Category: Flying Free Podcast

Natalie Hoffman Flying Free Podcast Episode 385 with the text What Is the "Tradwife" Trend Really Selling Christian Women?

What Is the “Tradwife” Trend Really Selling Christian Women? [Episode 385]

In this episode, we’re doing something a little different. I’m opening up my private monthly book club discussion (usually just for Flying Higher members) and sharing it with you. This month we read the bestselling novel Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.

We get into the tradwife aesthetic, performative Christianity, and the difference between a woman who genuinely loves a homemaking life and a system that demands every woman perform one.

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Natalie Hoffman Flying Free Podcast Episode 382 with the text “What's Gaslighting? How to Spot the Subtle Signs You're Being Manipulated Part One”

What’s Gaslighting? How to Spot the Subtle Signs You’re Being Manipulated Part One [Episode 382]

Today we’ll talk about one of the most disorienting experiences Christian women in emotionally abusive marriages face: gaslighting.

But we aren’t going to just define what gaslighting is. I’m going to break it down into all the tiny parts and give you some specific stories so you can see exactly what’s going on and WHY.

You’ll learn three specific tactics gaslighters use, why they use them, and what you can do to stay grounded in your own reality when someone is working hard to pull you out of it.

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Natalie Hoffman and Tia Levings, Flying Free Podcast Episode 381 - Can You Fully Recover from Religious Trauma?

Healing From Religious Trauma: A Survivor’s Roadmap with Tia Levings [Episode 381]

Tia Levings is the New York Times bestselling author of A Well-Trained Wife and her newest book, I Belong to Me. She survived a Christian patriarchy cult, escaped a near murder-suicide, was excommunicated for telling her own story, and spent 15 years in intensive trauma therapy doing the work to put herself back together. Now she’s handing you the map to healing from religious trauma.

In this episode, Tia and I dig into the real mechanics of religious trauma recovery: why your body refuses to believe you’re safe even when your brain knows it, what “aftermath” actually means (it’s an agricultural word, and it will change how you see your own devastation), why grief work is not optional, and what agency has to do with the entire trajectory of your healing.

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What if “Biblical Womanhood” is Actually a Trauma Response?

What if “Biblical Womanhood” is Actually a Trauma Response? [Episode 380]

Let’s talk about something called “the subjugation schema.” It’s a clinical pattern that secular psychologists are actively trying to help women heal from, and the conservative Christian church has rebranded the exact same wound as godliness, biblical womanhood, and a high calling.

If you’ve spent your life apologizing for taking up space, smiling when you wanted to scream, or feeling guilty about basic human needs like rest, preferences, and an opinion of your own, this episode is going to feel like someone finally turned the lights on.

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