Processing Trauma Through Poiesis
We are excited to have Sue Cunningham, who is acclaimed by Dan Allender as the officially-unofficial Poet Laureate of the Allender Center, back with us....
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A Wild One
Our dear sailing friend Len died several weeks ago. He was sixty years young. At his memorial service, my husband said Len was the most beautifully...
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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...
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Friendship 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...
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Friendship 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...
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Defusing 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...
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Exposing 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...
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Connecting 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...
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