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HEAD TO HEART is for those brave enough to explore the content of their own hearts, longing to live a life deeply connected to themselves, to Spirit, and to others. Popular author, speaker, and songwriter Christa Black Gifford unzips her heart to discuss raw and vulnerable topics like death, sex, relationships, addiction, and depression as it pertains to spirituality and personal growth. Christa is the author of the #1 hit song ’One Thing Remains’ and the author of two books, GOD LOVES UGLY and HEART MADE WHOLE.
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When I was diving down New Age rabbit holes, Billy Carson was a huge voice coming against Christianity and the validity of the Bible as an accurate ancient text, being quoted many times in interviews that Jesus wasn't crucified, he had a wife, and the creation story in Genesis was copied from the Sumerian text Enuma Elish. After trusting people with Phd's by their names and Harvard Divinity scholars without doing proper fact checking, Canadian Apologist Wes Huff debates Billy in an interview I wish I had heard years ago, not only providing empirical evidence that many of the claims Billy makes are innacurate, but does it with brilliant dignity, respect, and honor. So many, like me, were lured away by false teachings that produced a harvest of destruction. I encourage you to listen to the entire interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ngjtT43-4&t=3s
To read Peter Stoner's findings on the probability of one man fulfilling 8 Old Testament prophecies: https://keystonebaptist.net/mt-content/uploads/2020/07/applying-the-science-of-probability-to-the-scriptures.pdf
When I began researching the roots of many things I had been teaching & practicing over the last 5 years, I was shocked to find occult origins that began with many dark practices, even ritual child sacrifice. As I continue to clean up the messes I've made and uncover the ways the dark kingdom works to deceive and destroy us, it's important to understand the origins of many of the holidays we celebrate and their pagan, occult roots that have blood ritual origins. On this Halloween Day, the day of the dead--this world-wide day where the veil between the seen and unseen gets very thin, I wanted to share an experience during an Ayahuasca ceremony where some entities started to come through that weren't welcome. The unseen realm needs portals and gates to manifest in the physical world--and we're the ones who offer the open gates. In this episode, I talk about certain ways we open those portals to the demonic, ways in which they manifest, and most importantly, how to pray and close them up, advancing the kingdom of Light through Yeshua. (We still have about 10 spots available for our upcoming event with Dr. Laura Sanger, Nov 14-16! To register: https://form.jotform.com/GoldMonarch/DrLauraSanger )
When I walked away from the core principles of Christianity to test the other mini-gods,a big reason was because I just couldn't understand how God seemed to be bipolar from the Old Testament to the New. If He was always good, why was he wiping out entire races of people because of sin in the days of Noah, only to redeem them in Christ? And just who were these giants he was wiping out, like Goliath, and where did they come from? These questions led me to clues hidden in plain sight, starting in Genesis 6 with a passage about the Nephilim that finally made the Bible (and Yahweh) make sense. Last year I interviewed Dr. Laura Sanger, author of 'Roots of the Federal Reserve: Tracing the Nephilim from Noah to the US Dollar,' and 'Generation Hoodwinked,' uncovering the Nephilim agenda on today's society. Prepare to not only have your mind blown, but to receive answers to questions you might have had for a long, long time. To register for our upcomign event: https://form.jotform.com/GoldMonarch/DrLauraSanger
For more information on Dr. Laura Sanger: https://nolongerenslaved.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurasanger444hz/
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcbPNOcBFUZVcsuJ_SSHs1A
It's time to tell my story--and not because I want to. I know that to make things right, I have to. How did I go from being a Christian author/speaker/worship leader to teaching New Age philisophies? How did I go from leading marriage retreats to being divorced? How did I go from manifesting abundance to losing everything? When you hit rock bottom, you have to turn around and take responsibility for the things you let in that not only got you off course, but ended up stealing, killing, and destroying your life. I've tested the other 'godlings,' religions, ideologies and doctrines, and through a special-op rescue mission from the Holy Spirit, I'm finally back where I belong--in the arms of Jesus. (Registration for the upcoming event with Dr. Laura Sanger: https://form.jotform.com/GoldMonarch/DrLauraSanger.
