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Making Space for Mental Health in the Church with Daniel Whitehead
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On Anxiety, Loss, and Grief with Sara Billups
An Update About the Allender Center Podcast
What Happens at Recovery Week? with Sue Cunningham, MA, MS, LPC, and Wendell Moss, LMHC
EHow to Prepare for Recovery Week with Scott Gibson, LCSW, MSW, and Linda Royster, LCMHC
Teen Mental Health and the Power of Connection with Dr. Chinwé Williams
Ending a Mission Well
"The Secure Soul" with Dr. Alison Cook
EBeyond Survival: What Ministry Leaders Need Now with Dr. Rose Madrid Swetman
The Schemes of Evil
"The Shattered Soul" with Colleen Ramser, MA
How to Be a Good Friend (Including to Yourself)
EWhen You Feel Too Much with Sam Eldredge
EListener Questions: Story
What Is Maturity?
A Survivor's Story of Trafficking and Hope with Kate Ouimette-Wedell
EFaith, Power, and the Cost of Discipleship with Rev. Rob Schenck
Is There Still More To Your Story?
Trauma, Shame, and Contempt
EFeeling Far From Home with Esperansita Bejnarowicz
Story Wars and the Search for Truth with Pastor James A. White
The Disruptive Power of Desire with Jay Stringer
What Our Desires Reveal with Jay Stringer
How to Build a Healthier Relationship with Technology with Dawn Wible
"Reclaiming Your Life From Medical Trauma" with Dr. James Jackson
"Healthy Sexuality After Abuse" with Tabitha Westbrook, LMFT, LCMHC, LPC
Reframing Good Friday: From Scapegoating to Restoration with Mako Nagasawa
Rediscovering the Gospel with Rev. Rob Schenck
Neurodivergence, Trauma, and Story with Stephanie Isbell, MA, LCPC
Narrative Focused Trauma Care® with Becky Allender
E"Growing Up Pure" with Lauren D. Sawyer, PhD
"Eucontamination: Disgust Theology and the Christian Life" with Paul Hoard, PhD, and Billie Hoard
Black History Month & the Power of Story with Pastor James A. White
Men, Vulnerability, and the Path to Connection with Jamie Haigh and Blake Roberts
"Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World" with Laurie Krieg
"Liturgies for Resisting Empire" with Kat Armas
Reclaiming Faith, Hope, and Love after Spiritual Abuse
Why Is It So Hard to Tell the Truth? with Dr. Monique Gadson
"On Holy Ground" with Dr. Keith Anderson
Living in a Distracted World and Following Jesus Into a New Year
Reflections on the Year 2025 with Dr. Dan and Becky Allender
God in Relationship: Advent and the Trinity with Rev. Dr. Michael Chen
The Story of God With Us: Advent and the Early Church with Blaine Eldredge
Loneliness, Isolation, and Presence
How to Not Be Consumed at Thanksgiving
Marriage in the Midst of Difficult Seasons
ETrauma & Emotional Dysregulation
Psalm 13, Erin Brockovich, and the Debris of Sexual Abuse
E"Holy Hurt" with Hillary L. McBride, PhD
"Sacred Attachment" with Michael John Cusick
E"Surrendered Sexuality" with Dr. Juli Slattery
Church & Mental Health with Laura Howe
Living Theology
Recovery Week Reflections
EThe Cost and Gift of Creativity in Relationships with John and Sue Cunningham
Bickering, Kindness, and the Deep Roots of Love
"Enneagram and Marriage" with Christa Hardin
Moving from Broken to Beloved with Brian Lee
Being a Faithful Witness in Harrowing Times with Rev. Marcos Canales & Rev. Dr. Robert Chao Romero
"Raising Securely Attached Kids" with Eli Harwood
Trauma, Grief, and Disrupting Death-Dealing Systems with Dr. Jamie Eaddy
A Sabbath Summer, Part 3: Reflecting and Savoring
A Sabbath Summer, Part 2: Play, Disappointment, and Daring to Hope
EA Sabbath Summer, Part 1: Anticipating Rest
The Dynamics of DARVO
How to Bring Story Work to Your Faith Community with Petra Malekzadeh
"Heaven Help Us" with John Kasich
"Experience Jesus. Really." with John Eldredge
"Saving Face" with Aimee Byrd
Trauma, Addiction, and the Twelve Steps – Part 2 with Ian Morgan Cron
ETrauma, Addiction, and the Twelve Steps – Part 1 with Ian Morgan Cron
E"How to Guard Against Sexism and Abuse in Christian Communities" with Dr. Andrew J. Bauman
The Research Behind Narrative Focused Trauma Care®
"Make Sense of Your Story" with Adam Young, LCSW
The Support That Ministry Leaders Need with Dr. Rose Madrid Swetman
The Narrative of Good Friday
Sibling Dynamics
Revisiting "The Sex Talk You Never Got" with Sam Jolman
EFood, Sex, and Shame, Part 2
Food, Sex, and Shame, Part 1
EHonoring Origin Stories with Pastor James A. White
Confronting Christian Nationalism - Part 2 with Rev. Dr. David Rice
Confronting Christian Nationalism - Part 1 with Rev. Dr. David Rice
Who Is Your Neighbor? with Dr. J. Derek McNeil
The Disruptive Power of Kindness
"Roots and Rhythm" with Charlie Peacock
Why Does My Healing Matter?
EStory Work: What It Is and Why It Matters with Adam Young, Cathy Loerzel, and Dan Allender
Tending to One Another's Stories in Marriage with Dan & Becky Allender
Creating a Better Marriage Through Story with Becky Allender
Is Hope Worth the Risk?
Reflections on the Year with Dr. Dan & Becky Allender
The Complexities of Christmas
Advent and the Light
Advent and the Word
The Culture of Spiritual Abuse
The Attachment Wounds of Spiritual Abuse
Checking In, Part 2
Checking In, Part 1