Living An Alternate Reality During A Coma - Paul Evans - #258

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Oh, hello friends, welcome back. My guest today is Paul Evans, entrepreneur and author. I had the fortune of meeting him while I was out in Dubai. Paul has, without a doubt, one of the most intense, insane, unbelievable stories that I've ever come across. Out of body experiences during operations are bizarre, but at least semi-common. You may have heard of them before. However, Paul's story of living an entire new life in an alternate reality for two years during a seven-month coma is something else entirely. So today, expect to learn how childhood bullying can set the tone for your entire life, what it was like to live through the Arab Spring revolts in Egypt twice, the mind-bending detail that Paul can remember his other life in, and much more. I really, really loved this story. Paul's got such a fantastic tale to tell. Also, this is part of the Dubai episode. So there may be some calls to prayer in the background, as we're on the 25th floor of the Dubai Marina, overlooking a beautiful view, but with some slightly odd sounds. In other news, this episode of the podcast is brought to you by Uncommon Coffee. If you are a coffee lover, or if you are looking to buy a Christmas present for somebody who is, this is the answer for you. Uncommon Coffee are a premium on-demand coffee service whose priority is on making their customers as happy as possible, accompanied with the cheapest prices around when it comes to literally the best tasting and most popular coffee from the number one independent coffee houses and roasters in the UK. I love supporting homegrown British businesses and it doesn't come any cooler than Uncommon Coffee. They are literally going around the entire country finding the highest quality roasters and delivering their fantastic beans to your door. Typically, coffee customers are forced to pay high delivery prices and having to wait for ages for premium roasters before they can receive their parcel. Whereas with Uncommon Coffee, it is one payment, one cheap delivery cost, one delivery date and time and one perfectly packaged coffee delivery. Also, you can get 20% off caffeine with the code MW20. I mean, what else do you want to say? 20% off the best coffee in Britain with Uncommon Coffee's entire range offering a 20% discount at uncommoncoffee.co.uk.
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Mr. Paul Evans, welcome to the show, how are you?

**Paul Evans** (4:36)
Good, I'm good, mate, I'm good.

**Chris Williamson** (4:37)
Very glad to have you.

**Paul Evans** (4:38)
Thanks for having me on.

**Chris Williamson** (4:40)
In your town?

**Paul Evans** (4:41)
I'm not sure it's my town, but yeah, it's my home. That's most certainly, it's your flat, my home.

**Chris Williamson** (4:48)
Nick's flat, my podcast studio, your town.

**Paul Evans** (4:52)
My home, yeah.

**Chris Williamson** (4:54)
That's how we'll split it. Something like that. I get it. So we're gonna go through a lot today, but where do we start? Where does the genesis of your story in terms of making you who you are today, where does that begin?

**Paul Evans** (5:06)
Probably begin somewhere around the age of 13 or 14 when I was a troubled little school kid who was extremely misunderstood and considered to be quite stupid. And then the relentless journey to prove all those teachers wrong, which at 45 years of age, I'm still trying to do today, I guess.