What happens when the beliefs holding everything up strain the people we love most
Some beliefs don’t behave like opinions. They behave like load-bearing walls.
Not because you’re stubborn, but because you were taught that if this wall moves, everything above it might collapse.
Not because you’re stubborn, but because you were taught that if this wall moves, everything above it might collapse.
When Rescue Becomes Ruin
A reflection on Episode 2, Part 1 — The Reckoning: When Fear Delays Love with Sara Cunningham of Free Mom Hugs
Two parents from Oklahoma City, both raised in red-dirt faith, sit down to reckon with how fear once disguised itself as love. In this episode of Love Without Asterisks, Jeff Click and Free Mom Hugs founder Sara Cunningham revisit the moments when their instincts to protect caused harm—the silence, the scripture-quoting, the waiting for the “right time.” Through the imagery of wild rescues and circling hyenas, they begin to ask who the real predators ever were, and discover that fear, left unchecked, can wound the very person it meant to defend. What follows is a story of unlearning, new instincts, and a faith rebuilt on courage...the courage to stay close when fear says to step back.
The Asterisk Has Left the Launch Pad
Love Without Asterisks is live. Subscribe, follow, and get ready—Episode 1 drops October 1.
The launch codes are in. Engines ignited. Love Without Asterisks has officially cleared the pad.
Here is where I’ll share stories, reflections, and resources for the journey ahead. Sometimes it will lift insights discovered between episodes, stretching beyond the podcast, and sometimes it will simply pause to celebrate the progress we’re making together.
Here is where I’ll share stories, reflections, and resources for the journey ahead. Sometimes it will lift insights discovered between episodes, stretching beyond the podcast, and sometimes it will simply pause to celebrate the progress we’re making together.