Living with Heart: From Birth to Death
A Podcast from Dr. Chip Dodd and Bryan Barley
Dr. Chip Dodd’s ”The Voice of the Heart” is one of the seminal and most practically impactful books of the last several decades in the counseling, coaching, and mentorship space. In ”Living with Heart,” Dr. Dodd joins co-host, Bryan Barley, to discuss with greater depth, detail, and practicality how to live with heart through the entire journey of life - from birth to death.
Recent Episodes
132 - Trust the Process (Map to Freedom)
Discover how to overcome toxic shame and codependency using the Map of Freedom to reclaim your God-given identity. Learn to move past self-protective defenses, embrace authentic emotional expression, and build healthy relationships so you can live fully, love deeply, and lead well.
131 - Tell the Truth (Map to Freedom)
Discover how embracing emotional expression, vulnerability, and truth-telling empowers spiritual growth and frees you from toxic shame. Grounded in biblical wisdom, this episode reveals how feeling your feelings restores authentic connection with God, yourself, and others.
130 - Feel Your Feelings (Map to Freedom)
Unlock authentic living with the Map of Freedom framework by learning to trust your God-given emotional tools. Discover how processing core feelings builds spiritual "response-ability," restores heart connection, and empowers you to lead with integrity.
129 - Give You (Map to Freedom)
Discover how the Map of Freedom framework helps you reclaim your God-given identity, heal from toxic shame, and live fully alive. Explore the powerful "Give You" stage to build authentic connection, deepen emotional vulnerability, and lead with faith and courage.
127 - Get You (Map to Freedom)
Discover how "The Map of Freedom" helps you reclaim your God-given identity, overcome toxic shame, and transition from intellectual knowledge to transformational experience. By working through the relational steps of "Get You, Be You, and Give You," you can embrace emotional growth, build resilience, and lead a life of purpose and integrity.
120 - How Do I Practice Daily Surrender?
Are you exhausted from trying to control everything? Based on Chip Dodd's The Voice of the Heart, this episode redefines surrender not as giving up, but as a beneficial step toward healing, recovery, and deep relationship. Learn how moving from anxiety to healthy dependency empowers you to live life fully and freely.
116 - Relationship with Creativity (Part 1)
Discover how to break free from the world's performance-driven culture and embrace the biblical design of being who God created you to be. Explore how nurturing your spiritual relationships with God, yourself, and others naturally unlocks a life of authentic creativity, internal worth, and purposeful productivity. Learn what it truly means to live fully, love deeply, and lead well by anchoring your identity in God’s design.
113 - Relationship with Others (Part 2)
True friendship is built on the pillars of time, trust, and truth-telling, acting as a vital support system that ensures you never have to face life's storms alone. By creating a "list" of genuine confidants who desire your good, you gain the resilience to stay on mission and find strength through the ultimate connection with others and God.
112 - Relationship with Others (Part 1)
Neuroscience and spiritual wisdom both confirm that humans are biologically wired for connection and relational fulfillment. By embracing empathy and compassion, we honor our shared "spiritual DNA" and unlock the ability to live life to the full through meaningful relationships with others and God.
Season 10: Episode 111 - The Four Relationships - Relationship with Self
Embrace the "life to the full" promised in John 10:10 by connecting your head to your heart and cultivating deep self-awareness. By trading ego for a dependent relationship with God, you can move past self-defense to live authentically, love vulnerably, and lead with purpose.
106 - Recovery and the Power of Admission
Discover the transformative power of admission as the first step toward breaking the cycle of addiction and reclaiming your personal narrative. By reframing admission not as a failure, but as a courageous move toward "wholeness," this highlight explores how letting go of toxic shame paves the way for true success and the pursuit of passion.
105 - The Triangle and Addiction
Break free from the cycle of addiction and codependency by identifying the victim, martyr, and persecutor roles that hinder genuine connection. Learn how to relinquish your emotional defenses, embrace your true feelings and needs, and reclaim your ability to live fully in relationship with yourself, others, and God.