Host Lisa Littlebird (Wholehearted Chorus) welcomes Martha Rosenthal, co-author of Learning to Love: From Conflict to Lasting Harmony.

They explore moving from polarization to peace through Open-Hearted Listening— a simple, usable practice for couples, friends, and communities. One person speaks, the other mirrors and validates.

With Lisa’s partner John Halcyon Styn, they demo turning a tiny household snag into deeper connection. Themes include breath, humility, and the “little willingness” to soften the ego. Martha reflects on 52 years with Don Rosenthal and the enduring truth that love never dies.

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Wholehearted Chorus: ⁠https://wholeheartedchorus.org⁠

Martha & Don Rosenthal: http://awakeningtogether.com

In this heart-centered and often hilarious episode, Wholehearted Chorus founder Lisa Littlebird is joined by her fiancé John Halcyon Styn for a raw and uplifting conversation about love, growth, vulnerability, and gratitude in relationship. Together they explore what it means to “stay in harmony” — both literally (as choir members) and emotionally, through the everyday work of partnership.

They open up about the edges of vulnerability:
🎵 How John joined Lisa’s choir at age 54 — confronting old fears of “doing it wrong.”
💗 How both partners practice radical honesty through tools like “What’s something you don’t want to tell me?”
🙏 How daily gratitude rituals reshape their connection and resilience.
💬 The healing power of revealing truth rather than performing perfection.
🌈 Why real harmony in love isn’t about never clashing — it’s about learning to listen and come back together.

The episode weaves music, laughter, and spiritual insight — including Lisa singing her original “Bridging Heart Song”, a soulful anthem of empathy and mutual care. Through playful humor and deep reflection, Lisa and John model how authentic communication, gratitude, and commitment can transform relationships into spiritual practice.

Highlights include:

• Facing discomfort as a path to growth

• Healing performance wounds and people-pleasing

• Building emotional safety through honesty and compassion

• Gratitude as a daily anchor and perspective shifter

• Commitment as “no exit” — choosing connection over separation

Featuring:
🎙️ Lisa Littlebird — Founder, Wholehearted Chorus | Songleader | Podcaster
💖 John “Halcyon” Styn — Love Ambassador | Daily Gratitude Host | Men’s Coach

Watch until the end for a live performance of Lisa’s “Bridging Heart Song.”
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In this intimate dialogue, Lisa Littlebird sits down with friend and Wholehearted Chorus member Alexis Davis to explore the 31st Gene Key — the evolutionary path from arrogance to true humility as a pathway to healing collective division. Together they unpack how real leadership emerges not from perfection or performance, but from courageous self-honesty.

Lisa and Alexis dive into how our hidden parts can be met with compassion instead of shame, and how singing together reveals our truest vibration — the part of us that can’t hide behind words. They examine the ego’s subtler forms of humility, the trap of righteousness, and the liberating power of curiosity, self-forgiveness, and relational interdependence.

This episode is a masterclass in heart-led growth: from self-flagellation to self-acceptance, from convincing to emanating love, from independence to sacred interdependence. The conversation closes with a live rendition of one of Wholehearted Chorus’s 2025 season songs, “Humble”, by Chhaya I-chèle — a collective prayer in song reminding us that when we bow low in humility, we lift each other up.

A Song for All of Us Podcast: https://asongforallofus.org

Alexis Davis, Theta Healer & Guide: https://www.corevisions.net/

Wholehearted Chorus: https://wholeheartedchorus.org

In this heart-opening conversation, choir leader and podcast host Lisa Littlebird sits down with actor and Vedic meditation teacher Jeff Kober to ask how we move from polarization toward lasting harmony. Referencing the Gene Keys (especially Key 17 on opinions → farsightedness → omniscience, and Key 51 on trust) as a compass, they explore the fear-driven “survival self,” tribalism, and the ego’s twin traps of smallness and grandiosity.

Jeff shares how daily meditation practice has helped him dis-identify from fear, and he shares a story from the stage about leaping into the unknown and discovering real-time trust. Together they reframe spiritual practice as process over product, anchored in service and community—where a shared purpose creates a field that lifts everyone. The episode closes with “When We Sing” by Olivia Fern—an invitation to feel, receive, and join the chorus.

https://jeff-kober.com

https://asongforallofus.org

Wholehearted Chorus Concerts:

San Diego, CA

Tuesday, October 14, 7:30-9pm
at the Joan Kroc Center in San Diego

Wednesday, October 22nd, 7:30-9pm
at the Golden State Theater in Monterey, CA

In this episode, Lisa speaks with Richard Rudd, the author of ⁠The Gene Keys⁠, about the intersection between spiritual contemplation and music. This beautiful and optimistic conversation centers how the The Gene Keys can be used to expand our exploration of how we might move from polarized division to harmony. In the process, they cover a range of terrain, including their late, mutual friend Don Rosenthal and virtues of empathy, refinement, and even marriage on a path of devotion.

⁠Podcast: ⁠ https://asongforallofus.org

⁠The Gene Keys:⁠ https://home.genekeys.com/

Gene Keys referenced in this episode: 13, 25, 29, 50

The song shared in this episode is Starsong + Get Together, by Lisa Littlebird and Chet Powers: ⁠https://thebirdsings.com/starsong-get-together

In this episode, Lisa talks with Sorah Nutting, one of the singer-songwriters in the group MaMuse. We talk about how the songs grow us up, the wisdom of humor, revealing our shadows as a liberatory practice, our lives as a microcosm of the whole, and how the complex search for lineage can help us come closer to home.

For more information about this podcast: https://asongforallofus.org

For more information about Mamuse: https://mamuse.org

For more information about Wholehearted Chorus and get tickets to our upcoming concerts with MaMuse: https://wholeheartedchorus.org

In this short intro episode, Lisa explains the intention of this series and some of the recurring concepts and themes that will weave through the upcoming conversations.

The upcoming concerts with The Wholehearted Chorus & MaMuse are:

October 14 - San Diego, CA *RESERVE TICKETS*

October 22nd - Monterey, CA *RESERVE TICKETS*