Parenting Beyond Fear - Lizz & Esther

In this week’s episode, we dive straight into the heart of fear-based parenting — where it comes from, how it still shows up, and how we begin to choose something different. We ask ourselves the questions we wish someone had asked us years ago:

• What were we taught — explicitly or implicitly — about what made someone a “godly” or “good” parent?
• How did those teachings shape how we viewed our kids — and how responsible we felt for their behavior, beliefs, or choices?
• Can we name a moment when fear was running the show — and how we see that moment differently now?
• What helped loosen fear’s grip? Was it a single turning point or a slow, patient unraveling?
• What does it look like, in this season, to choose connection over control?
• What fear still lingers — and how do we hold it with compassion now?
• And if we could write a permission slip to our past selves, what would it say about parenting with love instead of fear?

We talk about the messages that shaped us — hell, rapture, sin, “God’s will,” belonging — and how they continue to whisper in the background of our parenting. And we explore what it means to parent our kids with radical trust and unconditional love, even when the old scripts want to pull us back into fear.

👇 Here’s what you’ll find inside 👇

• Real stories of moments when fear tried to take over — and what choosing love looked like instead.
• Honest reflections on untangling our worth (and our kids’ worth) from their behavior.
• Practical ways to pause, breathe, and lead with love when control feels easier.
• Permission to rewrite the story — for ourselves and for the generations coming after us.