What is a Good Life? #110
Unlocking The Power Of Intuition with Paul Davis
On the 110th episode of the What is a Good Life? podcast, I am delighted to introduce our guest, Paul Davis. Paul is an award-winning business growth consultant and speaker, a three-time best-selling author, an intuitive business mentor, and a recognised thought leader. He combines his innate intuitive gifts and years of business growth experience to help guide clients to greater results.
In this conversation, Paul shares his lifelong quest to understand what keeps him wanting to live life and how he has navigated through various philosophies and methodologies to find his purpose. We explore his realisation of his intuitive abilities, the significance of our intentions, discovering our soul contracts, and the importance of being your genius you.
Paul has a fascinating story and this whole episode is a wonderful invitation to rekindle the power of our intuition.
The weekly clip from the podcast (4 mins), my weekly reflection (3 mins), the full podcast (60 mins), and the weekly questions all follow below.
1. Weekly Clip from the Podcast
2. My weekly reflection
When reflecting on this week’s conversation with Paul and his experiences with intuitive gifts—including seeing images of potential futures for people—I was reminded of an experience I had in London nearly a decade ago.
A friend I worked with there suggested I see a Scottish woman. He was someone I trusted, as we were both earnestly exploring soul, spirit, and mind at the time.
When he said she was a psychic, I was sceptical but valued his opinion. He mentioned she had even worked with some of his friends in finance, who were astonished by her. A year earlier, I would have laughed at the suggestion—I had a very dim view of such things.
At her house, I stepped into the room where she hosted clients. After some small talk, during which I was careful not to reveal any personal information, she made tea, explained a few things, and then had me hover my hand over tarot cards, ready to draw.
As the reading progressed, she began telling me things:
“You worry about when you will meet your partner—it will happen much sooner than you think.”
I asked for details. “She is seven years younger than you and has blonde hair,” she said. Nothing more.
“You will begin travelling.”
I told her I had just moved to London after four years in Vancouver. She clarified: real travelling, not just living abroad. She mentioned India and Peru.
“You will leave your job soon.”
I told her I planned to hand in my notice in 6 months, once the sales year ended at the behavioural change consultancy where I worked. “Much sooner than that,” she replied.
“You will briefly return to finance, and that will give you the freedom to pursue your path afterward.”
I had stepped away from finance for the first time and had no plans to return. She then mentioned something about me creating a platform with two other men, involving speaking, teaching, and media work. At the time, I had never published a thought publicly or used social media, so I dismissed it entirely.
That year in London was great in some ways and also included some deep personal lows. I realised I needed to see a psychologist, face things I had long resisted, and even give up alcohol for a time.
Did I feel lost? Absolutely. Did I feel at a low ebb? Without question.
So, I sometimes wonder—did this woman lay out a blueprint that I subconsciously followed because I needed direction? It’s possible. Suggesting Peru and India to someone searching for meaning isn’t exactly groundbreaking.
But here’s what happened next.
Six weeks later, I handed in my notice.
Two months after that, I took a three-month sabbatical in India.
I met Eva, who is seven years younger than me and has blonde hair.
When I ran out of money and didn’t want to return to London or Dublin, and Eva wasn’t keen on staying in Hamburg, an old CEO of mine in Vancouver made me an offer that seemed too good to be true—large signing and relocation fees, neither of which I had ever been offered before. The company and other deals we were part of did really well. In a short time, I had enough financial security to head to Peru and explore my path further.
The last part—about the platform and the two men—I can’t speak on yet. But given some current conversations and the work I do now, it no longer seems as far-fetched as it did back then.
I often try to pick this experience apart. Sure, mentioning Peru and India might have been predictable. But her prediction about finance—and how that unfolded—was completely unexpected and beyond my control. I earned far more in that year than I had ever earned in any other year.
I laughed with my old boss in Vancouver—had he known I’d been staying in $5 guesthouses, he could have offered far less.
I always remember sitting at Delhi airport, waiting to board a flight to Kathmandu with Eva, when we got bumped to business class. As the plane sat on the tarmac, a thought came out of nowhere: I suspect my time with those guys in Canada isn’t finished. Ten days later, my old boss texted me.
I also remember an experience with Eva, about ten days into knowing her, that left me with a profound sense of my future—not as a vision, but as something deeply felt. So when I proposed to her in a packed tourist minivan from Pokhara to Kathmandu after only five weeks together, it felt as blasé as planning a trip.
I won’t draw conclusions or create rules from this experience—only to say that I sense reality is far more layered than we commonly acknowledge.
Perhaps the real mistake is assuming we understand its limits. We dismiss possibilities that don’t fit our framework, rejecting experiences simply because they aren’t our own.
In today’s hyper-stimulated, drowned in data, and distracted world, we’ve blunted an innate ability—a capacity to sense more than we see.
Maybe intuition, synchronicity, and inexplicable knowing aren’t anomalies but echoes of something deeper—something we’ve forgotten how to listen to.
What do you think?
3. Full Episode - Unlocking The Power Of Intuition with Paul Davis - What is a Good Life? #110
4. This week’s Questions
Have you ever had an intuitive experience that you knew in the moment to be true but you dismissed afterwards as illogical?
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think about your "soul contract" and what it might entail?
About Me
I am a coach, podcast host, and writer, based in Berlin, via Dublin, Ireland. I started this project in 2021, for which I’ve now interviewed over 250 people. I’m not looking to prescribe universal answers, more that the guests’ lines of inquiry, musings, experiences, and curiosities spark your own inquiry into what the question means to you. I am also trying to share more genuine expressions of the human experience and more meaningful conversations.
If you’re interested in exploring your own self-inquiry through one-on-one coaching, joining my 5-week Silent Conversations group courses, or fostering greater trust, communication, and connection within your leadership teams, or simply reaching out, feel free to contact me via email or LinkedIn.