In Flux

Jameson Reiling
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In Flux is a podcast about building a life with direction—when you feel stuck, scattered, or like you’re drifting into an identity you didn’t choose. I break down psychology and identity research, translate it into normal language, and turn it into real-world experiments you can try this week. Expect solo episodes on identity formation, exploration vs commitment, meaning, habits, anxiety, and the frameworks that help you move forward—without pretending life is simple. If you want growth that’s honest, practical, and rooted in ideas worth studying, you’re in the right place.

  1. MAR 3

    Morality Is Not What You Think It Is

    In this episode, Micah and I explore a question that completely reframes morality: What if right and wrong are not just rules — but alignment or misalignment with reality itself? Drawing from Aristotle’s idea that virtue shapes perception, John Vervaeke’s account of beauty as the recognition of deeper realness, and the classical privation theory of evil, we examine whether morality might be structural rather than merely legal. If reality has an objective order independent of our preferences, what grounds that order? Is moral experience just projection, or are we perceiving something real? And if reality itself is intelligible and ordered, what does that imply about God? This conversation moves from philosophy to theology, from beauty to sin, and from perception to participation. Not a final answer — but a serious attempt at integration.

    1h 41m

  2. JAN 30

    Explore So You Don’t Drift: Identity Formation, Exploration, and Commitment

    Identity isn’t only something you “discover”—it’s also something you build. In this episode, we break down identity formation using research on exploration and commitment, including Marcia’s classic identity status model and later work separating healthy exploration from ruminative, stuck exploration. You’ll learn the four identity states (diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, achievement), how the wrong kind of exploration fuels anxiety and indecision, and how to turn exploration into real direction—so you don’t drift into a life you never chose. Based on identity research, including Marcia (1966) and later work distinguishing healthy vs ruminative exploration.

    57 min

  3. 2025-07-14

    #3: What is Truth?

    In this episode, I go deeper into our journey of discovering the truth, but before we get too far we have to be sure to define our terms clearly so we can then know and understand how to move forward through this study. I discuss some of the main views of truth, what it is and how we are going to use that to continue the study.

    30 min

  4. 2025-07-10

    #2: What is Knowledge and Can we Have it?

    In this episode, I go over the first foundation to anything in this series "Is God Real", through different philosophical views. In order to know anything moving forward it is important to define our terms first. By doing this, we will be weeding out a lot of bad arguments in the future and making sure we stay in the right places moving forward.

    57 min

  5. 2025-05-05

    #1: What you Build Your Identity on Shapes the Rest of Your Life

    In this episode, I am setting the foundation for this new series I am going to go through, ultimately hoping to answer life's deepest questions, and in pursuit of the grand question "Is God Real?". I talk about why these questions are going to be asked and why these topics are important for everyone, not just myself. I am so excited to start this new journey with all of you, and I know you, no matter what you believe, will find value in these topics and the importance of asking these questions.

    38 min

  6. 2024-12-02

    31: Climbing Out of The Cave

    In this episode I go into philosophy a little bit, really diving deep in Plato's famous allegory of the cave, bring up some important questions I think everyone should ask themselves about what they believe to be true.

    47 min

  7. 2024-11-11

    30: The Separation In Young Men

    In this episode I discuss the loneliness, depressed, and single generation of young men; how they came to be this way and where they are going for comfort.

    41 min

  8. 2024-09-16

    007: Interview- Tim Llewellyn

    In this episode, Tim walked us through his testimony. His story full of ups and downs, feeling on top of the world to being at the bottom. Tim shares his experience with drugs and alcohol, among other things, and how he found no way out of this life other than through Jesus.

    1h 54m
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In Flux is a podcast about building a life with direction—when you feel stuck, scattered, or like you’re drifting into an identity you didn’t choose. I break down psychology and identity research, translate it into normal language, and turn it into real-world experiments you can try this week. Expect solo episodes on identity formation, exploration vs commitment, meaning, habits, anxiety, and the frameworks that help you move forward—without pretending life is simple. If you want growth that’s honest, practical, and rooted in ideas worth studying, you’re in the right place.

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  • Creator
    Jameson Reiling
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    45
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Jameson Reiling
  • Show Website
    In Flux