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Why Your Story Still Shapes You (Even If You’ve Moved On) with Dr. Dan Allender & Rachel Clinton Chen
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- Three Percent
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- Apr 6, 2026
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- 3357
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Join The Basement – https://threepercentco.com/membership Three Percent Website – https://threepercentco.com/ Follow Three Percent on IG: https://www.instagram.com/threepercent.co/ Why do certain patterns in your life keep repeating—no matter how much you try to move forward? In this conversation, Dan Allender and Rachel Clinton Chen invite us into the deeper work of understanding our stories. Not as something to “get over,” but as something that continues to shape how we relate to ourselves, God, and others. Through powerful personal examples and honest reflection, they explore how early experiences—especially moments of shame, neglect, or harm—form the internal narratives we still live by today. This conversation moves beyond surface-level self-awareness into something more embodied. It’s about learning how to revisit your story with compassion, allowing old interpretations to be challenged, and discovering both the brokenness and beauty that have been formed in you. Along the way, they name the cost of avoiding your story—and the freedom that comes when you finally begin to engage it. If you’ve ever wondered why certain reactions feel automatic, why vulnerability feels unsafe, or why you keep chasing validation that never quite satisfies—this episode offers a way forward. Not quick fixes, but a deeper invitation into healing, connection, and becoming who you were meant to be. KEY TAKEAWAYS Why your past isn’t “over”—it’s still shaping how you live today How early shame and unmet needs form the patterns you repeat Why vulnerability feels unsafe (and where that story began) What it means to hold both your brokenness and your beauty How revisiting your story with others creates real change Why healing isn’t a one-time fix—but a lifelong process of attention and c…