Ep. 17 | How We Plan Our Lives Before We Are Born with Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz returns to The Curious Soul for a deeper conversation about pre-birth planning, soul contracts, free will, and the idea that our souls may choose certain experiences before we are born for the purpose of growth, healing, service, and transformation. In this episode, Cristina Malavenda and Marty Go sit down with Robert Schwartz to explore the stories and teachings in his books "Your Soul's Plan," "Your Soul's Gift," and "Your Soul's Love," and why some of life's most difficult challenges may hold deeper meaning from the perspective of the soul. Robert shares how his books are built around real-life case studies of people who explored their pre-birth plans, including stories involving illness, addiction, abuse, loss, family relationships, animals, soul contracts, and the search for self-love. He also explains the major reasons souls may plan challenges before birth, including karma, healing, service to others, contrast, correcting false beliefs about the self, and cultivating divine virtues such as compassion, patience, trust, faith, and unconditional love. Cristina and Marty ask the questions many people have when they first encounter this work: Why would we choose hardship? Does pre-birth planning blame the victim? If we plan our lives before birth, do we still have free will? And why do we forget our plans once we are here? The conversation also expands into the veil of forgetfulness, spirit guides, spiritual guidance, signs, abusive relationships, choosing parents, animal soul contracts, children remembering pre-birth plans, extraterrestrial lifetimes, collective consciousness, and why Earth may be such a challenging place for the soul to incarnate. Whether you are curious about soul contracts, wondering why certain patterns repeat in your life, or trying to understand suffering from a larger spiritual perspective, this conversation invites you to consider that even the hardest parts of life may be held within a much bigger story. You'll hear: • What pre-birth planning means • Why Robert organizes his books around life challenges • How soul contracts may be formed before birth • Why Robert says pre-birth planning is not about blaming victims • The five major reasons souls may choose challenges • How free will fits into pre-birth planning • Why we may forget our plans when we are born • What Robert says about children remembering their pre-birth plans About Robert Schwartz Robert Schwartz is a spiritual teacher, speaker, and author of "Your Soul's Plan," "Your Soul's Gift," and "Your Soul's Love." After a profound spiritual awakening in 2003, Robert began researching the idea that our souls may plan many of life's major challenges before birth for the purpose of growth, healing, and transformation. Through his books, workshops, and Between Lives Soul Regression work, he helps people understand their lives from the perspective of the soul and find deeper meaning in their experiences. What part of Robert's conversation stayed with you most? Tell us in the comments. Connect with The Curious Soul Website: https://thecurioussoulpodcast.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheCuriousSoulPodcast Substack: https://thecurioussoulpodcast.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecurioussoulpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thecurioussoulpodcast Chapters 00:00 Opening: When We Forget Who We Are 03:47 Meet Robert Schwartz 07:29 Stories of Pre-Birth Planning 12:52 Why Would We Choose Our Challenges? 18:25 Abuse, Self-Love, and Soul Agreements 22:52 The Veil of Forgetfulness and Earth School 26:13 Free Will and Quantum Life Plans 30:47 Animals, Soul Contracts, and Children Remembering