I dropped some bombs last week. Hybrid race of humans, corrupted bloodlines, Aliens. When you start to look at all that's wrong with our world, you need a commission--what do I do with this information and why am I here? Everything is about the BLOOD. The DNA, the genome. And you have two inheritances inside of your blood. The human body is the most advanced technology in our galaxy, which is why there's such a calculated effort to take the GOD out of our DNA, our very genetic structure. But no matter what's in your bloodline, no matter what genetics you came into the world with, you can learn to activate the divine birthright you've been given and physically change your genetic structure, as epigetics is showing us how environment and belief turns genes on and off. But there's even more inside of our bodies, created to be the physical house of God on planet earth. This may be one of the most important podcasts I've ever recorded, because we all need to know why we're here and what our role in as the programming comes in from all sides to densify our DNA and genome with corruption. But it can be cleansed and it already has. And we need to learn how to do it, which we'll start on that road today. Share with your friends! WE NEED THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE! (www.christagifford.com @womanscircle @christablackgifford)
Our society has pitched us a defintion of love where anything goes. That we're exclusionary and unloving if we don't adopt a definition of freedom that includes all ideologies, lifestyles, doctrines, and political views. But the more I study the foundation of certain natural and spiritual laws or truths, they're not given to restrict or confine us. They're given in love to show us a blueprint of creation where people, society, and relationships can thrive, as basic psychology has proven. Deception, in it's basic definition, means we can't see the truth. So how do we know if we've been programmed and deceived away from the laws of love and truth? And can we look at our lives and take a sobering and honest look at the places where we might be deceived? As spiritual seekers in a human body, it's always important to take an honest look at the foundations of our beliefs, looking at where we might have unknowingly been infiltrated with cultural and spiritual ideologies that seem loving and inclusive--but keep our world from truly thriving as promised. Are you ready to look at the laws of love and see if you're aligned with truth? I sure am. It's not easy to realize you might have been deceived as I am realizing in many areas of my life, but it's a humbling, necessary evolution if we're ever going to learn what love really is and embody it to change world. www.christagifford.com @christablackgifford @womanscircle
We all know the 3d physical world because It's where we put most of our attention. But how do we transcend the 4th dimentional mind and emotional programming of advertixing, collective consciousness, old wounds and indoctrination? By accessing the 5th dimention of the heart, the Spirit. I talk about dimensions but realized many don't understand them, so in today's podcast, we'll walk through the 1st-5th dimensions and look at how we can unlock our human/divine potential by rising above the collective pollution by accessing the love of the heart, being led by Spirit, hearing the whispers, and getting clear on the truth that sets us free. www.christagifford.com (@christablackgifford @womanscircle
Most people ask this question in their lifetime, 'Why am I here?' 'What is my purpose?' 'What am I put on the earth to be and do? As so many have deconstructed out of religious institutions that gave us a life-purpose, many have thrown the baby out with the bathwater. I've been guilty of abandoning my Divine purpose on this earth while unwinding from the toxic indoctrination of a system that was infiltrated with commerce, control, and greed. But when we live without purpose bigger than ourselves, abandoning our greater purpose of why we're put on the earth, life loses its luster. Today we're going to embrace why we're here, owning our significance on the planet at this crossroads in history, reigniting hope, devotion, and the discipline of the body, mind, emotions, and spirit to REMEMBER who we are and unlock our light body, letting it shine for all to see, dispelling the darkness. www.christagifford.com (@christablackgifford @womanscircle)
As someone on a lifelong journey of personal healing, helping thousands around the world heal from past traumas and pains, I've been mostly silent on the cultural systems of corruption that keep contributing to our bondange. But can we really be free when we're unwilling to look at the systems of corruption that contribute to the deterioration of our health, the greed and commerce that poisons our earth for convenience, and the leaders who put infrastructure into place that leads to the oppession of humanity? Most people say they want to be conscious, but they really don't. Because when you're conscious about the things in your life and the systems you benefit from that are hurting others, you're now responsibile. But as I'm learning deeply from Spirit--we cannot fully be free until mankind is free, which means we have to open our eyes to the problems in our world and how we unconsciously contrubute to them. This one might be a hard pill to swallow, but it's time for us to wake up and see the truth. Not so we can actively get angry and perpetuate the division in our society, but so we can become the solution for the world's problems because we do it from a heart of love. (@christablackgifford @womanscircle)
