{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Connected Mom","title":"Healing Your Anxiety with the Names of God","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1718,"description":"This is an episode of the Connected Mom Podcast, hosted by Becky Harling, kicking off a new series on managing anxiety as a mom. Her guest is Grace Fox, an author and speaker, whose newest book is The Names of God: Growing Strong.\n\nKey points:\nNo guilt allowed. Becky opens by rejecting the \"you shouldn't feel anxious\" messaging she grew up with, since it just adds guilt on top of anxiety.\nPersonal stories of mom-anxiety. Grace shares a vivid memory of her son's first kindergarten bus ride — she and her husband secretly followed the bus to school just to make sure he got inside safely. Becky shares similar worries, like anxiously texting her college-age daughter late at night.\nAnxiety changes, doesn't disappear. Both agree worry doesn't go away as kids grow — it just shifts from things like potty training and street safety to bigger issues: choice of college, life partners, and letting go of control once kids are adults.\nAnxiety as an invitation to prayer. Grace reframes anxiety as a trigger to \"go to the knees,\" but notes that dwelling only on fears in prayer makes them grow bigger. Shifting to gratitude and praise — even when the outcome is unknown — helped calm her fears more than rehearsing worries did.\nKnowing God's names/character builds trust. Much of the conversation centers on Grace's book: knowing God intimately (like knowing a close friend vs. a stranger) makes it easier to trust Him with your kids. She highlights two names in particular:Yahweh Rohi (\"The Lord is my Shepherd,\" Psalm 23) — a shepherd who leads, protects, and provides.\nRuach Elohim (God's Spirit) — the Spirit that hovers over chaos, near enough to comfort, bringing order without being scared off by hard situations.\nPractical anxiety tips:Praying and praising with other moms rather than just discussing worries.\nWriting scripture/promises on cards and posting them (mirror, dashboard, computer) as go-to reminders — \"emergency verses\" to recite during panic.\nSpeaking prayers and praise out...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/4xMGQpwDWGn_vQkTOOQNmNZbIWBBkK_tfB1k-SLUdCA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ZDBi/NTY0MDY0Yjg4NGFk/YzUzOTA0MGFjMjY2/NTA2Zi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}