Story Matters Podcast
In the Story Matters Podcast, Hosts Ryan and Emily Baker discuss the intersection between theology and psychology helping listeners to better grasp how their particular stories have shaped them.
Story Matters Podcast
Latest Episodes
49. Can We Call This What It Really Is?
Gossip sneaks in dressed up as concern, processing, connecting, or the classic church-friendly cover of a prayer request. We talk through a gut-check illustration that still gets us: what if a device instantly alerted someone the m...
48. Why Are You Here?
We talk about the motives that bring people to this podcast, narrative-focused trauma care, counseling, and discipleship. We love the desires that drive us, and we also name the risk. When we use Jesus as a tool to get a specific outcome, we sh...
47. Here Be Dragons - An Interview with Author Melanie Shankle Pt. 2
Emily continues her conversation with author and podcaster Melanie Shankle to talk about her memoir Here Be Dragons and the surprising metaphor that helped her finally see boundaries clearly: her dog’s leg amputation. The loss was painful, but ...
46. Here Be Dragons - An Interview with Author, Melanie Shankle Pt. 1
Some family pain doesn’t look dramatic from the outside, which is exactly why it can trap you for decades. Emily sits down with three-time New York Times bestselling author Melanie Shankle to talk about her book "Here Be Dragons." W...
45. Why We Avoid What Heals Us
Resistance is something we all feel at times. We know growth is good, we know story work matters, and yet we'd rather stay in “get things done” mode rather than feel what’s tender. We lean into that tension of a nervous system that doesn’t want...