Deconstructing Our False Edens

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

4.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Many of us live in these “false Edens,” a space of being blissfully unaware that there is pain, heartache, and trauma which we must confront. When we consciously choose to engage our own stories and deconstruct these “false Edens” in which we’re living, we can move more freely into our calling to find true redemption on the other side.

Who better than to discuss this with us than this week’s podcast guest, Cary Umhau? Author, speaker, activist, and advocate for those facing homelessness and hunger, Cary knows what it is to step out of the constructs of

her life into living what she calls a “spacious life.”

Listen as Dan Allender and Cathy Loerzel, co-authors of “Redeeming Heartache,” speak with Cary Umhau, author of “Burning Down the Fireproof Hotel” and find parallels between their work and their stories.

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0:00.0	Friends, we cannot ignore the traumatic effects of racism in our country, our communities, and in our lives.
0:08.0	At the Allender Center, we believe the process of writing and sharing our stories can be an incredible form of healing.
0:15.0	This March, the Allender Center is honored to open our story workshop for racial trauma and healing to the public for the
0:21.7	first time. This profound event that invites you deeply into the themes of your life, particularly
0:27.5	as a Black, Indigenous, and or person of color, experiencing collective and personal stories of
0:32.7	trauma living within dominant cultural norms. This three-day workshop will be offered March 4-6,
0:38.3	2022, in a live, interactive online format, led by our Bipak Allender Center facilitators and teachers.
0:46.3	Please note that we will be asking questions about racial identity in the screening process.
0:51.3	If you or someone you know is interested in being a part of this
0:54.4	powerful experience, please submit your application for the story workshop for racial trauma and
0:59.7	healing at the Allender Center podcast.
1:14.7	I'm Dr. Dan Allender.
1:16.2	And I'm Rachel Clinton-Cent.
1:18.0	We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.
1:22.2	And restoration for the heart.
1:24.7	Thank you for joining us.
1:26.0	Let's get this conversation started. Thank you for joining us. Let's get this conversation started.
1:38.1	Well, I have the great privilege of being with my delightful co-author, Kathy Loursel, and we're going to sneakily try to advance the sales of our book.
1:54.8	But because neither of us are, well, I'll speak for myself, I'm not that good of a promoter of the book.
2:04.0	The real joy we get, even though we're going to talk about redeeming heartache, is we get to talk with a dear
2:10.7	friend of ours, Carrie Umhow, about her life. And because she's in the book, oh, she's very much in the book. We want to
2:20.8	interact with her about her life and about how she is utilized, redeeming heartache as part of
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