Paul has spoken at length about his daily health regimen that has prevented him from missing a day of work for more than 40 years. That is, until one day six months ago when he became sicker and weaker than he ever has in his entire working life… Immediately, Paul recognized some of his symptoms were ones attributed to COVID, but others came in attacks from spiritual entities, including one that penetrated his body for the very first time. Paul shares his spiritual experiences with author, re...

What do you do in a health crisis when all of the allopathic experts you’ve seen have no clue how to heal you? When faced with extreme health problems and no answers, philosopher, farmer and award-winning author Daniel Firth Griffith took his Mom’s advice — chickens — and became a living example of the many benefits active, holistic approaches provide. Daniel describes how his wellness transformation went hand-in-hand with a love for farming and storytelling and explains why, in its truest fo...

Did you know that people can use cannabis as an effective psychedelic without the same health concerns as mushrooms or ayahuasca? Educator and Coach Ryan Sprague explains the benefits of cannabis as a psychedelic and a tool for growth but only if you understand how to use it 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 where...

No matter how many resources of great scientific information that are available to us, how little you don’t know about the foods you eat can be the difference between living the good life and one full of sickness. Dr. Autumn Smith, co-founder of Paleovalley and Wild Pastures, knows this all too well as a once very sick person who healed herself via nutrition (with help from Paul via CD) many years ago. Autumn shares her life’s continuing food as medicine mission, her recent Ph.D. studies on n...

There have been countless arguments throughout millennia among great thinkers and scholars debating what organ in our body really runs the show. Is it the brain that stores our thoughts and information that drives our human spirit or our hearts that not only pump blood throughout our bodies but guide our feelings and emotions? Rollin McCraty, executive VP and director of research for the HeartMath Institute, describes how our energetic hearts allow us to connect to our deeper selves and the w...

Despite what you may have assumed about channeling, it’s not a superpower that a minuscule few can tap into. The ability to channel is a gift you can master any time in your life, but only if you’re willing to do the work. Cynthia Rivard shares her journey from executive boardrooms and raising four children to following the breadcrumbs to the spiritual space via channeling this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Cynthia and her work and free training resources on her website and social medi...

The practice of meditation is a safe and gentle way to liberate you from the noise and rebuild your inner peace and calm. Yet, it takes a lot of work to master it, and what you may learn about yourself once you get there — depending on how much you’ve stuffed down into your unconscious mind — may be painful… CHEK Practitioner Michael Holt describes some of the uncomfortable truths about meditation that no one will tell you unless/until you do the work this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about...

You’ve probably heard of chemtrails, those visible white streaks trailing behind planes spewing all sorts of chemical trails into the atmosphere, for a long time. Unfortunately, that’s merely the tip of the literal iceberg these days as plans for even more deliberate climate change interventions under the guise of geoengineering are happening with no guarantee our planet will benefit from them. Grassroots activist Matt Landman shares what he’s learned about the dangers of geoengineering as we...

What’s more dangerous: Surviving the gauntlet of fighters in the UFC and still living in your mother’s house or sustaining a rattlesnake bite in your backyard? Kyle Kingsbury (UFC) and Paul (rattlesnake) trade survival tactics and share practices that will help you break the habit of being yourself this week on Spirit Gym. Check out Kyle and his work on his community page and his Kingsbu website and on social media via Instagram and Twitter/X. For Spirit Gym listeners: Learn more about ...

If you’ve watched the news lately, the pharmaceutical world is beginning to embrace the use of psychedelic medicines as a safer and more effective means to treat deep emotional challenges. That’s the good news… However, are people using these ancestral medicines like allopathic medicines to bypass the deeper work they truly need that can create real pathways to personal growth and lasting healing? Payam, a renowned international master of psychedelic medicines, describes the real and false pr...

