The Hearts Hello

Keona T. Ellerbe
  • 4.8 (5)
  • MENTAL HEALTH

Welcome to The Hearts Hello, where we believe our hearts are the foundation of our well-being and happiness. Our hearts hold the key to unlocking a life of purpose, meaning, and fulfillment, as they are the very essence of our being. We aim to uncover the secrets of a heart-centered life through authentic conversations, inspiring stories, and practical advice. We discuss the importance of emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and self-awareness in developing a healthy and vibrant heart. Additionally, we explore the role of vulnerability, empathy, and connection in building meaningful relationships and positively impacting the world. Join us on this journey of self-discovery and transformation as we awaken the heart and rediscover what truly matters. We'll use personal experiences and expert insights to explore the vital role of emotional and mental well-being in caring for our souls. Together, let's create a world where the heart is at the center of everything we do and where love, empathy, and kindness are the guiding principles. Let's learn to listen to our hearts, honor their voice, and live a life that aligns with our deepest values and aspirations. When the heart matters, everything else falls into place.

  1. APR 28

    Before May: Tell the truth about January through April

    Send us HEART Mail You can’t “fresh start” your way into a different life if you never pause long enough to tell the truth about what’s been happening. As we head into May, we’re doing a real self-check and we’re keeping it simple: less planning, more honesty, and one clear move you can follow through on. We take the pressure off perfection and borrow a framework most of us already understand: the work performance review. At work, results matter, and you don’t get to skip the review. So why do we let ourselves slide in our personal life? We walk through a quick personal accountability exercise that helps you evaluate how you’ve been showing up from January through April, not what you meant to do. You’ll break life into key categories like finances, relationships, mental health, physical health, career, business, and spiritual life, then rate each one fast without overthinking. The big moment is the choice between comfort and change. It’s easy to focus on what’s working and ignore what’s off, but that’s how May through December ends up looking exactly like the first part of the year. We challenge you to pick one area you already know isn’t working, get honest about the pattern you keep repeating, and choose one small shift to make this week. If you want more clarity, motivation that lasts, and real personal growth, press play and do the exercise with us. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and leave a review with the one area you’re choosing to change.

    7 min

  2. APR 22

    Protect The Process- Some Things Aren’t Meant Be Shared Yet

    Send us HEART Mail You can have something real in your hands and still lose it by showing it too soon. We use the old film-camera darkroom as a sharp metaphor for what happens when a dream, healing journey, business idea, or personal transformation gets exposed to too much “light” before it’s ready. We talk about why everyone is not supposed to know what you’re working on in real time, and why “not everybody deserves a preview” is less about distrust and more about wisdom. Some people are only meant to meet the finished product. When you invite them into the rough draft, you end up feeling pulled, stretched, and misunderstood because you gave access during a stage they were never assigned to. We also lay out a simple, practical framework for personal growth and creative discipline: hold it, build it, release it. Holding is protection and clarity. Building is real work without noise, because talking, posting, and explaining are not the same as constructing. Releasing is letting it stand on its own once it’s developed enough to handle questions, opinions, and your past. If you’re navigating boundaries, purpose, consistency, or social media oversharing, this conversation will help you protect your process and finish what you start. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs darkroom time, and leave a review with your answer: what are you building privately right now?

    8 min

  3. APR 19

    Stay On Your Square (Bonus Episode)

