Today's Heartlift with Janell
Sometimes the story we tell ourselves is not really true. Sometimes the story others tell about us is not really true. On "Today's Heartlift with Janell," Author, Trauma-informed, board-certified marriage and family specialist, and Professional Heartlifter, Janell Rardon, opens conversations about how emotional health and mental fitness effects absolutely every area of our lives. When we possess and practice healthy, strong, resilient emotional health practices, life is so much better. Read Janell's newest book, "Stronger Every Day: 9 Tools for an Emotionally Healthy You."
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 338
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
81. A Flicker of Hope
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…
80. Graciousness is a Quality of Mind
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 strateg…
79. A Thanksgiving Meditation: Ask for Something Greater
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 t…
78. A Grateful Perspective
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.…
77. Eyes That See Beauty
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 unimagin…
76. Writing Your "Moment of Gratitude"
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…
75. One Out of Ten
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 o…
74. Everyday Epiphanies
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 w…
73. Welcome to Today's Heartlift with Janell
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" practic…
72. How to Manage Our Chronic Worry and Anxiety
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…
71. A Meditative Exercise, The Three Letters
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…
70. Unlearning with Meditative Exercise, The Waiting Room
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 conv…
69. Emotional Repair (Reparation)
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, practi…
68. The Window of Tolerance
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 overwhelmin…
67. Autonomy
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 …
66. Self-Compassion
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…
65. The Anatomy of Repression
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 ha…
64. The Anatomy of Yelling
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 …
63. Quarantine Quarrels
There is another new phrase rising during this COVID19 pandemic, "Quarantine Quarrels." Since we're tackling family confict, I thought I'd dive into the whole subject of "quarreling" an…
62. Be A Safe Parent
Being a parent is a hard job, especially during this global pandemic. So many things have changed and life is upside down. In this episode, Be a Safe Parent, Janell opens a conversation…