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Recycling, Shame, and Ambivalence
When I dropped our recyclable container at the end of the street, I noticed that our address had been worn off. I then drove down...
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Blood Woman
Our bodies are storytellers, yet we have a choice whether or not to let ourselves tell its story or to let what the world perceives...
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Facing Failure, Part Two
Dan opens this episode of the podcast by reiterating that failure is not a pleasant topic. He describes the difference between failure as a verb,...
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Facing Failure, Part One
On this week’s podcast, Dan Allender launches a new series on a topic that cuts to the very quick of our being and identity: failure....
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Scapegoating, Part Two
On this week’s podcast, as we continue our series about scapegoating, Dan Allender invites us to reflect on the particular experience of being the one...
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Leading Out of Healing
In my previous two blogs, I touched on some of the cultural messages and internalized beliefs within my own story that hindered me from being...
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A Summer of Play, Part Four
Dan Allender concludes our series on play alongside Russ Teubner, developer of a unique, artistic event space called Backstage Stillwater. Russ and Dan reflect on how we can create spaces of play in the world around us.
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Guarding My Heart
Becky Allender reflects on how guarding herself against defensiveness opens her to tender, unexplored parts of her heart.
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