In this episode, Ken Shuman speaks with Tammy DeRuyter about her Faithwalking journey. Tammy is a Faithwalking facilitator, coach, and former board member and Circle leader who is a middle school and high school teacher on the island of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands.

Tammy credits Faithwalking with giving her the tools to manage anxiety in much healthier ways. She speaks of how anxiety affected her physically, mentally, and emotionally for so many years, and of learning through Faithwalking to become aware of her anxious patterns. Now she recognizes these patterns and can pause and calm herself in the midst of them, engaging her prefrontal cortex to get her thinking back in line, and allowing her to choose how she wants to respond.

At another point in the conversation, Tammy speaks of the stranglehold shame had on her for most of her life - until Faithwalking gave her the ability to recognize and combat her shame voice and she experienced a major breakthrough. Now she says she has the tools to no longer let shame sabotage her, and she can be fully her authentic self.

Tammy shares that one of the reasons she encourages others to try Faithwalking is that it is "an amazing opportunity to become more than you ever imagined yourself possibly becoming."

This episode was recorded in July 2025.