Today's Heartlift with Janell

Send us a text We are diving deep into TOOL 3: Shape Healthy Thoughts (Cognitive Reframing) and challenging ourselves to take one full day to examine our thoughts and thought processes. Take much-needed time to "notice" any cognitive distortions, or "faulty thinking," i.e., "stinking thinking." We also ask, "Am I living my God-breathed story or settling for secon...

Send us a text Welcome back to our friend, Author Erica Wiggenhorn, as she tells us all about her new book, "Letting God Be Enough: Why Striving Keeps You Stuck and How Surrender Sets You Free," (Moody, Fall 2021). As we move through Janell's new book, "Stronger Every Day: 9 Tools for an Emotionally Healthy You," + this summer season of reset, Erica's thoughts and wor...

Send us a text Secure attachment is our birthright. Yet, statistics reveal that <55% of the human population receive this as a child. Why is that? In today's episode, Janell opens a heartfelt, sensitive conversation about the effects of not receiving "secure attachment." A little more candid, less polished, Janell speaks from the deepest part of her soul. She also offers HOPE and...

Send us a text Welcome to our Heartlifting journey through Janell's new book, "Stronger Every Day: 9 Tools for an Emotionally Healthy You." In this episode, Janell introduces TOOL 1, "Step Across the Threshold of Meaningfulness." It might seem a bit strange to start a transformative journey with "the purusit of meaningfulness," but Janell shares her "why&quo...

Send us a text This episode sets the stage for our Summer of Reset's deep dive into the nine tools of "Stronger Every Day: 9 Tools for an Emotionally Healthy You." Janell introduces and offers the audio meditation, "A Daily Practice," shaped after St. Ignatius's "A Daily Examen." Receive renewed vitality and experience the lavish love and grace of God. This...

Send us a text Welcome to Season 6, Episode 2 where Janell flies solo and invites us all to catch our breath! Someone once said, "Life is lived forward and understood backwards," and that is what this episode is all about. As a teacher for most of her life, Janell values the power of a good review. Seasons 4 & 5 have brought great thinkers, leaders, and remarkable heartlifters to us....

Send us a text Welcome to SEASON 6, " A SUMMER RESET." To usher us into this new season, please welcome Gem and Alan Fadling, Authors and Founders of "Unhurried Living," a ministry dedicated to helping us rediscover the genius of Jesus' unhurried way of life and leadership. I am so honored to have this urgent conversation with them both, especially as the world recovers an...

Send us a text While I'm on my annual Beach Week with the fam, I thought I'd replay this remarkable conversation with Dr. Alison Cook. It's always a good reminder to practice setting healthy boundaries for your soul, especially when you're with the one you're closest to.  Dr. Alison Cook, Author of "Boundaries for Your Soul: How to Turn Your Overwhelming Thoughts and...

Send us a text "We are born with dreams, and some of us have detailed plans about how to make them happen. Yet we all come to a point in life when we realize that we are not in control," writes Author and Licensed Professional Counselor, Meredith McDaniels. Today, Meredith invites us into the Land of Want + Plenty, where we will develop a comforting awareness that we are seen, known, pro...

Send us a text Our guest today, Margaret Feinberg, Author of "More Power to You: Declarations to Break Free from Fear and Take Back Your Life," writes, "We are all storytellers, and I rehearsed the narrative that if I stopped working hard--in school, at college, as a writer--then everything would disintegrate. Including me. Soon I interpreted every failure and misstep as further pro...

Send us a text As we come to the close of our "Becoming Stronger" series, Janell hoped and prayed several guests would honor us with their wisdom and grace. When Caroline Williams, founder of "The Abbey," an at-home yoga sanctuary of peace, presence, and belonging for the lover of God who is aching to feel whole, said yes, Janell was filled with both gratitude and excitement. C...

Send us a text Author and Guest, Carol McLeod, writes, "Mother. It is impossible to hear that word without emotion. What do you feel, deep down, when you read the word 'mother?' Any why does the word mother carry so much power to create emotion? Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, our mother left us a legacy. For some of us, that legacy is unadulterated love; for others, the l...