Over his long career as a practitioner and therapist, Paul has taken such great care in honing and fine-tuning his daily practices that for him to consider changing them is pretty rare. That is, until Simon Cheng, the founder and CEO of Pique Life, put a thought into Paul’s brain in their first podcast conversation more than five years ago about using black teas to support his early morning meditation practice. Discover what Paul learned from Simon that changed his meditation practice for goo...

1Filmmaker Ben Stewart describes the tactics mass media uses to bend your mind to their will and how you can turn the tables by living your own myths and stories and embracing the badassery of being human by learning how to use the tools the fat cats use for good, this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Ben’s work on his website and social media via Instagram. Watch his series Psychedelica and Limitless on Gaia. Take the first steps to tell your own stories on film by checking out Ben’s The...

The stories we tell each other and ourselves have a very profound effect on our ability to sooth, heal and nurture ourselves. Nancy Mellon, a pioneer in healing and therapeutic storytelling and author of the landmark book, Body Eloquence: The Power of Myth to Awaken the Body’s Energies, shares her life lessons, the moment she discovered Rudolf Steiner and how myth plays a critical role in our lives this week on Spirit Gym. Find out more about Nancy and her work at her Healing Story website. S...

Do you believe your life is following a predetermined path that limits who you are, what you can earn and how you live your life, yet you want more? Jason Pickard, a former hedge fund manager and Paul’s best friend in the world, describes the kind of mindset you will need to connect to the far greater whole in order to achieve the life of your dreams, earn the money you need to make it a reality and recognize why mastery is the key building block for doing just that this week on Spirit Gym. L...

Remember the beginnings of the Internet in the consumer world more than 30 years ago? Times have changed exponentially from the early days when you could only connect to the World Wide Web on a very bulky home computer via telephone land lines, “surfing” speeds were a crawl and Amazon wasn’t the fastest or cheapest way to buy a book! Whether you interact with the Internet daily or not, you can’t deny that it’s changed your life. Some believe we’re living in a similar inflection point to...

Have you ever had a deep conversation about a topic as personal as your beliefs about God, only to be told you didn’t understand what you were talking about fully, and that all you knew about God was blowing smoke? Vedic scholar, poet and Sanskrit master Jeffrey Armstrong returns to the podcast for a spirited conversation with Paul about Higher Powers, practices versus beliefs and nondualism this week on Spirit Gym. Discover more about Jeffrey at his website and The Bhagavad Gita Comes ...

As modern culture claims it strives for equality between the sexes, why does our society feel more unequal than ever, especially for women? This inequality many of us feel stems from the existing patriarchal stranglehold on society that often leaves women competing with men for the very same things, yet feeling unfulfilled emotionally, mentally, spiritually and sexually. How can we begin to change the dynamic between the sexes that celebrates what makes women and men so unique? Julie Dean Ric...

Confused by the daily deluge of medical studies in the news that are often built on faulty science, yet imply great harm to your health? Researcher, podcaster and former Army captain Alec Zeck joins Paul in a wide-ranging conversation about the serious lack of critical thinking and reasoning skills whenever science, health and medicine are discussed this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Alec and his work at The Way Forward website and on social media via Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube...

Have you ever considered how the power of myth can make an impact on your life? Did you know it can affect your ability to grow, evolve and love? Spiritual counselor and Tarot master Letao Wang demonstrates how myth and astrology permeate our very existence with the help of CHEK Practitioners Sasha Andrious and Allen Simkovich this week on Spirit Gym. Plus, Paul shares his valuable insights with Allen and Sasha based on his four-plus decades of work with clients! Learn more about Letao and ho...

Have you experienced being cancelled by friends, family and people you work with for saying the "wrong" thing? World famous chef, author and speaker Pete Evans returns from several years of social hibernation to talk about his latest adventures — writing a new cookbook (Healthy Food for Healthy Kids) with help from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and opening a wellness retreat — this week on Spirit Gym. Learn more about Pete on his website and the Evolve network. Find him on social media via Twitter, F...