Be. Play. Love.

About Be. Play. Love.

What if personal transformation didn't have to be HARD? What if you could PLAY your way through obstacles in life and relationships? That's what the conversations on Be. Play. Love. reveal to you. Listen in and learn how to embrace your whole self. Pull up a chair and let's explore how to… - Live your life fully in your purpose - Interrupt old patterns and befriend your feelings - Experience "play" as a way of being Join us each week if you want to live consciously, joyfully, and transform your life and relationships, (especially when confronted with the unexpected and unknown!) Hosted by Katie Hendricks PhD. You may know her from Oprah and her long-time collaboration with husband and co-author Gay Hendricks. Katie pulls from 50+ years of clinical movement therapy. Co-hosted by Sophie Chiche, serial entrepreneur, former senior contributor to HuffPo, whose work has been featured on Ellen and Good Morning America.

Publisher

Katie Hendricks, PhD & Sophie Chiche

Category

education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Sept 2023

Latest episode

26 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

102 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Aug 2025

   An Aligned Exhale: How to Conclude With Conflict

   Most people wait for burnout, conflict, or disaster before ending something that’s no longer in alignment. We’ve both done that in the past, pushing forward because things were “still going well,” even when a quiet inner voice was saying it was time to move on. But sometimes, the most life-giving move is to complete a chapter while there’s still joy, ease, and connection in it. In this special final episode, we pull back the curtain on our decision to end the podcast, while it’s still thriving. We explore why completion can be the most creative act of all. For us, it’s been about endings without drama, the art of listening to our “inner advisor,” and the unexpected magic that unfolds when you step into the unknown with clarity and curiosity. We reflect on more than two years of deep, unfiltered dialogue, the guests who bared their hearts, and the body of work we’ve created together. We discuss how this podcast has captured many of our most important conversations, and why it now feels like a beautiful exhale, making space for what’s next. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Why we end things while they’re still thriving What does it take to step away from something good, without fear, doubt, or regret—and trust that it’s time to move on? -How to listen to your “inner advisor” What’s the difference between a passing whim and the deep clarity that tells you to take a new path? -The power of letting go before burnout Why stopping while you’re energized can be the most generous, creative choice you make. -Stepping into the unknown with wonder How clarity, curiosity, and trust can make the next chapter even more vibrant than the last. About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our website, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people!

2. 

   19 Aug 2025

   Complete to Create: How to Stop Having Unfinished Business w/ Gay Hendricks

   Most people are either rehashing the past or obsessing over the future - never living in the present moment. The result? Walking around with major incompletions that keep us from connection, creativity, and wholeness. Carrying unfinished conversations, unspoken words, unresolved feelings, and unfelt experiences. And that robs us of something precious…all the incredible things we could be creating right now! Completion isn’t about perfection or checking every box. It’s the deep, often uncomfortable practice of letting go of past regrets, imagined futures, buried emotions, and the need to control what can’t be controlled. When we learn how to complete and release, we create space for what’s trying to emerge right now, and that’s where the richest experience can be found. Why is it so hard to live in the present moment? How do we detach from the past and the future? In this episode, Gay Hendricks returns to talk about one of life’s most powerful skills: knowing how and when to let go. We discuss how to complete things and why that makes room for essence, energy, presence, and genius. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Why we stay in the past (or worry about the future) What’s really behind our resistance to being in the present moment? Why are the past and future safe distractions from the wild creativity of now? -The hidden cost of incompletions How do unspoken feelings, unfinished business, and mental replays block our ability to manifest new ideas, deepen relationships, and feel fully alive? -The 10-second sweaty conversation that changes everything What’s the one unarguable sentence that can complete years of stuck emotion, tension, or confusion in a relationship, in just seconds? Guest Bio Gay Hendricks has served for more than 30 years as one of the major contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kate Hendricks, Gay is the author of many bestsellers, including Conscious Loving, At The Speed Of Life, The Big Leap, and the New York Times bestseller, Five Wishes. Dr. Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor at the University of Colorado, he founded The Hendricks Institute and later co-founded its charitable organization, Foundation for Conscious Living. He was also the founder of a virtual learning center for transformation and a publishing company, and was a co-founder of a conscious entertainment company. Throughout his career he has done executive coaching with more than 800 executives, including the top management at such firms as Dell Computer, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and KLM. His book, The Corporate Mystic, is used widely to train management in combining business skills and personal development tools. Gay is also a mystery novelist, with a series of five books featuring the Tibetan-Buddhist private detective, Tenzing Norbu. In recent years, he has co-created a popular podcast called The Big Leap with Gay Hendricks and Mike Koenigs. He has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS, and others. Learn about the Coaches Portal here. About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including best-sellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our website, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm, so the show reaches more people!

