The HeartStrong Way

The HeartStrong Way

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The HeartStrong Way episodes

  • When Advent Is Complicated

    Our December episode looks at the complex version of the Advent season. Rick, Jenna, and Sandee are joined by Rick's wife, Laura, as she talks about walking with her daughter with special needs.

    Chapters

    00:00 Welcome
    01:27 Sandee's Sphinxsteen
    04:14 Theme of a Suffering Advent
    07:27 Laura's Story of Lottie Joy
    10:48 Complicated Hope & Surrender to Suffering
    19:20 Stephanie Duncan Smith on Expansion
    26:51 Joy in Integrating Reality and Idealism
    30:33 Slowing Down, Breathing to Stay Available
    34:53 The Potato Farmer
    37:46 Humility as a Posture of Acceptance
    42:48 Rick: In the Still of the Night
    45:20 Wrap up

    47 min
  • Art+Heart with guest Jenna Brack

    Jenna Brack shares her original poetry around the topic of surrender.  

    Written format of Jenna's poems

    Takeaways

    • Your deepest strength of heart comes from being chosen and prized just as you are.
    • Surrender is not about giving up, but about letting go to receive love.
    • Exploration and curiosity are vital for personal growth.
    • Art can be a pathway to understanding and processing emotions.
    • The act of writing poetry can be a form of play and exploration.
    • Community enriches the creative process and provides support.
    • Every new beginning requires a letting go of something else.
    • The beauty of life often lies in the mundane and overlooked moments.
    • Rereading poetry can reveal deeper meanings and insights.
    • Vulnerability is a sign of maturity and growth.
      • 00:00   Welcome
      03:04   Jenna: Art as Invitation to Explore
      07:38   Poem: Drop the Marbles
      24:55   Poem: Scrawling
      42:55   Poem: A Tree, Of Sort
      01:01:34  Final Reflections

       

       

       

       

      1 hr 4 min
    • Art+Heart with guest Sandee Finley

      Our October episode of Art+Heart features the original poetry of Sandee Finley as she gives us a glimpse into her processing of grief and loss. Sandee Finley is spent 25 years teaching English, Speech, and Drama in public, private, and homeschool settings. She has published essays in Fathom and is currently working on a collection of essays and poems called Running Routes. Sandee and her husband Greg live in Leawood, KS near their five adult children. Art+Heart is a special feature of the HeartStrong podcast. About every month, our host Rick Pierce along with friends Sandee Finley and Jenna Brack take a look or listen at some piece of art as means of celebrating the heart.

      1 hr 18 min

    About The HeartStrong Way

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    Together we explore stories of being fully human and invite one another to find our deepest strength of heart from the security True Love.