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.
Why Family Estrangement Happens - and How to Heal
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March 19, 2025 | Granada, Spain Dear Reader, Have you ever felt the piercing pain of watching someone you love become a stranger? Family estrangement is one of life’s most profound heartaches, yet it remains shrouded in silence and shame. Beneath this painful phenomenon lies a constellation of unmet needs, unhealed wounds, and unexpressed truths. In my latest article, “When Hearts Grow Distant: Understanding and Healing Family Estrangement,” we’ll explore:
Whether you’re experiencing this in your own family or deeply curious about repairing relationships, this article provides insights and tools to guide you. Click here to read the article in full Join me later today for our global heart meditation Our weekly live meditation sessions continue today, Wednesday, March 19, if you'd like to join us:
As always, these YouTube Live sessions are a chance for us to connect, say hello, and unify our hearts in meditation. Whether you're a regular or first-timer, come experience the feeling of inner calm that emerges when we practice together. Can't make it today? The recordings will remain available on my channel afterward. New guide to Heart Mastery I’m excited to share “What is Heart Mastery?”, a comprehensive guide that explores the transformative journey of living from your heart’s wisdom. In it, I dive into the stages of Heart Mastery, the nine essential skills for heart-centered leadership, and how embodying your heart’s intelligence can profoundly impact your relationships, career, and sense of purpose. Whether you’re just beginning your journey or looking to deepen your connection with your heart, this guide provides practical insights and tools to help you align with your authentic self. You can check it out here: What is Heart Mastery?. Something I learned recently… While reading Linda Tucker’s Mystery of the White Lions, I learned about Twasa, the process through which sangomas (traditional healers in South Africa) receive their calling. This often begins with an illness or crisis that has no known cure, propelling the individual on a journey of self-healing. Through this transformative process, they awaken their unique gift of healing and step into their role as “wounded healers.” This powerful tradition highlights how deep struggles can hold the seeds of transformation. If you’re curious to learn more, I highly recommend Tucker’s book: Mystery of the White Lions. Heart wisdom
This week's practice That’s it for this week—thanks for being a subscriber. Please take care, stay connected to your heart, and I’ll talk to you again soon. From my heart to yours, —Gabriel PS. When you're ready, here are several ways I can support you on your journey. |
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.
Hello Reader, Have you ever noticed how the question “Are you living up to your true potential?” can fill your chest with immediate anxiety? It’s meant to inspire, but instead, it often paralyzes. Most of us carry an undercurrent of anxiety about whether we’re doing enough, being enough, or living up to our potential. This nagging doubt follows us through major decisions and quiet moments alike. It shows up when you speak up in meetings, when you consider changing careers at 45, or as you...
Hello Reader, For thousands of years, across spiritual traditions worldwide, the human heart has been recognized as far more than a physical organ. It’s been revered as a sacred center of divine consciousness—a place where our humanity meets the divine, where wisdom beyond the mind can be accessed, and where our deepest transformation begins. Yet in our modern approach to meditation, this profound dimension of the heart is often overlooked or forgotten, leaving many spiritual seekers with a...
Hello Reader, Have you ever noticed how your phone has become less of a tool and more of an extension of your body? The subtle weight in your pocket that you check for instinctively. The screen that lights up your face more often than the sun some days. I certainly had—and it troubled me. Not because technology is inherently problematic, but because I sensed something valuable was being displaced in the constant digital exchange. Connection. Presence. The quiet space where creativity and...