Filtered Thru Fiction

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in part 8 of Trouble the Saints. They talk about the places where the “funny little parts” of us belong, what does good really mean, taking a page from Glennon’s book and figuring out the “next right thing” to do, how hard it can be to watch people change, and the beautiful redemption story of a friendship - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram! Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in part 7 of Trouble the Saints. They talk about the isolation of secrets, the magic of self-awareness, an enneagram 5 tangent, what good is salvation when it comes at the cost of betrayal, and trapdoor behavior - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram! Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in part 6 of Trouble the Saints. They talk about when you have to find a way to make a forced circumstance work for you, the question of how much can we actually expect others to change, compartmentalization, the ability to hold two opposing truths in your mind simultaneously, and the cost of doing the right thing vs the cost of not doing the right thing - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram! Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in part 5 of Trouble the Saints. They talk about when we are made to feel incapable, foreboding joy, giving people room to change, our nature vs our learned behaviors and choices, standing up for what’s right, and impact vs intent - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram! Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in part 4 of Trouble the Saints. They talk about when society limits our potential because of aspects of our identity, the concept of names, the duty to speak in a language others understand, the need for multiple perspectives, and the complexities of shame  - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in part 3 of Trouble the Saints. They talk about karma and moments when you decide to go against what you believe, the concepts of schadenfreude and freudenfreude, how important our intuition is and recognizing the physical symptoms of our internal knowing, the way religious trauma might undermine our trust in our intuition, how we expect ourselves and/or others to walk through harrowing situations and come out unscathed by trauma, and the need to humanize others  - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in part 2 of Trouble the Saints. They talk about vulnerability through a metaphorical lens of a gutted building, the difference between fitting in and belonging, the concept of near-enemies, the moment of clarity when you realize things aren’t what they seem, getting insight by finally being removed from a bad situation, and when we convince ourselves that our oppressor is our benevolent caretaker - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in part 1 of Trouble the Saints. They talk about the concept of holy violence, the violence of words, the mindfuck concept of the Dexter Morgan character, the line between witchcraft fortune telling and holy dream interpretation, using your platform to mobilize people based on “visions,” letting people be defined by more than just a moment in their lives (good or bad), and the Enneagram Type 5 fear to be a burden seen as a need to contribute  - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin AND FAVORITE TEACHER FRIEND JENNA take you through themes in Chapter 18 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. They talk about the choices we make, when we “should” all over others, unexpected kindness, the scary world of grooming kids, questioning who we are and the gift of validation, compassion, and Jenna’s love of redheads - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 17 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about when you are doing a hard thing, how it’s much easier when you don’t feel alone, nature vs. nurture in early childhood development, when one’s well-being doesn’t matter, and when hope looks like a task  - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 16 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about being a safe space for others, frickin’ Lockhart, trying to keep a sense of normalcy in very unnormal times, the fucking insanse art of doubling down, and when hope is demolished - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 15 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about MORE.DAMN.SECRETS - and when we keep important information secret because of fear, whether or not we are asking teachers to do too much, the reach of kindness, status by proxy, and the complication of knowing things you aren’t supposed to know - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 14 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about when we avoid awkward conversations, balancing the risk of inaction, when we are forced to make big decisions too soon, the importance of learning “soft” skills, and the problem with loyalty - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 13 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about how Riddle’s Diary is the Snapchat of the Wizarding World, the line between privacy and transparency, how context matters, the importance of asking questions when we only have one side of the story, and when the thing isn’t about the thing - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 12 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about when we stop listening because we don’t like what we hear, the questions we have about who we are and where we fit, FREAKING SECRETS, when consequences reach much further than we imagined, dehumanization, and the longing for connection - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 11 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. They talk about speculation and assumption, how the same events and circumstances can be used for a narrative for or against you, ALL THE EMPATHY, how can we get others to see their value in the same way we see their value, the vulnerability of sharpening your skills by practicing with someone whose skills are beyond yours, and how relationship and trust make vulnerability a safer space - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 10 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about how flattery gets you everywhere, better people make better Quidditch players (and many other things), motivations behind our good intentions, and asking the right questions - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram or leave as a voicemail at https://anchor.fm/filteredthrufiction/message!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 9 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about when people act like they know everything even though it’s clear they don’t, punishment vs justice, trauma responses as seen in Filch, and when an engaging teacher can make any subject fascinating - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 8 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about belonging, when it feels like we don’t measure up, the balance of inclusion and holding to standards, when you regret making plans, and when we cut off communication by being closed off to ideas and perspectives - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the fourteenth “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire. They talk about home and the cost of belonging, what grace is, how sometimes we just can’t force a fit or connection (and that’s okay), quitting vs failing, the unexpected ways we are like our parents, our need to forgive ourselves, generational trauma, and the habit of hope - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 7 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about privilege and what it buys you, when the system reinforces the narrative, emotional intelligence and awareness, the halo effect, and when we do harm - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episode contains SPOILERS** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 6 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about projection, emotional intelligence, consequences, accountability vs shame, respectful communication, and their confusion over whether or not they are nonplussed! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 5 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about how the grass is always greener elsewhere, bullies, reframing anxiety, and imagination vs reality - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 4 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about acceptance, emotional intelligence vs instinct, generosity, Percy as an Enneagram 1, and good ole’ anxiety and our three core psychological needs - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 3 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about appreciating our lineage, comparison, ignoring things we don’t want to see, honoring others’ vulnerability, and glossing over reality to make it more glamours - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episode contains SPOILERS ** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 2 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about privilege and challenges, navigating the messy emotional stuff, the single most relatable Harry Potter moment, chattel slavery, the progression of core values, and the power of kindness - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki, Karin, and SPECIAL GUEST Layne take you through the themes in Chapter 1 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  They talk about the pain of not being the same as others, entitlement, unfairness, when fear or prejudice drive our decisions, trust and control, and the healing of acceptance - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the thirteenth “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire. They talk about guilt trips and shame, when we can believe things for others but not ourselves, the two sharp edges of accountability, forgiveness, THE SIMULATION, and defining EVIL - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the twelfth “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire. They talk about Elphaba growing into the role of a parent as she starts to feel like she belongs, the complexity of the witch and the saint (bonus: through the lens of politics), when we justify the means when they work for us vs against us, looking after the world, the pain of disappointing others through things we can’t control, and how sometimes we just need someone to believe in us  - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the eleventh “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire. They talk about when we avoid things that are hard to hear, the complications of when we make “coming clean” about our own relief, parenting and trauma, the trauma of filling in the blanks, kindness in power, finding your own ways to grow, and the hot and cold angers  - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the tenth “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire. They talk about the double-edged nature of things, MORE on the origins of good and evil, enneagram 8’s, the journey back to ourselves, and our persona vs our core identity - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the ninth “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire. They talk about asking hard questions, the enneagram 5’s love of deep questions, implicit biases, what’s next when trying to support causes, and when we bury our true selves - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the eighth “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire. They keep it totally light and talk about the human capacity for heinous acts, looking at text in its full context to better understand, unbecoming the things we’ve learned to be as children, and when power breeds blindness - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the seventh “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire. They talk about corrupt authority and manipulation, the dichotomy of resistance to authority and the safety of rule-following, power moves like Jagger, enneagram 3 moving to enneagram 9, and the functions of gossip - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the sixth “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire. They talk about transformative moments, taking the time to think through the moments that move you, narcissism and hijacking wounds, doing the damn work, and possessing a healthy skepticism - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the fifth “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire. They talk about classism, the craftiness of mean girls, the Enneagram 1 through the lens of Boq, the responsibility to adjust what we do when we have new information, and the fallacy of zero-sum thinking between faith and science - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram! This episode is dedicated to our good boy Staniel Nathaniel McDaniel, the sweetest chihuahua in the world. We love you forever sweet boy.

