Can we change the stories that shape who we are?

Can we change the stories that shape who we are?

In the first episode of 100 Stories: The Narrative Intelligence Project, conceptual multimedia artist Eyoälha Baker joins Paige Williams to explore joy, Indigenous identity, cultural memory, creativity, healing, and the stories we learn to live by.

Eyoälha shares how her Jump for Joy Photo Project transformed the way she experienced other people, how a journey marked by repeated eagle sightings deepened her sense of trust, and how she learned to recognize and change the belief that she was not intelligent.

Together, Paige and Eyoälha explore:

• How stories become identity

• Why changing a story requires practice, not just insight

• How names, images, nature, and culture carry meaning

• The role creativity can play in healing

• What Indigenous and oral knowledge may reveal about the limits of AI

• What Narrative Intelligence might require of us

At the center of the series is one question:

How malleable are the stories we live by, and what does it take to change one?

100 Stories is a public podcast, video series, and research initiative hosted by author, filmmaker, and leadership coach Paige Williams. The ideas and insights gathered through the project will inform the foundational book Paige is writing to help define the emerging field of Narrative Intelligence.

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Guest: Eyoälha Baker @eyoalha

Host: Paige Williams

Series: 100 Stories: The Narrative Intelligence Project

Learn how personal narrative impacts your life and the process of changing the stories you tell yourself. Paige Williams hosts the Narrative Intelligence Project to examine how we adapt to change.

This project features a series of 100 conversations with individuals reflecting on their own journeys. If you are interested in how personal narrative shapes our identity, these discussions offer a unique perspective on how we inherit and build the stories we live by. The goal is to understand the malleability of these accounts and how they shift during moments of profound life change.

Listeners will gain insight into the mechanics of narrative intelligence and why our internal scripts are not as fixed as they seem. By analyzing the experiences of others, you can begin to identify the patterns in your own history and consider how to rewrite elements of your past.

Subscribe for weekly storytelling breakdowns and share in the comments: what is one story about your life you are currently working to rewrite?