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Gabriel Gonsalves is a Heart Leadership & Mastery Coach, spiritual teacher, and artist dedicated to helping people awaken their hearts, live authentically, and lead with purpose and joy.
THE PARADOX OF LOVE: The more you try to get others to love you, the more unloved you feel. Have you ever noticed how the people who seem most desperate for love often struggle the most to find it? This isn’t a coincidence—it’s a paradox that’s woven into the fabric of human connection. This paradox shows up everywhere. When you carefully craft a perfect image to appear lovable, you secretly feel more unworthy beneath the mask. When you exhaust yourself pleasing others hoping they’ll validate...
The most powerful prayer isn’t defined by your words, but by the level of consciousness from which you speak them. Have you ever noticed how sometimes your prayers feel empty, while other times they seem to resonate with profound connection? The difference isn’t in what you’re asking for—it’s in where you’re asking from. Throughout human history, shamanic traditions have recognized that our prayers emerge from distinct levels of consciousness. These seven levels of prayer, each representing a...
Have you ever found yourself completely drained after helping someone? Maybe you’ve spent hours counseling a friend through a crisis only to feel hollow afterward. Or perhaps you’ve noticed how your desire to ease others’ suffering sometimes leaves you unable to function in your own life. This isn’t just ordinary fatigue. What you’re experiencing might be what I’ve come to call “suicidal empathy” – a pattern where our natural compassion becomes self-destructive. This term has recently gained...