The First Step in Helping Others
Are you interested in learning to help others find healing in their stories? On today’s podcast, Dan challenges you to enter the first step in...
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The Story of the Prodigal as Therapeutic Frame: Part One
“In these days of increasing addictions, we have wandered far away from our Father’s home. The addicted life can aptly be designated a life lived...
Read The Role of the Past in Current Relationships
On today’s podcast, Dan discusses how our past relationships affect who we are today. By examining our past, particularly through the lens of attachment, we...
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Moving into Grief
I am in the middle of moving, over Christmas, with a one-year-old baby, and I don’t wanna. I mean, I do—it is an amazing gift...
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The Lightness of Being
I heard the car drive up our gravel driveway. Mia, my wife Becky as she is known by our grandchildren, and Elsa, my darling two-year...
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Rejoice & Lament – An Invitation to Advent Joy
“My invitation today is that if those of you who find yourselves in a season where lament feels more true I want to give you...
ListenThe Geography of Advent
Five years ago this Advent, I was assigned a new client at a community mental health facility for severely traumatized and chemically dependent individuals. The...
Read Defining Trauma & Abuse
“Trauma shatters our presumptions, and in some sense, the illusion of how we live. It turns upside down our sense of time, perspective, and even...
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