner discovery. 37:19 Are we living in a medicine culture or a drug culture? 44:13 The plague of western health problems like obesity is spreading to the Amazon. 56:39 A plant medicine reset. 1:12:06 “People don’t understand the power of their choice.” 1:18:17 Are you ready to trust the universe? 1:27:10 The law of unintended consequences. 1:34:59 “Choose your teachers wisely.” 1:46:29 Embrace and absorb the now and the future because both hold more opportunities than the past. 1:53:50 Are you in an aligned/right relationship with everything in the universe? Resources Echinopsis pachanoi (also known as wachuma, San Pedro and huachuma) Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda Infinite Potential: The Life and Ideas of David Bohm on YouTube Herb Alpert Is… on YouTube Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 380 — The Spiritual Practice Behind the Cleanest Meat You'll Ever Eat With Mansal Denton | 13 Jan 2026 | 02:46:10 | |
It shouldn’t be an original idea that eating is a spiritual act or that where our food comes from makes all the difference in our health because it does. Unfortunately, too few people believe food to be medicine for our bodies and souls although it is... You won’t look at food the same way ever again after listening to Paul’s conversation with sacred hunter Mansal Denton, the mastermind behind wild, animal-based food producer Real Provisions, this week on Spirit Gym. Check out Mansal on his Real Provisions website and at his Sacred Hunting website. Find him on social media via Instagram here and here. Read his essays on Substack. For Spirit Gym listeners: Spend more than $100 on Mansal’s Real Provisions products and receive a free bag of Wild Axis Deer Venison Chips and free shipping at this link when you use the promo code CHEK at checkout. Timestamps 6:51 Mansal’s new spiritual tradition. 14:11 Matthew 25:40. 20:11 “What we do to nature, we do to ourselves.” 33:17 Eating is a spiritual act. 47:12 The most loving, intimate way to walk through this world. 58:40 Spirituality: A progressive connection to a larger whole. 1:09:42 “Food is the one thing that resonates with me.” 1:15:40 The problematic history of axis deer (chital) in Hawaii that led to Real Provisions. 1:21:38 The infestation of Asian carp in Illinois and American shad in Oregon and Washington. 1:33:28 Do cows possess embodied wisdom? 1:41:42 Food as medicine. 1:51:54 Comparing the nutrients in muscle meats to organ meats. 2:00:32 The weird dynamic that favors muscle meats over organ meats. 2:12:06 Intuition or instinct? 2:18:28 Preparation and ingredient/nutrient differences between Real Provisions jerky and popular store brands. 2:26:08 How much is too much? Resources Nutrition and Your Mind by George Watson Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 379 — Parasites, Nutrition and Conscious Living With Drew Canole | 06 Jan 2026 | 02:06:37 | |
To Drew Canoli, the founder and CEO of Organifi, Paul is far more than a business associate and neighbor in Southern California. Paul is a close friend whose mission — making the world a better, healthier place — mirrors Drew’s vision. Drew picks Paul’s brain on a great many topics, from parasite infections and poop to lifestyle changes for cancer patients, relationships, eating light and so much more this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Drew and his work on his Permission Granted website and social media via Facebook, Instagram and his FitLifeTV channel on YouTube. Listen to his Drew and You podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to them. Timestamps 3:08 The number one reason people come into contact with parasites. 9:23 The most common kind of parasite infection. 19:32 How much poop should you be excreting from your body every day? 28:30 Inflammation, parasite infections and your muscle health. 38:03 It’s not good for your health to do perpetual parasite cleanses due to the life cycle of the parasite. 41:32 What lifestyle changes would Paul recommend to a cancer patient? 48:43 “I was a man-child until I had my own.” 1:00:16 Being in a relationship is the real dojo. 1:13:43 A new electrolyte product from Organifi. 1:22:50 Sun gazing. 1:30:42 When eating foods, you’re eating light. 1:43:16 Is the Comet 3l/ATLAS something more? 2:03:06 Killing the ego is an idea shared by confused people. Resources Healing With Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford You Be You: Detox Your Life, Crush Your Limitations and Own Your Awesome by Drew Canole Healing Fungal and Parasite Infections: The Absolute Essentials Paul’s Fastest Way to Health series on YouTube Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 378 — The Number 10: Why 2026 Will Force You to Face the Mirror With Paul Chek | 30 Dec 2025 | 03:23:45 | |
