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
243. Get the Love of God Into Your Bones
"We are called to extravagant action
but that must be grounded in extravagant devotion."
-Chris Rice, From Pandemic to Renewal
Welcome to Part 2 of my riveting conversation with Chris Ric…
242. Embracing Conflict: Finding Love and Truth in the Midst of Pain and Division
"Love without truth lies.
Truth without love kills."
-Chris Rice, "From Pandemic to Renewal"
What might happen in our world and the bigger world if we, as followers of the Jesus Way, rele…
241. A Choice to Love Every Day
Love is God's language.
On a plane ride home, I watched a charming Netflix movie, "Love at First Sight," and was gripped by the last line, "We all have a choice to love every day."
We al…
240. Moving Toward My Beloved, Authentic Self
The Enneagram is one of the primary tools of my private practice. I've never found another personality typing system that gets to the "motive of our heart" like the Enneagram. It isn't …
239. Lessons on Love from the Enneagram
"The Enneagram is a tool God can use to aid us in the spiritual process of self-examination, leading to greater self-knowledge and confession on the way to spiritual transformation" (Se…
238. Finding God's Love in Psalm 63
"Growing in our relational knowledge of how to connect and love requires a lot of practice. And it requires deliberate practice. We need to focus on specific outcomes that stretch us be…
237. Choosing Love Over Self-Centric Despair, Part 2
In his newest book, "Analog Christian: Cultivating Contentment, Resilience, and Wisdom in the Digital Age," author and pastor Jay Kim, writes, "One of the most effective ways of lulling…
236. Choosing Love Over Self-Centric Despair
What is self-centric despair? Today's guest, Jay Kim, lead pastor of Westgate Church in Silicon Valley, is going to tell us all about it. In his newest book, "Analog Christian: Cultivat…
234. What Are You Longing For?
Longing invites curiosity. Irish Poet, David Whyte writes this about longing, "Longing is nothing without its dangerous edge, which cuts and wounds us while setting us free, and beckons…
233. The Power of Longing, Part 2
Longing and Waiting often walk hand-in-hand. In today's conversation, Janell and Cally Logan, author of Dear Future Husband, talk about the process of waiting for your longing. This inv…
232. The Power of Longing
This isn't a question we get asked very often, "What are you longing for?" Yet, we all have deep longings. Today's guest, Cally Logan, author of "Dear Future Husband: A Love Letter Jour…
231. Finding Purpose in the Unknown and Unexpected Seasons of Life
Grace Wabuke Klein, author of "Flourish: Finding Purpose in the Unknown and Unexpected Seasons of Life," knows that there is great purpose in our darkest days and seasons of waiting. T…
230. The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith, Part 2
"Story is not something we should be afraid of; it is always present in our lives, weaving our experiences together and offering us a lens through which to view the world." --Jennifer L…
229. The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
In this season of slowing down the pace of our lives, it is importa…
228. Grief Wears Many Faces
Grief comes in all shapes, sizes, and forms. At the beginning of her upcoming book, "Can You Just Sit With Me?" author Natasha Smith shares 10 brief vignettes of grief stories she has l…
227. Becoming Acquainted with Grief
"Grief is a strong, sometimes overwhelming emotion for people, regardless of whether their sadness stems from the loss of a loved one or from a terminal diagnosis they or someone they l…
226. Becoming a Forgiving + Praying Person, BONUS
Summer invites us into a time of slowing down the pace a little. It gives us space to think about how we are doing. Quaker teacher, Douglas Steere, once said, "To listen to another’s s…
225. Becoming a Praying Person
It's hard to talk about "becoming a forgiving person," without laying a strong foundation of "becoming a praying person." To help us lay a strong foundation for the power of prayer in …
224. Becoming a Forgiving Person
The wise Frederick Buechner once said, "Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your to…
223. Upcycling Our Brokenness: Finding Purpose in Life's Messes
In Today's Heartlift with Janell, the episode features guest, Tina Yeager, author of "Upcycled: Crafted for a Purpose, and discusses the concept of upcycling, where God transforms our …