Why Does My Healing Matter?

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

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

4.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Healing isn’t about “fixing” yourself or completing a checklist. It’s about stepping into the fullness of who you were created to be. It’s about reclaiming the parts of you that trauma, disappointment, or systems of injustice have tried to diminish.

As Dan puts it: “Healing can't take over our lives in the sense that you do nothing but heal. But there is something about love—love of your own body and what it can bring others when you are healthier.”

Your healing matters because you matter—your story, your relationships, and the unique impact God has called you to make in the world.

The journey toward healing can feel messy, nonlinear, and even lonely at times—but it doesn’t have to be. Rachael and Dan remind us that healing isn’t something we’re meant to do alone. Healing happens in connection—with trusted friends, family, care providers, and a supportive community. It’s a process we walk through together—supported by community, grounded in love, and marked by hope.

We hope this week’s podcast episode offers wisdom and practical steps to help you reimagine your relationship with healing this year.

This episode contains some mild language; listener discretion is advised.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Have you ever felt like you were living a narrative that someone else wrote for you?
0:07.0	Maybe your story was written by your family, your church, or your culture.
0:12.0	You may be asking yourself, what is my story, and how does it uniquely fit into the story of the gospel?
0:19.0	At the Allender Center, we believe that your story reveals God's wild goodness in a way
0:23.9	that no other story can.
0:26.4	We've helped thousands of people understand and live their unique stories, and we'd like
0:30.8	to invite you to start engaging your story with the free guided exercise available for download
0:36.0	at the Allander Center.org
0:38.2	slash story.
0:39.6	Thank you for listening to the Allender Center.
0:52.5	I'm Dr. Dan Allender.
0:55.1	And I'm Rachel Clinton-Centon.
0:57.0	We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.
1:01.2	And restoration for the heart.
1:03.7	Thank you for joining us.
1:05.0	Let's get this conversation started.
1:10.5	Thank you. Good people with good bodies.
1:19.6	I am so glad to be here with my friend and colleague, Dan Allender.
1:24.7	As we talk a bit more about something we talk about quite often, whether we do it
1:30.3	explicitly or implicitly, and it's something that I've committed to very intentionally this
1:36.8	year in a new way. We're going to talk more about healing. And as I say that word, like so much comes up.
1:47.9	I think probably for all of us, this is a word that stirs a lot.
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