The Allender Center Podcast

Food, Sex, and Shame, Part 2


Listen Later

In part two of this conversation, Dan and Rachael continue their exploration by addressing the profound link between shame, food, and sex.

Shame is often leveraged by evil around our core needs for nourishment and intimacy to isolate and create deeper wounds, making it difficult to engage these areas with openness.

Dan emphasizes, "Knowing your story's vulnerability to how you have been harmed, but also how you've used food and sex," is crucial.

Rather than allowing shame to silence or control us, Dan and Rachael encourage listeners to confront it with boldness. While shame may never fully disappear, we can engage it—not with harshness or self-destruction, but with a fierce kindness and courageous defiance.

Rachael shares: "The Spirit is often inviting me in the disruption of shame, not to power up and go toward fight, flight or freeze as a way to disrupt shame, but to move toward tenderness, to move toward grief, to move toward a kind of righteous anger that leads to a 'hell no.'"

Ultimately, the work of dismantling shame happens within a community of care. Dan reminds us that true healing takes place in a "playground of kindness"—a space where we are seen, known, and deeply loved.

Please note that this episode contains discussions of sexual development, sex, body image, and disordered eating, and may not be suitable for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Allender Center PodcastBy The Allender Center

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

630 ratings


More shows like The Allender Center Podcast

View all
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge

Wild at Heart

1,686 Listeners

Win Today: Your Roadmap to Wholeness by Art of Leadership Network

Win Today: Your Roadmap to Wholeness

502 Listeners

The Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast by Pete Scazzero

The Emotionally Healthy Leader Podcast

669 Listeners

Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex by Dr. Juli Slattery and Authentic Intimacy®

Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex

1,638 Listeners

Theology in the Raw by Theology in the Raw

Theology in the Raw

1,469 Listeners

Restoring the Soul with Michael John Cusick by Michael John Cusick

Restoring the Soul with Michael John Cusick

466 Listeners

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton by Ruth Haley Barton

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley Barton

438 Listeners

Typology by Ian Morgan Cron

Typology

3,208 Listeners

The Next Right Thing by with Emily P. Freeman

The Next Right Thing

5,400 Listeners

The Place We Find Ourselves by Adam Young | LCSW, MDiv

The Place We Find Ourselves

2,578 Listeners

Bare Marriage by Sheila Gregoire

Bare Marriage

1,254 Listeners

John Mark Comer Teachings by Practicing the Way

John Mark Comer Teachings

1,806 Listeners

The Best of You by Dr. Alison Cook

The Best of You

855 Listeners

Therapy and Theology by Lysa TerKeurst

Therapy and Theology

2,022 Listeners