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.
This Week in Heart Mastery: From Regret to Release, A Classic Remastered, and How We Create Suffering
🔴 Invitation: Join Me Live for Sunday's HeartstreamThis Week's Theme: The Unnecessary Suffering Trap — How to Stop Creating Your Own Pain We're going to talk about one of the most liberating distinctions you can make: the difference between the unavoidable pain of life and the unnecessary suffering we create on top of it.
Join the Heartstream Live Tomorrow (Set a Reminder) 🌿 The Week in Heart Mastery: Your Practice Round-upHere are the key teachings and practices I've cooked up for you: 🎧 1. New Guided Meditation: The Healing Power of the Sacred Heart (2025 Remastered) This is a 2025 remastered version of my previously recorded, 'Healed by the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ'. You can use this meditation to help heal any physical, mental or emotional condition you might be currently experiencing. The three phrases I use during this process were revealed to me as I invited the Divine Love of Christ into my heart. Listen to the New Guided Meditation (YouTube) 📖 2. Deep Dive on “Unnecessary Suffering: How We Create It and What You Can Do to Minimize It”. In case you missed it, in this week's article I go deeper than the typical “all suffering is self-created” platitudes. I want to show you exactly how we create unnecessary suffering, using stories from my own life and my students’ experiences. More importantly, I want to give you a practical way to recognize these patterns and begin releasing them. Read the Full Deep-Dive Article (Blog) Ready for Consistent Practice?If practices like self-forgiveness resonate with you, it may be a sign you are ready for a container that ensures consistency and depth. The Sacred Heart Meditation Circle is the entry-level membership focused entirely on heart coherence meditation practices, emotional healing, and spiritual connection. It provides a weekly touchpoint for practice, ensuring that the inspiration you find here turns into unshakable consistency. Join our dedicated community for just $29/month. Learn More About the Sacred Heart Meditation Circle I’m grateful to share this journey with you. If you’ve been carrying shame or regret, may this weekend open a soft space for self‑compassion—no fixing, just honest kindness toward your own humanity. May your heart hold you, exactly as you are. Wishing you grace and surprising lightness. From my heart to yours, —Gabriel |
The Feeling Heart
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.
During a recent Heart Mastery Circle session, I posed a provocative question to my students: “All suffering is self-created—true or false?” The room went quiet. Then came the responses. Half said true. Half said false. So I asked a second question: “For those of you who said true—or even partially true—what percentage of your suffering do you think you actually create?” “Thirty percent,” one participant offered. ”Forty percent,” said another. ”Eighty percent.” Each number was right. And each...
Dear Reader, This week, I'm sharing a photo from the Albaicín — Granada's ancient Arab quarters, with my dear friends Mary and Stephen, who visited recently. Behind us, the Alhambra glows in the afternoon light. Having them here reminded me how blessed I am to live in such a beautiful place and to share it with people I love. Walking these narrow streets where Moorish and Christian histories intertwine, I found myself reconnecting with my Catholic upbringing in unexpected ways. Here in Spain,...
Have you ever felt drawn to something you couldn’t fully understand? A symbol that calls to you from somewhere deep inside, even when your mind can’t grasp why? For me, the Sacred Heart has been exactly that kind of mystery—a flaming heart, pierced and burning with transformative fire, that continues to touch souls and catalyze healing. The Sacred Heart isn’t just religious iconography. It’s a portal to direct experience of divine love, validated by both ancient mysticism and modern...