Moving Through Grief
“You can’t plan grief. You can’t plan when or how or what will occur,” says Dr. Dan Allender, “But there is something that has to...
ListenFriendship Cycles, Part 2
After a relationship has ruptured, can there be repair? Dan and Rachael continue to talk through the cycle of friendship and the difficult process of...
ListenFriendship Cycles, Part 1
Why do friendships end? Perhaps there was a betrayal, the friendship was hard to maintain, or life happens. Whatever the reason, losing a friendship is...
ListenDefusing Triggers
Our tendency to fight, flee, freeze, or fawn when we feel when we’re triggered is often a response to something from our past. The work...
ListenExposing the Schemes of Evil
How do you know that someone in your life is setting you up for harm? While we don’t want to promote paranoia, it’s important to...
ListenConnecting Dots: Making Sense of Our Stories
We are not just a collection of stories – we are a story. So how do we begin to make sense of a collection of...
ListenThe Treasure of a Few Seconds
What is a lifetime? If one averages a human life to 75 years, that is 27,375 days, or 657,000 hours, or 39,420,000 seconds. Those who served...
ReadHealing to Lead, Part 2
If you’re familiar with the work of the Allender Center, you’ve probably heard us say: “You cannot take anyone further than you have gone.” Whether...
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