Welcome to my first Spotlight Mentor Session. If you’re on the lookout for a mentor, it’s an opportunity for you to hear what it would be like to have a mentor sit down with you and ask questions about your life. If you’re curious about being a mentor, it’s a chance for you to hear how easy and natural it is to create space for a younger woman to reflect on her life.

I’m thrilled for you to meet Jaclyn. She’s 19 years old. She goes to the University of Texas. She loves Jesus. And she has a lot of questions about life and loves the opportunity to sit with someone a little older and wiser to talk to about all the things. I think a lot of us wish for that, too.

Let’s start with who a mentor is…

• Someone a couple steps ahead of you.
• Someone who is curious about your life.
• Someone willing to listen and ask the right questions.
• Someone who wants to be with you in the good as well as the messy parts of your life.

This week we’re drinking coffee and talking through a few of Jaclyn’s questions:

• What does it look like to live with joy?
• How do I handle confrontation with love?
• How do I handle my anxiety in a healthy way?
• What does it look like to be light in dark situations?
• How do I protect myself but still stay tender-hearted?

I hope that you have someone a little older and wiser in your life. And I hope that you find practical ways to live with joy and peace, even in the midst of difficult circumstances.

SHOW NOTES

• Become a Newsletter Friend to get a weekly-ish dose of encouragement … and stay up to date on all the fun things.
• Get a copy of my book Unafraid.
• Read The Body Keeps Score.
• Support and learn more about Apartment Life.
• Learn more about other ACF Ministry Partners here.
• Follow me on Instagram.
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan’s music.
• Join us Sundays online at my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship.

Raise your hand if your kids are teaching you things about yourself that you didn’t know you needed to know.

Thanks for listening in to the Dear Daughters Podcast! I’m so glad you’re here for the Spotlight Series. This week, let me introduce you to my new friend, Sarah Bragg.

Sarah Bragg is a mom, a horsewoman, an author, and an encourager.

• She just moved from Atlanta back to Tennessee, where she grew up.
• Sarah has been married to her husband Scott for 16 years. They have two daughters in middle school, Rory and Sinclair, and a hound dog named Murray.
• She wrote a new book called A Mother’s Guide to Raising Herself and hosts a podcast, Surviving Sarah, to encourage women to grow and become their most authentic selves … and equip them to do more than just survive life.

Join me and Sarah as we talk about what we can learn as we parent … not just about how to be a better parent but also about how to become our most authentic selves. We talk about the importance of being kind to ourselves and we talk about how to breathe and take a step back when we get overwhelmed.

I hope that you find this conversation encouraging and helpful to living as your most authentic self whether you are a mother or not. My prayer is that you can learn about who you are and love who God made you to be.

SHOW NOTES

• Visit Sarah’s website and follow her on Instagram.
• Listen to Sarah’s podcast, Surviving Sarah.
• Get a copy of A Mother’s Guide to Raising Herself: What Parenting Taught Me About Life, Faith, and Myself.
• Become a Newsletter Friend to get a weekly-ish dose of encouragement.
• Get a copy of my book Unafraid.
• Support and learn more about Apartment Life.
• Learn more about other ACF Ministry Partners here.
• Follow me on Instagram.
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan’s music.
• Join us Sundays online at my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship.

How do you find freedom from your fears…and stay free? What things can you do to help you manage anxiety? And how do you best love someone who struggles with fear and anxiety?

These are the questions you asked and I’m here to answer them!

Thanks for listening in to the Dear Daughters Podcast! I’m so glad you’re here. Especially because we are starting a Spotlight Series this September. To start things off we’re highlighting YOU and will answer all sorts of questions that you are wondering.

We’re continuing to field your questions related to various topics this season. This week we are continuing to talk about fear, worry, and anxiety. If you missed the first part of this episode, be sure to go back and listen here.

These are a few things we talk about this week:

• How trauma and anxiety in your mind connects to trauma and anxiety in your body.
• How a creative outlet or hobby can help you handle fear.
• How to walk in freedom from your fears and anxiety.
• How to love someone who struggles with fear and anxiety.

I hope that the things I have learned can help you overcome your fear and anxious thoughts and I hope that you ask God to help you when you are fearful or anxious. I continue to pray that you laugh without fear of the future … and I hope that you pray this prayer for fear-ers in your life, too.

SHOW NOTES

• Listen to part 1 of How to Handle Fear & Anxiety.
• Register for the Creative Courage Workshop!
• Become a Newsletter Friend to get a weekly-ish dose of encouragement … and fun things like the Proverbs 31:25 phone wallpaper AND the 7 Everyday Prayers PDF.
• Get a copy of my book Unafraid.
• Read The Body Keeps Score.
• Read The Texas Monthly article here. 
• Support and learn more about Apartment Life.
• Learn more about other ACF Ministry Partners here.
• Follow me on Instagram.
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan’s music.
• Join us Sundays online at my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship.

How do you give your worries and fears to God … and not pick them back up again? When you feel worry or fear, what can you pray? What are the signs that you are over-worrying and not just planning?

These are the questions you asked and I’m here to answer them!

Thanks for listening in to the Dear Daughters Podcast! I’m so glad you’re here. Especially because we are starting a Spotlight Series this September. To kick off the series we are highlighting YOU and will answer all sorts of questions that you are wondering.

I’m here with sweet Tori Dear, who I asked to take care of Madeline the Cat and within three hours of meeting her – I asked her to join the Susie Davis Ministry team.

She will be fielding your questions related to various topics this season. And this week (AND next week!) we are talking about fear, worry, and anxiety. Because we’re not meant to be bossed by worry.

Listen in as Tori relays your questions like the ones below. I hope that the things I have learned can help you overcome your fear and anxious thoughts.

• How did you overcome anxiety and fear?
• How do you give your worries and fears to God … and not pick them back up again?
• What words have you used with your kids to talk about fear and anxiety?
• How do you find healthy people you can reach out to for support?
• When you feel worry or fear, what can you pray?
• What are the signs that you are over-worrying and not just planning?

Ask God to help you when you are fearful or anxious. I pray that you invite the Spirit to overwhelm your heart and mind with peace. I pray that you are able to leave your anxieties with God and that you are able to shift your focus from the “what if” and “oh no” to all the wonder in life. I pray that you laugh without fear of the future.

SHOW NOTES

• Register for the Creative Courage Workshop!
• Become a Newsletter Friend to get a weekly-ish dose of encouragement … and both the Proverbs 31:25 phone wallpaper AND the 7 Everyday Prayers PDF.
• Get a copy of my book Unafraid.
• Support and learn more about Community First! Village here.
• Learn more about other ACF Ministry Partners here.
• Get more info about the Community First! Pop-Up Art Show at ACF!
• Listen to DD Podcast Episode with Alan Graham.
• Follow me on Instagram.
• Listen to more of Sara Davis Regan’s music.
• Join us Sundays online at my home church, Austin Christian Fellowship.