Did you know to be a healthy adult male requires a lot of structure, accountability, feedback and quality play time?

Mike Salemi makes his long-awaited return to the podcast to share what’s he’s learned about being a good man, husband and a father, a path made so much easier by the lessons he learned from his own father, this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Mike’s work at his website where you can find out about his Kettlebell and Bulgarian Bag programs and his eight-week Path to Inspired Action coaching program for men. Find out more about Mike’s upcoming Men of Movement Mount Shasta retreat in October here.

Listen to Mike’s podcast, The Path, on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to them. Check out Mike on social media via Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

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Timestamps

7:45 The initiation to adulthood and exploring unknown territory.

10:39 How Mike learned to be a man through the actions of his father, an immigrant from Sicily.

14:50 Critical qualities in the development of boys into men.

20:06 Working with barbells at age 14 with a team of men transformed Mike’s life.

31:11 Men crave structure, accountability and feedback.

55:37 “I’m realizing in fatherhood that presence is currency.”

1:00:50 Ruthless responsibility and accountability.

1:05:52 What Mike’s wife, Lauren, has taught him the value of play.

1:14:07 Get in the pool!

Resources

Paul’s previous Living 4D conversations with Mike Salemi in Episodes 32 and 118

The work of Leonard Sax, Krasimir Dunev and Sir Robert McCarrison,

The Hierophant

The Soul of Discipline by Kim John Payne

Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard by Chip and Dan Heath

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Are you using the best learning style for you? Do you have an intimate relationship with your soul? How do you release trauma from your body and begin to heal? Have any tips on how to speed up a recovery from knee surgery? Are you ready for change?

Paul tackles these questions from listeners and many more in his latest Q&A session this week on Spirit Gym.

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Timestamps

1:17 Intellectual knowledge versus applied knowledge: Do you know enough?

5:37 Do you have a kinesthetic learning style?

8:32 What does spirituality mean to you?

13:39 Do you have an intimate relationship with your Soul and Source?

22:03 Can you really coach your family members to better physical and mental health?

27:44 Is it important for you to work out even while doing a physically demanding job?

35:33 How do I restart abdominal training after surgery?

41:03 How can I speed up a very slow recovery from knee surgery?

49:41 What tips do you recommend to get more sleep?

55:00 Do you recommend breath work for healing trauma?

1:00:11 How do I solve problems with trauma and begin to release it?

1:05:29 What do you recommend to improve my memory?

1:15:36 What is the difference between destiny and manifesting something to happen?

1:18:54 When is someone ready to change?

Resources

The Religious Case Against Belief by James Carse

Abdominoplasty

It Didn’t Start With You by Mark Wolynn

The work of Rupert Sheldrake

Paul’s Living 4D Evolve series including Evolve Your Career

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Are you projecting your emotional problems onto your dog?

Canine behaviorist Sasha Armstrong describes the process of educating dogs versus training them and explains why being a conscious observer can help you heal your relationship with your them this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Sasha’s work on her Canine State of Mind website and on social media via Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.

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Timestamps

5:45 The goat dynamic transformed the animal collective at the Rainbow House.

11:01 Do you treat your dog like a therapist or a spouse?

21:21 “Saying dogs don’t need alphas is like believing kids don’t need parents.”

27:53 The differences between educating and training your dog.

36:47 Becoming a conscious observer can heal relationships with your dog and other humans.

43:26 Animals have a right-brain view of the world.

50:51 Use your emotional maturity and do NOT unload your problems onto your dog.

59:04 Support your dog by meeting their emotional needs.

1:05:04 If you’ve had a bad day, be the conscious observer your dog needs you to be and chill with them.

1:10:43 Dogs don’t understand the physics of stacking big rocks.

Resources

Peaceful Dog Mastery by Sasha Armstrong

The work of Dr. Alfred Adler and Dr. Arnold Mindell

Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Dr. Mark Gafni and Dr. Ibrahim Karim

Men Are From Mars, Woman Are From Venus by John Gray

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How does math and the ability to slice a pizza have anything to do with the Zodiac and astrology?

Spiritual counselor Letao Wang returns to the podcast to explain how the Tarot really works and why masters of the healing arts struggle to find peace while working with clients who need your help but reject it this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Letao’s work on his Healing Kingdom website and via social media on YouTube and Instagram.

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Timestamps

5:52 Pluto is a very important planet in astrology.

9:56 The math in Chinese astrology.

23:33 Archetypes, DNA, non-local intelligence, thought forms or psychic energies: How does the Tarot work?

27:28 How constellations, the Zodiac and slicing a pizza connect.

34:02 The foundation of astrology is synchronicity.

40:42 “Each one of us is a small cosmos.”

48:53 The north and south nodes of the moon.

53:09 “Your description of Virgo is exactly what brought me to a midlife crisis.”

1:01:43 The struggle to find peace while working with clients who reject your help.

1:15:42 Letao’s most difficult client.

