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There is no better way to start Season 8 and our new year than to have this lovely conversation with the author of "To Light Their Way," Kayla Craig. Kayla has been called a modern liturgist, an ordinary woman committed to sharing her truth, experience, and wisdom on the power of common, shared prayer. Sometimes in life, there are NO WORDS to pray. We have to borrow the sacred echoes of words penned and prayed by those who have gone before us. Their words "light our way" and give us hope and healing. Let's listen with this one question in mind: What do I believe about prayer? Breath prayer and even crafting your very own prayers helps create an unhurried you. 

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In "Set Free to Live Free," Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith empowers us to release the LIES we've held too close for too long into the loving, caring hands of God. As we stand at the threshold of a brand-new year, filled with possibilities, let's finish this unhurried journey by stepping into the profound freedom that awaits. 

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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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Have you ever been held so tightly by Anxiety's grip that you thought you might not get through the day? Maybe even through the next five minutes? Today, Neuropsychologist and Author, Dr. Michelle Bengtson, shares from her award-winning work, "Breaking Anxiety's Grip: How to Reclaim the Peace God Promises." Michelle has lived every single word of her book and speaks from a place of sincere vulnerability. As we stand at the threshold between 2021 and 2022, let's take a firm stand and break Anxiety's ferocious grip on our lives. 

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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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Heartlifters, you are in for a treat. We have Madame Chic, Jennifer L. Scott, with us today to help us see how we can have a calm, happy, efficient, and highly meaningful HOME. We talk a lot about "the hallways of our homes" here on this podcast and Jennifer leads us by example. You may have seen her on YouTube, "The Daily Connoisseur," or read her remarkable, New York Times Bestselling Books, "Lessons from Madame Chic," "At Home with Madame Chic," "Polish Your Poise with Madame Chic," and her newest, "Connoisseur Kids." She speaks with candor and grace and authenticity. Give yourself a little "me-time" for this episode. It is a breath of fresh air and a cup of living water. 

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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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A big "Unhurried Holiday" welcome to our special guest, Amy Anderson, returning to guide us through our signature "Unhurried Holiday" passage, Lection Divina style. Something very special sprinkled Eden-dust all over this conversation and you will hear it taking our breath away a bit. May it bring you peace that passes all understanding. Carve a few hallowed moments, put on your headphones, and let the Eden-dust fall where it may. 

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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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Heartlifters, today we pause. About now, the holiday rush needs a little hush, so we open Kayla Craig's beautiful book, "To Light Their Way," and learn a little bit about the contemplative practice of breath prayer. Invite your littles, or anyone in your sphere, to participate with you. It might take some practice, as deep breaths don't come easily to the rushed and rattled, but they will come. I promise. 

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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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Striving to receive accolades or applause or affirmation and acceptance from others is draining. It sucks the life right out of us. Today, Author Ruth Chou Simons joins us to share the wisdom from her newest book, "When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace." There are so many a-ha moments in this episode you will want a pen and journal next to you. As we commit to practice "an unhurried holiday" this year, we will find the GRACE to stop striving for perfection, and instead, find ease and peace and way more joy. 

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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
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Sometimes our past is quite painful, even traumatic. In order to heal these dark places, we have to "make space" and "unhurry" ourselves. Today, we meet the wise, gracious, and totally authentic, Bonnie Gray, author of "Sweet Like Jasmine: Finding Identity in a Culture of Loneliness." Bonnie grew up the Chinese-American daughter of a mail-order, teenage bride, and a busboy working in San Francisco's Chinatown. She felt she never belonged. She spent her childhood hiding Chinese Bonnie who lived in a dysfunctional home in poverty. Be sure to have a box of Kleenex right beside you, because Bonnie's story will most definitely inform your story and help you make peace with your past. 

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5. Download the 2025 Advent Guide: The Great Glimmer Hunt
6. Meet me on Instagram: @janellrardon

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Today, we meet author Christine Trimpe and peek inside her new Advent Countdown to Christmas. Christine's story of triumph includes a remarkable weight loss journey, but as she shares in this episode, "Weight loss is more than physical weight." Tune in and listen to her wisdom, authenticity, and candor. She states, "The real gift is a change in mindset." 

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Begin Your Heartlifter's Journey:

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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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Welcome to Season 7, "An Unhurried Holiday." We're getting a head start so we can prepare our heart, mind, and body, for what can be one of the most stressful times of the year. What if this year is different? Instead of racing from holiday pageants and church activities, you and yours decide to do "an unhurried holiday?" Today, we meet Pastor Amy Anderson, founder of the non-profit, "An Unhurried Presence," and consider doing things a different way this holiday season. 

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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