Making Space for Mental Health in the Church with Daniel Whitehead
How can the church support people and their mental health well? Can the church move beyond offering simple platitudes or just referring peop...
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The Allender Center Podcast
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 su...
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We have a very special invitation for you, listeners: For the first time ever, the Allender Center Podcast is going LIVE! Join the co-hosts...
On Anxiety, Loss, and Grief with Sara Billups
What is the relationship between anxiety and grief? For Sara Billups, that question became deeply personal during a season of significant lo...
An Update About the Allender Center Podcast
Friends, there's something we want to share with you about the Allender Center Podcast: For more than a decade, we've released a new episode...
What Happens at Recovery Week? with Sue Cunningham, MA, MS, LPC, and Wendell Moss, LMHC
If you've heard us talk about Recovery Weeks, or you've been thinking about joining us, you might be wondering: What exactly happens during...
How to Prepare for Recovery Week with Scott Gibson, LCSW, MSW, and Linda Royster, LCMHC
In 1988, Dr. Dan Allender led the very first Recovery Week. Nearly four decades later, these immersive experiences continue to offer sacred...
Teen Mental Health and the Power of Connection with Dr. Chinwé Williams
Today's teenagers are growing up in a world of both unprecedented connection... and disconnection. Teens have constant access to information...
Ending a Mission Well
We spend a lot of time preparing for big moments: years of school, months of planning a wedding, or working toward a major event or big trip...
"The Secure Soul" with Dr. Alison Cook
What do you do with the parts of yourself you'd rather not have? Maybe you've learned to stay small, keep the peace, take care of everyone e...
Beyond Survival: What Ministry Leaders Need Now with Dr. Rose Madrid Swetman
As political division, cultural anxiety, and deep polarization continue to reshape the Church, many pastors find themselves carrying impossi...
The Schemes of Evil
Why does it sometimes feel like the moment we begin to experience healing or clarity… life gets harder? In this episode, Dan Allender and Ra...
"The Shattered Soul" with Colleen Ramser, MA
What happens when trauma doesn't just wound your heart—but your experience of God? In this deeply thoughtful conversation, Dan Allender and...
How to Be a Good Friend (Including to Yourself)
What makes someone a good friend? We often think about showing up well for the people we love. But what if being a good friend also means le...
When You Feel Too Much with Sam Eldredge
Some people seem to enter the world with an unusual sensitivity. They notice what others miss. They feel deeply. They ask questions long bef...
Listener Questions: Story
Today's episode is dedicated to your questions! Recently, we invited our email subscribers to submit the questions they'd like Dan Allender...
What Is Maturity?
What does true maturity actually look like? Is it age? Experience? Having the right answers? Many of us grew up assuming we would recognize...
A Survivor's Story of Trafficking and Hope with Kate Ouimette-Wedell
This week, Dan and Rachael sit down with survivor, advocate, and Narrative Focused Trauma Care alumni Kate Ouimette-Wedell for a conversatio...
Faith, Power, and the Cost of Discipleship with Rev. Rob Schenck
Faith, power, and politics have become deeply intertwined in our culture, leaving many Christians asking hard questions: Is this what follow...
Is There Still More To Your Story?
Is there still more to your story? It's a question that can feel surprising, especially if you've spent years reflecting on your past, pursu...
Trauma, Shame, and Contempt
What happens when shame takes root in a story? And how does contempt become one of the ways we learn to survive it? Dr. Dan Allender and Rac...