In this episode, Ken Shuman states that he believes self-differentiation is the last and biggest hurdle in growing in emotional maturity, and it is a really challenging one. He shares a personal story about his own growth in differentiation and then puts forward seven characteristics of highly differentiated people, as growth goals for our journey toward emotional maturity.

This episode was recorded on August 22, 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks with Tammi Van Drunen, a longtime Faithwalker, Faithwalking coach, facilitator, and Circle leader, and children's minister.

Tammi shares about the impact of Faithwalking on her relationship with her kids and on her ministry with kids and their parents. She expresses how much she loves walking parents through this process, because of how much change she sees in how they're thinking about their parenting and how it changes their relationship with their kids. She also talks about the power of what she learned in FW about cleaning up messes - a process she uses all the time with her kids that makes them feel "seen, and heard, and loved" - and about the freeing nature of healthy boundaries, and she shares a great boundaries story!

Tammi encourages listeners that "if you can stick it out...and you really invest in the [Faithwalking] process, you WILL be a different person by the end...in partnership with God. Two years of investment into this kind of hard work pays dividends for the rest of your life...no matter how old you are."

This episode was recorded in June 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks with Ben Vos, a youth pastor and Faithwalking grad who lives and serves in northwest Iowa. Ben shares that the impact of Faithwalking for him has been in layers - among other things that he is more patient, quicker to listen and much better at listening, and a less-anxious person - and that he is a better employee, husband, and father. He talks about his growth in differentiation, work that is "so hard and so good," and says that he is "intrigued, fascinated by this idea that we can remain unified as believers - as brothers and sisters - even as we differentiate from one another." "I've seen it done, " he says, "I've experienced it myself - other people in Faithwalking, other emotionally mature leaders in my life...the love I've felt, the acceptance I've felt, even with people with whom I disagree...man, it works!" Ben says he tells his congregation, "If you're willing to give yourself over to these concepts, to these practices, to these ways of thinking, I think it can be one of the most transformative things you will do in your adult life."

This episode was recorded in June 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks with Deanna Napier, a teacher and coach and a long-time Faithwalker and FW coach. Before Faithwalking, Deanna struggled with deeply ingrained feelings of worthlessness that she brought with her out of her first formation. Faithwalking helped her identify where that lack of worth was coming from and to address its root causes.

Deanna shares that at the time she decided to try Faithwalking, she was mad all the time. Now she says, "Not only have I learned to help manage my anger, but I've really become a completely different person." She shows up differently in all her relationships, particularly with her older brothers, with whom she never felt she could measure up before.

She used to think she needed to people please for people to like her, and she would borrow her identity from the people around her, but she has grown in confidence and a sense of who she is so much that she now says she believes she has the potential to be things and do things she never thought possible before. Faithwalking "transformed me in ways I never could have imagined."

This episode was recorded in May 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman shares a Substack post by Alan Hirsch* in which Hirsch reflects on words from theologian-psychologist Richard Beck on the concept and nature of "Satan." Hirsch speaks of the forces in the world that are anti-Jesus, and the temptation for those in the Church to adopt the same tools and become anti-Jesus in his name. But he also celebrates the good news of the One who will never be other than who he is - who will never be other than love:

"There is a satan to the kingdom of God. But the good news, the Easter news, is this: Jesus did not become the enemy to defeat the enemy. He remained the Son. He remained love. And this is what saves us. He did not fight Satan with Satan’s weapons, but refused them altogether. He overcame by being entirely what he always was.

And so must we."
This episode was recorded on July 25th, 2025.

* Alan Hirsch, "The life and mission of Jesus, as well as that of his followers, are not lived in a neutral world," July 19, 2025

In this epsode, Ken Shuman shares a personal transformation story about the power of asking the question, "What is my role in keeping this problem in place?" He shares how he asked himself this question when reflecting on an area of chronic disappointment in his life, and how it led him to an important and potentially life-changing realization and a powerful guiding principle that he will take with him moving forward.

This episode was recorded on July 18th, 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks with Aundrea Baker, a professional coach, spiritual director, Faithwalking coach and board member. Aundrea shares a powerful Faithwalking testimony of healing and reconnection - reconnection with herself, her emotions, and her body and restoration of important relationships that had been estranged. She talks about learning to manage her anxiety, dismantling her vows, and ceasing to take responsibility that was never hers to bear. And she attests to the gentleness and challenge of Faithwalking coaching and the power of a judgment-free, safe community to promote healing and wholeness.

In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks with Mario Ramos, a retired pastor and professor from San Antonio, TX, and a Faithwalking coach, facilitator, and board member. In it Mario tells a powerful story of personal and relational transformation as a result of the work he has done through Faithwalking. He speaks of a need for acceptance, love, and affirmation so vast "it was like the Grand Canyon - it was so deep and wide, nothing could fill it." As a result of this unmet need, Mario developed a way of being in the world that pushed others away. This caused his family a great deal of pain and damaged his relationships with his wife and children, among others.
Mario shares that he did not realize any of this until he began to do the work of Faithwalking - he was "like a bull in a china closet," not really understanding the damage he was doing. "It wasn't until Faithwalking that I became aware of the dynamics that caused so many problems in my life." He was then able to address these issues and the wounds that caused them, and today he reports he is happily married and has a great relationship with his 3 grown children! He became more whole, his wife (who is also a Faithwalker) became more whole, his marriage became more whole, and his relationship with his kids became more whole. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Faithwalking makes wholeness possible. Tune in for more of Mario's story!

This episode was recorded in May 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman talks about pursuing the practice of curiosity. He states that curiosity is foundational to developing healthy relationships, to developing extraordinary relationships, and to our growth in emotional maturity. He posits that shame is what often stands in the way of curiosity, along with our triggers and wounds.

This episode was recorded on June 27th, 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks with Stacey DeLaney, a Faithwalker, FW coach, and children's book author who is retired from public education and lives in upstate NY. Stacey shares that Faithwalking pulled her out of a "deep hole" and dramatically changed how she perceives the world and her relationships and how she interacts in her relationships - and that it has had a particularly profound impact on her relationships with her husband and her adult children. She celebrates that she is no longer fragmented into "very different" public, private, and secret selves and no longer feels the need to wear a mask!

To the question, "Why sign up for Faithwalking?" Stacey replies, "Sometimes we don't even know what we're holding on to from our pasts...what is keeping us from living this wholehearted life that we want to live. If you want to live that life - that wholehearted life - Faithwalking is the way to do it."

This episode was recorded in May 2025.