Enjoy culture-shaping conversations from everyday heroes on topics surrounding fear, purpose & relationships. Hosted by Esther Marie, author, speaker & chief fear crusher at Fearless Co. Get the [F]ear out of your head & give your dreams the chance they deserve. For more info: fearlessco.org | @fearless.co_
Episode 17- Invitation To A Great Marriage
May 01, 2019
Show notes
Marriage is a journey of unity; through rough waters and stillness; moments of transparency and depth and moments of chaos and fear- navigating uncharted waters seems daunting but is fully worth your pursuit.
Marriage is a beautiful and difficult process; you’re welcomed to discover the best version of yourself but you also find yourself up against moments where the worst version of yourself is tempted to come out.
During the discovery parts of marriage- the parts where you realize that you are not all perfect- you may struggle to be around your spouse. Rather than feeling safe, you begin to feel exposed and vulnerable. It’s okay to stumble through that season, as long as you know that you are in it together.
When it comes to dreams and finding trust with your partner, it will likely require something different from a man than it will a woman. For example, you may be an excited dreamer with wild plans to see Kingdom come. You partner’s encouragement and support of that may look very different from snowballing ideas- it may look like questions and planning and investigating. Make intentional space to their ways of support and dreaming and invite their ways of encouragement in and watch as you both go further together.
Disagreement within marriage does not mean that your partner is against you. Your partner is their own person- they have opinions and questions and dreams and desires. When there is a disagreement- or there is distance- humble yourself and extend a hand towards unity instead of believing that they are against you.
Marriage is a servant love. It will confront your selfishness and your own desires. And when you extend grace in the way that you need to show grace, there is room for a deep and safe friendship to grow.
While marriage is a covenant between God, you, and your spouse, it can be strengthened by a trusted and honest community. Life will get difficult, but with the protection of a trusted community, you’ll discover that they had the insight to see things coming that you never anticipated- and they will be willing to take the hit so you don’t have to.
It is so beautiful to recognize that your covenant is made up of pillars; pillars of people, pillars of faith, pillars of your unique marriage’s purpose. The pillars of your marriage give you a framework for your purpose and direction and identity.
Episode 16- I Choose You
Apr 24, 2019
Show notes
Many times we have extravagant expectations for our marriage and unless we surrender those expectations to God, we can come up against disappointment, confusion, and manipulation. We should absolutely have faith that God will bless us abundantly within our marriage, but in that, we should also have trust that He will meet our extravagant expectations- not our significant other. By surrendering our relationship to Him, He is in control and His will be done rather than our will.
When you begin to be in an intimate relationship with Jesus, He begins to heal you in the ways that only He can. You’re brought from false hope to fullness and the desire that you once had to control becomes a desire to surrender and listen for His voice of truth. Understanding and respecting your holy covenant requires you and your partner to deal with any and all brokenness residing in your hearts. It may feel messy and inconvenient and embarrassing, but God allows healing to happen when you choose unity over the anger in being misunderstood. God will redeem the emotions and bitterness and exhaustion you’re up against.
Episode 15- Family by Faith
Apr 17, 2019
Show notes
“Beautiful fruit grows in the garden of waiting.”
“God takes the business of setting the lonely in families very seriously.”
“Very often the only thing that changes adoption from a fantasy into a reality is the word YES.”
“If adoption is the reality of Heaven then why can’t it be the reality of Earth?”
Episode 14- Burning Out With Good Intentions
Apr 10, 2019
Show notes
You can tell you are striving when you find yourself putting your first priority in the last place. You will begin to feel the weight of exhaustion more than the freedom of grace. Unless your energy is flowing from a genuine and authentic place in your heart, then you may be making things the wrong priority.
Know that what you’re doing requires a sense of honor. If you’re doing something without honor, the purpose will be destructive. And when you do something with honor, you need to recognize that whatever you’re doing needs attention to details, systems, expectations, and boundaries. If you are not paying attention to the little things, then the big thing that you’re doing will ultimately become destructive and burnout will come.
Creating and working from a peaceful place requires having been in a restful place. Give yourself the opportunity to come to Jesus and reset your priorities. That means saying no to the things that you are bitter and resentful towards, saying yes to time with The Holy Spirit, and saying thank you to the places that God redeems in your life.
A reset is not a “water-break.” A reset is a deep and hard look at your priorities.
The presence of The Lord is water to a burnt out and dry heart.
The only thing that will truly satisfy a thirsty heart is Jesus. And it has to be a holy and intentional pursuit because unless you’re making clear time for Jesus, life will get in the way and burnout will come.
Seasons of grit and grind and burnout allow us to re-prioritize Jesus as our focus. God will use those seasons to re-introduce himself to you- but you have to choose Him when the time comes.
Episode 13- A Journey of Authentic Faith
Mar 27, 2019
Show notes
Liberty talks about her journey of coming to her own authentic faith. She unfolds the idea of how real and authentic faith transforms every area of our lives and if we really believe what we say we believe, it will change every area of our lives. Liberty discusses how she has been able to steward things in her life with authenticity and talks about what it’s like to feel called from a young age and the pressure that comes with it.
