How can we fall madly in love with all of life? What can spiritual traditions teach us about activism? Why do mystics from very different religious traditions report the same ecstatic joyful loving divine experience? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the author, spiritual teacher, and religious scholar Andrew Harvey on Divine Ecstatic Mystical Love For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-148-divine-ecstatic-mystical-love-with-andrew-harvey/ Learn more about your guest below: Andrew Harvey is Founder & Director of the Institute for Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability. Andrew has written and edited over 30 books, including Dialogues with a Modern Mystic, Hidden Journey, The Essential Mystics, Son of Man, The Return of the Mother and The Direct Path. Other honors he has received include the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Mind Body Spirit Award (both for Mary’s Vineyard: Daily Readings, Meditations, and Revelations). Learn more at https://www.andrewharvey.net/ https://www.facebook.com/AndrewHarveyNet/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1R-1gKU92vp0bLrC57i-eQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Harvey_(religious_writer) Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

How do we find equal footing in relationships without getting too transactional or resenting the unfairness of relationships? What’s the best way to approach the balance between childcare, chores, and money? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the relationship coach and fellow podcast host Sharon Costanzo on Reconciling the Desire and the Domestic. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-147-reconciling-the-desire-and-the-domestic-with-sharon-costanzo/ Learn more about your guest below: Sharon Costanzo has always been interested in relationships. She read her first relationship book "Men are from Mars" long before she had a love interest of her own. It seemed pretty clear that most people were struggling to make their relationships work and she was determined to break the odds. Her early venture into the world of personal development and relationship growth led her to a lifelong passion for improving her own relationships and helping others discover what really works in sustaining long-term, loving & collaborative relationships. She hosts a weekly podcast - Respected & Connected - and works privately with couples and individuals to create intimate, collaborative relationships. Learn more at respectedandconnected.com https://www.instagram.com/respected_and_connected/ https://www.facebook.com/RespectedConnected Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What are some different ways couples can Live Apart Together? What are some myths and advantages of such a style? What practices ensure the success of LAT relationships? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the award-winning journalist and author, Vicki Larson on Living Apart Together. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-146-living-apart-together-with-vicki-larson/ Learn more about your guest below: Vicki Larson is an award-winning San Francisco Bay Area journalist and author of the just-released book LATitude: How You Can Make a Live Apart Together Relationship Work as well as Not Too Old for That: How Women are Changing the Story of Aging, and co-author of The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels. The former longtime lifestyles editor, writer and columnist for the Marin Independent Journal, her writing can also be found in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Newsweek, AARP’s The Ethel, The Huffington Post, Medium, The Greater Good Science Center and elsewhere. She specializes in writing about living and loving outside conventional models of coupling and the nuclear family as well as busting ageist and sexist narratives about aging as a woman and women’s sexuality and desire. Learn more at https://www.vicki-larson.com/ https://www.facebook.com/VickiLarsonJournalist/ https://www.instagram.com/omgchronicles/ https://x.com/omgchronicles https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickilarson/ https://www.tiktok.com/@vlarson7 LATitude: https://amzn.to/46Mrikm The New I Do: https://amzn.to/3yEnUvk Not Too Old For That: https://amzn.to/3YLHS1U Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

