The Allender Center Podcast

Bonus Episode: The Healing Power of Understanding Your Story with Adam Young, Cathy Loerzel, and Dan Allender

Dec 11, 2023

Adam Young, Cathy Loerzel, and Dan Allender discuss the healing power of understanding your story and how it impacts your thoughts and actions. They explore the influence of family of origin on present mentality, the value of community in the healing process, and the importance of embracing different perspectives within ourselves. The podcast also announces the StoryWork Conference for engaging with your own story and finding freedom.

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Cathy Loerzel

Dan Allender

Adam Young

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Quick takeaways

Engaging with our stories and past traumas is essential for healing and breaking free from the bondage of our past.

Truly listening to our stories and tending to the neglected parts of ourselves fosters integration, growth, and reframing our narratives.

Deep dives

The Significance of Story in Our Lives

Our brains constantly bring order to the world and make meaning, not just explaining why things happen but seeking the deeper meaning behind them. Our lives are centered around storytelling, finding meaning in time, space, people, dialogue, and plot. We all carry and interpret our stories, which bond us and connect us to others. Traumatic experiences become imprinted in our brains, creating neural pathways that trigger familiar feelings and reactions when similar situations arise in our lives. To break free from the bondage of these past stories, we must engage with them, listen to our own stories, and reconciling the fear, trauma, and anxiety associated with them.

Introduction

3min

From Bondage to Bonding

18min

Reflecting on our Family of Origin and the Healing Power of Understanding Our Stories

5min

The Value of Community in the Healing Process

9min

The Power of Welcoming and Listening to Our Internal Experiences

2min

Announcement of the Story Work Conference and the Importance of Engaging with One's Story

4min

You have a story and that story matters. Your story in your family of origin significantly affects the way you think, feel, and act in the world today. This is why Dan Allender says, “It is time to listen to your story.”

What if healing begins by listening to your story? By reflecting on—and engaging—the experiences in your growing-up years, you can better understand why your brain has been shaped in the way that it has.

These are the topics that Dan Allender, Cathy Loerzel, and Adam Young explore in today’s bonus podcast episode, which is a co-production between The Place We Find Ourselves Podcast and the Allender Center Podcast.

If you want to experience more of the healing power of understanding your own story, join Adam, Cathy, and Dan in Atlanta, GA, on Saturday, February 3, 2024, for the StoryWork Conference. In-person and livestream tickets are available. CEU’s are also available for therapists.

🎫 Register at adamyoungcounseling.com