Today's Heartlift with Janell

Send us a text In "Stronger Every Day," Janell helps you, dear Heartlifter, helps you shake off any and all shame language spoken over you, and invites you to learn the new language of grace. In this bonus mediation, she leads you in "The Shame Shake-Off Prayer," a powerful declaration to help you along the Heartlifter's Journey.  Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter&ap...

Send us a text Stronger Every Day begins with this beautiful prayer for strength. Add this to your morning quiet time and soak in its blessing.  Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Matters Leave a review and rate the podcast: WRITE A REVIEW Make a tax-deductible donation through Heartlift International Visit and subscribe to Heartlift Central on...

Send us a text In "Stronger Every Day: 9 Tools for Becoming An Emotionally Healthy You," Janell invites you, the reader, to "Ask for Something Greater." It is a challenge she resists herself, because of limiting beliefs and fear. Yet, it is a new year filled with possibilities. Why settle for less? Let's ask for something greater.  Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter&a...

Send us a text In "Stronger Every Day: 9 Tools for an Emotionally Healthy You," Janell leads you, the reader, into the contemplative practice, "Lectio Divina," (a divine reading) of John 4, The Woman at the Well. As you transport back into this ancient, but true, tale, what do you notice? What do you hear? Who do you most identify with? What point-of-view is more like your poin...

Send us a text In "Stronger Every Day: 9 Tools for Becoming a Healthy You," Janell invites you, the reader, to pick up your pen and start rewriting your story.  Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Matters Leave a review and rate the podcast: WRITE A REVIEW Make a tax-deductible donation through Heartlift International Visit and subscrib...

Send us a text Award-winning author, LaTan Murphy, writes, "Victory demands that we get up. Lying around won't get us to our better tomorrows. It takes wild courage to fight against oppression and depression." In Part 2 of this conversation on courage, Janell and LaTan talk about what courage looks like when you are told your husband has a 99% blockage in his heart. You might be sur...

Send us a text In her award-winning book, "Courageous Women of the Bible," Author LaTan Murphy writes of Deborah (Judges 4), "As she [Deborah] exercised her faith in God, I think she became more than a number, more than just a woman." More. Than. Just. A. Woman. In this brand-new conversational format, Janell and LaTan open up a powerful conversation about courage.  Support the...

Send us a text In her children's book, A Flicker of Hope, award-winning author, Julia Cook, shares a powerful message of hope. In today's first interview-based episode, Janell and Julia open up a much-needed, timely conversation about resilience, mental health, suicide prevention, and the power of community. Julia firmly believes hope is a children's window for a better tomorrow.  S...

Send us a text Poet John O'Donohue refers to graciousness as "a quality of mind." Here, in the Stronger Every Day community, we talk a whole lot about the quality of our minds. One of our most strategic intentions is to develop a strong growth mindset and one of our most effective tools is the practice of gratitude. In today's episode, we meet two close cousins of Gratitude: Gr...

Send us a text Today, we give thanks. This holiday season will be different. We are living in strange times. It will also be different for me, personally, as my dear momma will not be sitting around the table. She is feasting in a far better place. In this special episode, I share a meditative prayer that I wrote in her honor. May you listen with your family and share a moment of gratitude, togeth...

Send us a text Perspective is an interesting concept. Psychologists do not believe there is one way to study the way people think or behave. I couldn't agree more. Just look at the state of our union. As we prepare for the holiday season, COVID style, we might need a change or shift in our perspective.  Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Ma...

Send us a text Blaise Pascal once wrote, "In difficult times you should always carry something beautiful in your mind." I've read countless biographies of remarkable men and women who endured unimaginable hardships. Each spoke of "something beautiful" they kept in their mind. Today, we learn the importance of "fixing our gaze" on the beauty that surrounds us. And...

Send us a text A fun part of our FREE MINI-COURSE, "Everyday Epiphanies: 28 Days to More Joy," (see www.janellrardon.com to download), Janell challenges listeners and fellow heartlifters to NOTICE the seemingly small things along the path of their day and then write a short thought about "why" it lifted their spirits. The practice of gratitudes begins by noticing. By paying att...

Send us a text In today's episode, One out of Ten, Janell shares an age-old story about the difference between a grateful person and an ungrateful person. Are some of us more prone to gratitude than others? Can we learn how to be grateful? Does being grateful even make a difference?  Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Matters Leave a review...

Send us a text John Milton once said, "Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world." With a global pandemic continuing to push us all to the edge, a presidential election firing up our national temperature, and increasing parental pressures of homeschooling, I'd...

Send us a text Welcome to Today's Heartlift with Janell! As a professional heartlifter, aka trauma-informed therapist and author, it brings me great joy to extend the traditional "therapeutic" practice to this podcast space. Together, we'll rewrite any and all negative narratives and stories and begin living our very best God-breathed lives. Put on your growth mindset and get r...

Send us a text Speak Healing Words: The Podcast is transitioning into a new format and focus and will now be called, "Today's Heartlift with Janell." Of course, speaking healing words will continue to be a major tool in our emotional health and wellness toolbox, but we are expanding to a more conversational style + teachings + interviews + MORE INSPIRATION, too! Stay tuned, it is go...

Send us a text In S3E17, we talked about the power and challenge of "unlearning" old ways of doing and being. To help the transformation process, a meditative exercise, "The Waiting Room," was offered. Here, in this short meditative exercise, "The Three Letters," more help and hope is given to you. Find a quiet spot and listen for God-whispers.  Support the show Begin...

Send us a text I see it over and over again: learning new ways of behaving and communicating requires a whole lot of "unlearning." The older we get, the deeper our neural pathways get! In today's conversation, we talk about "unlearning" and how to make the process of emotional healing a little less painful and a whole lot more productive.  Support the show Begin Your Heart...

Send us a text Reparation is a necessary practice in all of our relationships, particularly and most importantly, within our family. In this episode of "Hallways of Home," Janell offers simple, practical ways to repair emotional wounds.  Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Matters Leave a review and rate the podcast: WRITE A REVIEW Make...

Send us a text Our nation is literally on fire. What do we do when our capacity, our "Window of Tolerance" is almost closed or nailed down tight? Sometimes our emotions are way too big and overwhelming and we don't know what or how to handle them. "When we are outside of our window of tolerance, our nervous system responds by going into survival mode: fight, flight, or freeze.&...

Send us a text Autonomy is a basic, fundamental psychological CHOICE, rather than feeling pressured or controlled to act. In today's conversation on "The Hallways of Home," Janell speaks to the great need to have health, autonomous relationships in our lives.  Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Matters Leave a review and rate the...

Send us a text In this special series, "The Hallways of Home," we've been talking about some hard issues: yelling, repression, emotional safety, and so today, we add the powerful emotional health tool of self-compassion. True personal growth and transformation requires that we speak healing words of empathy and compassion to ourselves, because change is hard.  Support the show Begin...

Send us a text In this special series, "The Hallways of Home," Janell and the Stronger Every Day Community commit to becoming emotionally healthy. It isn't easy to face unhealthy, often hurtful and harmful, personal qualities and behaviors, but it is life changing. Janell offers hope, healing, and FREE resources for beginning the journey towards emotional health and wellness.  Suppo...

Send us a text Would you describe yourself as a "yeller?" Does anger control you or do you control your anger? In today's honest, grace-filled conversation, Janell looks at the anatomy of yelling and shares how important it is to resolve any and all issues that might be lurking inside of you, causing anger explosions and creating FEAR in the family.  Support the show Begin Your Hear...