
93 Engaging With Someone Who Has Harmed You Part 1
Suppose you have come to realize some of the ways that your parents have harmed you over the years. What are you supposed to do now? How do you engage with a parent now that you've come to realize som...
5 Jul 202132min

92 Your Story, Your Suffering, and Kindness with Dan Allender
Dan Allender is the reason this podcast exists. His teaching forms the foundation of nearly every episode. Dan joins me today to talk about how to engage your story and how to engage your suffering. I...
21 Jun 202150min

91 How Healing Happens: Revisiting The U Diagram
Jen Oyama Murphy and I reflect on the U Diagram of healing. The human heart heals by engaging one's story. But how does cultural background factor into effective story engagement? Whether you are a pe...
7 Jun 202137min

90 The Cursing of the Body and Racial Trauma
Jen Oyama Murphy shares a story she wrote for The Allender Center called "My Eyes." Evil often assaults us through the cursing of others. When a part of our body is cursed—especially during our growin...
24 Mai 202153min

89 Spiritual Abuse
This is a bonus episode on spiritual abuse. Rachael Clinton Chen provides an overview of the marks of spiritual abuse. She will be teaching a conference on spiritual abuse on Saturday, June 5. You can...
12 Mai 202146min

88 When Trust Is Violated
Friend and fellow therapist Cyndi Mesmer comes back on the podcast to share one of her stories. It's a story of the exploitation of innocence and the violation of trust. We talk about Cyndi's trauma r...
10 Mai 202151min

87 How To Engage Your Story In A Way That Brings Healing (Bonus Episode)
Cathy Loerzel joins me to talk about how to engage your family of origin story in a way that brings healing to your brain. We examine three byproducts of trauma (fragmentation, dissociation, and isola...
5 Mai 202141min

86 How Attachment Affects Your Relationship With God
Today's episode begins with an explanation of attachment: what it is and why it's so important. After recapping The Still Face Experiment, I talk about the two primary types of insecure attachment: av...
26 Apr 202131min




















