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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.
Dear Reader, The Camino has a way of telling the truth without words. Step after step, it has shown me the difference between the pain life brings and the suffering I was adding on top—most of it woven from my own regret. I learned this the hard way after my sister died. The pain asked for presence. The suffering asked for release. On the trail, with long hours to listen, I began to put down what wasn’t mine to carry. By the time I reached Finisterre, the true end of the Camino, I felt light...
During a recent Heart Mastery Circle session, I posed a provocative question to my students: “All suffering is self-created—true or false?” The room went quiet. Then came the responses. Half said true. Half said false. So I asked a second question: “For those of you who said true—or even partially true—what percentage of your suffering do you think you actually create?” “Thirty percent,” one participant offered. ”Forty percent,” said another. ”Eighty percent.” Each number was right. And each...
Dear Reader, This week, I'm sharing a photo from the Albaicín — Granada's ancient Arab quarters, with my dear friends Mary and Stephen, who visited recently. Behind us, the Alhambra glows in the afternoon light. Having them here reminded me how blessed I am to live in such a beautiful place and to share it with people I love. Walking these narrow streets where Moorish and Christian histories intertwine, I found myself reconnecting with my Catholic upbringing in unexpected ways. Here in Spain,...