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What do you do when life’s circumstances hit you hard, when you feel like crap and you’re not doing well?
Two Christian therapists, Dan Allender and Rachael Clinton, recently sat down to try to record a podcast on a new topic. Unfortunately, neither of them were in the state of mind to engage in what they had in mind. Luckily, their instincts kicked in, and they decided to talk about just that: what to do when we are not doing well and started the three-part “Not Doing Well” series on The Allender Center blog. The two of them sought to answer some fundamental questions:
“How can we continue to pursue the work we are called to, continue to seek healing and growth, and continue to love people around us when it feels like things are falling apart?”
Rachael is used to not doing well and “just having to get through it,” as many of us are in our daily lives. Only a few lucky souls on the planet are fortunate every hour in the 9–5 work schedule, and that is just how it is. But sometimes, the feeling of “not doing well” crosses a line, and we persevere too much in circumstances that require us to halt for just a bit. “No pain, no gain” is an attitude that Rachael has had throughout her life, that urges us to just power through when he hit barriers, and is just a fundamental part of our culture. I feel…
