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Natalie Hoffman Flying Free Podcast Episode 387 with the text Are You Estranged From a Parent or Adult Child? The Complicated Reasons and Layers of Pain in Parent/Adult-Child Estrangement

Are You Estranged From a Parent or Adult Child? The Complicated Reasons and Layers of Pain in Parent/Adult-Child Estrangement [Episode 387]

Family estrangement. It’s kind of big on social media right now, but not always in a healthy kind of way. Gretchen Baskerville, author of The Life Saving Divorce, has done research on this, and she’s discovered nine types of family estrangement.

Chances are, you’ve had a brush with…or are experiencing…at least one type.

Watch or listen in to hear real stories that show how addiction, control, mental illness, outside manipulation, and even distorted theology can all play a role in family estrangements, and why the truth is almost always more layered than “who’s the villain here.”

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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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How to Feel Safe Again After Divorce

How to Feel Safe Again After Divorce

Last week was the why. This week is the what now. In Part 2 of this conversation, Natalie Hoffman and Diana Swillinger get practical about what it actually takes to move your nervous system from a state of constant threat management into something that feels like real life. And they go somewhere unexpected: the resistance to joy itself.

This is not a list of lofty advice. These are specific, doable practices that teach your body moment by moment that it is safe to let its guard down. There is also a deeper question: is “survival mode” even still the right story for where you are now?

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