If you've ever had the thought, "It would be easier if I wasn't here?" or "I just want to die, it's too painful," you're not alone. I've had these thoughts many times in my life and they're valid when life feels like there are too many mountains to climb. When Twitch took his life last month, it got me thinking a lot about suicide and the collective overwhelm that gets a person to the point where they want to end their life, because I've known this voice many times. But what if that voice is telling the truth, that it wouldn't be easier to die physically, but it is time to put to death limiting beliefs? It is time to put to death old relationships, bitterness and unworthiness, hatred and fear? In this podcast, we work with the aspect of death and learn what to do with it when these voices come, because they're there for a reason. Let's begin to use death as a powerful part of our existence and use it to our benefit to bring us into new life. www.christagifford.com (@christablackgifford @womanscircle)
The facts are in, and they're staggering. Mainstream media isn't broadcasting the narrative, but the level of young people dying suddenly cannot be ignored. I don't have any interest in becoming a voice that only talks about what is wrong or points fingers in blame, but I can offer actual solutions that change everything. I have family members who have developed cancer, friends whose healthy husbands have dropped dead in their sleep or pregnant friends who have miscarried children. I have loved ones having strokes and developing myocarditis, reaching out to me because they're scared. What is true cannot be avoided, but the TRUTH offers solutions and ANYTHING is possible if you just believe. If you took the shot & hearing stories that scare you, if you haven't wanted to look at the facts because it means you might have to face unpleasant information, this podcast is the perfect bridge to be INFORMED but not left with your FEAR. Information about what's wrong only breeds more fear, but I'm going to offer actual solutions--that the Spirit living in you partnered with your belief can reverse and create ANYTHING. There is hope, there is healing. (Podcast mentioned: Aubrey Marcus "Cause Unknown") @christablackgifford @womanscircle
We all have good intentions to change, but good intentions aren't enough. We have to have vision, we have to have a plan, and we have to build a desire to take action that's bigger than our current complacency. At the end of 2022, I'm inviting you into my end of the year process, looking at WHO we are and are we living as that person, WHAT happened to block us from being who we are meant to be, WHY we are the way that we are, WHERE we are today and WHERE we're going, and then, HOW do we make a plan of action to make choices that empower our vision. If you'd like to join me on this FREE 5-day launchpad into a new year, you can reserve your spot here: https://www.christagifford.com/offers/zCdCPErJ/checkout (@christablackgifford @womanscircle)
I was never taught to work with my anger. I saw it as bad, something I got punished for, or something that separated me from others. But what if anger is a tool given to us in our humanity to alert us to injustices that need to be changed? What if anger, when used correctly, can be righteous anger that isn't just aimed AT someone (separation), but angry FOR someone that calls everyone up into their highest good? We need anger, and if we never learn to work with it. we spiritually bypass it, we stuff it down, we spew it out to cause more division and not lasting change. But in today's podcast, you will learn WHY you have anger, WHAT it's for, and HOW to use this powerful tool to not only change your world--but change the world. www.christagifford.com (@christablackgifford @womanscircle)
Okay, y'all. I got a spiritual booty slap this week, lovingly repremanding me to put on my big-girl panties and GROW UP in certain areas of my life. We're all being called to uplevel in the area of our weaknesses, but in order to that, we have to let our faces be shoved into our weaknesses, FACE the music of the things that aren't serving us, getting a plan to do something about it, and disciplining ourselves to carry out the change. We usually wait for crisis to have to deal with our shortcomings, but I'm on waiting on it anymore. I'm looking at my holes NOW and getting a plan to do something to change it. Are you ready to put your adult pants on and evolve where you're weak? www.christagifford.com @christablackgifford @womanscircle
