The Allender Center Podcast
The Allender Center
The Allender Center Podcast features Dr. Dan Allender and his team engaging topics on healing and restoration through the unique intersection of theology and psychology. Through questions submitted by listeners, stories, interviews, and conversations, we engage the deep places of heartache and hope that are rarely addressed so candidly in our culture today. Join us to gain refreshing insight into understanding your story, handling relational struggles, recovering from trauma and abuse, and more.
The mission of The Allender Center is to help people tell their stories with awareness and integrity, and to train them to listen to the stories of others with care, artistry, and skill so that they may foster redemption and healing in their lives. The Allender Center is a pioneering organization committed to boldly engaging the impact of trauma and abuse, providing healing and teaching to individuals, couples, and communities, and training professionals to listen and enter into stories in a way that facilitates transformation and hope. For information on all our programs and live events, visit theallendercenter.org
The mission of The Allender Center is to help people tell their stories with awareness and integrity, and to train them to listen to the stories of others with care, artistry, and skill so that they may foster redemption and healing in their lives. The Allender Center is a pioneering organization committed to boldly engaging the impact of trauma and abuse, providing healing and teaching to individuals, couples, and communities, and training professionals to listen and enter into stories in a way that facilitates transformation and hope. For information on all our programs and live events, visit theallendercenter.org
Episodes
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Feb 1, 2019 • 22min
Reconnection in Marriage, Part One
Dan is joined by Dr. Steve Call, whose new book shares key findings from Steve's years of experience helping couples reconnect. Together Steve and Dan explore the hurt and shame that must be addressed if we hope to cultivate meaningful connection.
Jan 25, 2019 • 50min
Delight, Discernment, and Decision-making, Part Three
As we wrap up our conversation about how delight allows us to approach decisions with a greater sense of awe and gratitude, Dan Allender reminds us that true delight is about so much more than easy, temporary pleasure.
Jan 18, 2019 • 49min
Delight, Discernment, and Decision-Making, Part Two
With some help from Marie Kondo's famous work around clutter and tidiness, Dan invites us to consider how approaching even the smallest decisions with a sense of delight might help draw us deeper into beauty and goodness.
Jan 11, 2019 • 22min
Delight, Discernment, and Decision-Making, Part One
Dan Allender launches a new series about decision-making, and how the category of delight might help us discern which path to take.
Jan 11, 2019 • 18min
Reconnection in Marriage, Part Two
Dan Allender continues his conversation with Steve Call about fostering reconnection in marriage, which is not possible without deep empathy, honest engagement of trauma, and the fundamental art of play.
Jan 4, 2019 • 22min
Starting a Year with Intention and Care
Dan and Becky Allender reflect on the year ahead, wondering about the themes and desires they feel for the coming months.
Dec 28, 2018 • 22min
Looking Back on the Year
Dan and Becky Allender invite us to look back on the past year, to remember the highlights and low points, the delights and challenges, and to wonder what themes Jesus has been growing in us this year.
Dec 21, 2018 • 22min
Home for the Holidays, Part Three
Dan and Becky Allender conclude our holiday series by talking about something that will be all too familiar for most listeners: family conflict.
Dec 14, 2018 • 21min
Home for the Holidays, Part Two
Dan and Becky Allender continue their conversation about the holidays by discussing the deep sense of disappointment that so often leads to conflict.
Dec 7, 2018 • 22min
Home for the Holidays, Part One
Dan and Becky Allender reflect on the benefits and drawbacks of nostalgia—which can help inform our desire for goodness in the present, or can set up unrealistic expectations that inevitably lead to disappointment.
