EPISODE 134
Paul Chek: Making the Optimal Decision Every Time
Why do people have so many problems making the right decisions for themselves?
Paul describes the many processes — conscious and unconscious — that influence our ability to make optimal decisions and shares his insights on how to do it better every time in this decisive Living 4D podcast.
SHOW NOTES
- Working with plant medicines taught Paul far more than any other teacher or book. (9:45)
- The antithesis stage of the creation cycle is where you should always expect the unexpected. (16:14)
- Some bad choices we make are out of honest ignorance. (24:07)
- The effects of making choices. (38:18)
- An important tip to guide you in starting your shadow work. (43:16)
- The three choices you can make about any person, place or thing. (47:23)
- Don’t let your dogmas blind you to greater truths. (55:01)
- The mind functions on archetypes. (1:00:09)
- The levels of choice. (1:16:32)
- What archetypes are strongest within you? (1:22:21)
- Archetypal possession affects your choices for the worse. (1:30:19)
- Four addictions that can derail your decisions, as defined by Angeles Arrien. (1:35:47)
- The four functions of consciousness. (1:51:36)
- How does the balance of your intellectual ego affect your decisions? (1:56:34)
- Are you listening to your body to make better choices? (2:10:10)
- Our unconscious speaks to us through our bodies. (2:16:34)
- Don’t abuse your angels! (2:26:43)
- Don’t beat yourself up over making bad decisions. (2:40:05)
RESOURCES & FURTHER READING
- The work of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Kabir
- How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Barrett
- Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue With The Dalai Lama by Daniel Goleman
- Paul’s Fastest Way to Health series on the CHEK Blog
- Archetype Cards by Caroline Myss
- Paul’s Primal Pattern® Eating e-course
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath
- It Didn’t Start With You by Mark Wolynn
- Bell’s theorem
- Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Tom Campanaro and Ervin Laszlo
- The Shaman’s Body by Arnold Mindell
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Become a Spirit Gym Member
Paul has identified 6 main groups of people who he had in mind when he designed the Spirit Gym Community membership containing his Purpose-Aligned Path program. If you can relate to ANY of these statements, then Paul Chek’s Spirit Gym Community membership is tailor-made for you.
- You’ve had, what I like to call, The Pull. What I mean by that is you know you’re meant for something more—you feel it, maybe you’ve felt it for years—but you’re stuck in work that doesn’t align, unclear about your exact purpose, and you don’t know how to bridge the gap between where you are and where you are being called to.
- You’re tired of feeling stuck and searching without finding answers. You’ve read the books, maybe taken courses, tried different things—but you still don’t have clear direction. You know you need to take action on what you’re meant to do, but you keep procrastinating… and time keeps passing without real progress.
- You want to live a life where you’re not trapped anymore. One where you wake up in the morning doing work that actually matters to you. Work that aligns with who you are. (Want to feel energized by what you do? You can!) And one where you finally have clarity, direction, and a path forward.
- You’re trapped between following your purpose and paying your bills. Right now, money is the thing holding you back. You want to leave the job that drains you, but you’re terrified: “What about my bills? My family? How do I actually make this work?” You need to know it’s possible to transition without going broke.
- You are ready to find your purpose and start living it now. Even if you aren’t quite sure what it is yet or how to go about doing it. (Don’t worry, that’s exactly what the 8-week system covers.)
- You want to learn from someone who actually knows what they’re talking about. I’ve spent 40+ years helping people find their path and live aligned with their purpose—in all sorts of situations and life stages (some challenges you may have never even heard of!). I know what it takes to go from stuck to living your purpose, and I’m going to show you exactly how.
Paul Chek’s “Purpose-Aligned Path” was designed specifically to help YOU find your purpose and actually live it, without staying stuck, procrastinating, or doing it alone! The 8-step process from stuck and procrastinating to living your purpose and the accountability to actually do it!
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