Making Wholeness Possible

About Making Wholeness Possible

Making Wholeness Possible is a podcast about emotional maturity, real-life leadership, and growing in ways that actually change how we live, work, and relate to others. Hosted by Danae Labocki and Ken Shuman, this podcast creates space for honest, practical conversations about what’s happening beneath the surface of our lives, especially for leaders, professionals, and people who care deeply about showing up well. Whether you’re navigating leadership, relationships, or personal growth, this podcast is here to help you slow down, reflect, and practice healthier ways of being.

Publisher

Making Wholeness Possible Network

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Feb 2026

Latest episode

2 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Why Shame Is So Hard to Shake

   Shame has a way of taking something that happened and turning it into a story about who we are. I’m not enough.There’s something wrong with me.I have to prove myself.If people really knew me, maybe they wouldn’t love or accept me. In this episode, Danae and Ken talk honestly about how shame gets formed, how it shows up through our inner critic, comparison, old labels, and the lies we learn to believe about ourselves. Danae shares some of the ways she is beginning to recognize shame in her own life and Ken shares how shame quietly drove much of his life for years, and what has helped him begin to loosen its grip. Together, they talk about courage, compassion, connection, and the ongoing practice of learning to believe what is actually true about who we are. • Notice when your shame voice shows up.• Ask yourself: What am I believing right now?• What am I afraid this says about me?• Is this actually true?• Where did I learn this?• Pay attention to comparison and how quickly it can feed shame.• Practice naming the lie and choosing what you really believe instead.• Share what you are carrying with a safe, empathetic person rather than holding it alone. You may not be able to silence shame overnight, but awareness can help you stop automatically believing the old story. Faithwalking’s course, What No One Told You About Life: Growing Up Emotionally, Managing Anxiety, and Improving Relationships, is designed to help you grow in emotional maturity, manage anxiety, and improve your relationships. Learn more here: https://faithwalking.com/what-no-one-told-you-about-life/ (https://faithwalking.com/what-no-one-told-you-about-life/) We would love to hear from you! Email us questions, topics you would like us to cover, or just say hello! makingwholenesspossible@gmail.com (mailto:makingwholenesspossible@gmail.com) Also check out Brené Brown (https://brenebrown.com/)’s books, website, and podcast - a excellent resource! https://brenebrown.com/ (https://brenebrown.com/) Get Into Action This WeekLearn More

2. 

   16 Sept 2026

   How to Love Your Aging Parents Without Carrying It All

   As our parents age, our relationship with them can begin to change in ways we may not be prepared for. We want to love them well. We want to be there when they need us. But when health concerns, difficult decisions, anxiety, and old family patterns enter the picture, it can become hard to know where caring ends and overfunctioning begins. In this episode, Danae and Ken are joined by their good friend Chad Crawford for an honest conversation about what self-differentiation looks like with aging parents. Chad shares what he is learning as his own parents enter a new season of life, from navigating health challenges and medical decisions to recognizing his tendency to become the problem solver and emotional stabilizer when anxiety is high. Together, they explore what it means to show up as an adult son or daughter, allow our parents to remain responsible for their own lives, manage our own anxiety, and recognize what is ours to carry and what isn’t. Define how you want to show up.Take some time to ask yourself: Who do I want to be with my parents as they age? Consider writing a simple guiding principle to help you stay grounded when emotions or anxiety are high. Get curious about their story.Ask your parents about the experiences that shaped them. What was their childhood like? What were their parents like? What experiences influenced the way they see the world today? Curiosity can help us understand our parents beyond our own experience of them. Pay attention to your own patterns.When stress rises, notice what happens in you. Do you start fixing, controlling, withdrawing, overfunctioning, or taking responsibility for everyone else’s emotions? Simply noticing the pattern can help you begin responding differently. Make room for grief.Aging brings loss, both for our parents and for us. Rather than avoiding that reality, allow yourself to acknowledge and experience the grief that can come with watching someone you love enter a new season. And remember: you’ve never done this season before. There isn’t one perfect way to navigate it. You can love your parents deeply, show up for them well, and continue learning what belongs to you and what doesn’t. Faithwalking’s course, What No One Told You About Life: Growing Up Emotionally, Managing Anxiety, and Improving Relationships, is designed to help you grow in emotional maturity, manage anxiety, and improve your relationships. Learn more here: https://faithwalking.com/what-no-one-told-you-about-life/ (https://faithwalking.com/what-no-one-told-you-about-life/) We would love to hear from you! Email us questions, topics you would like us to cover, or just say hello! makingwholenesspossible@gmail.com (mailto:makingwholenesspossible@gmail.com) Get Into Action This WeekLearn More

3. 

   1 Sept 2026

   When Other People’s Emotions Start Running Your Life

   What happens when someone else’s mood, approval, criticism, or disappointment starts shaping how you feel about yourself? That’s where fusion can begin. In this episode of Making Wholeness Possible, Danae and Ken unpack the opposite of self-differentiation: fusion. They explore how fusion can show up in relationships, work, comparison, people pleasing, control, criticism, and even the way we measure our own worth. Danae shares honestly about a past friendship where she slowly began losing pieces of herself, as well as the way fusion can still show up in her creative work when feedback feels personal. Ken explains why anxiety is at the center of fusion, why we all carry some degree of it into adulthood, and why becoming more whole doesn’t mean becoming disconnected. It means learning to stay connected while becoming less reactive, less dependent on approval, and more grounded in who you are. Notice where you become reactive. Pay attention to the people or situations where you immediately feel the need to fix, defend, please, control, withdraw, or gain approval. Stop trying to make everyone think, feel, or act like you. Practice allowing other people to have a different perspective without making their difference a threat. Coach yourself through the anxiety. Ask: What do I actually think? What do I actually believe? How do I want to show up here? Practice tolerating emotional discomfort. Let someone be disappointed, disagree with you, or have their own emotional response without immediately trying to make it go away. Take a stand without cutting off. Practice being clear about what you think and believe while still remaining connected to people who see things differently. Wholeness doesn’t happen by eliminating every fused reaction. It happens one small step at a time as we learn to recognize them, regulate our anxiety, and keep becoming more fully ourselves. Faithwalking’s course, What No One Told You About Life: Growing Up Emotionally, Managing Anxiety, and Improving Relationships, is designed to help you grow in emotional maturity, manage anxiety, and improve your relationships. Learn more here: https://faithwalking.com/what-no-one-told-you-about-life/ (https://faithwalking.com/what-no-one-told-you-about-life/) We would love to hear from you! Email us questions, topics you would like us to cover, or just say hello! makingwholenesspossible@gmail.com (mailto:makingwholenesspossible@gmail.com) Get Into Action This WeekLearn More

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