Heal with Ty & Kara: Relationships & Spirituality
Hades & Persephone Teach: Divine Masculine & Feminine Union is a podcast for seekers, healers, and couples who want to transform pain into power and reclaim love after trauma. Hosted by husband-and-wife duo Ty & Kara Barlow, the show blends myth, psychology, and spirituality to guide you into deeper connection with yourself, your partner, and the divine. Through the lens of the Hades and Persephone myth, Ty and Kara explore the sacred dance of the divine masculine and feminine, showing how their archetypal story mirrors our own cycles of descent, healing, and rebirth. Each episode weaves together trauma-informed therapy, intuitive coaching, and soulful storytelling to help you ground your nervous system, rebuild trust, and create thriving relationships. Ty is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, musician, and author. Kara is a certified life coach, intuitive guide, and fantasy fiction author. Together, they teach couples how to move from survival mode into joy-filled, embodied love — rooted in safety, trust, and soul-level intimacy. Topics we explore: Trauma recovery & healing PTSD Nervous system regulation & grounding practices Trust after betrayal & post-betrayal syndrome Balancing masculine & feminine energy in relationships Sacred union, intimacy, and marriage tips Spirituality, shadow work, and soul reclamation Personal growth and thriving as a couple When they’re not podcasting or guiding clients, Ty and Kara are raising their beautifully blended family of seven kids and two grandkids — living the peace, partnership, and purpose they teach. Follow Hades & Persephone Teach to journey with us into the depths of myth, healing, and sacred union — and to rise with love that lasts.
Episodes
Kara and Ty break down the core elements of true love: safety, reciprocity, accountability, and the willingness to evolve. This episode is a guide for anyone who's ready to move beyond infatuation and build a relationship rooted in depth and intention.
If you and your partner would like support on your own journey toward a deeper, safer love, visit our website at healwithtyandkara.com
Holidays can be hard when our loved ones have passed. Ty reflects on what's coming up for him as he remembers his mom on her birthday and during this time of year.
Ty and Kara discuss how creating realms of safety has been the no. 1 thing that has helped them catapult their relationship to deep trust, peace, and bliss.
They liken this to how Hades realm, the underworld, was a realm of safety for both of them to do their healing work, but also to keep others out of their business.
They discuss how small things like having 'old friends' on social media can be energy leaks that over time can l...
In this episode, Ty and Kara talk about Obsidian and Hades' black mirror of divination used as a fierce boundary of protection, a reflection of truth, and the void from which all possibilities exist.
Ty teaches how Persephone can free herself from codependency in 3 easy steps.
Kara cautions about the black mirror's we hold in our hands everyday - our cell phones and how they are portals for good or bad, and a reflection of the tru...
Through the story of Hades, and his experience being betrayed by the nymph Leuca, Hades gets to experience for the first time Persephone's love and how she holds space for his chaos.
We discuss how in Persephone's presence,
- Hades has a safe place to feel his feelings
- Hades receives the healing miracle of safe touch
- Hades releases years of tension from his chest and lungs and breathes, expanding fully for the first time
- Hades ...
In this episode of Hades and Persephone Teach, we explore one of the most misunderstood moments in myth: Persephone’s descent into the underworld. Far from the popular narrative of Hades as a cruel abductor, we peel back the layers to reveal his true essence—one of integrity, moral code, and unwavering duty.
Persephone arrives in the underworld carrying all her unhealed chaos, pain, and trauma. Instead of fixing her, denying her, s...
In this episode, we dive into the mystery and power of the liminal space, the in-between, where the old has fallen away but the new has not yet fully formed.
The liminal space can feel uncomfortable, even scary, because it is a place of the unknown. Yet it is also the most critical part of your healing journey. Here, free from the weight of outside expectations, you have the chance to pause, reflect, and consciously create your new...
In this second episode of our series Hades and Persephone Teach: Divine Masculine and Feminine Union, we journey into Persephone’s story as a mirror of the unhealed divine feminine.
