Good Faith Sara Billups Explores 'Nervous Systems' and How to Build a Non-Anxious Life
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Oct 23, 2025 
Sarah Billups, a Seattle-based writer and cultural commentator, dives into the complexities of faith and mental health. She shares insights from her upcoming book, discussing how understanding personal and generational anxiety can foster peace. Billups illuminates the concept of 'holy indifference' as a tool for navigating fear, particularly in churches and politics. She highlights strategies for nurturing anxious children and emphasizes the importance of community and presence in countering today's pervasive anxiety.
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Practice Can Rewrite Inherited Anxiety
- Epigenetics and environment can transmit anxiety across generations, but practices can alter those patterns.
- Sara credits Ignatian spiritual exercises with surfacing memories and teaching chosen indifference.
Parenting A Son With Religious OCD
- Sara recounts her son's moral-OCD diagnosis in middle school and their year-long journey to understand it.
- The family learned to avoid reassurance, teach living with uncertainty, and lead with love.
Lead With Love, Not Reassurance
- Do lead with love and create safety when parenting anxious children.
- Avoid reassurance-seeking; teach them to live with uncertainty instead.
