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: self-forgiveness, Sacred Heart devotion, and purifying your heart
Invitation: Join Me Live for Sunday's HeartstreamThis Week's Theme: Understanding Sacred Heart Devotion This Heartstream is for anyone ready to understand the Sacred Heart tradition beyond devotional practice. We'll explore how the symbolism behind this ancient iconography reveals our spiritual heart as a portal to direct experience of divine love—validated by both mysticism and modern neuroscience.
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: Release Shame and Regret Through Self-Forgiveness (20 mins) If shame and regret have been your constant companion, and you've been punishing yourself for past mistakes, this guided meditation will help you release what you've been carrying and open your heart to true self-compassion. Listen to the New Guided Meditation (YouTube) 📖 2. Deep Dive on “The Sacred Heart: Ancient Origins, Modern Relevance, and My Journey Home”. In this week’s article, I shared my personal journey from childhood confusion over Sacred Heart imagery in a Venezuelan Catholic school to a deep understanding that synthesizes multiple spiritual traditions and scientific frameworks. You’ll discover why this ancient practice matters today, more now than ever. Read the Full Deep-Dive Article 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 Thank you for being part of this journey with me. If you've been carrying shame or regret, may this weekend offer you moments of genuine self-compassion—the kind that doesn't demand perfection but simply acknowledges your humanity. Sometimes the most sacred act is letting yourself be held by your own heart. Wishing you a weekend of gentle grace and unexpected 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.
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...
Dear Reader, Last year, after walking the Camino, I found myself in a park in Oviedo sitting next to this statue of Mafalda. I had to smile thinking about my sister, who absolutely adored this little cartoon character. She even looked a bit like her. This picture got me thinking about how we adults get so caught up analyzing everything. We watch the news, we worry, we plan, we overthink. But that pure part of us—our inner child—still sees the world with wonder, joy, and optimism. The...
“I forgive you.” These three words can transform relationships, heal old wounds, and set you free from the prison of resentment. Yet when it comes to directing these same words toward ourselves, something mysterious happens—the key seems not to fit the lock. As a child growing up in a Catholic home, I was taught about the importance of forgiving others who hurt me. But I never heard about forgiving yourself. My father never mentioned it. No priest included it in their sermons. No teacher...