A Road Trip to Love

I think the best part of an experience is when it’s shared. There’s so much I recently experienced during my first session at the Allender Center, I could hardly wait to share with you some of what I learned. If aren’t familiar with the Allender Center, you can learn more about who they are and what they offer here. What struck me the most when I first came across the program at the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology a few years ago was two of their foundational belief

“Life is an inward journey. No matter our background or beliefs, each of us is on a road trip to love. And it's a journey that begins within.” A few weeks ago, someone asked me for some tips I could give them to help heal from within. For some, healing from within means something health-related. For others, it’s a matter of the heart. Regardless, I truly believe each of us is healing and when we heal ourselves, we help heal the world. Healing and personal development are the

When we ask someone a question, we don’t typically get a response that can cause us to wonder how we’re living our life. When I asked my friend Ryan, “Why are you going to Thailand?” He responded simply, “to swim in the ocean and play with monkeys.” I felt like I was trying to solve a confusing riddle. I immediately went home and started to think about my life. I started to think about how easy it was for someone to tell me they were traveling across the world without much of