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Peace is often very misunderstood. We think it is based on having the perfect circumstances or the perfect marriage or the perfect children. Ann Swindell, author of "The Path to Peace: Experiencing God's Comfort When You Are Overwhelmed," brilliantly shares how true peace is based on three vital practices.

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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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Welcome Conversation Intelligence Coach and Author, Patti Reed, to the show. Patti is helping us transition from "telling and selling and yelling" to "asking, listening, and responding," in our conversations with our teens and young adults, specifically, but her wisdom lends to all of our conversations. Tucked in the middle is a beautiful meditation that helps us (1) build concentration muscles (2) calm the sympathetic nervous system (3) develop emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

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So excited that the podcast has been voted #11 in the Top 100 Mental Health Podcasts on Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/mental_health_podcasts/

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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

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What does it mean to "unclutter your soul?" In today's episode, Trina McNeilly, author of "Unclutter Your Soul: Overcome What Overwhelms You," gives us three strategic ways to manage the overwhelming stressors that we face each and every day. Within minutes of waking up, we hear news of tragic proportions. What do we do with the flooding of emotion that immediately sends our hearts spinning? Trina invites us to take a soul inventory in order to overcome what overwhelms us.

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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

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In our Season 9 opener, we welcome Amy Julia Becker, author of "To Be Made Well: An Invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope." As a mom of three, Amy Julia talks to us about her own journey toward wholeness, which began in the adolescence of her life. Her candor, wisdom, and understanding of the mind-body connection invite us to take the necessary time to consider our mental and emotional health. We are mothers, a maternal presence in the world, yes, but we are also beloved beings and Amy Julia asks us to "surrender to this belovedness."

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• Read the show notes: JANELL RARDON
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• Visit Amy Julia's fabulous website and DOWNLOAD the PDF for her BODY PRAYERS
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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

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Season 8 invited us to REIMAGINE some very important issues and areas in our lives, each a component of our three-fold cord of a healthy sense of self, healthy behavior patterns, and healthy communication skills. Reimagine invites us to form a new conception and to create or imagine a new way of doing things. We've covered a whole lot of ground. What are you reimagining in your life right now?

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• Read the show notes: JANELL RARDON
• Grab a copy of Janell’s newest book: STRONGEREVERYDAY
• Subscribe to Janell’s podcast and newsletter: SUBSCRIBE
• Visit Janell’s site: MORE RESOURCES
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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

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Pope John Paul II wisely encouraged, "Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” I love that phrase, "We are the Easter people." Welcome to this special two-part Easter season message with Becky Thompson, author of "God So Close: Experience a Life Awakened By His Spirit." Spiritual formation is a tenet of our community and today, Becky and Janell invite us to reimagine a life awakened by the Holy Spirit. As you listen, ask yourself, "Who is the Holy Spirit, and do I live a life awakened by the movement of the Holy Spirit in my life?"

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• Learn more about Nicole's book and work: BECKY THOMPSON
• Watch Becky on The Wally Show: FACING ANXIETY
• Find Becky on Instagram: BECKY THOMPSON
• Grab a copy of Janell’s newest book: STRONGEREVERYDAY
• Subscribe to Janell’s podcast and newsletter: SUBSCRIBE
• Visit Janell’s site: MORE RESOURCES
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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

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A pivotal question asked in this two-part conversation with Becky Thompson, Author of "God So Close: Experience a Life Awakened by the Holy Spirit," is: "What does it mean to live a life awakened to His Spirit?" The positioning of the word, "to," is all-important. Listen as Becky and Janell lead us into a deeper understanding of the third person of the Trinity and invite us to spend time getting to know the Spirit and how our lives can be more meaningful through developing a relationship with the Spirit. 

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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

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A big welcome back to Nicole Zaskowski, author of "What If It's Wonderful: Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate." In Part 2, Janell and Nicole continue their conversation about interrupting catastrophic thinking and replacing that by finding the courage to celebrate. There seems no greater moment to find strength than the week we make our way towards the Easter Hallelujah!

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• Learn more about Nicole's book and work: NICOLE ZASKOWSKI
• Watch Nicole's podcast interview with Nicole Unice: CULTIVATING AN EXPECTANT HEART
• Find Nicole on Instagram: NICOLE ZASKOWSKI
• Grab a copy of Janell’s newest book: STRONGEREVERYDAY
• Subscribe to Janell’s podcast and newsletter: SUBSCRIBE
• Visit Janell’s site: MORE RESOURCES
• Follow Janell on Instagram: @janellrardon

Support the show

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

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Have you ever heard yourself saying, "This is too good to be true" or perhaps, "I've had it good for so long, when is it my turn to have something bad happen?" Or, do you find yourself waiting for "the other shoe to drop"? Today, we engage this mindset of what-ifs with Author Nicole Zasowski, LMFT, and discuss her newest book, "What If It's Wonderful: Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate." This conversation will leave you reflective and challenge you to shift your what-if thinking to what-if it is wonderful thinking!

Links + Resources from this Episode: 

• Learn more about Nicole's book and work: NICOLE ZASKOWSKI
• Watch Nicole's podcast interview with Nicole Unice: CULTIVATING AN EXPECTANT HEART
• Find Nicole on Instagram: NICOLE ZASKOWSKI
• Grab a copy of Janell’s newest book: STRONGEREVERYDAY
• Subscribe to Janell’s podcast and newsletter: SUBSCRIBE
• Visit Janell’s site: MORE RESOURCES
• Follow Janell on Instagram: @janellrardon

Support the show

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

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We are in the Lenten season and walking towards the celebration of Easter. Heartlifters, welcome back Becky Murray, Founder and President of One by One. In today’s conversation, Becky shares a heart-wrenching story about a very real encounter with a miracle. 

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• Learn more about Becky’s story: Becky Murray's Website
• Listen to Janell’s first conversation with Becky: EMBRACE THE JOURNEY
• Grab a copy of Janell’s newest book: STRONGEREVERYDAY
• Subscribe to Janell’s podcast and newsletter: SUBSCRIBE
• Visit Janell’s site: MORE RESOURCES
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Support the show

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