About Fear and a Sound Mind
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Fear has a way of sounding wise. It borrows the language of safety, responsibility, and planning—until you realize it’s been quietly shrinking your life. We tell the truth about it through stories: the nine-hour flight across the Atlantic with gale-force winds that forced a choice between panic and surrender; a son’s failing truck that vanished and somehow turned into exactly the provision we needed; a house we couldn’t imagine as home until every door opened in sequence. None of it was tidy. All of it became proof that trust moves farther than control.
Along the way, we dig into the work that changed our days. Dyslexia isn’t a flaw to fix but a design to understand, and the Hidden Genius approach has turned discouraged students into confident, high-performing learners. Marriage got healthier when we finally said what we actually needed—hold me first, then let’s talk—and when anger was reframed as a signal that something wasn’t going our way, not a license to wound. We talk about money as flow rather than a dragon to guard, and college funds that appeared at the exact moment of need. We trace how a “book of remembrance” steadies the mind: recording answered prayers and unlikely breaks so the next storm finds you calmer and more grounded.
What ties these threads together is a simple charge: you weren’t given a spirit of fear. Power looks like taking the next right step. Love looks like staying close when life shakes. A sound mind looks like releasing control and remembering how far you’ve already been carried. If you’ve felt stuck—by anxiety, by budget, by decisions that refuse to resolve—this conversation offers a different map and real stories to walk by. Listen, share it with someone who needs peace today, and if it helps you, subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: where are you ready to trade control for trust?
Chapters
1. Sisters, Purpose, and Fear (00:00:00)
2. Hidden Genius and Dyslexia Gifts (00:02:09)
3. Calling, Purpose, and Patience (00:06:19)
4. Fear of Flying Meets England (00:10:24)
5. Gale Winds and Letting Go (00:15:34)
6. Provision in Small Things (00:19:49)
7. Moving by Faith, New Home (00:24:09)
8. Marriage, Anger, and Agreement (00:28:44)
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