The Heart Strong Podcast

50. Stop Comparing Yourself to Others | Create a Vision For Your Life

In this final episode of Season Four, Jessica explores comparison, this age-old human reflex. She explores what it is, how it can help and hurt us, and how we might use it to inspire us to accomplish our goals and live more fully. Jessica shares her struggle with comparison and how she’s re-framed it in her life. Finally, she shares what she believes is an antidote to comparison - Create a Vision for YOUR Life. 

 

The five sections of the conversation are:

1. What is comparison?
2. What are the different types, and how do they impact us?
3. What is the link between comparison and jealousy?
4. What perpetuates comparison, and how can we be aware of them?
5. What does Jessica suggest we focus on to deal with this human reflex we all have?

 

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessmlindberg, Facebook, LinkedIn, and her website www.jessicalindberg.com - Sign up for her bi-weekly newsletter, which is really just a letter she writes to her friends taken from a page in her life that’s full of inspiration and encouragement to help you grow through the challenges in your life and live your full potential. 

 

You can learn more about The Heart Strong by visiting our website: www.theheartstrong.com

 

Allow Your Life Challenges To Shape Your Perspective with Kelley Scoble

Behind every remarkable story and outcome, is the story of someone who stood in the gap.  Kelley Scoble’s son Ryan (your can hear from Ryan in episode 43: New Heart, New Perspective) and her husband Steve both received transplants within a year of each other. In this episode, Kelley shares what it was like to be in the role of wife, mother and breadwinner as she supported her husband and son through a very challenging time in their family. 

 

This episode is not just about Kelley’s story, but moreso about who she has become and the perspective she has gained. She shares beautiful life wisdom and practices she’s adopted that allowed her to weather this season of her life and come out the other side. The way she articulates her story will encourage anyone in a caregiving role or facing the health challenges of a loved one. Her wisdom is timeless and perspective a great teacher. 

 

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessmlindberg, Facebook, LinkedIn, and her website www.jessicalindberg.com - Sign up for her bi-weekly newsletter, which is really just a letter she writes to her friends taken from a page in her life that’s full of inspiration and encouragement to help you grow through the challenges in your life and live your full potential. 

 

You can learn more about The Heart Strong by visiting our website: www.theheartstrong.com

 

Challenging Social Norms with Bridgett Piacenti (Part 2)

This is the second episode of a two-part series where Jessica and guest Bridgett Piacenti have a discussion about challenging social norms through the lens of motherhood, friendship, marriage/partnership, and career. 

 

Jessica and Bridgett address these three social norms:

 

1. Making people comfortable while we are uncomfortable.
2. Canceling ourselves in this cancel culture.
3. Letting go of a victim mentality and the idea we can have it all

 

Bridgett Piacenti has been part of every season of The Heart Strong Podcast. She’s a wife, mother to two, international Ashtanga Yoga Practicioner + Teacher and business owner. Bridgett and Jessica have been friends for over 20 years. They share a deep friendship and a curiosity about life. Together, they have led retreats and seminars inspiring and teaching women to grow through their life challenges, live peacefully, and realize their full potential. 

 

They come to this episode with a combined 33 years of motherhood, nearly 40 years of marriage, and over 40 years of career experience.

 

You can follow Bridgett on Instagram @bpiacenti

 

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessmlindberg, Facebook, LinkedIn, and her website www.jessicalindberg.com - Sign up for her bi-weekly newsletter, which is really just a letter she writes to her friends taken from a page in her life that’s full of inspiration and encouragement to help you grow through the challenges in your life and live your full potential. 

 

You can learn more about The Heart Strong by visiting our website: www.theheartstrong.com

49. Allow Your Life Challenges To Shape Your Perspective with Kelley Scoble

Behind every remarkable story and outcome, is the story of someone who stood in the gap.  Kelley Scoble’s son Ryan (your can hear from Ryan in episode 43: New Heart, New Perspective) and her husband Steve both received transplants within a year of each other. In this episode, Kelley shares what it was like to be in the role of wife, mother and breadwinner as she supported her husband and son through a very challenging time in their family. 

 

This episode is not just about Kelley’s story, but moreso about who she has become and the perspective she has gained. She shares beautiful life wisdom and practices she’s adopted that allowed her to weather this season of her life and come out the other side. The way she articulates her story will encourage anyone in a caregiving role or facing the health challenges of a loved one. Her wisdom is timeless and perspective a great teacher. 

