Flying Free Podcast Archives

Is Your Church Actually Safe for Abuse Survivors? Here’s How to Find Out [Episode 379]

June 23, 2026

In this episode I’m answering a pressing question Christian women in difficult marriages ask: how do you find a church that will actually support you instead of silence you?

Because not all churches are created equal, and the difference between a safe church and a harmful one can change everything for a woman trying to find her footing. I’ll break down exactly what to look for, what to ask, and what red flags to run from.

The Pastor’s Wife Nobody Saw: Jessica’s Story [Episode 378]

June 9, 2026

In this episode, I sit down with my real-life friend Jessica, a pastor’s wife whose story intersects with mine: her husband was a pastor at the very church that excommunicated me. What started as a conversation about her story turned into one of the most layered, honest episodes I think we’ve ever recorded.

Jessica spent decades being told her emotions were idols, her feelings weren’t facts, and her needs were sin problems she needed to repent of. In this conversation, she shares what it took to finally see through that, what the long road out of a high-control religious marriage actually looks like, and why freedom sometimes takes many years to arrive even after the divorce papers are signed.

Finding Your Freedom, Autonomy, and Independence – High Functioning Women Series Part Four [Episode 377]

May 26, 2026

This is part four of the High Functioning Christian Women in Destructive Marriages series, and today we talk about a concept that ties the whole series together: sovereignty.

Synonyms for sovereignty include: freedom, autonomy, and independence.

If you’ve spent years managing everyone’s needs, shrinking your own, and building an identity around your capacity to give without limit, this episode will challenge a misunderstood theology that was never meant for women who are already pouring out from an empty cup.

Trusting What You Know is True When Others Gaslight You – High Functioning Women Series Part Three [Episode 376]

May 12, 2026

This is Part Three of our series on high-functioning Christian women in destructive marriages. You are the woman people call when something complicated needs solving. You read rooms, spot patterns, and get it right. And yet in this one area of your life, you have been told that your judgment, specifically, cannot be trusted.

Why Your Empathy is a Superpower (and a TARGET!) – High Functioning Women Series Part Two [Episode 375]

April 28, 2026

This is Part Two of my series on high-functioning Christian women in destructive marriages. In Part One, we explored how the very qualities that make these women extraordinary are the same ones that make them exceptionally vulnerable. Today we’re going deeper into one of the most specific and targeted of those qualities: empathy.

If you’ve ever felt like your compassion is working against you, like the more you understand him, the more stuck you become, this episode will show you exactly what’s happening underneath that cycle. And it will start to give you a way out.

The Loneliness of the “Perfect” High Functioning Woman – High Functioning Women Series Part One [Episode 374]

April 7, 2026

So many capable, gifted Christian women are living a double life that is impressive in public, but diminished in private, and they don’t even have words for what’s happening to them. This episode will change that.

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