The Allender Center Podcast

As our hosts, Dr. Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen, continue to explore the qualities of a well-lived story, they invite friend of The Allender Center Danielle Castielljo to engage the topic of courage. Danielle is a writer, mother, and recent graduate of both The Seattle School’s MACP graduate program and The Allender Center’s Certificate in Narrative Focused Trauma Care Level I and II. Through their conversation, you’ll hear many stories from Danielle’s life, including her courageous journey to graduate school and the work she is called to do in the world. 

Resources:

 

 

Learn more about Danielle’s practice, Wayfinding Therapy

Direct download: TAC295-QualitiesOfAWellLivedStory3-v1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:44am PDT

“Kindness is disruptive for our good.” 

Dr. Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen begin to explore the qualities of a well-lived story, beginning with kindness, in a conversation with their spouses Becky Allender and Rev. Michael S. Chen. They talk about how both Becky and Michael embody kindness, and throughout the episode, you’ll hear how stories of both hope and heartache impact how they extend kindness to their spouses and those around them. 

 

Resources:

Read a blog post about a Story Workshop participant’s experience

Direct download: TAC294-QualitiesOfAWellLivedStory2-v1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:15pm PDT

What draws you to a human being?

This week, Dr. Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen begin a new series on the podcast about what makes up the various qualities of and what it means to live a well-lived story. Our own stories are not enough to guide us into living well—we need other people, pictures of, and examples who reveal the very qualities that our stories are meant to reveal. In this episode, you’ll hear Dan and Rachael discuss the characteristics of a well-lived story worth emulating and how, over the coming weeks, they’ll be inviting special guests to share with us how some of these characteristics have come to be a part of their own life and story, 

Resources:

Listen to a podcast episode, What If I Fear My Story?

Direct download: TAC293-QualitiesOfAWellLivedStory1-v2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:52pm PDT

Today on the podcast, Dr. Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen have a conversation with special guest Sarah Bessey, an author, writer, and self-described recovering know it all. She is the author of Jesus Feminist, Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith, and Miracles and Other Reasonable Things. Throughout the episode, you’ll hear more about her most recent book, her own story and engagement with trauma, and the ways in which she embodies faith, hope, and love while holding the tension of being human. 

Resources:

Sign up for Sarah’s newsletter, Field Notes

Direct download: TAC292-SarahBessey-v3.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:45am PDT

In this brief episode, Dr. Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton Chen take an intentional pause from our regular rhythms on the podcast. We hope that for each of our listeners this holiday weekend holds moments of not only rest, but also reflection on our collective story as a nation. Stay tuned as we pick back up next week for a conversation with a very special guest and dive deeper into what it means to have a well-lived story throughout the summer. 

Resources:

Learn more about our Certificate in Narrative Focused Trauma Care Level I

Direct download: TAC291b-July4Pause-v1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:00am PDT