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.
Podcasting since 2024 • 13 episodes
Story Matters Podcast
Latest Episodes
13. Season 1 Conclusion: NPCs
The term NPC came from video games referring to the characters that the player doesn't have control of - they are controlled by the game's programming. When a person's behavior is determined by a system, whether family, church or peer group, th...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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24:29
12. The Holidays
This episode seeks to help our listeners this holiday season or future times around family. We explore the tendency to go into auto pilot where we often return to past or familiar patterns of relating around certain groups, especially fam...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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22:24
11. A Surprising Strength
In this episode we explore the concept of "window of tolerance" seeing its connection to meekness. What we often consider weakness is actually a strength of spirit and mind.
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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24:30
10. The Gateway to Healing
One of the reasons we find healing so elusive is that we refuse to engage the heartaches of our lives. It can seem un-American or even un-Christian to look upon the past in a negative light. However, this is exactly how Scripture be...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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34:35
9. Childhood Responses Become Adult Behavior
Why do we look back at childhood stories of harm? We discuss internal vows we make, agreements about who we are and protectors that develop. These were ways we needed to mitigate shame that are still patterns by which we live our adulthood. Jes...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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30:39