Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

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 med...

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...

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 Instagra...

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...

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 behavi...

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...

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...

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 wi...

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 fastin...

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...

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 g...

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...

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...

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...

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 Sp...

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 misd...

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,...

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 , Instag...

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 me...

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 , I...

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 an...

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...

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 re...

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...

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 be...