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The "Living with Heart" Podcast is brought to you by Chip Dodd Resources (www.chipdodd.com) and The Voice of the Heart Center (vothcenter.com). Contact Bryan Barley for coaching at [email protected]. 

Origins of Understanding a Woman’s Heart

In this podcast series we have been discussing the dynamics of a woman’s heart in relation to a man’s heart. The content we have discussed has come from education and research; Scriptural foundations; and even more, from the 1000s of individuals and couples whom I have worked with in a therapeutic setting.

Relationships are a matter of the heart, as much and more than they are an experience of the brain:

In this way, the foundational needs of belonging and mattering are met through relationship.

The connected couple can build on the foundation of security and appreciation. 

This couple will experience the future together, come what may, because their connection and commitment are based in the “pain tolerance” of the heart, not the “pain intolerance” of the brain. The brain seeks pleasure; the heart tolerates the pain of love.

Super Practical “Response-Abilities”

After creating a foundation for understanding the emotional and spiritual needs of the relationship, the following reality needs to be grasped:

A man’s primary job is “customer service”! A man is created to serve others, especially his family. 

A man serves best when he does the following three actions consistently: