“The Anxiety Opportunity” in the New Year with Curtis Chang

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

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

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🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

As we step into 2024, the global landscape presents us with profound challenges – from conflicts in Palestine and Israel to widespread war, economic disparities, and political divisions. Add to this mix the heightened levels of anxiety and rage permeating our society, all unfolding against the backdrop of an election year here in the U.S.

In the midst of this complexity, how do we navigate our growing personal and collective anxiety, and can it be an opportunity for us to live more fully according to the gospel?

To explore these questions, we’re honored to welcome back Curtis Chang, the author of "The Anxiety Opportunity" and co-author of "The After Party," as our first guest of the year. Curtis chats with us about how engaging with our own anxiety and that of others can pave the way for more restorative conversations and offer more hope as we look into the year ahead.

Join us for this enlightening conversation to learn more about Curtis's work with his latest project, "The After Party," in today's episode. If you missed our previous discussion with Curtis last spring, you can catch it here.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast.
0:06.7	I'm Dr. Dan Allender.
0:08.7	And I'm Rachel Clinton-Centen.
0:10.5	We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.
0:14.7	And restoration for the heart.
0:17.2	Thank you for joining us.
0:18.5	Let's get this conversation started.
0:29.1	Thank you for joining us. Let's get this conversation started. As we begin the year, it is probably inopportune to say that it's likely going to be the year of dread.
0:39.2	There are so many realities ahead.
0:42.9	I would wish to begin this lovely year, 2020, for the year of the Lord, with a far more optimistic, excited anticipation, and let me tell you,
1:00.1	I am, but because this is going to be here, that we are going to have to face greater
1:07.5	dissolution, greater division, greater despair than we have done.
1:13.1	And we've done a lot over the last number of years.
1:18.1	But I think this year is going to be unique in the history of many of us and certainly
1:25.4	this country.
1:26.3	So to begin this year, Rachel, we were hoping,
1:31.0	and we have the great privilege of having Curtis Chang back with us. And Curtis was with us
1:38.1	in May of the year 2020, beginning to talk about his new book,
1:44.5	The Anxiety Opportunity.
1:46.7	And we've got so many responses.
1:50.5	So much help was given.
1:53.2	So Curtis,
	...

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