REIMAGINING THE GOOD LIFE
A podcast about reimagining the good life through the lens of disability, faith, and culture. Host Amy Julia Becker interviews guests in conversations that challenge assumptions about the good life, proclaim the inherent belovedness of every human being, and help us envision a world of belonging where everyone matters. {Formerly the Love Is Stronger Than Fear podcast}
Latest Episodes, Shownotes, Transcripts, and More
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S7 E18 | Exploring the Good Life with Meghan Sullivan, Ph.D.
Apple YouTube Spotify More! What does it mean to live a good life? How do we find meaning and happiness in our everyday lives? In
![dark blue graphic with intertwined blue and yellow partial circles on the left and text that says: Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker. In the middle of the graphic is a a photo Amy Lutz. On the far right is a photo of Amy Julia.](https://amyjuliabecker.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AJB-featured-season-71560-×-628-px-amy-lutz.png)
S7 E17 | Chasing the Intact Mind with Amy Lutz, Ph.D.
Apple YouTube Spotify More! In a society often obsessed with intelligence, can we reimagine a good life that encompasses joy, meaning, and respect for all?
![dark blue graphic with intertwined blue and yellow partial circles on the left and text that says: Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker. In the middle of the graphic is a a photo Katherine Wolf. On the far right is a photo of Amy Julia.](https://amyjuliabecker.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AJB-featured-season-71560-×-628-px-katherine-wolf.png)
S7 E 16 | Hope That Heals in a World That Hurts with Katherine Wolf
Apple YouTube Spotify More! How do you hold onto hope in the midst of suffering? How can we trust in the goodness of God
![dark blue graphic with intertwined blue and yellow partial circles on the left and text that says: Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker. In the middle of the graphic is a a photo Michael Wear. On the far right is a photo of Amy Julia.](https://amyjuliabecker.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AJB-featured-season-71560-×-628-px-wear.png)
S7 E15 | Bringing Politics Under the Power of Love with Michael Wear
Apple YouTube Spotify More! We are heading into another contentious Presidential election. For people of faith, for people who care about character and gentleness
![dark blue graphic with intertwined blue and yellow partial circles on the left and text that says: Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker. In the middle of the graphic is a a photo Micha Boyett. On the far right is a photo of Amy Julia.](https://amyjuliabecker.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AJB-featured-season-71560-×-628-px-boyett.png)
S7 E14 | How to Honor Limits in a World That Doesn’t with Micha Boyett
Apple YouTube Spotify More! What’s the difference between limitations and brokenness? What does it mean to be blessed? How can a dual diagnosis of Down
![dark blue graphic with intertwined blue and yellow partial circles on the left and text that says: Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker. In the middle of the graphic is a a photo Nancy French, a white woman against a neutral background. On the far right is a photo of Amy Julia, a white woman who is wearing a blue shirt and smiling at the camera with her arms crossed in front of her.](https://amyjuliabecker.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AJB-featured-season-71560-×-628-px-FRENCH.png)
S7 E 13 | When Your Church and Political Group Turn on You with Nancy French
Apple YouTube Spotify More! {Please note that we discuss abuse in this episode.}How do we love people across our political and social divides? What are
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S7 E 12 | Reimagining Church Leadership and Disability with Andrew Draper
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Why does it matter that most churches don’t welcome people with disabilities in leadership? If a church excludes people with disabilities,
![dark blue graphic with intertwined blue and yellow partial circles on the left and text that says: Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker. In the middle of the graphic is a a photo Jessica Hooten Wilson, a white woman wearing a pink shirt. She is sitting at a desk in front of full book shelves. On the far right is a photo of Amy Julia, a white woman who is wearing a blue shirt and smiling at the camera with her arms crossed in front of her](https://amyjuliabecker.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AJB-featured-season-71560-×-628-px-jhw-2.png)
S7 E11 | Flannery O’Connor and the Prophetic Imagination with Jessica Hooten Wilson
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Why would a Christian author immerse her stories in darkness? Why would she use violent imagery that directly relates to Christianity,
![dark blue graphic with intertwined blue and yellow partial circles on the left and text that says: Reimagining the Good Life with Amy Julia Becker. In the middle of the graphic is a a photo Andrew Leland, who is a white man wearing a yellow shirt and sitting on a bench. On the far right is a photo of Amy Julia, a white woman who is wearing a blue shirt and smiling at the camera with her arms crossed in front of her](https://amyjuliabecker.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AJB-featured-season-71560-×-628-px-andrew-leland-1.png)
S7 E 10 | Disability and the Language We Use with Andrew Leland
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Is blindness an incidental characteristic, like hair color? Or is it an identity? What language should we use to talk about
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Reimagining the Good Life Podcast
Apple YouTube Spotify More! This podcast has a new name: Reimagining the Good Life. If you’re asking, “Why a name change?” and “Why now?”—I have
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S7 E8 | The Gifts of an Evolving Faith with Sarah Bessey
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Is faith something that should always stay the same? Or is it something that evolves by necessity? Sarah Bessey, author of
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S7 E7 | How Advent Resists the Culture Wars with Tish Harrison Warren
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Holiday culture wars and consumerism bring more chaos than joy to the world. But there’s hope. The countercultural season of
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S7 E6 | How to Become a Worry-Free Parent with Sissy Goff, LPC-MHSP
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Anxious parents. Anxious families. Anxiety is contagious. How do I know if I’m an anxious parent? And if I am one,
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S7 E5 | Finding Hope in the Dark with Curt Thompson, MD
Apple YouTube Spotify More! How do we show up for each other in the midst of pain? Is it possible to hope when we’re suffering?
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S7 E4 | Breaking Down Bias: Prenatal Diagnoses and Comprehensive Care with Stephanie Meredith
Apple YouTube Spotify More! What happens when women receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome? How does that diagnosis affect those women and their families?
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S7 E3 | Netflix’s Down for Love with Robyn Paterson
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Have you watched the new show on Netflix called Down for Love? It’s a reality dating show for people with Down syndrome,
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S7 E2 | Anxiety: A Doorway to Your Best Self? with Curtis Chang
Apple YouTube Spotify More! Do you wrestle with anxiety? Are you plagued with worries? Do you think you’ve conquered anxiety? Curtis Chang, author of
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S7 E1 | The Hope and Hurt of Being Black in America with Esau McCaulley
Apple Google Spotify More! “Whose stories matter?” Esau McCaulley, author of How Far to the Promised Land, joins Amy Julia Becker for an honest, hopeful