Wholehearted: Six Movements Toward A Centered Life https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com Six Movements Toward A Centered Life is a conversation about what it actually takes to centered, healthy life — not just to think differently, but to practice differently, one movement at a time. Drawing on spirituality, psychology, sociology, and voices from Howard Thurman to Parker Palmer to Barbara Brown Taylor to Anne Lamott, we’ll be walking through six movements of a centered life — Engaging, Embodying, Connecting, Playing, Creating, and Releasing — and the practices each one asks of us. This isn't another productivity podcast. It's a conversation about wholehearted living, for anyone who hungers to live a life of vitality and contribution.

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2026 14:55:14 -0400 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Education:Self-Improvement 1440 episodic Wholehearted: Six Movements Toward A Centered Life Wholehearted: Six Movements Toward A Centered Life No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22586619/Wholehearted_Cover_Art8xp43.jpg Wholehearted: Six Movements Toward A Centered Life https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com 144 144 Playing Movement: Toward A Centered Life Playing Movement: Toward A Centered Life https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/e/playing-movement-toward-a-centered-life/ https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/e/playing-movement-toward-a-centered-life/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2026 14:55:14 -0400 ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/b2cfce87-fd13-3bfc-bd84-63042e001be2 Do we understand how powerful play can be? What if, in all our efforts to be responsible and productive, we are neglecting something that has the power to transform how we think, feel, and be?

Over my career as a leader and experiential facilitator, I’ve met more than a few people, leaders, teams, and organizations with a “nose to the grindstone” mindset. They struggle to make fun a priority in life, school, or the workplace. Not surprisingly, they often struggle with engagement, cohesion, trust, and even productivity.

The world we inhabit is saturated with distractions, intractable problems, and issues beyond our control. The life we live and the work we do ask more and more of us in adaptation and resilience, and the stress of it all is a heavy burden to bear. Fun that is generated through playfulness helps us not only survive, but thrive in the midst of the struggle.

To play means to punctuate life with unstructured rhythms centered in joy, fun, and laughter. It runs counter to the numbing, scrolling, and compulsive busyness that fill our lives and stunt our connection with ourselves and others.

]]> Do we understand how powerful play can be? What if, in all our efforts to be responsible and productive, we are neglecting something that has the power to transform how we think, feel, and be?

Over my career as a leader and experiential facilitator, I’ve met more than a few people, leaders, teams, and organizations with a “nose to the grindstone” mindset. They struggle to make fun a priority in life, school, or the workplace. Not surprisingly, they often struggle with engagement, cohesion, trust, and even productivity.

The world we inhabit is saturated with distractions, intractable problems, and issues beyond our control. The life we live and the work we do ask more and more of us in adaptation and resilience, and the stress of it all is a heavy burden to bear. Fun that is generated through playfulness helps us not only survive, but thrive in the midst of the struggle.

To play means to punctuate life with unstructured rhythms centered in joy, fun, and laughter. It runs counter to the numbing, scrolling, and compulsive busyness that fill our lives and stunt our connection with ourselves and others.

]]> Wholehearted: Six Movements Toward A Centered Life false No 1636 5 full Connecting Movement: Toward A Centered Life Connecting Movement: Toward A Centered Life https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/e/connecting-movement-toward-a-centered-life/ https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/e/connecting-movement-toward-a-centered-life/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:37:01 -0400 ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/d31e8110-5eb4-34d7-9282-1dcbcfcca196 Most of us were taught to ask one question about life: How am I living the good life? It sounds reasonable. It’s also quietly built around a single person, me.

Connecting is fueled by a conviction: my sense of self is shaped by my relationships with others. I am not a self-contained entity. I am woven into my community and into humanity as a whole, not only for survival, but for a fulfilled and meaningful life. To have a healthy sense of self, I have to recognize how profoundly my identity has been formed by others.

This mindset, a way of being and not just an idea, unleashes compassion, kindness, and collective responsibility. It puts the common good ahead of individual interests.

]]> Most of us were taught to ask one question about life: How am I living the good life? It sounds reasonable. It’s also quietly built around a single person, me.

Connecting is fueled by a conviction: my sense of self is shaped by my relationships with others. I am not a self-contained entity. I am woven into my community and into humanity as a whole, not only for survival, but for a fulfilled and meaningful life. To have a healthy sense of self, I have to recognize how profoundly my identity has been formed by others.

This mindset, a way of being and not just an idea, unleashes compassion, kindness, and collective responsibility. It puts the common good ahead of individual interests.

]]> Wholehearted: Six Movements Toward A Centered Life false No 1664 4 full Embodying Movement: Toward A Centered Life Embodying Movement: Toward A Centered Life https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/e/embodying-toward-a-centered-life/ https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/e/embodying-toward-a-centered-life/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:57:32 -0300 ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/c5945ae1-2497-378d-b0df-a4aaf718d27a The Embodying Movement is about an integrated state of being.  It's the opposite of being scattered, conflicted, caught in endless cycles of thoughtless or meaningless thinking.

Embodiment means you are naturally in your body. It is inhabiting your body as a place of grace, not achievement.  When we fully embody our beliefs they are no longer just ideas we hold, but ways of being that others can feel.

 

]]> The Embodying Movement is about an integrated state of being.  It's the opposite of being scattered, conflicted, caught in endless cycles of thoughtless or meaningless thinking.

Embodiment means you are naturally in your body. It is inhabiting your body as a place of grace, not achievement.  When we fully embody our beliefs they are no longer just ideas we hold, but ways of being that others can feel.

 

]]> Wholehearted: Six Movements Toward A Centered Life false No 1390 3 full Engaging Movement: Toward A Centered Life Engaging Movement: Toward A Centered Life https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/e/engaging-movement-toward-a-centered-life/ https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/e/engaging-movement-toward-a-centered-life/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:09:15 -0300 ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/128b6fb9-0d92-3399-963c-0511c1152e13 Before anything else, wholehearted living requires trading autopilot for the choice to live your one life as gift.  It's not about productivity.  It's about showing up, paying attention to the person right in front of you, saying yes to the calling and work right in front of you, and stepping into the day instead of watching from the sidelines.

]]> Before anything else, wholehearted living requires trading autopilot for the choice to live your one life as gift.  It's not about productivity.  It's about showing up, paying attention to the person right in front of you, saying yes to the calling and work right in front of you, and stepping into the day instead of watching from the sidelines.

]]> Wholehearted: Six Movements Toward A Centered Life false No 1086 2 full Introduction to 6 Movements Toward a Centered Life Introduction to 6 Movements Toward a Centered Life https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/e/introduction-to-6-movements-toward-a-centered-life/ https://ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/e/introduction-to-6-movements-toward-a-centered-life/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:25:51 -0300 ritchhochstetler.podbean.com/70caf8dc-72c0-3aa0-9b53-5e98007490f6 6 Movements Toward A Centered Life is a conversation about what it actually takes to lead a centered, healthy life — not just to think differently, but to practice differently, one movement at a time. It's a roadmap about how to engage in wholehearted living, for anyone who hungers to live a life of vitality and purpose.

]]> 6 Movements Toward A Centered Life is a conversation about what it actually takes to lead a centered, healthy life — not just to think differently, but to practice differently, one movement at a time. It's a roadmap about how to engage in wholehearted living, for anyone who hungers to live a life of vitality and purpose.

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