Our fear of humiliation is real, and for most of us, it's kept us very small. We're afraid of being humiliated so we don't speak up. We're afraid of being humiliated so we don't try new things or talk ourselves out of Spirit nudging us in a certain direction. What if we fail? What if we're embarrassed? The fear of humiliation can be so strong, before we know it we never try something new. It feels safer to stay SMALL and in a cage than step out in faith and face our fear of failure. How can we alechmize this fear? How can we look at it and begin to disempower it where it's not running our behaviors, relationships, and dreams? Find out in today's podcast. www.christagifford.com (@womanscircle @christablackgifford)
Where do we find the willpower to make choices in the moment that are beneficial for us, and not continue more pain? Where do we access the WILLPOWER to choose foods that bring life to our biology instead of eating junk that lowers our vibrational frequency?Where do we find the willpower to move our bodies the way they need to bring LIFE and VITALITY without forcing them through shame and drudgery? Where do we find the WILLPOWER to stop our addictions, our anger from spewing out of our mouth, our negativity that creates more negativity? Learn how in today’s podcast. (@womanscircle, @christablackgifford @iamlukegifford). Last day for early bird rate! Sign up at www.christagifford.com
I GOT MY POWER BACK 5-week Inner Adventure is open for enrollment and 50% off for only one more week! www.christagifford.com. You will NEVER have full power over your external world, but you CAN have power over what happens inside of your skin. These are skills that ANYONE can learn because you're not just human, alone, on the inside of you. You're also Divine with a Divine Birthright to THRIVE inside of the worst storms that blow. Do you feel like you're just surviving, going through the motions, or waiting for the other shoe to drop? Do you feel like you're stuck controlling and manipulating the outside world through force? It's time to STOP that pattern, to plug into the Spirit inside of you, and GET YOUR POWER BACK. (@womancircle, @christablackgifford)
All Hallows Eve. For most of my life I had no idea about the history of this global holiday, why we dressed up, why kids trick-or-treated. If we look at the history of the changing of the season, where we move from light into darkness, summer into winter, life into death, we discover a portal where the veil between the spirit world and the physical world gets very thin. So how do we work with this season as Light beings, connected to Spirit? What is our role & do we blindly play along or do we consciously contribute something good inside of evil? Tomorrow night is my free webinar 'I Want My Power Back' & there are limited spots. Sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XLG6eIG-SD64cFagLT1Dhg (@womanscircle, @christablackgifford)
We clean our bodies, brush our teeth, feed ourselves and work out. But our spiritual anatomy is more complex than our physical anatomy, and most people neglect it on a daily basis. If I don't practice good spiritual hygeine, my physical world is in trouble--or at least, not a pleasant experience. We wait to feel thankful WHEN the healing comes or WHEN the promotion happens. But spiritual hygeine means we practice the substance of truth every day, before the external world gives us a reason to feel that way. This is one of the most important things we can learn as divine beings having a human experience and has completely changed my life. Ready to prioritize your spiritual hygeine? (@womanscircle, @christablackgifford, @iamlukegifford)
I've felt stuck for a while. Do I just allow the circumstances of my life to happen, ending my internal suffering when I learn to surrender, or do I move into the power I possess to create something new and manifest dreams into reality? Is it the chicken or the egg? Is it one or the other, or could it be a dance between the two? In today's podcast we explore this dance of surrendering to what IS...ending our resistance to our current reality...and THEN from that surrender, believe for something new. In this 'name it claim it' culture, the manifestation craze that's swept the world, I believe that many times we manifest FROM our discontentment in the moment, instead of our surrender. But on the spiritual path, it takes both surrender to the divine plan AND stepping into faith to create something new. Are you ready to dance? (@womanscircle, @christablackgifford, @iamlukegifford)
We're in a massive global upgrade, a divine reset, a world-wide reboot. And right now, a lot of our white boards are being erased as our new operating systems for life are being uploaded into our bodies. When this happens, the body goes through some energetic changes like 1) energy drainage, 2) feelings of confusion or anxiety, 3) the release of big emotions. But what if nothing is wrong? What if there's a huge plan for the world that includes YOU shifting certain things about your life to get you on the right path to fulfill your divine destiny? Today we talk about this global upgrade, the death that it's inviting us into, how it shows up in the body, and the spiritual tools we can begin to cultivate to not only weather the upgrade, but find contentment inside the waiting room. (@womanscircle, @christablackgifford, @iamlukegifford)
Our recent culture has been obsessed with self-love, including me over the years. But something never set right with me about this self-love, separation language. "I love myself." Who is the "I" and who is the "self" when I AM Love? That language still denotes separation and is a false reality. I don't love myself...I AM. I AM LOVE. Love in my truest state and nothing has ever been separated from this love. Only the mind can separate us from love, never the heart. So do I need self-love OR...as the Sufi mystics tell us, along with countless Judeo-Christian and Buddist teachings...learn to BECOME Love that wipes away the illusion of separation? These are deep, mystical concepts that, if embraced, contemplated, and meditatated on, can set us all free. (@womanscircle, (@christablackgifford @iamlukegifford)
These past two weeks have been intense. I've been invited into the reality of my inherited defintion of 'being enough,' and to be honest, I've discovered that I'm never enough based upon my definition of success and failure. So what does it mean to FEEL like you're enough in every moment? And how do we change the program? In today's podcast, we'll get to the core identiy of 'not enough' and begin to learn tools to uplug from that narrative, embracing who we are in the moment and acknowleding the resentment that comes when we don't. I don't want to just know I'm enough as a mental contruct, I want to feel it in every part of my being. It's our birthright, and we can get there. (@womanscircle @christablackgifford @iamlukegifford)
Wow, do I feel like a failure on a daily basis. Failure as a mom, a wife, a spiritual person, a businesswoman. Failure when I let myself stop and take care of myself, failure when I lose approval. In the past few weeks I've been faced with the reality that I've lived in such terror of being a failure that I've sabotaged my own success. I've been so petrified of FEELING like a failure that I actually do all the time--staying busy to run from the feeling. Today, I let you all the way into my pain, the bottom of my darkness. Learning to finally challenge my inherited definition of failure--& changing it to ACCEPTING myself, in every moment, no matter what she looks like. And when I do that...I'm a total success. (@womanscircle @christablackgifford @iamlukegifford)
I opened up the @womanscircle in Instagram, asking them for questions they wanted me to respond to. In this weeks episode, we talk about the energy of money, the energy of abundance, & how to break a poverty mentality--no matter how much money you have in the bank! We chat about tools in the moment to heal nervous system dysfunction, what happens when betrayal crashes & I can't get out of heavy emotions, how to practicaly use meditation & prayer to change your world, & why I use Instagram filters at times! At the end, I put out a charge to everyone listening of your role in the changing of the world--& it begins with you diving into your inner darkness, becoming a master of your internal realm, & changing your INNER state before your OUTER state shifts. You are the healer of your life, the liberator, the Creator. So what are you creating? (Make sure & follow @womanscircle @christablackgifford @iamlukegifford for more resources!)
For a majority of my life, I had let life's past disappointments numb me to what I loved, or even liked. Which meant, I couldn't FEEL the love of all the little things I enjoyed every day. But what if we could retrain ourselves, very simply, to FEEL love for what we already have? What if we could choose a feeling we love to experience, & then identify 3 simple things to consciously FEEL that feeling every day? You CAN, I do this every day, and in today's podcast, you're going to learn how to do this. When we practice the feeling of love for the small things every day, we live in our Spirits--creating a FULL LIFE that we love. (Mentions: @moonrisecreation @anjelahjohnson) Reach out to us if you'd like personal support navigating some of life's tougher circumstances. @christablackgifford, @iamlukegifford, @womanscircle)
So what do I do when I can’t feel forgiven for the really, really, really BIG things I’ve done and am doing? What do I do when I feel stuck in my cycles of guilt and shame, & my little practices of self-forgiveness aren’t getting to the massive boulder of guilt that’s stuck in my body? Sometimes we can't forgive ourselves. We need help. We need an outside gesture of forgivenss to come into the mistakes we've made, cleanse us from the inside-out, replace the blackness we're holding onto, & make us new. And this is possible for anyone, no matter what you've done in the past. In today's teaching, we'll learn 3 new practical steps we can take to prep ourselves to recieve forgiveness, and then the 2nd half of this podcast is a meditative practice to EXPERIENCE it. (Follow @womanscircle for live Monday teachings, @christablackgifford and @iamlukegifford for annoucements of new offerings, retreats, & experiences!)
