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With Easter's aria to the resurrection of Christ, let's take a moment (or two) to listen to the powerful words of Dr. Curt Thomspon, author of "The Soul of Shame," in this repeat performance from Season 5, Episode 8. Curt shares the miraculous resurrection of Christ in such a fresh, deeply meaningful way and leads us into an authentic space to consider what that miraculous event means in our lives. Make space for this conversation so you can really listen closely to the whispers of the Spirit.

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How do you handle the rejections that Life brings? In Part 1 of my conversation with Jessica Van Roekel, author of "Reframing Rejection: How Looking Through a Different Lens Changes Everything," Jessica guides us through the four types of rejection: Perceived Rejection, Actual Rejection, Unintentional Rejection, and Intentional Rejection (ouch). In Part 2, she shares lessons from her life as a photographer and how "looking through a different lens changes everything." She shares the following:

1. As a photographer, I get to choose what's in the frame. You might see a beautiful blade of grass with dew drops, but I know that just outside the blade of grass, is a pile of manure. 
2. We have a choice. What do we choose to see? The beautiful blade of grass or the manure?
3. Will we let rejection boss us around?

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Rejection is a really big part of living this life and being a human. We will be rejected. That might sound a little doom and gloom, but it is a vital reality that we need to face and equip ourselves to deal with. Welcome Jessica Van Roekel, Author of "Reframing Rejection: How Looking Through a Different Lens Changes Everything." In Part 1 of my two-part conversation with Jessica, we talk about the 4 types of rejection, 9 practices to fight the spiraling negative rejection feedback loop, and identify 4 new lenses through which to "see" and therefore, overcome, the effects of negative rejection. This is an episode you will want to listen to several times. It is jam-packed with remarkable truth and power.

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• Meet Author Jessica Van Roekel and learn more about Welcome Grace: Jessica Van Roekel
• Order Jessica's book: ORDER NOW
• Download Jessica's Guide to Reframing Rejection: REFRAMING REJECTION
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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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Fear. What a gloomy shadow fear casts over our minds and hearts. It keeps us in lockdown. It can keep us emotionally, and even physically, paralyzed and incapable of moving toward a really good life. In Part 2 of "Is Fear Holding You Back?", Author Kathy DeGraw builds us up even more and infuses an IV of courage and bravery into our hearts. She invites us to take the much-needed time and space to identify "mind-binding spirits" that keep our minds in anguish, confusion, and emotional upheaval. 

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• Meet Author Kathy DeGraw and learn more about her remarkable ministry: Kathy DeGraw
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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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Is fear holding you back from your living a rich and meaningful life? Is it holding you back from creating an atmosphere of strength and resilience in your home and family? Author of "Mind Battles: Root Out Mental Triggers to Release Peace," Kathy DeGraw, has a powerful word for us. Kathy grew up in an atmosphere of fear where "fear was the first reaction to anything." She felt brainwashed by fear and emotionally paralyzed. As she matured, she thought, "There has to be something better than this...better than reacting with fear." By God's grace, she did find a better way of living her life: Faith in God. Her words ring with truth and power.

Please send your questions here: [email protected] and I'll answer them on the show.

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So excited that the podcast has been voted in the Top 100 Mental Health Podcasts on Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/mental_health_podcasts/

• Meet Author Kathy DeGraw and learn more about her remarkable ministry: Kathy DeGraw
• Order Kathy's book: ORDER NOW
• Read Kathy's blog: ENCOURAGING WORDS
• Join the private Stronger Every Day online community on FB: STRONGER EVERY DAY
• Listen to more great podcasts: ACCESS MORE
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Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey:

1. Support the show: Your Donation Matters
2. Leave a review and rate the podcast: WRITE A REVIEW
3. Make a tax-deductible donation through Heartlift International
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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
6. Meet me on Instagram: @janellrardon

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Happy International Women's Day. A day set apart to celebrate the gift of being a woman. In Part 2 of Janell and Lisa's conversation, they touch on questions like, "Have you ever felt, 'I just don't measure up? I'm not really important. What I do doesn't matter.'" Meet two women who both can answer yes to those questions. One is an introverted, "quietly unconventional," soul, and the other, an extroverted introvert (ambivert), anything but "quiet" or "conventional," yet, both share similar needs to feel at home in their bodies. Both feel an innate need to be seen and heard, yet they go about it in different ways. This week, Janell offers this podcast prompt: How are you minimizing your self-worth, or perhaps, how are you maximizing your self-worth for the purpose of ego stroking or ego satisfaction? Both go against God's heart for our lives. 

