The Lies Anxiety Tells & the Truth that Silences Them | Maddie Joy Fischer | Episode 406

The Lies Anxiety Tells & the Truth that Silences Them | Maddie Joy Fischer | Episode 406

From The Speakeasy by the Girl Named Blake

March 11, 2026 · 58 min · Season 16 · Episode 406

About this episode

The episode discusses the deep impact of anxiety and how faith can provide healing and hope.

Today we're talking about anxiety, not the casual "I'm stressed" kind, but the kind that takes over your body, your thoughts, your sleep, your peace, and your sense of safety. My friend Maddie Joy Fischer joins me to talk about our very real stories with anxiety, panic, fear, and the lies at the root of it all. We both know what it's like to feel trapped by fear and to wonder if this is just how life will always be. But we also know what it's like for God to meet us there, unravel self-reliance, expose the lies, and begin rebuilding something truer and stronger. In this conversation we talk about: how anxiety can start small and slowly take over health anxiety, panic attacks, and feeling unsafe in your own body the lie that says "I'm not safe" and the truth that answers it fear of man, self-protection, and trying to stay in control what it looks like to come to the end of yourself why healing is often not linear how God uses even the darkest seasons for redemption what surrender actually looks like when you're in it This episode is full of honesty, Scripture, and hope for the person still in the thick of anxiety, and for the person who loves someone who is. If you've ever felt…

People in this episode

Host: the Girl Named Blake

Guest: Maddie Joy Fischer

Topics covered

  • anxiety
  • faith
  • healing
  • fear
  • self-reliance
  • redemption

Keywords

  • anxiety
  • panic attacks
  • fear
  • self-protection
  • healing
  • surrender
  • faith
  • redemption

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