{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"What\u2019s Your Story? | From the Archives with Tosca Nathan","description":"Kicking off 2026, we\u2019re bringing back a favorite from the archives! Enjoy this 2024 conversation exploring how to connect with your own personal story. What\u2019s your story, and why does that matter? Long-time educator Tosca Nathan shares about the significance of knowing your story and connecting to God\u2019s bigger story, especially as teachers.  \u201cLike any story, our life stories have a path, they have a trajectory, and it\u2019s full of meaningful events, defining moments, key relationships, trials and disappointments, dreams and aspirations, passions and discoveries.\u201d \u201cHow coherent your life story is and how coherently you can talk about your life story has been seen as a factor in well-being.\u201d Coherence of time, thematic coherence, and contextual coherence \u201cYour life story never exists in a vacuum. It is always part and parcel of a bigger story.\u201d \u201cIn the telling itself, every time you tell it, there\u2019s more meaning making that happens, so it\u2019s important to tell your story.\u201d \u201cIf teachers are not fully aware of who they are and have exercised all of the areas of coherence, they will not be as effective in their teaching.\u201d \u201cThe teacher, with what they do or how they relate, helps the student understand how their story connects to bigger things.\u201d \u201cYou can\u2019t give what you don\u2019t have.\u201d \u201cTo realize that scholarship is part of that grand story completely changes why I even engage in research or why I engage in teaching and learning, and then on top of that, it elevates it to the level of worship.\u201d  What\u2019s changing our lives:  Keane: Playing the board game, Sorry Heather: Reaction buttons on emails&amp;nbsp; Tosca: Reading the Bible through the lens of the grand story and watercolor painting  Weekly Spotlight:&amp;nbsp;Lingo We\u2019d love to hear from you!&amp;nbsp;podcast@teachbeyond.org Podcast Website:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/teachbeyond.org\/podcast  Learn about TeachBeyond:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/teachbeyond.org\/&amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Transformed &amp; Transformational","author_url":"http:\/\/transformedandtransformational.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39587090\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/39587090"}