For most of my life, I punished myself severely on a daily basis. Criticizing, judging, shaming, berating myself for the mistakes I made, consciously & unconsciously. This culture of punishment isn't something I wanted--it was something I had INHERITED. And I didn't have to recielve that inheritance anymore, retraining my mind, my heart, my body to have grace for myself when I made mistakes, when I looked in the mirror, when I hurt those I loved. In this episode we will learn where our inherited culture of punishment came from, how to unplug from it, and receive our spiritual inheritance of forgiveness & grace where we experience it on a daily basis. (Follow @womanscircle for upcoming practices on this teaching!)
Looking at Ruthie Lindsey's radiant smile, you'd never know she lives in chronic pain. After being hit by an ambulance at 17 & given a 1% chance of ever walking again, she defied all odds to heal. But debilitating pain left her bedridden for 7 years until she decided to find joy inside the pain. Her wisdom will inspire the hopeless in hopeless situations. Her new book 'There I Am,' releases April 21. www.ruthielindsey.com @ruthielindsey
Head to Heart is back with Season 3! After taking a long sabbatical, Luke & Christa share about the recent tornado that ripped through their community of East Nashville, the trauma that came with it, celebrating the recent birthday of their deceased daughter Goldie, their decision to quit drinking alcohol for a season, and catching up on all they've done during their break! Christa's Woman's Circle begins March 23! To register, www.christablackgifford.com/womans-circle/
If you aren't following @The.Holistic.Psychologist on Instagram, you're missing out. Dr. Nicole LaPera has dedicated her life to working herself out of a job, creating a world of #SelfHealers. We watched Dr. LaPera explode into a spiritual & emotional influencer garnering over 600k followers in a short number of months. Her mission is show each person that they have the power to heal themselves & equip them with practical tools for doing so in daily life. We chat with her about her own journey through depression, how she is healing her anxiety, gut health, breath work & why she feel the traditional model of mental & emotional health needs a serious upgrade.
In this episode, Luke speaks to men (and any woman interested in a man's journey) unpacking his pursuit of identity and his lifelong obsession with something he didn’t have: a clear sense of who he was. He uses his journey from insecurity to a grounded identity to show a listener the first thing you can do to gain clarity on who you are how to hack your doubts, fears, insecurities and anxieties in order to plant the new truths of who you are inside your nervous system. It's a must listen for any modern man (and their partners)!
Does your body tell a story? And can it tell you what it needs & is holding onto? In season 3 of Head to Heart, we sit down again with Dr. Christopher Motley, chatting about frequency medicine, the organs of the body that process certain emotions, lineage pain in the body, and how to clear emotions. Prepare, again, to be wowed, challenged, and blown away! @doctormotley https://www.doctormotley.com
Parenting is hard--especially when you're trying to heal as an adult without hurting your kids! We sat down with award winning author, speaker, and expert on children's emotional health, Maureen Healy, to ask her tips every parent needs to know while raising emotional and highly sensitive children. She gives practical tips that you can immediately implement into your home, helping your children thrive! https://highlysensitivekids.com
When Alison Armstrong decided to study men in 1991, she wanted to find out why she seemed to bring out the worst in them, hoping to learn how to bring out the best! Her work has been integral in our lives, showing us the stages of development of both men & women, how to maneuver through each stage, while providing brilliant resources for connection, intimacy, & relational growth. Get a pad & pen, because you'll want to take notes on this one! www.understandmen.com
We all have places we feel stuck--parts of our lives that seem as if we're trudging through mud. In this candid conversation, Christa chats with Luke about all the places she feels stuck in life, confessing certain parts of herself she not only has a hard time loving, but still hates. But what if the places we feel stuck are the places we need to learn to love? What if we can take the energy we've used trying to move forward, & instead, sit down in the mud and learn to play? www.masterheart.com/warriorweek
Most people aren't set up well to succeed in the most important relationship they might have...marriage. In this 2 part series, Luke & Christa sit down with author/speaker Jonathan Martin to chat about divorce in our culture, when to separate & how divorce can be necessary, the redemption of marriage, how many Christians get married to have sex, & the ways God can use anything. Part 1 of this podcast is on Head to Heart, and Part 2 is on Jonathan's podcast, Son of a Preacher Man. @jonathanmartin
How many men hope their marriage will fix their 'porn pull?' And how many women hope the love of a man will make them finally feel complete? In this week's episode of Head to Heart, we discuss the realities of porn and some of the reasons it pulls on the hearts of men (specifically), giving practical tools to heal the pain behind the compulsions and help with sexual energy by connecting to the heart.
