The Seeker's Journey | Paul Lubicz: Adoption, Ayahuasca & the Long Road Back to Yourself
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Paul Lubicz's story is one of searching, performance, and the long, winding road back to the self. Born in Perth and adopted as an infant, Paul was told the truth at four years old, and without the tools to understand what it meant, his young mind landed on the only conclusion it could, that he was not wanted, not enough, and somehow at fault. What followed was a lifetime of overachieving, people pleasing and looking outside himself for the wholeness he couldn't find within. The search would take him across the world. In this conversation, Paul opens up about the decades spent chasing validation through performance, from manufacturing chemist to personal trainer, from a column in the Sunday Times to the super yachts of the ultra-wealthy. He shares the moment a cranial sacral session in Cannes cracked him open, the ten nights of ayahuasca in the Peruvian Amazon that rearranged the furniture of his mind, and the dark room retreat that left him nowhere to hide from himself. This episode isn't just about one man's journey across continents and consciousness. It's about what becomes possible when you finally stop performing and start being. We explore the primal wound of adoption and the stories a child creates to survive, the compensatory performance and the hunger for outside validation, meeting a biological mother at nineteen and the truth that still wasn't enough, a DNA test in his forties that sent him back into freefall, cranial sacral therapy at Cannes and the first heart opening, the Landmark Forum and being dismantled on stage, ten nights of ayahuasca in the Peruvian Amazon, nine days of water fasting and a three day dark room retreat, qigong, shamanism, Ho'oponopono and learning how to pray, and why he now dedicates his life to making business leaders more conscious, more benevolent and more free. Today, Paul Lubicz is a coach and consciousness guide working with CEOs and leaders across the globe, helping them trade performance for presence and confusion for clarity. He has studied under some of the world's most respected teachers across shamanism, qigong, plant medicine, executive coaching and prayer, and brings every layer of that experience into the room with him. We were privileged to sit down with Paul for a raw, honest, and deeply powerful conversation.
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🎙 In this episode, we explore: Being adopted in Perth and the moment a four year old decided he wasn't enough The compensatory story, people pleasing and the hunger for applause Working as a manufacturing chemist and the escape to London Personal training, the Sunday Times and the world of celebrities and super yachts A cranial sacral session at Cannes that cracked his heart open The Landmark Forum and being broken down on stage with ruthless compassion Ten nights of ayahuasca in the Peruvian Amazon Sacred mountains above Cusco and the Quechua wisdom keepers Nine days on water only and what fasting reveals about the mind Three days in a blacked out room with nowhere to hide Qigong, shamanism, remote viewing and the full curriculum of the seeker Ho'oponopono and the power of a well made prayer Self gnosis, the Hermetic principles and the law of correspondence Why business leaders need consciousness more than strategy First hand experience as king and the word that changed everything, maybe
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