Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

Is it possible for humans — especially children — to see while blindfolded? You can if you change your perception of the world around you…

Dr. Edith Ubuntu Chan shares why she left the lucrative high-tech world behind to become a Chinese medicine doctor and explains how she trains children and adults to see without their eyes this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Dr. Edith’s upcoming Luminous Blindfold Vision training sessions for children and adults and her other programs at her website. Join her and Dalia Burgoin for Luminous Adult Blindfold training sessions on Feb. 4-6...

For a very long time, Paul has talked about the importance of clean water for a very good reason: Without dependable access to clean water, at the very least, your health will be seriously compromised (if not far worse).

So, how do you ensure the water coming from your local source is as clean as possible?

Joseph Johnson shares an amazing journey that led him to develop a group of H3RO water structuring devices, thanks to a download of information he received in a second followed by a decade of the study and hard...

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...

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 d...

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 understan...

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 an...

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...

 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 sourc...

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 web...

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.

Certified Nutritionist, CHEK Faculty member and shamanic-trained coach and consultant, Angie Chek joins Paul to share their philosophies about safe detox protocols and explain why too much of a good thing can become a bad thing this week on Spirit Gym.

Find Angie online at angiesworld.com, where you can also book a free 15-minute consultation to learn more about wo...

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.

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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.

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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 wai...

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 ma...

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 socia...

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 recurrin...

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 oper...

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 websi...

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 car...

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...

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 ther...

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 te...

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 — i...

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...

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...

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.

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, c...

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 h...

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 selv...

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.

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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 revers...

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 o...

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.

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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 s...

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.

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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.

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