Just because a very chaotic 2025 is coming to an end and a new year is about to begin doesn’t mean you can ignore the personal challenges you’ve managed to sweep under the rug… 2026 is the year you’ll face the mirror based on the 10th card of the Tarot, The Wheel of Fortune (the divine mirror of self-reflection), and all of those obstacles will re-appear. What you choose to do — or don’t do — to resolve these challenges may determine the fragile difference between taking control of your life or being controlled by others. Paul shares his 2026 forecast including a roadmap for your spiritual survival this week on Spirit Gym. For Spirit Gym listeners: To get the most out of Paul’s 2026 solocast, we encourage you to watch it on his YouTube channel. Also, you can access a PDF of his extensive resources for this episode here. Timestamps 4:03 Looking back at 2025. 8:16 Donald Trump or Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Who do you trust more? 15:17 The myth of Narcissus and its connection to artificial intelligence. 22:28 Understanding archetypes. 25:24 Exploring GOD. 31:51 God dreams myth, the story that tells itself. 35:00 Paul’s favorite myth of origin. 43:04 Humans cannot perceive anything without archetypes. 49:14 Higher mind and lower mind. 59:35 Essential archetypes for life and meaning. 1:08:02 The Wheel of Fortune (Tarot card 10). 1:15:11 The objective psyche. 1:26:56 Archetypal images. 1:32:36 The local and non-local mind. 1:38:09 The numerology of 2026. 1:46:14 10: The end of one cycle and the beginning of another. 1:55:53 Looking at 2026 from a Tarot perspective (the Royal Road). 2:10:18 “The most important aspects of what the Tarot is teaching us happen in the first 10 cards.” 2:21:04 10 as a number field. 2:30:38 Will you make it to 2027? 2:41:14 The meaning of fire. 2:48:34 “The journey through the Tarot archetypes and all spiritual development is really just a journey from the head to the heart.” 2:57:53 What riddles are the Sphinx confronting us with in 2026? 3:01:55 Climbing the Accountability Ladder. 3:11:07 Recognize the Mystery. 3:16:09 Here’s your homework assignment. Resources The International Society of Mythology Paul’s Spirit Gym conversation with Federico Faggin Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 377 — Outrageously Loving Your Way Through the Meta-Crisis With Dr. Marc Gafni | 23 Dec 2025 | 02:32:13 | |
What does love really mean in these postmodern times? Is it merely rejecting the old and embracing the old or something else entirely? Dr. Marc Gafni redefines how quarks and love co-exist seamlessly in the universe and explains why you should be writing your sacred autobiography this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Marc’s work on his website where you can register for his free, live teaching program Sundays at 10 a.m. Western Time/1 p.m. Eastern Time and receive Chapters 1-4 of his book, Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment, for free. Take Marc’s Unique Self mini-course that’s also free. Download Marc’s free audiobook, The Erotic and The Holy, at this link. Also, check out Marc’s work on the Office For the Future and the Center For World Philosophy and Religion. Find Marc on many social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok and Substack. Timestamps 4:20 Marc has proposed a public conversation with Prof. Yuval Noah Harari about his undermining of the very fabric of the cosmos. 11:44 What’s wrong with social media — the first wave of AI — hijacking your attention? 20:51 “Literally, there are love notes exchanged between the quarks.” 25:41 The need for a new world religion, as a context for our diversity. 29:33 Uniqueness — a first principle and value — is not an act of separation. 38:20 “Information is meaning and value.” 50:18 The four meanings of amen. 1:10:39 The ultimate postmodern question about love. Resources The Evolution of Love From Quarks to Culture: The Rise of Evolutionary Relationships in Response to the Meta-Crisis by Dr. Marc Gafni 1984: 75th Anniversary by George Orwell Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 376 — Everything You Know About Holidays is a Manufactured Lie With Lara Day | 16 Dec 2025 | 02:10:45 | |
