The Relational Heart
Discovering The Heart That Is Relational by DesignBy Kc Chikolwa
Length8h 26m
About this audiobook
The Relational Heart: Understanding the Human Need for Love, Trust, and Belonging
Why do we crave love, trust, and belonging, yet so often struggle to find them?
The Relational Heart explores the inner workings of the human heart and how identity, trust, empathy, wounds, and family shape our ability to connect with others.
Discover why hearts close themselves off from connection, how relational wounds continue to affect us long after the hurt has passed, and why rules alone cannot create love within the heart.
At the centre of these questions is trust, and the deeper need for the love that brings the heart to life.
But if our hearts were created for love, where can we find its Source?
This is an exploration of the heart's deepest needs, its capacity for connection, and the path toward understanding the love it longs to experience.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (1)
GenreSelf-Help, Psychology
Length8 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
2Chapter 1: The Heart Defined
3Chapter 2: Different Types of Heart
4Chapter 3: The Relational Heart's Direction
5Chapter 4: Identity Formed in Connection
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6Chapter 5: The Gift of Empathy and Trust
7Chapter 6.1: Morality, Immorality, and Amorality
8Chapter 6.2: Morality, Immorality, and Amorality
9Chapter 7: Relational Law and Lawlessness
10Chapter 8: The Community of Relational Hearts
11Chapter 9: Raising Relational Children and Discernment Without Judgment
12Chapter 10: Love, Restoration, and the Vision of a Relational World
13PART TWO: WOUNDS
14Chapter 11: The Soul's Connection to Love and the First Injury Made on Love
15Chapter 12: The Identity Wound: Shame and Distorted Trust
16Chapter 13: Deception and Betrayal Wounds
17Chapter 14: Neglect and Abuse Wounds
18Chapter 15: Rejection, Humiliation, and Conditional Love Wounds
19Chapter 16: Criticism, the Wound of Inadequacy
20Chapter 17: The Trajectory of All Wounds
21Chapter 18: Behavioral Expressions of Shame and the Path to Healing
22PART THREE: THE TRAJECTORY OF THE SHAME WOUND
23Chapter 19: The Relational Soul Under Assault: Identity and the Wound
24Chapter 20: Early Sickness, Defensive Patterns, and the Fortified Soul
25Chapter 21: Codependency, Narcissism, and the Instrumental Soul
26Chapter 22: Non-Relational Personality and Terminal Relational Shutdown
27Chapter 23: Principles of the Trajectory
28Chapter 24: Restoration and Reconnection: The Path Back
29Appendix: Synonyms and Related Terms
30Personal Word from the Author
31Acknowledgement
32Sign up for Kc Chikolwa's Mailing List
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