Send us a text While recording the podcast session, "Becoming Stronger through the Unexplainable," author and Bible Teacher, Erica Wiggenhorn, shared an old story about Niagra Falls, a man, and a wheelbarrow. She added a few details of her own and the story pierced Janell's heart. It was a word in due season and exactly what Janell (and listeners) needed to hear. Per Janell's r...

Send us a text Author and Bible Teacher, Erica Wiggenhorn, empowers us to face the unexplainable things in our lives by surrendering our hearts to the One and Only, Jesus. She shares, "To be stronger every day is to walk in the strength of God." How do we do that? Learn highly valuable life practices that enable and equip you to find your way from pain and perplexity to peace and power. ...

Send us a text This message, "Strength Has Many Faces," has been burning inside of Janell's heart for a few weeks. In media interviews for her new book, "Stronger Every Day: 9 Tools for an Emotionally Healthy You," Janell is often asked, "What does being stronger every day actually look like? What does strength look like?" She's thought long and hard about t...

Send us a text Have you ever felt "pulled in a thousand different directions?" Our guest today, Dr. Chuck deGroat, author of "Wholeheartedness: Busyness, Exhaustion, and the Divided Self," helps each one of us move from "a divided self" into the beautiful, freeing realm of wholeheartness.  Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your...

Send us a text Many of us are living in the in-between places: in between sickness and health, divorce and lasting love, job frustration, and fulfillment. Today, Janell talks to the Co-founder of The Polished Network, Kat Armstrong, Author of "The In-Between Places: Where Jesus Changes Your Story" and engages in a remarkable conversation about how Kat's visit to Israel led her to be...

Send us a text Abraham Lincoln once said, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax.” This current series, "Becoming Stronger Every Day" is the pre-game show for our deeper dive into my new book, "Stronger Every Day: 9 Tools for an Emotionally Healthy You." As with any "finished work," there are always things you wis...

Send us a text Every year in the United States, more than 21 million people become unemployed through layoffs, discharge, or job eliminations. Because of the 2020 pandemic, this number is almost doubled. In his new book, Dale Kreienkamp, founder of Thriving Through Transitions, talks to Janell about the emotional struggle and journey of moving through tough transitional periods in life. Their conv...

Send us a text Have you ever "hit the wall?" Not physically, but maybe spiritually or mentally? Today's guest, Dr. Kristi Gaultiere, Co-author of "The Journey of the Soul: A Practical Guide to Emotional and Spiritual Growth," visits with us and shares the six CHRIST stages of spiritual growth. In "Stronger Every Day: 9 Tools for an Emotionally Healthy You," Janel...

Send us a text Welcome Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith to the podcast today. A critical part of becoming stronger every day is found in the wisdom of being well-rested. Janell and Saundra open a very helpful, hopeful conversation on how to achieve emotional rest, especially during this global pandemic.  Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Matters Leave...

Send us a text The heart lifting journey towards emotional health and wellness is a long pilgrimage that requires taking intentional rest stops. Today, we learn a beautiful way to GROUND ourselves during heightened seasons of difficulty or pain. Cue a global pandemic. In "Grounded in Grace," we listen to a "mental snapshot" that invites us to calm our nervous system down so we...

Send us a text Rumi once wrote, "The wound is the place where the Light enters you." Can there possibly be beauty in brokenness? In today's episode, Janell reads from the introduction to her new book and shares life lessons she learned from the Japanese art form of Kintsugi. Living during a global pandemic has led us all to some hard places. How can we move forward from this crisis...

Send us a text Anxiety is either our friend or foe? Or, is it actually both? In this episode, Janell shares her own confrontation with anxiety and how adaptability helped her through a really tough medical crisis. Learning to be adaptable simply means, "the capacity or ability to manage your state of mind" (skills-focus.org). We are in a global pandemic and need adaptability more than ev...

Send us a text Have you ever heard yourself say, "We'll talk about it later. Everyone calm down. Be nice. It will all be okay," and you know it won't be okay. You walk away with anxiety and stress coursing through your nervous system. Today, Janell opens a brand-new year, brand-new season, "Stronger Every Day," and begins by tackling the difference between being a &qu...