{"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":"Why Do Your Friends Believe the Person Who Abused You? [372]","slug":"why-do-your-friends-believe-the-person-who-abused-you-372","published_at":"2026-03-24T17:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flying-free-1045377/why-do-your-friends-believe-the-person-who-abused-you-372","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flying-free-1045377","url":"https://www.flyingfreenow.com/372","audio_url":"https://2.gum.fm/op3.dev/e/pdcn.co/e/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/69ecbd2a/f9e544e7.mp3","summary":"What happens when seeing your ex derails all your progress? And why do your friends think he's such a great guy when you know the truth? 🔑 Key Takeaways: Why seeing your ex after months can feel like all your progress disappeared (it didn't) What trauma bonding actually does to your memory of the relationship Why emotionally abusive people seem so great to everyone else The false equivalency that keeps people from believing abuse survivors How to know if you're lonely for him or for something else entirely 🎁 I want to give you a free gift. It’s the audio version of my book, All the Scary Little Gods . It’s a spiritual memoir about healing from religious trauma and toxic programming. You can listen to it FREE by going to scarylittlegods.com I will also send you my weekly Hope Letters for Christian women in emotionally and spiritually abusive marriages.","meta_description":"What happens when seeing your ex derails all your progress? And why do your friends think he's such a great guy when you know the truth? 🔑 Key Takeaways:…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1318,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/flying-free-1045377/episodes/why-do-your-friends-believe-the-person-who-abused-you-372/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/why-do-your-friends-believe-the-person-who-abused-you-372.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}