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Heath In Pursuit

Heath Hollensbe

Step into a world of curiosity, creativity, and compelling conversations with Heath In Pursuit, the podcast where no topic is off-limits. Hosted by Dr. Heath Hollensbe—an endlessly inquisitive thinker and former pastor turned cultural explorer—the show dives deep into the stories, ideas, and forces shaping our world. With a knack for asking the right questions and a gift for meaningful dialogue, Heath brings a unique mix of wit, warmth, and wisdom to every episode. Whether he’s unpacking the

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25:39

When Your Life Won’t Manifest (And You Think It’s...

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/12/01

You did the vision board.You scripted the future. You tried to “stay high vibe,” speak it, claim it, call it in. And still… your life looks painfully ordinary. Or painfully hard. So is it you? Are you the glitch in the cosmic algorithm? In this episode, we go after the quiet spiritual shame underneath manifestation culture and toxic positivity—the belief that if your dream life hasn’t appeared on schedule, you must be doing it wrong. We’ll talk about: “The god of the vision board” – how we turned

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28:00

When You Recognize Your Friends Are Pigs

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2025/11/24

What do you do when a lifelong friend sends a breakup email in the name of “self-care” and “Jesus”? In this episode, Heath unpacks the ancient line about pearls before swine and uses it as a lens to talk about ghosting with a halo, the dark side of self-care, weaponized spirituality, over-explaining yourself, and how to stop wasting years on people who refuse to be human with you.It’s part therapy, part spiritual autopsy, part invitation to guard your pearls without hardening your heart.

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17:02

When the Ladder Learns to Bow

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2025/11/17

What if the ladder you’ve been climbing—career, success, even spirituality—was leaning on the wrong wall? In this episode, Heath invites us into a slower, humbler way of living. Through stories of marathon runners, broken sprinklers, and ancient dreams, he explores the quiet holiness of bowing instead of climbing.This is a meditation on ambition, surrender, and the sacred art of enough. It’s about trading the pressure to rise for the permission to kneel— and discovering that the ground you’ve been

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13:38

The Myth of Enough

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2025/11/10

We are haunted by enough.It’s the ghost that follows us through promotions and prayers, through applause and the quiet after. But what if enoughness isn’t earned or found — what if it’s remembered? In this episode, we’ll wander through stories of hunger and grace, capitalism and compassion, creation and Sabbath, asking what it means to live as though we already belong. Maybe the finish line keeps moving because there isn’t one. Maybe the miracle is that we’re already home, and we just forgot.

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30:01

Humming at the Edge of Things

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/11/03

What if the forces that shape your life are the ones you can’t see? In this episode, we wander into the invisible—the social scripts we inherit, the memories our bodies carry, the resonance of belonging, the quantum strangeness of physics, and the mystery of spirit. We’ll talk wind and wires, tribes and trauma, paradox and tuning forks. Not as answers, but as invitations. This is a journey into the unseen currents beneath everything, a conversation for anyone who suspects there’s more humming at the

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28:05

Monsters at the Table

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/10/27

Just in time for Halloween, Heath dives into the strange, sacred, and surprising world of monsters. From ancient myths to Hollywood blockbusters, from biblical beasts to the shadows we carry inside, this episode explores why monsters matter—and what they’re really trying to tell us. Expect stories, surprises, and a few chills, as we wander through caves, face dragons, and even learn how to befriend the very creatures we fear most. Because maybe the monsters aren’t here to destroy us. Maybe they’re

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20:27

The Temple Has Knees

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/10/20

Your body is not a machine.It’s not a vehicle you drive until it breaks down. It’s a temple. A sacred ecosystem. A cathedral of cells humming with wisdom older than words. In this episode we wander into embodiment, sensation, and the quiet ways your body might be smarter than your brain. We’ll talk gut feelings, movement as prayer, pain as teacher, and why joy is always embodied (spoiler: you can’t dance without a body).

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17:25

What We Don't Post On Social Media

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/10/13

Becoming isn’t clean. It isn’t efficient. It isn’t the neat “before and after” story we love to celebrate. Real transformation feels more like the caterpillar dissolving into goo—messy, disorienting, unrecognizable. In this episode, we dive into the holy chaos of change: the wilderness seasons of the Bible, the pressure of tidy cultural narratives, the paradox of loss and growth, and the wisdom of nature itself. From forest fires to compost piles, from Jonah in the fish to Jesus in the tomb, the

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15:19

Haunted by What We Don’t Say

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/10/06

Haunted by What We Don’t Say is an invitation into the silence beneath your skin.The ghosts you carry? They aren’t always people. Sometimes they’re the words you never said. This episode is about the cost of silence— how unspoken truths linger like shadows, how swallowed apologies and withheld "I love yous" follow us through new cities, new jobs, new lives. But what if the past isn’t really past until it’s spoken? Through story, scripture, and soulful reflection, we explore the kind of

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24:23

The Mystery of Enough

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/09/29

You know that feeling?The scroll. The striving. The ache for more. The next thing to buy. The next goal to hit. The next moment when you’ll finally feel okay. But what if… you already are? In this episode, we explore the ache that never quite goes away— the sacred longing that keeps whispering, “There must be more.” Is it greed? Is it discontent? Or is it something deeper, something holier? We’ll talk about scarcity and abundance, desire and contentment, capitalism and manna, scrolling and

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22:34

What If Magic is Real (And Always Was)?