3. 

   12 Aug 2025

   How to Use Your Voice to Heal, Express, and Connect (Even If You Can't Sing) w/ Noga Rappaport-Varadi

   We think our voices are just how we speak, how we communicate, how we’re understood, but they are so much more than that. They are our own unique vocal fingerprint, our own frequency, and a way people identify us, but it goes even deeper. Our voices are instruments that communicate our inner landscape, and they can be vehicles for aliveness, creativity, healing, and wellbeing. What’s funny is that we talk all the time, but many of us have never really heard our own voices. That’s because our true voices often get lost in society’s rules about what sounds wrong or right, or the polite way to communicate. So, how can we start letting our real voices out, and why is that simple act such a powerful healing modality? With the right practices, we can unlock our inner instrument and even turn it into a powerful orchestra. How do we release the need to sound perfect? How do we reconnect with the raw, honest sounds that live underneath the scripts we’ve been taught? In this episode, we’re joined by singer, composer, vocal improviser, and vocal educator, Noga Rappaport-Varadi. She shares how to embrace our voice and use it as another expression of our essence, one that reconnects us not only to our creativity but to our sense of play, presence, and power. Things You’ll Learn In This Episode -Why we silence ourselves How does cultural and childhood conditioning shut down our voice, and how does that play out in everything from business meetings to relationships? -What gibberish can teach us about healing How can non-verbal vocalizations like face-flapping and humming disrupt anxiety and regulate the nervous system? -How to “conduct” your inner orchestra What happens when you stop suppressing your inner voices and start playing with them instead? -The last socially acceptable taboo Free vocal expression (not singing, not speaking, just sounding) still terrifies us. How do we slowly, gently reclaim it? Guest Bio Noga Rappaport-Varadi is a singer, composer, vocal improviser, and vocal educator who has spent decades helping people rediscover the power and presence of their own voices. As the founder of Catalyze, a Geneva-based center for creative expression, she’s developed transformative group experiences that blend vocal improvisation, movement, embodiment, and play. Drawing from her own classical background and her journey of unlearning perfectionism, Noga invites people to meet the many voices within them and give each one a sound. Through her concept of the inner orchestra, she guides people to become the conductor of their own internal symphony. Her work bridges vocal freedom with emotional healing. She has toured internationally as a performing artist, collaborated across cultures and languages. About Your Hosts Katie Hendricks, Ph.D., BC-DMT, is a pioneer in body intelligence and conscious loving with over 40 years of experience. Known internationally as a presenter and seminar leader, she focuses on authenticity, responsibility, and appreciation in conscious living. She co-authored 12 books, including bestsellers Conscious Loving and Conscious Loving Ever After, and she has appeared on over 500 radio and TV programs. Sophie Chiche is a seasoned coach and consultant who has worked with thousands of individuals and teams globally. With a focus on helping people live fully expressed lives, she guides clients and facilitates group sessions to remove obstacles and design meaningful lives. Sophie has developed unique methods, mindset shifts, and healing modalities to create lasting change. Check out this episode on our website, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so the show reaches more people!

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• Jennifer Blaine
• Laurie Shiers
• Alana Shaw
• Julie Colwell

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YouTube views

49,191

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

54 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

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98

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

71

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