In this episode, our guest speaker Lou Huesmann (who is a regular participant in our Keep Calm weekly gatherings) grapples with the question, "What role does faith play in Faithwalking?" as well as how faith fits in with the five components of emotional maturity that Ken has been teaching us about - self-awareness, self-definition, self-regulation, personal responsibility, and self-differentiation.

This episode was recorded on June 20th, 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks of the deep Faithwalking value of offering a safe space for everybody, and the challenge that presents in the midst of so much diversity and polarization in our world. He shares the critical building blocks for creating a safe place and describes the kind of safe people he hopes Faithwalkers become.

This episode was recorded on June 13th, 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks with John Reasons, a pastor and Faithwalking coach from Texas, about the authenticity and safety of the FW process and the gift of experiencing people's stories of change and transformation as a coach journeying with them through the process. John shares that the process of Faithwalking allows people to begin to experience the "fully alive life," the abundant life of which scripture speaks. Through it the light of Christ shines in the dark places of our hearts and souls and brings healing in tangible ways. He invites Faithwalking graduates to become coaches because "that's when it gets good! I've loved being a coach even more than I've loved going through it!"

This episode was recorded in May 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman talks about another component of self-regulation - managing our anger. He speaks about the root causes of anger and getting clear about what our triggers are, then what we can do to respond to our anger without sinning. Ken distinguishes between reactive anger and assertive differentiation and reminds the group of the concept of sin as shalom (or wholeness) breaking, then addresses the question, "How can we be angry without breaking the wholeness?"

This episode was recorded on June 6th, 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman states that learning to regulate ourselves is a big piece of growing in emotional maturity, and that one way we can do this is to learn how to manage ourselves when we are triggered. Part of learning to manage ourselves in this way involves taking responsibility for getting healing for the wounds of our past. In this episode, Ken shares 10 ways we can begin to tackle this.

This episode was recorded on May 30th, 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman has a conversation with Dawn Bird, Faithwalking coach, facilitator, board chair, and manager of our coaching area, about what Faithwalking has meant to her and why she invests so much in it. As she shares about her journey with this work and the powerful impact it has had on her relationship with her adult children, among others, Dawn states that she has yet to find any other process so impactful, so comprehensive, and with so much potential for transforming a person's life and relationships. She shares that the fruit of Faithwalking is so profound that she wants as many people as possible to be able to experience it. "I can't think of anything we need more in our world right now" she says, "than for people to grow in their emotional maturity."

This episode was recorded in May 2025.

In this episode Ken and a group of Faithwalkers discuss how to respond when we are triggered. Ken states that the goal is not to never be triggered - the goal is to manage ourselves as well as we can in the midst of being triggered, taking full responsibility for our part in the triggering. Ken encourages the group to go deeper, to drill down into what is behind the triggering. He offers some key questions we can ask ourselves that will help us in that process.

This episode was recorded on May 23, 2025.

In this episode Ken Shuman has a conversation with Tony Mayer, a Faithwalking coach, facilitator, and our newest team member, about his Faithwalking journey and why he invests so much in this work. Tony discusses managing anxiety during the stress of a cross-country move and in a new context and showing up differently in the midst of anxiety from the way he did before. He also shares how Faithwalking helped him integrate the different spheres of his life and parts of himself such that he can now show up the same way - and more authentically - in all of these spaces.

For Tony, Faithwalking was a catalyst for a journey of trust with God that has been unfolding ever since. He states, "I'm enjoying this work so much because every day I get to be witness to this transformation....We should always be transforming and helping someone else transform themselves."

This episode was recorded in May 2025.

In this episode Ken Shuman states that a huge part of growing in emotional maturity is learning to define ourselves - and then aligning our lives with that self-definition. What does it look like to live it out? To illustrate this concept, Ken shares some of the ways he defines himself and how he puts that self-definition into action. This episode was recorded on May 16th, 2025.

In this episode, Ken Shuman has a conversation with Dr. Sarojini Sharma, an internal medicine physician, FW graduate, and FW coach. In it Sarojini shares her story of burn-out and the healing she encountered through the Faithwalking process and practices. Key for Sarojini was learning to slow down and live an unhurried life; learning to manage her own anxiety and determining what she is responsible for and what she is not responsible for; living into the guiding principles she established for her life; and how all this led her to a healthier way of dealing with conflict and greater peace.

She attests that doing the Faithwalking work has "deepened her companionship with God" and speaks to the healing she experienced from chronic pain and fibromyalgia. In response, Ken acknowledged, "As we get more whole internally, as we get more whole emotionally, mentally, socially...it will impact us physically, and we will become more whole in every arena of our life."

This episode was recorded in March 2025.