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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
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...
Ready to Break the Stress Cycle?
"We pretend that everything is fine, even though it’s not. Even in the hardest times, strength from Godrises from deep in our soul to keep us going. In this honest, inspirational, and humorous book, KatieSchnack goes deep into the hard stuff of life with no...
The Sacred Art of Slowing Down
What might happen if we played with slowing down to create some breathing room, some space to really *be with* people — both the people we are in ourselves, and the people we are in relationship with? What might it be like if we tuned in with the ways we assume our...
The Untold Power of Women’s Leadership
Moreover, the reductive sexualization of women in the Bible teaches a message about women in the church: they are interesting or worthy of attention only with respect to sexuality. Women become objects of male desire and (consequently) stumbling blocks that cause men...
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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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