How would you feel if everything you knew about the various popular holidays throughout the year were lies manufactured to divert your attention from their very real and sacred meaning? Depending on who you are, that knowledge could be revelatory or very disturbing and controversial… Lara Day explores the not-so-great truth behind the various popular holidays many of us celebrate, how they evolved into opportunities to control you and what you can do to reclaim those sacred practices this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Lara’s work and classes at her website and on social media via Facebook, TikTok and Instagram. For Spirit Gym listeners: Save $100 on a Neurogenic Qigong session with Lara (her unique blend of qigong healing and tension and trauma releasing neurogenic tremor work) by letting her know you listened to this podcast! (Special offers from Spirit Gym guests are time-sensitive and at their discretion to redeem after 30 days.) Timestamps 3:27 A new publisher and important additions to Lara’s 13 Sacred Nights Oracle deck. 8:10 “Maybe it’s time to consciously choose how we celebrate our holidays.” 11:17 The four-layer cake of bad changes to our holidays. 23:52 Why do many people get so defensive about their manufactured holiday traditions? 31:18 The trick or treat origins of Halloween. 40:54 Lara and her daughter have created their own Halloween ritual: An altar for celebrating dead relatives and loved ones. 49:11 The origins of Thanksgiving in America, thanks to Sarah Josepha Hale. 56:50 Open your heart with this very simple practice from Paul. 1:02:43 Cooking. 1:10:36 Why was Christmas once outlawed in the 17th century? 1:19:53 “We were worried that if we told them we knew, maybe they'd think there's no point in having Christmas anymore.” 1:24:45 You can reset the Christmas season for your family and celebrate it your way. Resources 13 Sacred Nights Oracle: A Yearly Solstice Tradition by Lara Day Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 375— The Social Contract You Never Signed Is Destroying Your Freedom With Mark Gober | 09 Dec 2025 | 02:29:54 | |
Did anyone ask you to sign a contract that gives your government permission to pay for immoral things you never supported like stockpiling nuclear weapons? Mark Gober explores the many problems with the numerous abstract social contracts you never agreed to and how open-eyed compassion and discernment can light a path to more informed, people-centric decisions this week on Spirit Gym. Find out more about Mark on his website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube and Telegram. Timestamps 3:13 Before 2020, Mark had less than zero interest in politics. 10:23 Liberty and the non-aggression principle. 13:41 Authority figures. 26:51 A rite of passage at an unconscious level. 30:46 “I think you’re probably right about this, but my life is good the way it is…” 35:18 The connection between liberty and free will. 40:29 Applying near-death experiences to the Golden Rule. 54:33 Statism. 1:07:58 A very different approach to medicine. 1:11:23 Are we living in a Leviathan state? 1:24:29 A need for compassion and discernment. 1:38:02 The Austrian school of economics theory. 1:50:35 A metaphysical political philosophy. 2:08:33 “I can’t control the outcome of the world but what I can control is my own behavior.” 2:15:07 The earth is an elementary school for young souls. 2:23:19 The Riddler. Resources An End to Upside Down Liberty by Mark Gober Paul’s Spirit Gym conversations with Dr. Christiane Northrup and Anne Helfer Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 374 — From Parking Lot Test Failures to Neurological Integration: A New Approach With Daniel Vladeta and Dr. Nick Dawe | 02 Dec 2025 | 02:48:14 | |
Can you imagine a tool that can be more versatile and useful than a Swiss ball, and one that impresses Paul? Learn about the Oov, a device that helps people check in with their body at a far deeper level with its creators, Daniel Vladeta and Dr. Nick Dawe, this week on Spirit Gym. Check out the Oov at its website and Oov Education. Find the Oov on social media via Facebook and Instagram. Check out Nick’s book, Biotra: An Approach to Healthy Living in a Modern World, on Amazon and Instagram and learn more about his approaches to healthier living on Substack. For listeners in New Zealand and Australia: Save $10 by using the promo code CHEK10 at this link. For listeners in US, Canada and UK, click here to purchase the Oov. To purchase the Oov in all other countries, email info@ooveducation.com. Timestamps 10:37 How Daniel and Nick met in Australia and teamed up to expand the use of the Oov. 23:37 A failure to re-integrate multiple systems throughout the body at the same time means no healing or improvement. 32:47 Did humans evolve from the ocean? 40:04 The (dream-oriented) question about pain you should be asked first by a clinician. 45:05 The relationship you have with your body is an interdependent one, not a dictatorship. 1:02:36 Information overload. 