{"podcast":{"title":"Flying Free","slug":"flying-free-1045377","podcast_index_feed_id":1045377,"rss_url":"https://flyingfree.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://flyingfreenow.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/L__5fewvckdX3n9JrmZKDHQfVMHxxEWWp8sVfqClimw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yN2M2/OGZlNTZkZDdkZTEw/ODMwNGMwMmQzMWJh/NmMwMi5wbmc.jpg","author":"Natalie Hoffman","episode_count":400,"summary":"Flying Free is a support resource for women of faith who need hope and healing from hidden emotional abuse, spiritual abuse, and narcissistic abuse. Because of misogynistic theology taught in controlling and spiritually abusive churches, many Christian women find themselves in destructive marriages where there is an uneven power dynamic. Male partners use their status as a husband to gain power and control over a woman’s mind, emotions, body, social life, finances, and more. When she tries to get help from her equally abusive church environment, she is betrayed and re-abused. Flying Free offers a Christ-centered, gospel-oriented perspective on domestic abuse that protects and honors the voices and autonomy of women. Tune in each week to hear conversations with emotional abuse advocates and fellow survivors who will walk with you on your journey up and out. We hear you. You are not alone. Learn more at https://flyingfreenow.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T08:20:04.356126+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flying-free-1045377"},"episode":{"title":"Healing From Religious Trauma: A Survivor's Roadmap with Tia Levings [381]","slug":"healing-from-religious-trauma-a-survivor-s-roadmap-with-tia-levings-381","published_at":"2026-07-21T17:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flying-free-1045377/healing-from-religious-trauma-a-survivor-s-roadmap-with-tia-levings-381","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flying-free-1045377","url":"https://flyingfreenow.com/healing-from-religious-trauma","audio_url":"https://2.gum.fm/op3.dev/e/pdcn.co/e/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/e49ce309/f5dba557.mp3","summary":"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. Key Takeaways: What does it actually mean to \"belong to yourself\" after religious trauma has dismantled your sense of identity from the inside out? Why trauma survivors often write, speak, and even think about themselves in the passive voice, and what that reveals about the agency that was quietly stolen from them What the agricultural origin of the word \"aftermath\" tells us about why the most painful, raw season of your healing is also the most generative Why anger and bitterness after religious trauma aren't signs that something is wrong with you, and what they're actually trying to show you How complex PTSD can keep a survivor locked in survival mode for years, making life-altering decisions in a state of ongoing shock without ever realizing it Get Tia’s books: A Well Trained Wife I Belong to Me Follow Tia everywhere on social media! Her handle is @tialevingswriter Get Today’s Free Resource: 📒 Take a free Emotional Abuse Assessment by going to emotionalabusequiz.com I will also send you my weekly Hope Letters for C…","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3048,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/flying-free-1045377/episodes/healing-from-religious-trauma-a-survivor-s-roadmap-with-tia-levings-381/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flying-free-1045377/healing-from-religious-trauma-a-survivor-s-roadmap-with-tia-levings-381.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}