 

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessmlindberg, Facebook, LinkedIn, and her website www.jessicalindberg.com - Sign up for her bi-weekly newsletter, which is really just a letter she writes to her friends taken from a page in her life that’s full of inspiration and encouragement to help you grow through the challenges in your life and live your full potential. 

 

You can learn more about The Heart Strong by visiting our website: www.theheartstrong.com

 

Challenging Social Norms with Bridgett Piacenti

This episode is the first in a two-part series where Jessica and guest Bridgett Piacenti have a discussion about challenging social norms through the lens of motherhood, friendship, marriage/partnership, and career. 

 

Over the next two episodes, Jessica and Bridgett address these three social norms:

 

1. Making people comfortable while we are uncomfortable.
2. Canceling ourselves in this cancel culture.
3. Letting go of a victim mentality and the idea we can have it all

 

Bridgett Piacenti has been part of every season of The Heart Strong Podcast. She’s a wife, mother to two, international Ashtanga Yoga Practicioner + Teacher and business owner. Bridgett and Jessica have been friends for over 20 years. They share a deep friendship and a curiosity about life. Together, they have led retreats and seminars inspiring and teaching women to grow through their life challenges, live peacefully, and realize their full potential. 

 

They come to this episode with a combined 33 years of motherhood, nearly 40 years of marriage, and over 40 years of career experience.

 

You can follow Bridgett on Instagram @bpiacenti

 

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessmlindberg, Facebook, LinkedIn, and her website www.jessicalindberg.com - Sign up for her bi-weekly newsletter, which is really just a letter she writes to her friends taken from a page in her life that’s full of inspiration and encouragement to help you grow through the challenges in your life and live your full potential. 

You can learn more about The Heart Strong by visiting our website: www.theheartstrong.com

What Does It Mean To Be Hopeful? with Intensive Care Nurse + Cancer Survivor, Meena LaRonde

Meena has spent the last 27 years caring for some of the sickest children in the United States at the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital. She’s a wife, mother, dear friend of many, and a breast cancer survivor. Jessica and Meena met over a decade ago when Meena was a primary nurse for Jessica’s son Ethan during his year-long hospital stay. 

 

 In this episode, Meena and Jessica discuss hope. Where can we find it? Why does it matter, and how can we find it in the midst of dire circumstances?

 

They settle on the idea that hope is defiance. It’s bravely facing your challenge and believing in good things despite what’s in front of us. But hope is not denial, and they discuss the idea of staying hopeful and honest at the same time. 

 

Meena shares her perspective as a nurse, patient, and mother. Her beautiful and wise perspective invites you to face difficult circumstances and be present, grateful, and hopeful. 

 

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessmlindberg, Facebook, LinkedIn, and her website www.jessicalindberg.com - Sign up for her bi-weekly newsletter, which is really just a letter she writes to her friends taken from a page in her life that’s full of inspiration and encouragement to help you grow through the challenges in your life and live your full potential. 

You can learn more about The Heart Strong by visiting our website: www.theheartstrong.com

The Craft + Foster Story: Hope, Healing, Faith + Staying The Course with Founder Melissa Burgess

Melissa Burgess is a US Army Veteran who spent time in Iraq as a medic. She’s also a wife, mother, and Founder of the candle company Craft + Foster. Melissa received a DIY candle kit for her birthday and quickly fell in love with the candlemaking process. In a few short years, this “accidental” candle company grew from a local candle pop-up to a nationally recognized brand featured in Neiman Marcus, GQ, WWD, FabFitFun, The Golden Globes, and amazing independent retailers nationwide. Melissa found that candlemaking gave her a creative and therapeutic outlet while juggling the demands of motherhood and processing an ongoing journey with PTSD.

 

In this episode, Melissa shares her authentic and inspiring story of finding her way after coming home from war, facing her trauma, and finding faith as a salve for her heartache and fuel to change the world. She shares the Craft + Foster story, how she navigates motherhood and her business, and her vision for changing women's lives in India through her new program - Smells Like Hope. In this beautiful conversation, Jessica and Melissa remind you that your wounds are a birthplace of creation that can heal you and those your life touches, near and far. 

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessmlindberg, Facebook, LinkedIn, and her website www.jessicalindberg.com - Sign up for her bi-weekly newsletter, which is really just a letter she writes to her friends taken from a page in her life that’s full of inspiration and encouragement to help you grow through the challenges in your life and live your full potential. 