We uncover how her “dark night of the soul” began long before Hades carried her into the underworld — shaped by a toxic masculine father (Zeus) and a culture that reflected distorted masculine power. From this myth, we explore how the feminine must cult...
Episode 1: Entering the Underworld — The Sacred Role of the Divine Masculine
What does safe love really look like? What does it mean to experience intimacy that is both passionate and dependable, spiritual and embodied? In this opening episode, host Kara Barlow invites you on a journey into the myth and mystery of Hades and Persephone to uncover the deeper truths of sacred union.
We begin with Hades—not as the villain pop culture p...
In this episode Ty interviews Kara about the ebook they co-authored called Trust is Sacred.
Together they go deep on:
- Trusting yourself in a relationship again after you've lost yourself before.
- How hard it is to trust anyone, after someone has cheated on you. (Post Betrayal Syndrome)
- The 4 powerful steps to take to begin trusting again and truly healing so that you can set the fear aside and trust without so much effort. <...
In this episode Kara interviews Ty on his new eBook, Mirror Speaks book 1: Turning Pain into Motivation.
Ty gets personal by telling his story about facing himself in the mirror at one of his lowest points.
We talk about how to face yourself honestly, reclaim your power, and rise with a deeper sense of who you are and what you’re capable of becoming so that you can have the personal relationship with yourself that will help you c...
Ty and Kara discuss how hard it is to get your confidence back after betrayal or trauma of any kind.
It's hard to trust after trauma. If you're emotionally healing from the pain of trauma or betrayal, your #1 job right now is to consistently ask: Where is my wellbeing? Where can I find a place to sit in peace and open my hands to receive the blessings that are waiting for you?
When you let everything else fall away, and get back ...
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Surviving trauma can feel like you're walking on a narrow cliffside path, scared, guarded, and on edge. You don't trust anyone, and even the tiniest thing can make you feel like you're going to go plunging to your doom.
But that's your trauma brain talking.... In this episode, Ty and Kara go deep into exploring the emotional terrain of life after trauma.
When ...
Ty and Kara talk about building trust, safety, and deep soul-level intimacy by healing core wounds, helping each other through limiting beliefs, and loving each other in our most authentic moments.
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The love you deserve is waiting for you no matter what you've experienced in the past. It is possible to heal. It is possible to find save, beautiful, fulfilling love. It is your turn to get to experience what love is supposed to be like. You're not broken. You're whole and beautiful and deeply desired at a soul level. Your forever love is seeking you too, whether you haven't met yet, or you're sitting right next to each other. We ...
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We are communicating all the time whether we know it or not. One of the best things you can do to help transform any relationship is to start really listening.
Ty and Kara discuss the importance of listening and some quick easy tips to be a better listener.
Help us grow by giving us a rating and a follow! If you get value from any of our episodes, please shar...
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In this episode, Ty and Kara explore the importance of trust in a relationship.
spoiler... it's foundational.
If you find yourself not being able to trust for whatever reason, this episode is for you!
We guide you through a simple, powerful step that can help you to start trusting yourself as well as your partner. After all, shouldn't your relationship be the...
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Do you still find yourself rage texting, rage posting, or lashing out at someone you care about when you get triggered? This is a common challenge among those of us recovering from PTSD. When we do, the downward spiral of shame and embarrassment inevitably follows. What's worse, it hurts the people we love and strains those relationships. They no longer want to...
We are light beings made of energy, and energy is contagious! Ty and Kara talk about ways you can master your energy to brighten up any situation and influence the energy wherever you are and whatever you're facing. This is especially helpful if you struggle with feelings of self doubt, unworthiness, anxiety, and depression.
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When is the last time you got triggered? Are you still experiencing frequent PTSD or trauma triggers? Looking for a way to reregulate and overcome your triggers for good? This is the episode for you! Ty and Kara talk about how to heal from trauma, recognize your triggers, voice them, and work through them to quickly reregulate, calm your nervous system, and shift back to joy, confidence, and purpose.
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