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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."
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Send us a text 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-needed, timely conversation about resilience, mental health, suicide prevention, and the power of community. Julia firmly believes hope is a children's window for a better tomorrow. Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Matters Leave a review...
Send us a text 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 strategic intentions is to develop a strong growth mindset and one of our most effective tools is the practice of gratitude. In today's episode, we meet two close cousins of Gratitude: Graciousness and Beauty. Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Mat...
Send us a text 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. As we prepare for the holiday season, COVID style, we might need a change or shift in our perspective. Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Matters Leave a review and rate the podcast: WRITE A REVIEW Make a tax-deductible donation through ...
Send us a text 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 unimaginable hardships. Each spoke of "something beautiful" they kept in their mind. Today, we learn the importance of "fixing our gaze" on the beauty that surrounds us. And, we begin to notice. This simple practice leads to becoming more grateful and to having more joy. Support the show Begin Your...
Send us a text 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 seemingly small things along the path of their day and then write a short thought about "why" it lifted their spirits. The practice of gratitudes begins by noticing. By paying attention. Janell shares her "Moment of Gratitude" from 2015. Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: ...
Send us a text 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 others? Can we learn how to be grateful? Does being grateful even make a difference? Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Matters Leave a review and rate the podcast: WRITE A REVIEW Make a tax-deductible donation through Heartlift Internatio...
Send us a text 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 world." With a global pandemic continuing to push us all to the edge, a presidential election firing up our national temperature, and increasing parental pressures of homeschooling, I'd say we all need a little MORE joy in our day-to-day lives. Today, I offer a simple practice of gratitude that yi...
Send us a text 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" practice to this podcast space. Together, we'll rewrite any and all negative narratives and stories and begin living our very best God-breathed lives. Put on your growth mindset and get ready to experience the power of a heartlift. Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the s...
Send us a text 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 be a major tool in our emotional health and wellness toolbox, but we are expanding to a more conversational style + teachings + interviews + MORE INSPIRATION, too! Stay tuned, it is going to be so good. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave a review (pretty please), and download more freebi...
Send us a text 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. Here, in this short meditative exercise, "The Three Letters," more help and hope is given to you. Find a quiet spot and listen for God-whispers. Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the show: Your Donation Matters Leave a review and rate the podcast: WRITE A REVIE...
Send us a text In our Christmas edition of the podcast, we talk about "A Woman's Greatest Gift," being 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 healthy communication skills, she moves through her life from a deep state of inner contentment, which ultimately leads to personal freedom. Support the show Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey: Support the ...
Send us a text So proud to be in Feedspot's Top 100 Mental Health Podcasts: https://podcast.feedspot.com/mental_health_podcasts/ Today's Heartlifting Episode: Something is stirring in the hearts of women across generations. That quiet voice urging us toward purpose beyond ourselves—toward becoming maternal presences in a world desperately needing wisdom, nurturing, and light. In this soul-stirring conversation, Leslie Means (founder of Her View From Home and author of "So God Made a Grandma"...
Send us a text A cave near Bethlehem. Stone, straw, and a light that still reaches us. We follow Saint Nicholas’s quiet pilgrimage and find our own footing in a season when headlines blur, and hearts grow tired. The story of Emmanuel, God with us, becomes more than a lyric—it turns into a lifeline you can hold, a place you can enter, a presence you can trust when love feels heavy and the calendar won’t slow down. We open with Nicholas’s years near Beit Jala, exploring how a humble cave shape...
Send us a text What if love didn’t start with your effort but with God’s presence moving toward you? This guided, unhurried reading of 1 John 4:7–21 explores a radical claim—God is love—and shows how that truth can steady anxious hearts, transform relationships, and make faith visible in everyday life. We walk through the text line by line, hearing how the sending of Jesus redefines love as concrete and self-giving. Together we consider why living in love means living in God, how the Spirit ...
Send us a text "Understanding is the essence of love" (Thich Nhat Hanh). The quiet before wonder can change everything. We move through Advent by stepping into the story of Saint Nicholas—not the myth, but the young man whose hidden generosity saved daughters from slavery and modeled a love that protects dignity. From that spark, we explore how real love is trained, not assumed: a discipline of attention that seeks to understand first, then act with compassion, joy, and freedom. I share why ...
Send us a text A storm-tossed sky lantern lands in a front yard with a daughter’s message to her dad, and a simple response turns into a global moment of shared grief and hope. That story becomes our gateway into the real Saint Nicholas—an early Christian bishop who noticed the vulnerable, met practical needs with courage, and quietly changed lives in a collapsing empire. We sit down with author and screenwriter Matt Mikalatos to explore his devotional, Praying with Saint Nicholas, and the s...
Send us a text Sharing a Thanksgiving Prayer/Meditation of Gratitude: Ask for Something Greater. Matthew 7:7 heralds a beautiful message: "Ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you." This week's question: "What if your prayers are too small for the life you’re meant to live?" In this focused, six-minute guided meditation, we slow down, breathe, and move from timid requests to...
Send us a text "Learning to say no to good things so we can experience better things may sound easy, but it can feel really hard - hard to know when it's the thing to do, and hard to do it. Yet there's a healthy vulnerability that comes with saying no." -Dr. Arianna Molloy, Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work Silence and emptiness emerge as surprising allies. Drawing on Thomas Moore, we treat emptiness not as failure but as space for meaning and healthy detachment. Emptine...
Send us a text "You're allowed to stop." In this conversation, I explore rest not as a luxury or reward, but as a sacred practice woven into the very heart of creation. We dive a little deeper into Dr. Arianna Molloy's book, "Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work." If God rested, why is it so hard for us? We'll discuss the pressures that drive us to perform and strive, the stories we've inherited about productivity and worth, and what it means to honor our humanity by slowin...
Send us a text Have you ever been asked, "What is your calling?" In Episode 344, Dr. Arianna Molloy, author of "Healthy Calling: From Toxic Burnout to Sustainable Work," shares her research and helps us answer that question from a beautiful place of understanding and maturity. In this episode, we reframe calling as a living relationship with God, grounded in community and guided by humility, rest, and gratitude. I also unveil a new monthly format that helps us metabolize ideas, practice spiri...
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