    Send us HEART Mail The most dangerous doubt isn’t always loud it’s familiar. It can come from people you love, people you trust, people you feel safe enough to tell the truth to. We recorded this bonus message because we’ve seen how quickly a clear calling can get blurry when someone else responds from their own fear, limits, or lack of context. If you’ve been holding something sacred a new direction, a hard decision, a next step that feels right in your bones this is your reminder to stay on your square. We break down what “your square” really is: your alignment, your clarity, your pace, and your lane. It’s the place where you and your spirit agree, even when the path doesn’t look logical to anyone else. We also name the trap that trips up so many of us: confusing sharing with seeking confirmation. Sharing says “this is where I am.” Seeking confirmation hands your steering wheel to whoever reacts the strongest. When you move based on who agrees with you, you can lose the very thing guiding you. You’ll also hear why not every thought needs to be spoken out loud and why some visions need protection while they’re still forming. Early exposure can invite unnecessary doubt, force you into over-explaining, and delay your growth. Press play, then tell us: where have you been second-guessing yourself because someone else couldn’t see the lines? If this helps, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs steadiness, and leave a review so more people can find the show.

    7 min

  4. APR 14

    Stop Over-Talking-You Can’t Reverse Engineer Be, Do, Have

    Send us HEART Mail You can’t build a stable life by chasing the outcome first. If you’re waiting to “have” respect, clarity, consistency, or peace so you can finally do the right things and become the right person, we challenge that order head-on. The real framework is Be Do Have: identity first, behavior second, results last. When you skip the “be,” you end up performing discipline instead of embodying it, and performance always breaks when pressure shows up. We dig into human compliance as a surprisingly practical lens for personal growth and leadership. A rule that isn’t enforced isn’t real, and a boundary you keep re-explaining turns into a suggestion. If you’re stuck repeating the same conversations, renegotiating standards, or hoping people “finally get it,” the issue often isn’t communication. It’s execution. People don’t align with speeches; they align with patterns, what you tolerate, and what you consistently uphold. We also connect the dots between workplace leadership and your personal life: strong standards are set, modeled, and enforced, not endlessly negotiated. To get new outcomes, we have to become someone clear and anchored, then do what matches that identity consistently. If this hits home, share it with someone who needs it, subscribe for more on identity, habits, boundaries, and personal development, and leave a review with the standard you’re choosing to enforce next.

    8 min

  5. APR 7

    You Don’t Have a Knowledge Problem- You Have a Compliance Problem | Biblical Perspective

    Send us HEART Mail You can ask for clarity forever and still stay stuck if you never do the last thing you already heard. We get plain about the difference between knowledge and compliance, then push past feelings into alignment that actually shows up in your choices.\n\nWe walk through Scripture with specific, uncomfortable examples. Saul proves that partial obedience is still misalignment, even when you dress it up as sacrifice. Noah shows what it looks like to treat instruction as instructive without remixing the plan to fit your comfort. Jesus calling out the Pharisees forces a deeper question: are we living with integrity or just presenting a clean public image? And Romans 12:2 brings it home by naming the real battlefield, the mind, because lasting change comes from renewed beliefs, not temporary bursts of behavior.\n\nThen Jonah raises the stakes. Disobedience does not stay private, it can put other people in a storm they did not choose. We also connect the idea to leadership and corporate compliance: when someone cuts corners or “close enough” becomes the culture, the whole structure gets weaker. If you are ready to stop negotiating with what you already know, press play, share this with a friend who needs the nudge, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.

    11 min

  6. MAR 31

    Choose Or Be Chosen: The Cost of Not Deciding

    Send us HEART Mail Having options isn’t the flex people think it is. When we don’t have the discipline to choose, we drift into the gray area, keep doors open, and call it freedom while our life quietly stays the same. We dig into why “more choices” often creates more noise, how indecision exposes a lack of clarity, and what it looks like to build stronger filters rooted in core values. We also take this beyond personal life and into the workplace. The same pattern shows up when we struggle to prioritize, start projects without finishing, sit in meetings instead of executing, and resist structure while asking for flexibility. Organizations can’t scale confusion, so leadership tightens expectations and moves people who move. If you care about career growth, productivity, and leadership readiness, this conversation reframes decision-making as a skill you practice, not a personality trait you wait for. From relationships to roles, we talk about non-negotiables that actually matter, the pull you feel when you’re out of alignment, and the hard truth about outgrowing what’s familiar. Your next level isn’t hiding behind more options. It’s waiting behind one honest decision, followed by consistent action. If this hit home, subscribe, share it with someone who’s stuck in the gray area, and leave a review. Where are you calling it “options” when it’s really avoidance?