Resources

Letao’s Oracle of the Mythic Heroes Tarot card deck

Letao’s Oracle of the Celestial Deities Tarot card deck

Terrance McKenna talking about the I Ching on YouTube

The work of Dane Rudhyar and Gahl Sasson,

Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Ernst Wilhelm and James Wanless

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How do we begin to take the steps to reset our world in order to restore wholeness and good health? Dr. Andrew Kaufman returns to share his view of the competing agendas at work and how they distract us from reality this week on Spirit Gym.

Check out Andy’s work on his website where you can learn more about his True Living Fellowship and True Medicine Library. Find Andy on social media via Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter and Rumble.

Timestamps

6:29 Natural resources versus true product values.

12:32 Comparing boys to girls.

20:15 What’s the real agenda and the endgame?

30:58 Man-made health.

39:44 The confluence of two separate agendas.

46:51 Who really wants to own our planet?

57:39 A distraction game.

1:05:21 Understanding contracts.

1:15:03 Clean living.

Resources

Codex Alimentarius

The Georgia Guidestones

Andrew’s 2022 conversation with Kelly Brogan on Rumble

Paul’s Living 4D conversations with James Tunney and Robert Forte

The work of Dr. Leonard Sax

Farmers of Forty Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea and Japan by F.H. King

Science in Agriculture: Advanced Methods For Sustainable Farming by Arden Andersen

Pottenger’s Cats: A Study in Nutrition by Francis Pottenger

The Human Zoo by Desmond Morris

Nutrition and Your Mind by George Watson

Food and Behavior: A Natural Connection by Barbara Stitt

Findaspring.org

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Art provides an immeasurable amount of awe and wonder and insight to our lives. This powerful tool helps us interpret the world in ways we never would’ve imagined and gives us the language to document it and make sense of it.

Experience how artist and animator Mark Wooding, creator of the amazingly successful After Skool and Before Skool YouTube channels, sees our world this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Mark’s work on his website and on social media via Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram and Patreon.

Timestamps

3:30 Mark’s awesome Show and Tell skills in elementary school.

6:17 Enjoying the experience of creating.

12:01 How to spot a fake guru.

19:48 Does everyone have their own truths?

30:35 Why does the psychic side of spirituality resonate more with women than men?

37:58 Sacred geometry.

49:22 Mark’s sees his video series as an upside-down vortex leading to a unified vision of oneness.

53:15 How long can you sit on a toilet?

1:05:46 The role of the artist.

1:14:13 Is looking at straight lines all day harming you?

1:23:11 The Ouroboros: The story of God.

Resources

Why Don’t Country Flags Use The Color Purple? By Mark Wooding

Mark’s Before Skool conversation with Randall Carlson on YouTube

Mark’s After Skool video about The Story of Creation Through Sacred Geometry on YouTube

Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Jonathan Nagel, Dr. Robert Gilbert, Daniel Mapel, YaHuMa and Dr. Ibrahim Karim

The Gem Goddess on YouTube

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Are you living in a reality fueled by emotional honesty and adult communication or one of disconnection and poor mental and physical health? Allison Pelot explains how you can get to the reality of who you really are this week on Spirit Gym.

Check out Allison’s work on her Pure Energy Wellness website and find her on social media via Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Listen to her Integrate Yourself podcast wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts.

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Timestamps

7:35 Emotional honesty.

23:28 A lack of adult communication.

32:29 Are you disconnected?

40:23 “It’s all about separation.”

52:59 Getting to the reality of who you are.

1:03:22 Energy and thermodynamics.

Resources

Finally Thriving: Your Guide to Empowered Wellness by Allison Pelot

Paul’s Living 4D conversation with Dr. Ibrahim Karim

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Is it really possible to approach psychiatry from a holistic perspective?

Dr. Judy Tsafrir describes how healing modalities like astrology and Shamanism have reshaped her practice of holistic psychiatry this week on Spirit Gym.

Learn more about Judy and how to work with her on her website. Find Judy on social media via X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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Timestamps

3:55 Judy’s Chiron Return and her first consult with an astrologer.

8:56 Losing the sacredness of plant medicines.

17:16 The problems with mainstreaming ketamine.

21:23 An allergy to the sacred.

34:01 A monolithic view of psychiatry.

42:39 “Every morning I say, I bow to the great beauty and mystery…”

53:04 Take advantage of simple, common-sense prescriptions, like prayer and blessing your food.

1:11:32 Five questions.

Resources

Sacred Psychiatry: Bridging the Personal and Transpersonal to Transform Health and Consciousness by Dr. Judy Tsafrir

Judy's appearance on Jeffery Mishlove’s New Thinking Allowed on YouTube

The work of Edward Edinger, Stanislav Grof, Bernard Lievegoed, Dr. Dan Siegel, Alfred Adler and Angeles Arrien

Your Body is Your Subconscious Mind and Molecules of Emotion by Candace Pert

The CHEK Totem Pole

Paul’s Living 4D conversations with Jeffrey Mishlove and Letao Wang

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