We all have darkness inside...things about ourselves we can't see. Things we hope no one will ever see. But could this inner darkness that we've been afraid of be our greatest superpower? And might it give us the tools we need to become who we are meant to be in the earth? In this weeks episode, we talk about the importance of our inner shadows, how to access and transform them into light, the purpose of the millennial (selfie) generation to help us live in authenticity, and embracing our inner masculine/feminine.
Have you been spiritually abused? Hurt by leaders, parents, or authority figures and can't find that full healing and release? Wondering how to balance the masculine and feminine in your body and soul? In this week's podcast, we explore the cycles of healing and talk about how to move stuck emotions out of the body and soul.
When someone uses terms like energy, vibration, and frequency, most people immediately give it a 'whoo-whoo' label. But what if your emotions create energy, your cells vibrate, and your physical body has a frequency? In this weeks episode, Chiropractor, Clinical Kinesiologist, and Chinese Medical doctor, Dr. Christopher Motley, sits down to discuss how different organs in the body process different emotions, how stress manifests in your cells, and how to clear trauma out of your fascia. Prepare to be 'wowed,' challenged, and find answers you didn't even know you needed. For more information on Dr. Motley, follow @doctormotley on Instagram and www.doctormotley.com online to book a session!
In this episode we talk about the difficulties and successes that we have found in pursuing a life of open heartedness.
Open hearted love, sex and living is one of the hardest and most beautiful pursuits we have embarked on.
There are perspectives shifts and intimacy deep dive to be had along with a deeper sense of connection and relationship and fun!
This week we talk about men and the heart.
Masculinity is going through a reckoning right now.
Manhood is being redefined.
The world is crying out for men to do the work of inner connection and self-leadership.
We talk about what has caused men to distrust and destroy their hearts and how they can begin to regain that place of inviolable peace, confidence and limitless opportunity that exists within them.
It is true...the power is inside you!
We can get bogged down with the details of our personal life. This meditation allows you to zoom out into the order of the cosmos, experiencing the safety of a universe set in motion and in complete order.
Experience the order of your world in surrender to the order of a greater plan.
In this episode we are going to explore the dark side of church leadership, the dangers of putting humans on pedestals and the pain that's possible when you trust someone else's voice over your own heart.
We did! We hosted our first ever retreat/experience.
In this episode we let in you in on all the things that went wrong so that everything could go right! From a hole in our roof to the intense anxiety of doing something we'd never done before.
In the end we showed up and you showed up and we learned a lot about what we are capable of when we show up in LOVE!
SEX!
This week we go all the way in!
From what parts of the body we love to practices that have made our sex life amazing! We discuss the beauty, intimacies and discoveries we've made as we've pressed deeper into what fullness of sex in our marriage!
In this episode we bare all about our sexual legacy.
We discuss how religion helped us lose at sex, how our childhood informed our marital sexual troubles and we get into some pretty funny stories of getting caught while "making out" while we were dating.
Get ready though because we ask you to join in on the dialogue with yourself to explore your own sexual legacy and how you might be able to improve your own sex life!
