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Natalie Hoffman Flying Free Podcast Episode 396 with the text "Leaving an Abusive Christian Marriage: Why the Church Blames You"

Leaving an Abusive Christian Marriage: Why the Church Blames You [Episode 396]

November 10, 2026

For years I tried to get my religious community to see what was happening in my home. It didn’t work. They joked about it in the church parking lot, then excommunicated me. In this episode, I read a story I wrote called “Who Burned the House Down?”

If you’ve ever tried to tell someone about the gasoline in your house and been told you better never light a match, you’ll want to hear this story. Maybe it will help you see what is really going on, and who’s really been burning your life to the ground.

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Natalie Hoffman Flying Free Podcast Episode 395 with the text "How Do I Help My Kids Cope with Emotional Abuse?"

How Do I Help My Kids Cope with Emotional Abuse? [Episode 395]

November 3, 2026

In this episode, a mom asks how to guide her children through abuse in the family. She said she used to coach her kids to comply and placate so their dad wouldn’t get angry. Now she wishes she hadn’t taught them to stay small.

If you’ve ever looked back at your parenting with regret, or you’re trying to figure out how to protect your kids right now, this episode is for you. We’ll talk about what to do with those regrets and how to actually protect children who can’t leave.

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Natalie Hoffman Flying Free Podcast Episode 394 with the text "How the church restricts and oppresses women without solid biblical reason"

How the Church Restricts and Oppresses Women Without Solid Biblical Reason [Episode 394]

October 27, 2026

In Episode 394 of the Flying Free Podcast, Natalie Hoffman talks with Lydia Grace Kaiser, author of Bible Truth About Women: What They Don’t Tell You. Lydia was raised by a fundamental Baptist pastor and spent decades believing the Bible restricted women. In her 50’s she went to seminary to find out what the evidence actually says.

If you’ve been told the Bible is “clear” about women’s roles, but every church seems to teach something different, this conversation will help you see why. The confusion may not come from the Bible itself, but from the lens and the translation choices people bring to it. Together, we’ll walk through 1 Corinthians 14, 1 Timothy 2, Ephesians 5, and what it means to “be the head.”

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Natalie Hoffman Flying Free Podcast Episode 393 with the text "How Do I Know if It’s Abuse?"

Is Emotional Abuse Really Abuse? [Episode 393]

October 20, 2026

My pastors told me that what I was experiencing for over two decades wasn’t serious enough to be called “abuse.” They said I had to be physically hurt for it to cross the line of “hard marriage” to “abusive marriage.” Their beliefs kept me spinning in a turmoil so great that I thought a lot about ending my life.

If you find yourself wondering if you’d be better off dead or secretly praying your spouse might never come home again, but you’ve been told you’re making a mountain out of a molehill…then listen in. I want to help clear up some of that confusion by sharing a workshop I did a while ago that answers the question, “How do I know if it’s abuse?”

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Natalie Hoffman Flying Free Podcast Episode 391 with the text "Why Do Christians Get So Mad When I Talk About God’s Love?"

Why Do Christians Get So Mad When I Talk About God’s Love? [Episode 391]

October 6, 2026

Today I’m going to tell you about the last of the three books I picked as the most life-changing for me so far. I was nervous to write this episode because the book is controversial in some circles, and even I was afraid to read it many years ago. I expected to confront all kinds of lies and heresies (this is what I was taught at my church!)

Instead, I found permission to believe in a God big enough, powerful enough, and loving enough to actually win. I found in its pages what it would truly be like to lean into the God I believed in as a child.

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