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

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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music

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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

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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

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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music

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