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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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What does it really mean to be an authentic human being? What does it mean to feel really comfortable in our own skin? Whether an introvert or extrovert, a public or private figure or hugely popular vs secretly a misfit, what does it mean to feel entirely at home in who God created us to be? In Part 1 of this remarkable conversation, Author Lisa E. Betz shares her journey with becoming comfortable in her "quietly unconventional" self. Janell and Lisa share how a seemingly unorganized public event invited them into an unexpected meaningful connection.

Please send your questions here: [email protected] and I'll answer them on the show.

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So excited that the podcast has been voted in the Top 100 Mental Health Podcasts on Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/mental_health_podcasts/

• Meet Author Lisa E. Betz and learn more about her remarkable story: Lisa E. Betz
• Download Lisa's "Quietly Unconventional Manifesto": QUITELY UNCONVENTIONAL MANIFESTO
• Order Lisa's award-winning fiction books: ORDER NOW
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Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey:

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2. Leave a review and rate the podcast: WRITE A REVIEW
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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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We serve a remarkable God who "remarks," again and again, blessings in our lives. Day after day, He sends forth blessings, yet we often develop spiritual amnesia and become dull, numb, or even blind to them. It is HIS nature to bless His children with "good and perfect gifts" (James 1:17). The question is: Do we stop and notice these blessings? In his new book, "The Lord Bless You," Pastor Terry A. Smith, invites us to recapture God's heart for blessing His children. From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible makes it clear that our God has a zealous intent to bless us.

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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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Have you ever heard a parent or family member say, "You are just like Aunt Esther," or "Don't be like Uncle Joe," or maybe even, "You're just like your mother!" If you are desiring to be a wholehearted, highly integrated self, understanding the genetic code of your DNA is critical to the process. We must know why we do what we do. Did this triggering behavior get passed down through the generations? Does it need to stop NOW? In today's episode, Michelle Van Loon, author of "Translating Your Past," guides us into the beautiful journey of finding meaning in our stories.

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• Watch Michelle's Interview, "The Larger Story," on Good Life TV
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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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We are in a mental health crisis of epidemic proportions. Rates of addiction, mass violence, and suicide are at an all-time high. This data is evidence of the failures of both society and mental health treatment, and even perhaps, proof of the failures of our modern-day church systems. We have to do better. Today we talk with Sudhir Gadh, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist with a private practice in Union Square, NYC. First, we hear from the heart of a compassionate man who gives selflessly to his clients and community. Second, we hear from a wise doctor who became increasingly frustrated with underwhelming effective medications with overwhelming side effects. He asked himself, "Can't we do better?" He is currently studying, researching, and implementing low-dose lithium as a possible alternative treatment for mental and emotional well-being.

Please send your questions here: [email protected] and I'll answer them on the show.

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• Meet Dr. Sudhir Gadh and learn more about his remarkable work: DR SUDHIR GADH
• Join the private Stronger Every Day online community on FB: STRONGER EVERY DAY
• Listen to more great podcasts: ACCESS MORE
• Download Your Personal Guide PDF for Season 11: LET'S BE REMARKABLE 2023
• Learn more about The Heartlift School on Teachable
• Follow Janell on Instagram: @janellrardon
• Please, leave a REVIEW of the PODCAST.

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Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey:

1. Support the show: Your Donation Matters
2. Leave a review and rate the podcast: WRITE A REVIEW
3. Make a tax-deductible donation through Heartlift International
4. Visit and subscribe to Heartlift Central on Substack. This is our new online meeting place for Heartlifters worldwide.
5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
6. Meet me on Instagram: @janellrardon