    19 min

  7. MAR 24

    Human Compliance: When the Clean Slate Has a Pulse

    Send us HEART Mail The moment your workplace shifts, it can feel like the ground moves under your feet. A leadership change, a new structure, a tighter expectation, or a room that suddenly goes quiet can trigger the thought we rarely say out loud: “Am I still relevant here?” We sit with that tension and reframe it. Sometimes what we label disruption is actually your next promotion in disguise, because the environment is evolving faster than the identity you built in the last season.  We talk about clean slates without the polished version. The real reset comes with uncertainty, a dent in confidence, and the urge to cling to what used to work. Using the detour as a simple metaphor for change management, we explore why change feels wrong even when it is leading you to the same destination, and how organizations drift into comfort compliance where things look fine on paper but vision fades. When new leaders arrive, they often push alignment with strategy and performance, not emotional comfort, and that reality can feel deeply personal.  We also name what many professionals experience during an organizational reset: grief. Grief over shifting influence, altered relationships, and the painful lesson that mastery does not guarantee security. From there, we move into human compliance as something alive, not robotic agreement. It is emotional intelligence at work, self-regulation under pressure, and conscious alignment with what is being built next.  If you’re navigating a leadership transition, corporate change, or a personal restart, press play and let these questions meet you where you are: are you grieving change or growing through it? Subscribe, share this with a friend in a reset season, and leave a review so more people can find the conversation.

    11 min

  8. MAR 17

    Human Compliance: The Risk of Staying Silent

    Send us HEART Mail Someone says your name wrong. You feel the pause. Do you correct them or let it slide to keep things comfortable? That tiny moment is bigger than etiquette. It’s a real-time decision about identity, accuracy, and what I call human compliance. I take that everyday situation and connect it to leadership presence and corporate risk management. When I avoid small corrections, I’m not just skipping awkwardness, I’m rehearsing silence. And when silence becomes a pattern, it shows up at work as softened audit language, delayed escalation, filtered data, and “easy” agreement that feels nice in the room but gets expensive later. We talk about how organizational culture drifts one micro moment at a time, until it becomes regulatory exposure, financial loss, culture erosion, and a credibility gap leaders can’t explain. We also get practical about what to do instead. Human compliance isn’t about being harsh, it’s about being precise. Precision protects people and it protects organizations. Psychological safety isn’t only comfort, it’s also the safety to disagree and correct inaccuracies early, while the stakes are still small. If you care about leadership, integrity, compliance, governance, and building teams where truth travels faster than politics, this conversation will give you a clearer framework. If this resonates, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs more clarity at work, and leave a review with one micro moment you’re going to handle differently this week.

    14 min
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About

Welcome to The Hearts Hello, where we believe our hearts are the foundation of our well-being and happiness. Our hearts hold the key to unlocking a life of purpose, meaning, and fulfillment, as they are the very essence of our being. We aim to uncover the secrets of a heart-centered life through authentic conversations, inspiring stories, and practical advice. We discuss the importance of emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and self-awareness in developing a healthy and vibrant heart. Additionally, we explore the role of vulnerability, empathy, and connection in building meaningful relationships and positively impacting the world. Join us on this journey of self-discovery and transformation as we awaken the heart and rediscover what truly matters. We'll use personal experiences and expert insights to explore the vital role of emotional and mental well-being in caring for our souls. Together, let's create a world where the heart is at the center of everything we do and where love, empathy, and kindness are the guiding principles. Let's learn to listen to our hearts, honor their voice, and live a life that aligns with our deepest values and aspirations. When the heart matters, everything else falls into place.

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  • Creator
    Keona T. Ellerbe
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    143
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Hearts Hello
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