Why is trauma so pernicious? What is the window of tolerance? How does a somatic approach to healing differ from talk therapy? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the Psychotherapist and Sexuality Coach Charna Cassell on Living a Vibrant Life after Sexual Trauma For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-145-living-a-vibrant-life-after-sexual-trauma-with-charna-cassell/ Learn more about your guest below: Charna Cassell, an LMFT, and a Trauma-Trained Psychotherapist and Sexuality Coach, helps clients heal from trauma and find bodily joy, emotional regulation, vitality, and hope. For over two decades, first, as a sex educator at Good Vibrations located in San Francisco. Then, as a Master Somatic Coach, a bodyworker, and now a licensed psychotherapist. Outside of private practice, Charna teaches sexuality education classes, leads body wisdom workshops, and offers trauma and resilience training in various institutions, nonprofits, and therapeutic settings. Currently, she is building an online course, Pathways to Peace: Mindful Practices for Transformative and Vibrant Living, and writing a book. As the host of The LaidOPEN Podcast, Charna shares her own story, answers listeners' questions, and offers practical exercises. She has conversations with post-trauma thrivers who share creative resources to support reaccessing our connection to aliveness. Together they explore how to live a pleasure-filled, peaceful life while reducing and gaining control over reactive behaviors. In every episode, Charna explores how to build our physical and emotional capacity to be with all that moves through us and around us to ultimately feel more liberated on the other side. Charna’s work and expertise have been featured in Oprah magazine, TeenVogue.com, InStyle.com, Psychcentral.com, and Askmen.com. Charna is in private practice in Oakland, California. You can learn more about her at https://passionatelife.org/ and www.charnacassell.com Learn more at https://passionatelife.org https://charnacassell.com/ https://www.instagram.com/laidopenpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/laidopenpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@chachee2020 Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What is betrayal and is it inevitable? Can a relationship become stronger and better after betrayal? What are the three stages to forgiveness? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the psychologist and author Dr. Bruce Chalmer on Betrayal and Forgiveness. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-144-betrayal-and-forgiveness-with-bruce-chalmer/ Learn more about your guest below: Dr. Bruce Chalmer is a psychologist in Vermont who has been working with couples for over thirty years. Through his teaching, consulting, writing, podcast, and videos about relationships, his ideas have helped thousands of couples and their therapists. Dr. Chalmer's most recent book is "Betrayal and Forgiveness: How to Navigate the Turmoil and Learn to Trust Again." His previous books include "It's Not About Communication! Why Everything You Know About Couples Therapy is Wrong", published in 2022, and "Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back", published in 2020. Learn more at https://brucechalmer.com https://www.facebook.com/drbrucechalmer https://www.youtube.com/user/brucechalmer https://couplestherapyinsevenwords.com/ https://ctin7.com Reignite the Spark: https://amzn.to/3FnZ3w7 It's Not About Communication!: https://amzn.to/3LmZx9k Seven Words to Jump-Start Your Love Life: https://amzn.to/3Z2ZSS5 Betrayal and Forgiveness: https://amzn.to/3YeAtb7 Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What does a lot of common relationship advice get wrong? Why do people sometimes feel like they’re losing their minds in their relationship? What does it mean to become, rather than find, ourselves? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the therapist, writer, and author Todd Baratz on Loving Without Losing Your Mind. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-143-loving-without-losing-your-mind-with-todd-baratz/ Learn more about your guest below: Todd Baratz is a renowned psychotherapist and sex therapist whose innovative approach to mental health and relationships has established him as a leading figure in his field. In addition to his clinical practice, Baratz is a prolific writer and speaker. His insights are regularly featured in various media outlets, where he discusses topics ranging from romantic relationships to individual mental wellness. He lives in New York City and Los Angeles. Learn more on Instagram under his handle YourDiagnonsense.He came onto the show to talk about How to Love Someone Without Losing Your Mind Learn more at https://www.toddsbaratz.com/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4c80FbeT9YmbyE6B6NMTgN https://www.instagram.com/yourdiagnonsense Get the book: https://amzn.to/3SeyK1w Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

Are we more stressed than ever before? How does stress affect our ability to relate? What is the good enough life? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the therapist and author, Elizabeth Earnshaw on How Stress Is Destroying Relationships For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-142-how-stress-is-destroying-your-relationship-with-elizabeth-earnshaw-mft/ Learn more about your guest below: Elizabeth Earnshaw, LMFT, CGT, is a licensed family and marriage therapist, Certified Gottman Therapist, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and founder of A Better Life Therapy. She’s known for her popular Instagram account @lizlistens, is the author of I Want This to Work, and has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, and more. She lives between Philadelphia and New Orleans with her husband and children. For more, visit elizabethearnshaw.com. Learn more at elizabethearnshaw.com https://www.instagram.com/lizlistens/ 'Til Stress Do Us Part book: https://amzn.to/3KYcqFt I Want This To Work book: https://amzn.to/4bmDsBf Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

Therapist and author, Kristal DeSantis, shares insights on building trust and safety in relationships, understanding male psychology, and bridging communication gaps between men and women. The discussion covers emotional connection, societal influences on relationships, and the importance of vulnerability and nurturing. Emphasizing the significance of self-awareness, effective communication, and active investment in relationships for long-lasting connections.

