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Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

EP 66 - Andrew Johnston: Our Only Limitations Are the Ones We Set for Ourselves

Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

Paul Chek

Religion & Spirituality, Wellness, Society & Culture, Plant Medicine, Relationships, Alternative Health, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Paul Chek, Spirituality, Sexuality, Holistic Health, Health & Fitness, Personal Development

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

How do diseases like leukemia begin? Could they be more than just physical challenges your body must overcome.

Andrew Johnston – Professional Triathlete and Master CHEK Practitioner - describes his journey from competing in Ironman triathlons to fighting and beating leukemia and how your emotional health may be affecting your overall health more than you ever realized in this inspiring Living 4D conversation.

Learn more about Andrew and his Atlanta-based practice at his Triumph Training website and look for his daily social media posts via Facebook.

Show Notes

  • Andrew inherited much of his athletic abilities from his grandfather, a pro soccer player in Scotland. (3:03)
  • “Ironman triathlons are not about who is going the fastest so much as who is slowing down the least.” (9:49)
  • Charging on a finish line surrounded by 200 competitors can bring you much closer to God than sitting in a church. (16:14)
  • What Andrew experienced when taking Ayahuasca in Hawaii. (28:07)
  • Get the most out of taking medicines by having a solid intention about what you want to get out of the experience. (33:17)
  • Plant medicines versus meditation. (43:26)
  • The more biased you are against plant medicines, the better your experience may be. (49:04)
  • The phenomenon of shared death experiences. (56:58)
  • Andrew’s leukemia journey began with a 2004 diagnosis after falling apart during an Iron Man triathlon. (1:07:50)
  • Living is Winning, the documentary made about Andrew’s life after healing from leukemia. (1:18:28)
  • The emotional etiology behind disease. (1:23:51)
  • Working through the death experience. (1:29:08)
  • How CHEK Institute training — looking at the whole person — influenced Andrew’s work, life and health. (1:40:33)
  • Paul is visited by a bobcat. (1:47:51)
  • Andrew’s philosophy about supplements. (1:57:41)
  • The lack of connection. (1:59:57)
  • Earned beliefs from others can be the inspiration to grow to your full potential. (2:07:08)

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Transcript

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Well, he actually didn't tell me what he thought.

0:02.0

He's like, put your white blood cells are extremely elevated.

0:04.0

I said how elevated, he's like 45,000.

0:06.0

And I know enough about the body to realize what that meant as far as cancer.

0:09.0

I didn't know exactly the type of leukemia.

0:12.0

But so, but it's Friday and what I do on

0:14.6

on Saturday I go train you know I mean because that's what I do and I'm tell you

0:18.9

the only thing that changed between that the Friday and the Saturday of going to train was the

0:25.9

knowledge that I was sick.

0:29.2

And that bicycle ride was like I was carrying a freaking 45 pound plate on my shoulders. It was so

0:35.0

incredibly hard and it just shows you the the mental aspect of you know the weight

0:41.6

that we carry when we have that stress on us whether it be

0:44.8

bad news of health or bad news of financial or you know or whatever

0:51.5

welcome to living for d with Paul Chet. Today's guest is Master Check Practitioner and Triathlete Andrew Johnston.

0:59.0

Author of Holistic Strength Training for Triathlon, Andrew is a former professional cyclist and triathlete.

1:07.0

He is the first leukemia survivor to qualify for and finish the Hawaii Iron Man World Championship, the first leukemia survivor to win an iron

1:16.6

distance triathlon and twice voted one of the top trainers in America by Men's Health magazine. Andrew is a master check practitioner

1:25.1

with a busy practice in Atlanta.

1:30.2

Hello and welcome to Living 4D with Chek. I am super excited to share an amazing guest today, Andrew Johnston.

1:37.8

Andrew's been a long-time friend of mine. He was a student of the Chek Institute for many years. He's a level four,

1:44.3

Czech practitioner, and just an all-around amazing human being. Andrew has a lot of

1:50.8

amazing athletic accomplishments and he's conquered health challenges of

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