The theoretical core of the James-Mead model of the dynamic self (Kashima,Gurumurthy, Ouschan, Chong, & Mattingley, 2007) takes seriously both the temporal nature of identity and the fundamental sociality and cultural entrenchment of the self. Kashima et al. (2007) suggest that work from the narrative study of lives tradition is well situated to speak to the temporal dimension of the self, for stories are inherently concerned with time (Bruner, 1990; Ricour, 1984). But work on narrative identity has as much to say about the social component of the self as well. In this commentary we will provide an overview of the contribution of a narrative perspective to these two principle components of Kashima et al.’s (2007) theoretical basis for the stream of enculturated consciousness.