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Welcome to Three Percent. This is your space if you’re on a journey of pursuing holistic masculinity, growing your emotional awareness, and cultivating deeper relationships and an authentic faith.

We’re here to provide evidence-based guidance and proven strategies drawn from our experiences as therapists, friends, and mentors.

We aren’t here to give you gimmicks or superficial “hacks.” We’re not telling you who to be, we're helping you uncover what gets in the way of being the man you want to be and offering you the authentic tools needed for tangible growth.

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  • April 6 · 55 min

    Why Your Story Still Shapes You (Even If You’ve Moved On) with Dr. Dan Allender & Rachel Clinton Chen

    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 compassion CHAPTERS (00:00) Can you bear your beauty—and your brokenness (01:00) Introducing Dan Allender and Rachel Clinton Chen (05:30) Why this season is about story (06:30) Why engaging your story actually matters (09:30) How childhood shapes your capacity for vulnerability (12:00) The story that still lives in your body (14:30) Why story work is never “finished” (18:30) What story work actually is (in simple terms) (22:00) Attachment, interpretation, and survival (30:00) Why men avoid their stories (33:00) Brokenness, beauty, and the tension we avoid (39:00) When strength becomes a coping mechanism (41:00) A real-time example of story playing out (48:30) Where do you start if this feels overwhelming? (52:00) The cost—and gift—of doing this work CONNECT WITH THE ALLENDER CENTER Website: https://theallendercenter.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allendercenter/ Podcast: The Allender Center Podcast KEYWORDS Dan Allender, Rachel Clinton Chen, Three Percent Podcast, emotional health, men’s mental health, story work, trauma and healing, attachment, vulnerability, shame, masculinity, relationships, spiritual formation, inner critic, personal growth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • March 30 · 59 min

    Jon Guerra on Self-Emptying and Finding Freedom in the Ordinary

    Join The Basement – ⁠https://threepercentco.com/membership⁠Three Percent Website – ⁠https://threepercentco.com/⁠Follow Three Percent on IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/threepercent.co/⁠ What happens when the version of Jesus you believe in always agrees with you? In this conversation, Jon Guerra shares the quiet but unsettling realization that his faith had become too comfortable—too aligned with his own preferences, frustrations, and perspectives. What followed wasn’t a crisis, but a slow return. A reintroduction to the real Jesus through the Gospels. One who comforts, but also confronts. One who invites, but also challenges. Together, they explore what it means to rediscover Christ in the middle of ordinary life—parenting, marriage, stress, and even subtle pride. This conversation moves beyond surface-level faith into something deeper: surrender, attention, and the kind of honesty that leads to freedom. If you’ve ever felt disillusioned with faith, unsure how to reconnect with God, or tired of a version of Christianity that feels flat or performative, this episode offers a different path—one that is slower, truer, and ultimately more alive. KEY TAKEAWAYS Why a “comfortable” version of Jesus might be holding you back How subtle pride and self-justification can shape your faith What it looks like to encounter a Jesus who both comforts and challenges Why surrender isn’t losing your life—but finding it How everyday stress (kids, work, marriage) becomes the place of transformation CHAPTERS (00:00) What is the “3%”?(02:00) Introducing Jon Guerra and his music(05:30) The heart behind the Jesus album(07:00) When Jesus becomes a version of yourself(10:00) The challenge of the real Jesus (rich young ruler)(13:30) Faith in the middle of ordinary life stress(18:30) Where is God in parenting, pressure, and fatigue?(22:00) Surrender, the cross, and where life is actually found(30:30) What does it mean that “Christ is the treasure”?(40:00) Experiencing God in the places you avoid(45:30) Why vulnerability and relationship lead to healing(49:00) Gethsemane: grief, surrender, and light(53:00) Seeing clearly: attention, presence, and everyday faith(56:00) Where to find Jon + closing thoughts LINKS & RESOURCES Jon Guerra Website: https://www.jonguerramusic.com/ The Jesus Album: https://open.spotify.com/album/4jMmHLhkvQToncD10srcty?si=M8Ikc0TSQ_i-Mcw4qfHfGg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamjonguerra KEYWORDS Jon Guerra, Three Percent Podcast, Christian music, emotional health, faith and doubt, masculinity, vulnerability, spiritual formation, inner life, surrender, trauma and healing, relationships, parenting stress, proximity to God, honest faith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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