Episode 12 - From Consumer to Contributor
Mar 20, 2019
Show notes
Hannah expands on the seasons before motherhood and how our lives are never on hold and how God is always inviting us to activate the NOW in our lives. She unpacks the idea nurturing the season you are currently in and the people currently around you. Hannah talks into the power of showing up and having faith to know that the things she shows up for truly does adds value to her life. She talks about the secret to living an un-offended life and how that ties into every season of life that we find ourselves in.
Episode 11 - Staying True With Influence
Mar 13, 2019
Show notes
Kymber shares what it is like to be in an industry where everyone is telling you who to be and how to look. She has had to come face to face with a lot of insecurities and always being told who she should be and how she should act. Kymber unfolds her healing journey of being addicted to porn from a young age. She unravels how freedom was released in her life and how shame tries to keep us quiet and tries to hush the power of our story. Kymber ends the podcast with a prayer releasing freedom over girls that struggle with shame.
Episode 10- Fearless Mama Introduction
Mar 06, 2019
Show notes
In this episode Fearless Co. introduces ‘Fearless Mama’ a podcast series we are starting with monthly episodes venturing into the conversion of motherhood. This series is not exclusive to only women who are mother’s but will be a space where Fearless Co. discusses the importance of pouring into generations beneath us. In this episode you will hear Co Founder and Chief Dreamer, Ebie Hepworth share her journey into motherhood and some treasures she has found in the process.
Episode 9 - Faithfully Dreaming and Fearlessly Doing
Feb 27, 2019
Show notes
Age has nothing to do with it, it’s more your willingness to just do it.God is serious when he calls us to do things and in His kindness he brings people into our path to remind us.The opportunities are there, it’s just a matter of what you are going to do with it.
We are dreaming with the dream-maker himself. I’m not going to hold back, but I am going to yield when he says yield.
I found freedom from comparison through the power of collaboration.Sometimes to break out of burn out, you have to just do it. There is a reality of giving yourself rest and then there’s the reality of knowing when to let it go and get back into it.
Without your camera, without your abilities, without your history, YOU ARE ENOUGH.My story doesn’t carry much weight if love isn’t the root of it.
The stories of our lives are similar to mountains in the sense that we only see a slice of it, but God is doing much more than what is seen with the eye.
God is designing my story as MY story and if I keep veering into the lanes of others and get distracted by other peoples stories, I will get lost and will not fulfill the call on my life.
Follow more of Katelyn’s story at https://www.instagram.com/katey_v/?hl=en
Episode 8- From Victim to Victory
Feb 26, 2019
Show notes
Audio Block
Double-click here to upload or link to a .mp3.
Learn more
Episode 8
Co-host: Jen Barth
Title: From Victim to Victory
Episode Summary:
Jen Barth unpacks the journey of going from a victim mindset to a victorious mindset. For years, she struggled to identify as a free daughter of The King living in complete victory. But through spending time in the presence of the Holy Spirit, God began to radically transform her mind and actions. On this episode, we discuss the real challenge that lies in the journey to a transformed mind, how the divine calling on your life will lead you into deeper and greater experiences with Jesus and with people, and how to overcome identifying as a victim (specially in regards to culture, i.e. #MeToo). This conversation is honest, raw, and at times challenging as there is no 12-step program that can do what God can do. True transformation comes when we surrender our identity and desires to King Jesus- our Redeemer and the mighty Miracle Worker.
Episode Notes:
You can be pitiful or you can be powerful but you cannot be both- being a victim brings glory to yourself- it doesn’t bring glory to God.
When look in broken glass, you can always see rays of light. So I just figured the more brokenness I have is all the more Jesus gets to be big in me.
I wan’t my life to be known for the goodness of God and for me that takes choosing to be fearless everyday.
Going from a victim to victorious in your spirit looks very similar to going from injured to healthy in the physical; When your body is critically injured, you go to the hospital and to be in the presence of doctors; when your spirit is critically injured, you sit in the Presence of God- the truest Healer.
When you’re hurt, it’s really easy to hurt others. But pushing others down pulls everyone down- you included. If we’re all in this together, if we’re all in this same playing field- if we all have an equal gift, of equal value, that the world equally needs- and you’re competing with others and putting them dow- then you’re taking away the heart of God from the world. We’re all on the same team.
If the goodness of God is what your neighbors see, then I want to make sure that I am doing all that I can to make you like a real vision of God’s glory and goodness.
It’s not our responsibility to be a perfect human, but it is your responsibility to to speak truth to others. Declare the victories of Jesus over your life even when you don’t have the ability to live it out in that moment.
Your purpose and destiny are usually on the other side of your fear.
When you find yourself in fear but in obedience to God, you can choose to whether or not you want to show up. There are two options: you can live in regret or you can live in reward.
When you press into your God-designed purpose, fear has to take last place, by the authority of Jesus.
Our TOPPODCAST Picks 
Stay Connected
