Today's Heartlift with Janell

Janell Rardon
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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."

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    The Hummingbird's Secret: Finding Rhythms of Rest in a Busy World with Eryn Lynum

    Send us a text What if your very life depended on rest? For author and Master Naturalist, Eryn Lynum, diagnosed with Addison's disease at just 14 years old, this isn't a philosophical question—it's reality. With adrenal glands that no longer function, Erin's body can't produce the stress hormone cortisol, making overwhelming stress potentially fatal. Yet from this sobering reality emerged profound wisdom about God's gift of rest that might transform how you view your rhythms of work and rejuv...

    49 min
  2. 317. Seeing Resurrection is No Small Thing with Aundi Kolber

    6D AGO

    317. Seeing Resurrection is No Small Thing with Aundi Kolber

    Send us a text Janell welcomes Aundi Kolber, a Licensed Professional Counselor and author, to explore how the flow of strength helps us move beyond trauma to true flourishing. Aundi reminds us "that seeing resurrection is no small thing." • Aundi explains the "window of tolerance" – the optimal zone where we can feel emotions without being overwhelmed. • Trauma can narrow our window of tolerance, making us feel unsafe even when we're secure. • The "flow of strength" moves us from situationa...

    1h 1m
  3. 316. Cultivating Psychological Flexibility: A Mother's Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

    APR 10

    316. Cultivating Psychological Flexibility: A Mother's Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

    Send us a text Psychological flexibility transforms how we mother and mature. I welcome psychologist Jill Stoddard to explore how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can help women navigate anxiety, stress, and the challenges of parenting with more significant presence and authenticity. • Understanding psychological flexibility as being present, being open to internal experiences, and making value-aligned choices. • Learning that values are how we appear in life—not feelings, outcomes, o...

    59 min

  4. APR 2

    315. Normalizing Girls in Church Leadership: A Conversation with Amy and Rob Dixon

    Send us a text Today is National Picture Book Day, so we celebrate by bringing the voices of Rob and Amy Dixon to the table. In this episode, I speak with Amy and Rob Dixon about their new picture book, Penny Preaches, which helps normalize girls in church leadership roles. We: • Explore the theological frameworks of complementarianism versus egalitarianism in church settings. • Understand how women's leadership gifts remain untapped – "the church has been trying to fulfill the Great Commiss...

    56 min
  5. 314. The Radical Practice of Relaxation with Tracie Braylock

    MAR 26

    314. The Radical Practice of Relaxation with Tracie Braylock

    Send us a text Tracy Braylock, holistic nurse and well-being advocate, joins us in exploring the revolutionary concept of relaxation as a radical act of faith. We discuss how believers can engage their God-designed relaxation response to exist in a state of peace regardless of external circumstances. In this episode, Tracie and I discuss: • Understanding radical relaxation as removing stress from its root like a radical medical procedure. • Learning to identify our divinely designed relaxati...

    51 min
  6. 313. Body First: A Revolutionary Approach to Trauma Recovery with Britt Piper

    MAR 19

    313. Body First: A Revolutionary Approach to Trauma Recovery with Britt Piper

    Send us a text Brittany Piper, author of "Body-First Healing: Get Unstuck and Recover from Trauma with Somatic Healing." Brittany transforms our understanding of trauma recovery with her groundbreaking approach that places the body—not just the mind—at the center of healing. After surviving sexual assault, foster care experiences, and profound loss, Brittany found conventional therapy lacking until she discovered the missing piece: somatic healing that addresses trauma stored in the n...

    1h 10m
  7. 312. Turning Down the Noise: Cultivating Emotional Health in an Overstimulated World with Sarah Boyd

    MAR 13

    312. Turning Down the Noise: Cultivating Emotional Health in an Overstimulated World with Sarah Boyd

    Send us a text Sarah Boyd, child development expert and author of "Turn Down the Noise: A Practical Guide to Building an Emotionally Healthy Family in a Chronically Overstimulated World," joins me for a profound conversation about building emotionally healthy families in our chronically overstimulated world. Despite increasing awareness about resilience and mental health, anxiety and depression rates among children continue to rise dramatically. Sarah offers a powerful reframe: what if these ...

    53 min
  8. 311. Where Are You, God? with Aubrey Sampson

    MAR 5

    311. Where Are You, God? with Aubrey Sampson

    Send us a text As we enter the 40-day season of Lent, author and pastor Aubrey Sampson helps us uncover the spiritual wisdom and "strange gifts" that often hide inside grief. In her new book, "What We Find in the Dark: Loss, Hope, and God's Presence in Grief," Aubrey shares how losing her best friend of twenty years sent her into a dark night of the soul. She shares, "Sometimes the dark nights of life and faith have strange gifts. Conversely, we find ourselves free from the superficial in o...

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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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    • Creator
      Janell Rardon
    • Years Active
      2018 - 2025
    • Episodes
      317
    • Rating
      Clean
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      © 2025 Today's Heartlift with Janell
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