1:13:39 Seeing bodily dysregulation in otherwise healthy young people ages 18-25 at the clinical level. 1:20:46 Could some of these health issues have emerged prior to COVID? 1:31:39 To restore human health, it will take a quantum shift in our thinking to dispel the myth that man knows better than nature. 1:47:21 “In the last five years, the game has changed.” 1:56:21 Does your nervous system need more support? 2:02:55 The Strategies Map. Resources The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis by Elaine Morgan Paul’s Spirit Gym conversation with Thomas Mayer Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 373 — From Dust to Divinity: Rediscovering the Spirit in Matter With Sean O’Laoire | 25 Nov 2025 | 02:38:06 | |
Have you taken a few precious minutes out of your day lately to consider why you are living right here, right now at this time when so much chaos and upheaval is going on our world? If you are here, you have all the potential to become a lightworker and influence the course of the world for the good, just like Sean O’Laoire, this week’s very special guest on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Sean and his work at his Spirits in Spacesuits website. Follow him on social media via Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Timestamps 10:36 The Hebrew word, radha, explains so many unsolved and unresolved problems on our planet. 20:52 “We're mistaking the mask that God is wearing for who God is.” 28:15 Will the divine in us ever recognize the same thing in others? 36:38 Spirituality has been reduced to religion which has often been reduced to morality. 39:34 Do you know the secret, sacred, divine name God gave you? 45:40 Moving through an alchemical process. 1:02:02 A mirror not only shows us who we are but what we can become. 1:11:34 The mythish way of experiencing the world. 1:25:54 “The love of money is the root of all evil.” 1:33:39 Big differences between signs, symbols and sacraments. 1:41:14 How many American woman are part of the Hatetriarchy? 1:52:14 The imbalances between technology and morality. 2:02:56 Three versions of the future. 2:10:25 Sean’s five stages of problem-solving. 2:14:06 The Lightworker’s Manifesto. 2:24:20 The mission of lightworkers. 2:31:30 Five levels of compassion. Resources Sean discusses King Arthur and Jesus on the Aubrey Marcus podcast on YouTube The Coming of the Cosmic Christ: The Healing of Mother Earth and the Birth of a Global Renaissance by Matthew Fox Setting God Free: Moving Beyond the Caricature We've Created in Our Own Image by Sean O’Laoire Find more resources for this episode on our website. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||
| 372 — CHEK Life Process Alchemy: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science With Paul Chek | 18 Nov 2025 | 02:14:42 | |
How many times have you visited your doctor with a health problem like low back pain but have no idea how or why it happened (and neither does your doctor)? Unfortunately, the world of conventional medicine is set up all too well to treat your symptoms, but never to get the root of the problem. In other words, one that favors (and profits) a dysfunctional medical system and not you. In this very special solocast, Paul explains why applying an integrated approach like CHEK Life Process Alchemy to common health problems offers the best, safest and lasting solutions this week on Spirit Gym. Download the CHEK Life Process Alchemy Master Map and the blackboard Paul uses for this episode here. Timestamps 6:53 Can you clearly describe the origin of your health problems to your doctor? 14:22 The goal of CHEK Professionals: Teaching clients how to master their own healing process so they no longer need them. 25:19 Have you been hurt while working out in your gym due to following inaccurate advice? 36:26 The Master Map of the CHEK Life Process Alchemy system. 39:08 A four-step model that can help you overcome a resistance to change and achieve your dream. 47:42 The 4 Doctors. 58:02 Archetypes. 1:10:24 Can you tell the difference between feeling your intuition at work and having a gut instinct? 1:20:40 “Reality is everything that supports your ability to live.” 1:29:11 Think more holistically. 1:37:24 Fire represents your desires/dreams and if you are following your heart. 1:41:47 Pay attention to your body’s many rhythms, including breathing and sleep cycles. 1:49:08 The ECHO system. 1:56:11 Your story gap and inner story. Resources The work of John Berardi and Lao-Tzu Ken Wilber’s Four Quadrant system We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music Thanks to our awesome sponsors: We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links. | |||