 

You can learn more about The Heart Strong by visiting our website: www.theheartstrong.com

Advocating For Our Kids w/ Educational Advocate Carol Dimas

On today’s episode, Jessica has a conversation with Carol Dimas, Founder of Educational Advocates . For more than 20 years, Carol and her team have been advocating for families and children to receive all of their rights including identification, eligibility for an IEP or 504, appropriate goals, accommodations, services, and placement to improve their ability to have appropriate access to their education. 

 

In the first part of the conversation, Jessia and Carol discuss the laws that govern specialized education in our country, they discuss the present state of education and the purpose of educational advocacy and finally, Carol shares specific ways parents can take action in their school districts. 

 

Jessica and Carol have worked together to advocate for Jessica’s son and so this conversation is both intimate and inspiring. We have been entrusted with our children and it is our right and responsibility to speak up and advocate for their needs. 

 

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessmlindberg, Facebook, LinkedIn, and her website www.jessicalindberg.com - Sign up for her bi-weekly newsletter, which is really just a letter she writes to her friends taken from a page in her life that’s full of inspiration and encouragement to help you grow through the challenges in your life and live your full potential. 

 

You can learn more about The Heart Strong by visiting our website: www.theheartstrong.com

New Heart, New Perspective with Ryan Scoble

Today’s podcast is with Ryan Scoble. Ryan is an elite Division II Lacrosse Player at Mercyhurst College who discovered just over two years ago that he needed a heart transplant to save his life. Ryan shares his journey from near death to a thriving life with his new heart, his gift of life. Ryan’s inspiring story teaches us about the gift of each moment of our lives and how the process of facing our challenges creates purpose, perseverance, and success in our lives. 

 

This incredible story will inspire you and remind you of the gift of your own life. Ryan is a huge proponent of living actively post-transplant and of not just surviving but thriving! He’s one of just a couple of college athletes to return to the game and compete at a high level post-transplant. 

 

This is a masterclass in what it means to be Heart Strong. To grow through our challenges and to see our lives and all we experience on this earth as gifts to be embraced. 

 

Ryan’s story was featured in The Wall Street Journal - you can find Ryan on Linked In. 

 

 

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessmlindberg, Facebook, LinkedIn, and her website www.jessicalindberg.com - Sign up for her bi-weekly newsletter, which is really just a letter she writes to her friends taken from a page in her life that’s full of inspiration and encouragement to help you grow through the challenges in your life and live your full potential. 

 

You can learn more about The Heart Strong by visiting our website: www.theheartstrong.com

How to Lean Into The Unexpected w/ Jessica Lindberg

A few weekends ago, Jessica spoke at a women’s conference about how to lean into lives or circumstances we do not expect. In this episode, Jessica shares the three ideas she shared with her audience and offers some practical tips that she has used in her life when facing a challenging season. She invites you to lean in and embrace what is in front of you, seek wisdom from your story and align your vision to something bigger than yourself, and finally, to create impact and live faithfully what’s in front of you. 

 

Jessica has struggled to do everything she shares in this episode; there is no toxic positivity here, just a woman who, over the last 10 + years of her life, has committed to making something beautiful and impactful from her story. 

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessmlindberg, Facebook, LinkedIn, and her website www.jessicalindberg.com - Sign up for her bi-weekly newsletter, which is really just a letter she writes to her friends taken from a page in her life that’s full of inspiration and encouragement to help you grow through the challenges in your life and live your full potential.

Building Your Brand Through Story

Michelle Loufman loves a good story so much that she built her business on it. Michelle creates pragmatic human interest stories to help businesses and nonprofits motivate change, have a stronger social impact, and experience more success in their mission.

After being blindsided by a health catastrophe, Michelle shared her complex recovery journey, noticing how her stories influenced friends and family members to find answers to their mysterious chronic health issues.

Michelle brings 20 years of strategic marketing, branding, copywriting, and photography to empower her clients with more effective multimedia marketing communications. 

Today we’re talking about:

1. Using the power of storytelling to help businesses and people motivate change, have a stronger social impact, and experience more success in their mission.
2. Defining what storytelling means in the context of business, how it creates influence, how to find yours, and where to go from there. 

This episode is ideal for anyone building a purpose-driven business or organization who wants to make an impact through their work. You can find out more about Michelle Loufman at www.michelleloufman.com or on instagram @michellemloufman

 

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessmlindberg, on LinkedIn, and her website www.jessicalindberg.com - Sign up for her bi-weekly newsletter, which is really just a letter she writes to her friends taken from a page in her life that’s full of inspiration and encouragement to help you grow through the challenges in your life and live your full potential.