Hello and welcome to another episode of Quantum Waves of Wellness. This is Dr. Paula Apro and this week I'm wondering if you are as annoyed as I am by the fact that your greatest life struggles continue to haunt you, no matter how hard you try to overcome them. What I have recently come to learn is that hidden within those challenges are powerful gifts just waiting to be revealed.
In this week's episode, I'm going to continue to share my personal exploration into the fascinating world of the Gene Keys — a journey that uncovers how our darkest Shadows are not curses, but invitations to awaken our true potential. Join me as I share my own personal discoveries, the surprising truths about duality, and how embracing both light and darkness can transform the way you view yourself and the world around you.
In my earlier introduction to the Gene Keys, I talked about how we all have personality challenges, also known as "Shadows." When I learned what mine were, it was not news to me. I am very well aware of my weak points. But it wasn't until some recent troubling times that the Gifts started to appear.
In my case, if it wasn't for my recent troubling times, I would not have even explored the Gene Keys education in the first place. So right off the bat, the challenge turned into a gift before I even knew anything about Shadows and Gifts. And the challenges were only challenges because I was living on the Shadow side of my personality.
Each Gene Key is made up of both a positive and a negative side. The positive is the Gift, and the negative is the Shadow. After all, everything in the Universe has a duality. You can't have night without day, up without down, light without darkness, good without evil, etc. We are no different. We have elements of both sides inside of us, and it's up to us to strive to live out our Gifts rather than spend too much time dwelling in our Shadows. The Shadow side describes what tends to occur when you lose touch with your true self.
But please remember, you can never have one without the other, and it is precisely the Shadows that bring us the Gifts. I fear this all sounds a bit vague at this point, so let me give you some more concrete examples from my own life.
The first path of the Gene Keys is called the Activation Sequence. Don't worry about the name right now. Just know that this first path highlights your four Prime Gifts, which are the cornerstones that make up YOU. They represent the themes and challenges of your life. Understanding these gifts and shadows helps you to understand your life’s purpose. It also helps to orient you physically into your body.
This pathway consists of four specific Gene Keys:
The 1st one relates to your Life's Work. This is the role/brand that most suits your creative expression and that allows you the full freedom to be yourself without compromise. Although this sounds like what you should be doing for a career, that's not exactly it. It's more about what makes you YOU.
The second key represents the single greatest challenge in your life, what you are here to learn. By learning to embrace this aspect of yourself, your life can gradually transform for the better.
These two keys relate to each other . . . What you are meant to do in this world, and how you’re going to go about doing it. These two Gene Keys are all about "doing" things in your life... what you do and how you do it.
As an example and for reference, the boiled-down version of my Life's Purpose is to "change energy." But remember, there is a Shadow side and a Gift side. On my Shadow side, I am easily "provoked" by all the energy around me, and it is very easy for me to provoke others unintentionally. In other words, the energy surrounding me can very easily change my energy (usually in a negative way), and I can very easily change the energy of others (both in good ways and bad ways). It's almost like I can't even control my power to change energy.
Now that I know that I'm on this Earth to change energy, I look to my second Gene Key to learn more, and that tells me that on the Shadow side, I will "Struggle" to fulfill my life's purpose. Struggle is my shadow, and I have to be honest with you . . . My career has definitely been a struggle for the past several years. It seems I work very hard and don't get very far. When this Shadow was revealed to me, it very much hit home.
So it was very important to learn the Gift that I'm supposed to receive from this Shadow of Struggle, and that is Perseverance. In other words, I should not quit, and I need to resolve to the fact that all the struggling is just meant to make me stronger. In order for me to complete my Life's Mission, I need to just keep on going, let go of the struggle of success, and just keep on swimming, keep on swimming, keep on swimming without the attachment to the results.
This made me think back to my Human Design business coaching when my coach explained that I'm destined for success, however, it will never come quickly for me. I will never be one of those 25-year-old life coaches on Instagram that strikes it rich quickly and effortlessly. That is just not who I'm destined to be. Although not exactly what any entrepreneur wants to hear, this gave me much peace and made me realize that that's what this podcast is all about. I'm not doing this for an expected outcome. I'm doing it because I love it and it's part of my life's purpose.
The next two Gene Keys are all about "being." As you progress along this Activation path, you move from "doing" to "being," and in between the two is your major breakthrough. I'm going to save the explanation of this for next time because the deeper you go into the Gene Keys, the deeper the wisdom becomes. Please know that this system is not at all easy to explain, and I'm very much just scratching the surface.
My hope is that I can pique your interest enough for you to explore this further on your own. Or maybe someday with me! I encourage you to get your own free Gene Keys report by visiting https://genekeys.com/free-profile/ . You will learn so much about yourself from just this free profile. It will only be the tip of the iceberg, but it's a great start. There is nothing more satisfying than learning what makes you tick.
I hope you enjoyed this week's episode, and if you did, please consider subscribing and sharing with a friend. Please stay tuned for my deeper dive into the Gene Keys next week, and as always, thanks so much for listening.
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