We've taken you outside your religious world, now we're going to let you into our personal world.
In this episode we get as real time as we ever have.
I(Luke) went with my gut as we sat down to record this episode and asked Christa how she was feeling in the moment.
What comes of this raw, vulnerable conversation is a couple choosing to find healing, transformation and awakening through infidelity, heartache, ownership, dedication and trusting that there is always light to be found within darkness.
In this meditation Luke guides in a simple heart-focused gratitude meditation designed to help your body, mind, heart and emotions come into congruence.
Be sure you are in a place that you won't be disturbed. Place both your feet on the ground and put you hands over your heart. Prepare to get connected!
After two years out we are coming out hot! In this episode we dig into the some our hard truth.
If the truth sets us free then why don't feel free, live free or act free?
Are you free? Really free?
Or are you managing your issues? Have you resolved that you’re destined to live in a prison so you might as well decorate with some flowers and curtains? Do you dress up your cage to imitate freedom because you’re never really going to be free of your issues?
Or are you actually, legitimately free. Do you KNOW and are you experiencing a transformed life...for real?
In this episode we take a look at what hasn't been working. We walk you through our stories and the steps we take on our journey towards freedom.
We're back!
The last time you heard from us we dove into our lives while picking up the pieces after the death of our daughter Goldie.
We are so thankful to the 300,000 of you that became a part of our story and community as we uncovered our hearts and walked you through our journey of integrating Goldie's death. What an honor and pleasure it has been to be a part of your journey's as you have been a part of ours.
After a 2 year hiatus, a new baby and the deconstruction of our bad christian theology.
In this episode we let you in on where we've been and start to unpack the long road of hurts and healing we have been walking.
From deep-diving our spiritual belief systems, reorienting the dynamics of our marriage, to recovering a love we could never imagine...we talk about it all.
Tears, laughter, tension and love. We are glad to be back with the Head To Heart Podcast!
For most people, the word 'wholeness' is a pipe dream. But in this final episode of a 9 week series through the book 'Heart Made Whole,' Christa and Lucas share the reality of heart-wholeness through raw acceptance of each moment, keeping the heart connected to intimacy and love during the worst circumstances. As you learn to stay conscious of your present moment through raw acceptance, you can finally learn to stay present with the presence of God, who heals and restores everything.
When people talk about living from the heart, some fear that you're asking them to turn off their brain. In Chapter 8 of 'Heart Made Whole,' Christa and Lucas discuss the importance of the heart-brain connection, and how brain development and attachment proves how desperately the heart needs to experience love.
Did you know you're heart is constantly speaking to you? Most people live as though their hearts are foreigners, unable to decipher what the heart is trying to say (or scream) at them. In this weeks podcast, Lucas and Christa describe 4 languages that your heart is always speaking, and teach the listener how to finally understand their inner dialogue.
Do you understand the parts of your heart, knowing how to reconcile each part into connection with the Love who lives inside? In Chapter 5 of 'Heart Made Whole,' Christa and Lucas describe the Emotional Heart, Guardian Heart, and Function Heart, explaining how to understand each part and reconcile them into a conscious connection with love.
If God is good, then why are people abused? Why is there war? Why do people die tragically? In this weeks discussion in Chapter 4 of Christa's upcoming book 'Heart Made Whole,' Luke and Christa dive into the heavy (and somewhat controversial topic) of God's goodness in the midst of horrible suffering.
This is an installment of Head to Heart by Christa Black Gifford and Lucas Gifford. For more information, please visit: www.christablack.com.
Most of us don't enjoy emotional pain. We pretend it's not there, move into denial, or live to avoid it. But what if pain isn't the enemy, but instead, simply a signal that points to the real problem? Learn to uncover your emotional pain, move towards it, and uncover the real source of the problem--your broken heart. Christa and Lucas discuss Chapter 3: The Doubting Heart from her upcoming book 'Heart Made Whole,' released June 7.
This is an installment of Head to Heart by Christa Black Gifford and Lucas Gifford. For more information, please visit: www.christablack.com.
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