Show Notes
In this tender conversation, Lara D'Entremont, author of A Mother Held: Essays on Anxiety and Motherhood, shares her journey through postpartum anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and OCD, and how motherhood brought both deep love and deep vulnerability. We explore how anxiety can challenge our understanding of God's goodness and sovereignty, and what it looks like to rebuild trust in God when fear feels overwhelming. Lara offers a compassionate vision of God as one who draws near to us in our suffering with tenderness and care. This episode is an invitation to practice "theology from the floor"—coming to God in the middle of exhaustion, doubt, and uncertainty, and learning to receive God's grace right there. In this episode, you'll hear: How motherhood can magnify anxiety and our sense of lack of control
Lara's experience with postpartum anxiety, OCD, and intrusive thoughts
Wrestling with God's sovereignty and goodness in seasons of fear
What it looks like to bring honest questions to God
Engaging faith in the midst of real life
Simple spiritual practices for anxious and weary seasons
Reframing God's character as compassionate, not condemning
The role of community, therapy, and honest conversation in healing
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