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
84- Keeping Heart: The Equation for the Gifts of Feelings
In this episode of Living with Heart: From Birth to Death, discover the powerful Equation for the Gifts of Feelings—Willingness + Patience + Work + Time = Gifts. This life-changing process shows how emotions like sadness, anger, loneliness, and even shame can transform into healing, hope, joy, and deeper connection with God and others. Learn how practicing the Equation empowers you to live fully, love deeply, and lead well.
78 - Out of the Pit: Living in Recovery
In this episode of the Living with Heart podcast, Dr. Chip Dodd unpacks the five pitfalls that silently sabotage leaders — from confusing work with worth to hiding behind secrets. Learn how daily practices of confession, admission, surrender, and acceptance lead to lasting recovery, connection, and the rediscovery of the true self God created.
76 - Pitfalls of Leadership: #5 Secrets Sap Passion and Purpose
Discover the five interconnected pitfalls that can trap leaders in cycles of performance, isolation, and secrecy. Learn how secrets sap purpose and passion, leading to burnout and addiction—until hope and healing interrupt the descent. This episode highlights how leaders can return to authenticity, connection, and true leadership through vulnerability and recovery.
75 - Pitfalls of Leadership: #4 Isolation Becomes "Safety"
This powerful episode highlights the fourth pitfall of leadership—the isolation of the true self. Dr. Chip Dodd reveals how perfectionism, denial of needs, and toxic shame isolate leaders from their humanity, driving them toward burnout and counterfeit coping strategies. Learn how healing begins with admitting the need for help and embracing dependency resilience.
73 - Pitfalls of Leadership: #2 Performance over Presence
Discover how performance-driven leadership can erode presence, relationships, and purpose in Living with Heart, a podcast by Dr. Chip Dodd and Bryan Barley. This episode discusses how performance begins to be valued more than one’s presence.
50 - 12 Movements of a Man's Life (Intro Part 2)
The preface to Twelve Movements of a Man’s Life is vital because the movements are not just a list of twelve things to accomplish. They are twelve movements that are about a man’s whole life. They are processes that interlock and “circles” that join and move a man into wholeness and love and legacy.
39: Symptoms of Codependency (Part 5)
This is part 5 of identifying the symptoms of codependency.
31 - The Rediscovered Treasure (Part 4)
Dr. Chip Dodd and Bryan Barley continue their series about the rediscovered treasure with a discussion about needs.
27 - The Four Essential Questions
Dr. Chip Dodd and Bryan Barley discuss the Four Essential Questions that allow us to remain in the life-long process of Awakening, Acquiring, and Arriving.
20 - Feel Your Feelings - The Eight Core Emotions (Part 2)
Bryan Barley and Chip Dodd continue their deep dive into the necessity of feeling and managing emotions.
19 - Feel Your Feelings (Part 1)
Bryan Barley and Dr. Chip Dodd explore the profound impact of acknowledging and processing emotions.