Hello friends, thanks for coming back.

It's such an honor to share this space with you.

Today we're getting very vulnerable as usual with my story specifically around anxiety,

kind of what led me to the point where it was pretty difficult for me to manage

and how I knew it was there and what has helped

me navigate. I'm very vulnerable and very specific in this podcast about my journey and I'm just

pouring it out as an offering, believing that God will meet you in it if you need this and if you

know somebody else who needs it and you're not in this place, then you can pass it along. But I'm

trusting that this was his idea to share it and you're not in this place, then you can pass it along. But I'm trusting

that this was his idea to share it and that it will be fruitful for those who might need it.

So it's an honor to let you into my story in this way. I'm sharing a testimony this morning

today before I start. She says, Francie, I wanted to let you know that I'm so thankful for your

page and podcast. My husband recently broke his leg and it was a really challenging time to

little's at home. Since I've been listening to your podcast for a while, I thought, what would it

look like to lean into sexual intimacy in this season, this hard, hard season. Well, he's mostly recovered now

and we're having the best sex we've had in almost seven years of marriage. I'm so thankful for

what the Lord has done through your ministry. Thank you. I chose this testimony because of the

challenge that she must have faced with a husband with a broken leg and two

little's at home. The emotional impact that must have had, I can't imagine, but I love that you

chose to lean in intimately during your suffering, during your hard time. And I'm just proud of that.

And I wanted to share that. And I wanted to say way to go in order

to see a more beautiful story at work rather than panicking and escaping or kind of avoiding each other

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