The Story Gap

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)
• Your 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

• 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
• 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

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