How’s your heart these days? Open? Hopeful? Tender? Guarded? Scared? Contracted? And how can you tell?

How could any of us make it this far through life without learning to protect our hearts? Heartbreak, rejection, grief, disappointment, criticism, and loss leave their marks. We learn to guard ourselves, seek approval, compare, hide, perform, or dim our own light. Yet what happens when those protections begin to soften? What becomes possible when we feel safe enough to love, create, forgive, play, take up space, and live more wholeheartedly?

As Jupiter begins its journey through Leo, the astrology offers a year-long invitation into the terrain of the heart. In this episode of Our Waking Dream, leadership mentor and spiritual strategist Coco Swanson explores the shadow and illuminated expressions of Leo, how to recognize when the hear ...