Becoming Heart Strong

50: Stepping Into a New Season With Entrepreneur + Designer Lori Eickhoff

Guest Lori Eickhoff is a business owner and entrepreneur who chose to step away from a successful event and home design business because she sensed it was time for a new season. In this episode, Jessica and Lori discuss the entrepreneurial journey, the lessons they’ve learned, and how Lori made the decision to walk away and into a new season she shares: 

• The filters through which she now chooses new projects
• The permission to rest and recalibrate
• The importance of identifying your strengths and focusing on them
• The fear of change and the importance of believing the next thing can be better.
• How our challenges are really our clarifiers. 

Towards the end, Jessica shares how she’s learning that personal branding is also an important part of the entrepreneurial journey, whether you are building a business, non-profit, or anything else. 

Lori mentions Win The Day by Mark Batterson

Jessica suggests you check out Brand Builders Group in reference to personal branding. 

 

You can find Lori on Instagram @londonavenuehome

 

You can follow Jessica @jessmlindberg on Instagram and Linked In. Learn more about Jessica at www.jessicalindberg.com

This podcast is brought to you by The Heart Strong Collective, a non-profit and social movement on a mission to inspire people everywhere to be Heart Strong. To learn more and shop our Heart Strong Brand, visit www.theheartstrong.com

49: You Have the Permission to Change and The NEW Heart Strong Collective

Welcome to another season of The Heart Strong Podcast. In this episode, Jess Lindberg gives you permission to change by sharing some changes she's making in her life, in her non-profit work, and how she's thinking about what she puts out into the world. She shares how grief wants us to stay put but that healing invites evolution. These are not easy steps to take, and Jess gets honest about how imposter syndrome has been a passenger to grief and evolution and how she continues to move forward in healing and growth. 

 

Learn more about Jess at www.jessicalindberg.com

Learn more about The Heart Strong Collective at www.theheartstrong.com

Instagram: @jessmlindberg and @theheartstrong

 

 

 

NEW Season Five Trailer - I’m Glad You Are Here

The Heart Strong Podcast explores navigating the challenges in our lives so we can live fully and purposefully. Host Jess Lindberg brings guests into her story as she interviews thought leaders, authors, experts, and amazing people who have something to teach us about living fully amidst our struggles.

 

Jess Lindberg is living a life she did not expect. She is a speaker, coach, and social entrepreneur passionate about the divinity of every human heart. She’s built powerful resilience through personal traumas. Jess loves authentic conversation and learning from others’ journeys. She encourages her listeners to take their life challenges and create an impact that transforms themselves, their families, and the world around them for good.

 

You can find Jess on Instagram @jessmlindberg and @theheartstrong

48: 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

 

47: 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

 

46: 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

 

45: 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

44: 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

43: 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

42: 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