In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks with Sherri Meyer-Veen, a pastor and long-time Faithwalking facilitator, coach, and Circle leader who lives in upstate New York, about her Faithwalking journey. In it Sherri reflects that Faithwalking was a "coming home" to her - coming home "to a committed community of people seeking to truly live our their faith." Faithwalking, for her, is about "seeking to be who God would want us to be in community with others over time." For Sherri Faithwalking is a learning community of deep transformation.Sherri also talks about how Faithwalking helps us learn how to manage ourselves - to grow in awareness of our triggers, our vows, our defensive routines, and how we respond in the midst of anxiety, so that we can slow ourselves down, engage our thinking brain, and choose more fully who we want to be and how we want to show up.

When asked what Faithwalking tools or learnings have meant the most to her, one of the things she shares is that Faithwalking has really helped her with learning to see the impact of her anxious response of overfunctioning - how it was hurting those around her and the systems she was a part of. She asserts that it has been incredibly powerful for her to grow in awareness of these patterns and to learn to choose to be different in the midst of them.

This episode was recorded in June 2025.