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/09/22

Once, the world was alive with whispers.The wind carried messages. The rivers spoke. Bread and wine pulsed with mystery. And a burning bush wasn’t the miracle— the miracle was that someone noticed. In this episode, we take a journey back— not to nostalgia or naïveté, but to wonder. To awe. To the possibility that the world is still enchanted… and always was. We’ll talk mystics and quantum physics, rituals and raindrops, the sacred in the ordinary and the shimmering mystery of everything. Because

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20:55

You’re Not Lost, You’re Between Maps

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/09/15

The job is gone.The relationship shifted. The dream no longer fits. You’re not where you were, but not yet where you’re going. This podcast is for the wilderness moments— when the old map stops working and there’s no new one in sight. Blending storytelling, scripture, stillness, and the raw ache of becoming, this is a space to breathe, to listen, to trust that maybe—just maybe—you’re not lost… you’re learning to hear again. One episode at a time, you’ll be invited to leave the map, follow the

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27:34

The Alchemy of Boredom

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/09/08

What if boredom isn’t a curse, but a crucible? A sacred, smoldering space where something ancient is trying to happen? In a world obsessed with stimulation, speed, and distraction, boredom feels like failure. Like something’s gone wrong. But what if it’s actually an invitation? In this episode, we explore the strange possibility that boredom is not the absence of life—but the birthplace of it. A hidden laboratory where ideas ferment. Where creativity brews. Where the soul quietly rearranges itself

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28:08

Is Wonder a Spiritual Discipline?

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/09/01

We talk about prayer. Meditation. Fasting. Silence. But rarely do we talk about wonder. And yet, wonder might just be the spiritual practice we’ve been missing all along. The daily discipline of staying awake to the mystery. Of letting yourself be astonished. Of standing before the world with your jaw dropped, your eyes wide, your heart soft. In this episode, we explore what happens when wonder becomes more than a mood—when it becomes a habit. A posture. A way of being human. What if the most sacred

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36:11

Becoming An Inner Astronaut

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/08/25

You are not small. Inside you is an entire universe. Galaxies of thought. Solar systems of longing. Nebulas of memory and dream. We tend to think of the cosmos as something “out there”—stars burning millions of light-years away. But what if the same wild, creative energy that shaped the stars also shaped you? In this episode, we explore the vast interior space within each of us—the intricate, infinite worlds of mind, heart, and spirit. What might it mean to chart the constellations of your inner

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30:35

How to Catch an Idea With a Butterfly Net

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/08/18

Ideas are tricky little creatures. They don’t arrive on schedule. They don’t respond to emails. They show up unannounced—half-dressed, a little tipsy, carrying riddles instead of blueprints. And if you’re not paying attention, they slip right past you.In this episode, we explore the art of catching ideas—the strange, zany, beautiful process of noticing the flicker, the glimmer, the quick flutter of something trying to be born. What if ideas are alive? What if they choose us as much as we choose

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31:03

The Gospel of the Misfit

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2025/08/11

Blessed are the weirdos. The square pegs. The outsiders. The ones who never quite fit the mold. The Gospel of the Misfit is about the good news that there’s nothing wrong with you for being different. In fact, your difference might be the very thing the world is starving for. In this episode, we celebrate the beautiful, messy brilliance of the misfit soul—the artists, rebels, dreamers, and edge-dwellers who refuse to color inside the lines. Could it be that the misfits are the prophets? The poets

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28:41

Why Trees Might Be More Enlightened Than We Are

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/08/04

Trees don’t hustle. They don’t compare. They don’t grasp or strive or scroll. They just… be. And in their quiet, rooted presence, they seem to know something we’ve forgotten. In this episode, we lean into the wisdom of the trees—their patience, their stillness, their way of belonging to the earth without apology. What if enlightenment isn’t about transcending life, but sinking more deeply into it? What if spiritual maturity looks a lot less like achievement and a lot more like becoming rooted,

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21:27

Everything is Made of Stories

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/07/28

The universe is stitched together with stories. Stories about who we are, where we’re from, what matters, and what’s possible. Even the atoms tell a story—of stars that died so we could live. In this episode, we explore the idea that story is not just how we entertain ourselves—it’s how we make meaning. How we survive. How we connect. Every belief, every nation, every family, every identity is wrapped in a narrative. So what happens when we stop to question the stories we’ve been told? Or the ones

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34:18

The Problem with 'Normal'

Heath In Pursuit ·

2025/07/21

Normal is a moving target. A slippery word we use to police behavior, silence difference, and shrink ourselves to fit. But what if ‘normal’ is the problem? In this episode, we unpack the myth of normalcy—the invisible scripts that tell us who we’re supposed to be, how we’re supposed to act, and what success is supposed to look like. We ask why we so often trade our wild, glorious weirdness for the comfort of fitting in. What does it cost us to be ‘normal’? And what might it mean to step outside that

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