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Recently named 6th in Feedspot’s Top 100 Mental Health Podcasts, Today’s Heartlift invites you to grab a cup of something delicious and listen in on remarkable conversations about faith + mental health issues. In 2025, the podcast is dedicated to specifically helping mothers become emotionally healthy in three strategic areas:
- A healthy sense of self, “Who am I?”
- Healthy behavior patterns, “How Do I Treat Myself & Others?”
- Healthy communication skills, “How Do I Relate to Myself & Others?”
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Latest Podcast Episodes
Quiet Gifts
“My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand.” -Thich Nhat Hanh Q: What are the quiet gifts of loving others well? Support the Show Your generous support helps the show stay AD...
Who is St. Nicholas?
You aren't going to be able to think your way out of fear, because fear is an irrational force. You will have to leap with your heart racing, again and again, until you have carved out a new comfort zone in the arena of your deepest desires. You will have to learn to...
A Guided Prayer to Break Small Thinking
You aren't going to be able to think your way out of fear, because fear is an irrational force. You will have to leap with your heart racing, again and again, until you have carved out a new comfort zone in the arena of your deepest desires. You will have to learn to...
Do You Need a Little Empty in Your Life?
"The healthy no means we took time to consider the long game, the bigger perspective, and we see the value in doing the right thing over the immediate thing. It is much easier to have this kind of vulnerability when we are clear on our boundaries." Dr. Arianna Molloy,...
Rest is Not a Luxury
Humility knows how to take a break. Walking humbly with God means vigilantly guarding and incorporating routine times of rest. Healthy humility recognizes that to function at our best means we need to rest." Dr. Arianna Molloy, Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to...
The Practice of Healthy Humility
The humble person thinks of others, viewing them as those who are made in the image of God. The humble person is not looking to 'people please,' but to please God. In this way, the humble person is not blind to their own strengths, because they are looking to see how...
From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work
Sustained stress acts like horse blinders, diminishing our abiity to see ourselves and others well. Like 20/20 vision, humility helps us see close up and far away. To do this well, we need time for reflection. Here's the thing about 'routine rest': when we slow down...
Your Story Matters
My heavily fortified, self-reliant heart that emerged from early elementary kept me from truly showing up in relationships until I was able to identify and tell my story in a fuller, honest way. I’m still learning to do that, and God is healing my heart. Healing is...
When the Heart Finds a New Rhythm
"A heart out of rhythm has a way of revealing a life out of rhythm." Q: Has your heart ever been out of rhythm? Support the Show Your generous support helps the show stay AD FREE, which is the way we like it! It's so easy, you can donate right here: THANK YOU IN...
Becoming a Trusted Listener
Theologian Shelly Rambo writes, "Trauma is described as an encounter with death. This encounter is not, however, a literal death but a way of describing a radical event or events that shatter all that one knows about the world and the familiar ways of operating within...
The After Party of the Empty Nest
"While you're managing the day's stressors, your body is managing the day's stress. It's absolutely essential to your well-being that you give your body the resources it needs to complete the stress response cycles that have been activated." -The Nagoski Sisters...
Ready to Complete the Stress Cycle?
"While you're managing the day's stressors, your body is managing the day's stress. It's absolutely essential to your well-being that you give your body the resources it needs to complete the stress response cycles that have been activated." -The Nagoski Sisters...
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Listen in the car, as you take a walk in nature, or sitting by the ocean soaking up God’s creation. Janell gets right to the heart of matters concerning the heart, mind, and spirit. Start your day with her encouragement or end your day with a soothing “conversation” with Janell.
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Janell Rardon is a wise and generous teacher! She shares so much wisdom, insight and information in each podcast! She’s speaks clearly and from the heart! She is focused, so she covers so much information clearly and effectively. She also honors the time efficiently, which is great blessing for a mom who doesn’t have a lot of time to listen. I’d listen more in the car, but I always want to take notes!
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