“Holy Obedience: Moving With God When You’re Still Afraid”

In this episode, Silvia explores the gentle, relational kind of obedience, not legalism, not pressure, but the kind that frees us from fear and draws us back to who God created us to be.

Following Episode 3 (“Is it God or Fear?”), this episode answers the next big question:

“If I know it’s God… why is obedience still so hard?”

What You’ll Learn

1. What Holy Obedience Really Is

Not punishment or perfection — but trust in motion, rooted in love.

2. Why Obedience Feels Scary

Psychology meets faith as Silvia breaks down:

• how the nervous system clings to the familiar
• why fear masquerades as wisdom
• how trauma + attachment shape your “yes”
• why overthinking is self-protection

Your struggle isn’t rebellion, it’s wiring.

3. The Orthodox Heart of Obedience

Scripture + Church Fathers show obedience as freedom and communion, not control.

4. Practical Tools to Move With God

• Micro-step obedience
• The Three-Voice Check
• Somatic prayer for regulation
• Acting without overthinking
• Attachment-safe obedience
• Parts work (“who inside me is afraid?”)
• Identity-based obedience (“I am His”)

A Personal Story

Silvia shares the fears and resistance she faced launching this podcast — and how obedience became a place where God untied old knots of perfectionism, doubt, and spiritual pressure.

Key Quotes

• “Obedience is trust in motion.”
• “Your fear protects you from discomfort, not danger.”
• “God doesn’t rush or shame — He invites.”
• “You don’t need the whole staircase. Just the next inch.”
• “Obedience heals the places where love once felt unsafe.”

Perfect If You…

• second-guess God’s nudges
• feel stuck or scared to move
• wrestle with anxiety or perfectionism
• are healing from trauma or church hurt
• long for a gentle, embodied, Orthodox-rooted faith

Sources

Desert Fathers • Anxiety science • Vagus nerve • Attachment theory • IFS parts work

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