20. A Journey Through Fight or Flight

Legacy Parenting

“Rest isn’t a reward. It’s a rhythm—and it’s the way God created us to live.”

If you’ve ever found yourself in a constant cycle of overplanning, controlling, or shutting down when life feels overwhelming, you’re not alone. In this this week’s episode of Legacy Parenting, Lori Lane shares her journey of moving from chronic fight-or-flight living to a place of spiritual safety and rest in God’s presence.

Through her own health crisis, Lori realized that what she thought was “just her personality” was actually a survival response shaped by trauma. God has been faithfully retraining her nervous system and her heart—not through willpower, but through His Word, Sabbath rhythms, and the deep discipleship of daily life.

In this episode, you’ll discover six grace-filled, Scripture-anchored practices to help you move from panic patterns to peace rhythms, rooted in the truth of who God is and who you are in Him.

What You’ll Learn:

• How reframing your narrative from self-protection to God’s protection changes your reactions
• Practical ways to engage your body in Sabbath rest and release stress to the Lord
• The power of renewing your mind through a “truth journal” anchored in Scripture
• Why connection and vulnerability are antidotes to isolation in times of stress
• How to anchor your identity in Christ instead of performance or productivity
• Simple daily “resets” that rebuild your stress tolerance and deepen trust in God

Whether you’re navigating trauma, chronic illness, or the pressures of motherhood, this conversation will equip you to live not from fear, but from the fullness that comes from Christ.

Resources

• Our next Discipleship Circle is August 14, and we’ll be diving into “Educational Choices in a Confused Culture: A Biblical Path to Choosing What’s Best for Your Family.” Click here to register.
• Enroll in the Legacy Lens Course today for just $47 and receive one free month in our membership community!

More About The Legacy Parenting Podcast:

The Legacy Parenting Podcast is hosted by John and Lori Lane, who bring over four decades of experience in education and the arts, 39 years of parenting four sons, and 25 years of homeschooling to each episode. Through their podcast, they combine biblical wisdom with real-life experience and proven educational principles to equip parents with faith-filled, practical strategies for building strong families on the unchanging foundation of God's Word.

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