Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Shadow work is so important if you want to learn about the unconscious roadblocks that prevent you from living your very best life. So how and where do you begin to do the work?
Learn why the Shadow is a normal part of everyone’s life and the one thing people are never told about spiritual growth with paranormal expert, teacher and author Kaedrich Olsen in this illuminating Living 4D conversation.
Discover more about Kaedrich’s work on his website at kaedrich.com . Find him on social media via Facebook — facebook.com/kaedrich —, Instagram — instagram.com/kaedrich_olsen — and YouTube — youtube.com/channel/UCunYH8b7nsFZH8ujSEN3QAw — along with GaldraKraft — youtube.com/channel/UCX1KUv5xAxT_YSY5hSJFWWA .
Check out Kaedrich’s audio program with Paul — Are You Possessed? — where they share their extensive experience with entity possession at the CHEK Shop shop.chekinstitute.com/products/are-you-possessed
0:00 Intro
3:45 Kaedrich defines the Shadow.
7:06 You can get angry and be a spiritual person at the same time.
17:13 Shadows are natural, normal parts of the human experience, and not evil.
25:07 Why kids in the same household can live very different lives.
36:00 Fun things happen when people begin to master their Shadow work.
40:53 Similarities attract and perpetuate: Kaedrich’s first rule for working with paranormal interactions.
49:59 “We are an amalgam of the five people we keep closest to us.”
1:02:03 The Shadow and evil.
1:10:04 Spiritual transhumanism.
1:22:13 “Ninety percent of our thoughts and feelings do not originate with us.”
1:28:00 What is your goal state?
1:39:55 Are we meant to experience hardships?
1:47:48 One thing people are never told about spiritual growth.
1:51:47 The alpha point.
2:02:03 Do you need to schedule a half-hour a day so you can feel like crap?
2:10:00 Have fun: One of Kaedrich’s rules for interacting with the paranormal.
2:14:34 Interruptive processing.
Listen to Paul's complete conversation with Kaedrich Olsen and find more resources for this episode on our Living 4D website at chekinstitute.com/blog/podcast-episodes/episode-298-kaedrich-olsen-the-shadow-unveiled
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Shadow work is so important if you want to learn about the unconscious roadblocks that prevent you from living your very best life. So how and where do you begin to do the work?
Learn why the Shadow is a normal part of everyone’s life and the one thing people are never told about spiritual growth with paranormal expert, teacher and author Kaedrich Olsen in this illuminating Living 4D conversation.
Discover more about Kaedrich’s work on his website at kaedrich.com . Find him on social media via Facebook — facebook.com/kaedrich —, Instagram — instagram.com/kaedrich_olsen — and YouTube — youtube.com/channel/UCunYH8b7nsFZH8ujSEN3QAw — along with GaldraKraft — youtube.com/channel/UCX1KUv5xAxT_YSY5hSJFWWA .
Check out Kaedrich’s audio program with Paul — Are You Possessed? — where they share their extensive experience with entity possession at the CHEK Shop shop.chekinstitute.com/products/are-you-possessed
0:00 Intro
3:45 Kaedrich defines the Shadow.
7:06 You can get angry and be a spiritual person at the same time.
17:13 Shadows are natural, normal parts of the human experience, and not evil.
25:07 Why kids in the same household can live very different lives.
36:00 Fun things happen when people begin to master their Shadow work.
40:53 Similarities attract and perpetuate: Kaedrich’s first rule for working with paranormal interactions.
49:59 “We are an amalgam of the five people we keep closest to us.”
1:02:03 The Shadow and evil.
1:10:04 Spiritual transhumanism.
1:22:13 “Ninety percent of our thoughts and feelings do not originate with us.”
1:28:00 What is your goal state?
1:39:55 Are we meant to experience hardships?
1:47:48 One thing people are never told about spiritual growth.
1:51:47 The alpha point.
2:02:03 Do you need to schedule a half-hour a day so you can feel like crap?
2:10:00 Have fun: One of Kaedrich’s rules for interacting with the paranormal.
2:14:34 Interruptive processing.
Listen to Paul's complete conversation with Kaedrich Olsen and find more resources for this episode on our Living 4D website at chekinstitute.com/blog/podcast-episodes/episode-298-kaedrich-olsen-the-shadow-unveiled
Thanks to our awesome sponsors!
• Paleovalley paleovalley.com/chek15 (save 15% on your first purchase)
• BiOptimizers bioptimizers.com/living4d (save an extra 10% on your purchase by using the code PAUL10 at checkout)
• Organifi organifi.com/chek20 (save 20% on your purchase by using the code CHEK20 at checkout)
• How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy 20th anniversary edition https://chek.group/eatmove20 (a very special 20th anniversary edition of Paul’s landmark book)
We may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

![The Evolution of Consciousness | John Churchill
Our world is way long overdue for a sacred revolution!
Teacher, Druid and psychologist John Churchill joins Paul on a deep exploration of human development and explains why a sacred revolution must take place to reclaim and transform our planet this week on Spirit Gym.
Learn more about John’s work and upcoming courses at his Planetary Dharma website at https://www.planetarydharma.com/ . Find him on social media via Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/planetarydharma/ .
For Spirit Gym listeners: Save 20 percent on John’s Introduction to Planetary Dharma: A Fourth Turning Path course July 18-20 at https://www.planetarydharma.com/summer-2025-intro-to-planetary-dharma to help you explore the awakening of the Bodhisattva within you!
0:00 Intro
6:17 “The kind of growth that I’m interested in is measured over years and decades, not in peak experiences [like plant medicines].”
9:07 Bodhisattva: John’s spiritual philosophy.
18:57 A good death.
24:32 Consciousness evolves but awareness doesn’t.
35:40 “Ninety percent of people should go to the monastery because they dont have a clue what theyre doing.”
41:33 Our evolutionary journey.
47:49 “The most interesting game in town is the individual.”
1:01:03 Intuition or direct non-conceptual valid cognition?
1:11:05 “You can get a good sense of a person’s level of development based on what techniques theyre attracted to.”
1:21:14 God consciousness or human consciousness.
1:37:31 Do you view levels of development as expressions of compassion?
1:43:37 “Psychology is dangerous.”
1:47:01 Do you have your own personal cosmology?
2:02:16 Love unfolding.
2:14:12 Participating in a hierarchy committed to transforming the planet.
2:25:37 We are still fighting the forces of darkness which isn’t metaphorical, so know who your friends are.
2:33:33 A university planet of truth, beauty and goodness.
2:41:06 Giving birth to synchronic technology.
2:54:21 “One million people in coherence are stronger than 6 billion people out of coherence.”
3:01:22 Being evolved doesn’t mean you don’t have a bunch of parts that haven’t evolved yet.
Listen to Pauls conversation with John Churchill and check out the show notes page on our Spirit Gym website at https://paulchek.com/blog/podcast-episodes/episode-341-john-churchill-the-evolution-of-consciousness/
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