Story Shaped Life: Recent Episodes

Story Shaped Life

Making sense of the stories we believe about ourselves, others, and the world we live in.

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We finish out our episodes on emotions with a heavy-hitter: shame.

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This week's conversation is all about guilt, how it helps us stay true to ourselves, and the dangers of living out other people's standards.

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This week we talk about happiness, battling perfectionism, and taking time to celebrate our goals regardless of how other people may feel about them.

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This week we discuss the role of sadness in our life and practical ways to "pay off" our grief.

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In this difficult but important episode we talk about being hurt, the way we hurt others, and how to apologize well.

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This week we discuss one of the most important of all emotions, and the only one that is also a need: safety.

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This episode we talk about loneliness, a very real but often ignored emotion, especially during the holidays.

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This episode we continue our conversation about emotions by discussing fear, what it helps us do, and why we are so prone to cover it up with other emotions.

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We kick of season 2 with our favorite licensed professional counselor talking about anger.

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Today we wrap up Season 1 of Story Shaped Life answering your questions about finding your Enneagram type, resources, and what we are doing next!

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We interview KayLee and Benjamin about Enneagram Type 1's, what makes them so good at overcoming chaos, and why they secretly want other people to plan their vacation.

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We interview Mariah and Nicolas about Enneagram Type 9's, what makes them so good at dealing with divergence, and why they don't mind walking away from a party.

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We interview Nika and Martin about Enneagram Type 8's, why they are always ready to fight injustice, and how you can pick them out at a baseball game.

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We interview Lauren and JJ about Enneagram Type 7's, what makes them so good at fighting trepidation, and why they so often get friend crushes.

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We interview Chelsea and Vince about Enneagram Type 6's, what makes them so good at overcoming isolation, and why they never send food back at a restaurant.

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This week we interview Suzanne and our host Ben about type 5's, the way they play dungeons and dragons and their innate ability to bring clarity to confusion.

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We interview Allie and our own host Sam about enneagram type 4's, what makes them so good at acceptance, and why their individuality plays an important role in our world today.

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We interview Nicole and Mike about Enneagram Type 3's, what makes them so good at taking hold of possibilities, and why we need them to call bs on our culture.

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We interview Emily and Carter about Enneagram Type 2's, what makes them so good at dealing with people’s insecurity, and why they hate birthdays.

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We discuss the goal for this show and introduce the topic for our first season: the Enneagram.