Are we seeing a resurgence in mystical practices? How is eros foundational to an interpretation of scripture? What can mystical writings teach us about attachment theory? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the professor, editor, and researcher David M. Odorisio, PhD on The Wound of Love: Mysticism & Eroticism. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-140-the-wound-of-love-mysticism-eroticism-with-david-odorisio-phd/ Learn more about your guest below: David M. Odorisio, PhD is Associate Core Faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute, where he teaches in the Mythological Studies and Psychology, Religion, and Consciousness MA/PhD programs. David received his MA in the History of Christian Spirituality from St. John's University (Collegeville, MN) and his PhD in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco). David is the editor of four volumes, including: Thomas Merton in California: The Redwoods Conferences and Letters; A New Gnosis: Comic Books, Comparative Mythology, and Depth Psychology; Merton & Hinduism: The Yoga of the Heart; and co-editor of Depth Psychology and Mysticism. David teaches courses in the areas of psychology and religion, comparative mysticism, and contemplative spirituality. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Mysticism Unit for the American Academy of Religion. Learn more at www.ahomeforsoul.com https://www.instagram.com/thomas_merton_california/ https://www.pacifica.edu/faculty/david-odorisio/ https://twitter.com/MonkRocker Thomas Merton in California: https://amzn.to/4evuS5M A New Gnosis: https://amzn.to/4eqHETj Depth Psychology and Mysticism: https://amzn.to/3XsQGsK Subjects mentioned in the show: Bernard McGinn, The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism (anthology of sources) Classics of Western Spirituality Series (Paulist Press) John of the Cross, Dark Night & Living Flame of Love (Selected Works) Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle Marguerite Porete, The Mirror of Simple Souls Mechtild of Magdeburg, The Flowing Light of the Godhead Hadewijch of Antwerp, Selected Works Daniel London, The Cloud of Unknowing, Distilled Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

How have gender roles shifted in our relationships? How can struggling mothers connect better with their daughters? What does it mean to have a family-centered family? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the author, psychologist and Love Warrior, Dr. Debra Mandel on Improving Mother-Daughter Relationships. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-139-improving-mother-daughter-relationships-with-debra-mandel-ph-d/ Learn more about your guest below: Nationally renowned psychologist and author of four published books (Don’t Call Me a Drama Queen, Dump That Chump, Your Boss Is Not Your Mother and Healing the Sensitive Heart), “Dr. Debra” Mandel, aka The Love Warrior has over thirty years of experience specializing in helping individuals, couples, and families learn how to thrive in their relationships. She has extensive training, and treatment experience, with addictions, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and abuse from childhood. Dr. Debra adapts her style and approach to meet the needs of her clients--understanding that no two people are exactly alike, and hence, each requires individualized care! If Dr. Debra’s name sounds familiar, it’s no wonder. She has appeared on hundreds of national TV and radio shows including Raising Sextuplets, Love Handles, Tyra Banks, The Today Show, and The Early Show. She has been a regularly featured expert on CNN Headline News, The O’Reilly Factor, and Inside Edition and is frequently sought out by journalists and reporters for her expertise in numerous areas. She co-hosted her own radio show The Dr Debra and Therapist Kelli Show on latalkradio.com, accumulating over a million listeners. Dr. Debra incorporates a variety of methods in her practice (including EMDR and EFT for trauma), using a compassionate tone coupled with an interactive approach. She currently practices via telehealth from her home in Thousand Oaks, California. For more details on her practice and products, please visit her at www.drdebraonline.com. Learn more at https://drdebraonline.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DrDebraM/ https://x.com/DrDebraMandel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg8Rr98_iwmpnx0_gz2BdBw https://www.instagram.com/dr.debramandel/ Sassy and Rude: https://amzn.to/3VLAhyA Healing the Sensitive Heart: https://amzn.to/3Xn9zgQ Your Boss Is Not Your Mother: https://amzn.to/3VK3hXf Dump That Chump: https://amzn.to/3XnXdVP Don't Call me a Drama Queen: https://amzn.to/3Xt0Olo Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/