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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

Do You Want to Be Whole?
This week's word: WHOLE! In Episodes 4 & 5 we talked about a direct, intentional question Jesus asked a lame man: Do you want to be whole? So, let's look at this word and discover how we can move through life from a W.H.O.L.E. place. Oftentimes, when we are in a...

Forget
Words matter. They have the potential to alter the course of your life. That is why we talk about their power, right here, on The Speak Healing Words Podcast. Today is Part 2 of our "Forgive and Forget" conversation, which started in Episode 2. You are going to be...

Contentment
In our Christmas edition of the podcast, we talk about "A Woman's Greatest Gift,"—her emotional health. When a woman possesses and practices the three fold cord of emotional health and spiritual authenticity: a healthy sense of self, healthy behavior patterns and...

Episode 2: Forgive
Why is it so hard to forgive? The bigger question is why is it so hard to forgive ourselves? Today, we look at the words within the word, forgive, and practice self-compassion. I'm drawing from the great work of Dr. Stan Luskin's book, "Forgive for Good," and from my...

Inaugural Podcast
Join Author and Board Certified Life Coach, Janell Rardon, as she begins a much-needed, powerful conversation about the power and effect of our words. [spp-transcript] Announcer: Words matter. They can change the course of your day. Just listen. You are...

Episode 1: Heartlift
Experience the power of a heartlift. A heartlift? What on earth is that? Tune in and find out! [Tweet "Experience your very own heartlift."] [spp-transcript] Speaker 1: Words matter. They can change the course of your day. Just listen. You...

Finding the Good in Good Friday
Visiting the Blog Archives today. We are not built for everyone's bad news, or are we? Day after day, bad news streams into our lives. Just this week: A 22,000 lb. bomb, known as "The Mother of all Bombs (MOAB)," was dropped in the Achin district of Nangarhar province...

One Woman’s Act of Mercy
Maundy Thursday is a day to reflect. Today, Author Janell Rardon, shares how one woman can change history’s narrative.

One Woman’s Courage
While the Bible does not tell us who the wife of Pilate the governor was, the Apocryphal book, The Gospel of Nicodemus, identifies her as Claudia Procula, and a granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus. The book also says that she was a proselyte to Judaism, being among...

The Pain of Unanswered Prayers
Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a sudden good break can turn life around." -Proverbs 13:12 (MSG) Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life." -Proverbs 13:12 (NIV) The Pain of Unanswered Prayers Tori sat...
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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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