Heath In Pursuit

Heath In Pursuit

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 mysteries of human connection, exploring wild philosophical ideas, or sharing poignant reflections on life, Heath keeps listeners hooked with his endearing personality and razor-sharp insight. Join Heath as he interviews a diverse range of guests, from artists and visionaries to misfits and antagonists, offering fresh perspectives and thought-provoking discussions that challenge the status quo. Heath In Pursuit is more than a podcast—it’s a journey into the unknown, designed to entertain, inspire, and ignite your imagination. New episodes launch weekly. Subscribe today and get ready to explore the depths of wonder, the edges of reason, and everything in between.

Episodes

December 29, 2025 29 mins

We’re taught to hide what’s broken. To patch it fast. To move on. But nature doesn’t heal like that. Neither do souls. In this episode, we explore the sacred art of repair through Japanese kintsugi, the biology of wound-healing, forests that regenerate after fire, jazz musicians who turn mistakes into music, and ancient stories where reconciliation costs something—and gives something back. This is for the spiritually curious, scien...

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Why does life feel like it’s always trying to come undone? The inbox refills. The house re-messes. The plans break. The body ages. The heart bruises. This episode is for the ones who want wonder over certainty—and meaning that can hold both science and the ache of being human. We’ll wander through physics (entropy, stars, heat death), ancient stories (creation out of chaos, manna in the desert), and the quiet interior practice of l...

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In this episode of Heath In Pursuit, we look up into the forest canopy and discover “crown shyness” — the way tree tops grow right to the edge of each other… and then stop. We explore what this strange, quiet behavior reveals about intelligence without a brain, healthy boundaries, competition and cooperation, and how to negotiate for light in our own lives without suffocating the people around us.

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In this episode of Heath In Pursuit, we step into a dense forest and discover something that feels almost impossible: forests can help make their own rain.

Not as metaphor.

As physics. As breath. As a living feedback loop—leaf to sky to cloud to return.

And once you see it… you start to wonder what else you’ve been calling “weather” that is actually relationship. What you’ve been treating like fate that might be participation. What...

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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 wro...

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November 24, 2025 28 mins

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 inv...

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November 17, 2025 17 mins

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 ...

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November 10, 2025 13 mins

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 movin...

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November 3, 2025 30 mins

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 everythin...

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October 27, 2025 28 mins

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. ...

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October 20, 2025 20 mins

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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October 13, 2025 17 mins

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 t...

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October 6, 2025 15 mins

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, s...

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September 29, 2025 24 mins

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,...

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September 22, 2025 22 mins

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...

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September 15, 2025 20 mins

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.

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September 8, 2025 27 mins

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 fermen...

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September 1, 2025 28 mins

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 beco...

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August 25, 2025 36 mins

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 spi...

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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. Wha...

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