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the fourth“section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire. They talk about equating beauty with significance, power and self, the Enneagram Type 3 (through the lens of Galinda), thinking about what you read (sound familiar??), the origins of evil, and unnamed conflicts within - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the third “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire.  They talk about giving kids the space and care necessary to develop, good old fashioned manipulation and flattery, shame, easy acceptance, religion and suffering, and armor and vulnerability - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the second “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire.  They talk about parenting and neglect, classism, projection and blame, how we choose to fill emptiness, and faith vs. blind faith - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in the first “section” of Wicked by Gregory Maguire.  They talk about perpetuating rumors instead of going to the source, the importance of critical thinking, the complexity of grieving, performative religion, and celebrity pastors - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episodes include SPOILERS.** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 17 of HP and the Sorcerer’s Stone. They talk about being so convinced of a certain thing that we refuse to listen to the truth, power with vs. power over, how losing your sense of self cuts you off from your own power, the greatest magic of all, the way we attach fear to certain things, and Dumbledore’s greatest moment of his whole life (according to Naki) - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram! This episode is dedicated to Rhoni Wilkins - to the next great adventure.

**Episodes include SPOILERS.** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 16 of HP and the Sorcerer’s Stone. They talk about isolating others by dismissing their anxieties, the beautiful power of friendship and speaking to one another’s strengths, fake church celebrity fame, and the richness and dimension of harmony - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episodes include SPOILERS.** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 15 of HP and the Sorcerer’s Stone. They talk about making decisions when emotions run high, when others pay the consequences for our decisions, projection, predestination, and prophecy as a weapon  - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram! This episode is dedicated to Julia Goodwin. Sleep sweet and may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

**Episodes include SPOILERS.** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 14 of HP and the Sorcerer’s Stone. They talk about how people change when they’re hiding something, when we change who we are for people we think we are in love with, adulting (I wonder what it’s like to have a peaceful life), and when we minimize what others are going through and push them to “just get over it” when their pain makes us uncomfortable - to name a few! Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episodes include SPOILERS.** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 13 of HP and the Sorcerer’s Stone. They talk about when adults project their values and fears on kids, patterns of behavior that do us harm, the responsibility of staying informed in our society, and finding your courage to name a few themes. Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episodes include SPOILERS.** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 12 of HP and the Sorcerer’s Stone. They talk about our chosen families, bullies, dehumanization, and how people are hard to hate up close. Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episodes include SPOILERS.** In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 11 of HP and the Sorcerer’s Stone. They talk about creating your own expectations and narratives, when your people make you feel braver, the betrayal of trust by authority, and confirmation bias. Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!

**Episodes include SPOILERS.** TRIGGER WARNING: While we don't go into great detail, they do dive a little more fully into specific trauma. We recognize we are all in different spaces in different moments and want to give those who are potentially not quite ready for these heavier moments to skip them during minutes 28-32. In this episode Naki and Karin take you through themes in Chapter 10 of HP and the Sorcerer’s Stone. They talk about the risk of adventure and how responsibilities change our sense of what we are willing to risk, the joy of getting back at bullies, defense mechanisms, being united through shared trauma, how much our words matter, and looking at the Enneagram Type One as depicted by Hermione Granger. Come join the conversation. You can check us out at www.filteredthrufiction.com or on Instagram @filteredthrufiction. Make sure to give us your answers to the hot seat questions over at our Instagram!