Natalie’s content in her podcast and private mentoring program has been life changing. Thanks Natalie! Go get your tattoo!

Listening to Natalie I have come out of the fog and confusion in my marriage and can now see and explain why my experience in my marriage has been so painful and devastating. I thought so had a normal Christian marriage with typical problems and I poured all my intention and virtue into trying to make it better. Now I know I was the only one of us showing up to this project. I was resisting abuse without realizing it and trying to cope with constant anxiety, sadness, and grief. Listening to Natalie cleared up my confusion and validated my experience when no one and nothing else in my life spoke this the truth this clearly. I am part of the Flying Free program and know I can change me and make hard but powerful and essential choices. I can be proud of my own strength and change the quality of my own experience in my own life. All that depends on me - not on him Changing. This is a new life! Thank you Natalie.

Natalie Hoffman is a God send for me personally. In late March 2022, I began listening to her podcast (randomly saw a post about her book on facebook “Is It Me” — I have not read the book. I am not in that place personally to sit and read, but listening to the podcast has been effortless and honestly exactly what I needed in my “lazy” (for the lack of words) state of mind. I had become so numb with shame and guilt and agony – Wondering why my faith and strength were not enough and how God was punishing me for my past sins and so forth, just completely crushed under the weight of my never ending failures and somehow I had never realized just how bad my beliefs had gone. My beliefs about who God was and who I was were false. They were lies. I had no idea and Natalie through her *FREE* podcast, taught me this. My brain has done a 360, it has not been easy, its been painful, but freeing! Very freeing. I am now met with the realities of my situation and its not pleasant, but its real and its my life. I am finally taking control and with purpose making decisions for myself like I’ve never done before. I’m thankful for Natalie and her being a voice for someone like me who didn’t even realize I was silencing my own self! I will shout and proclaim Natalie’s impact on my life forever. I have not joined the programs Natalie offers which is Flying Free and Flying Higher. She touches on these in her podcast and I plan to join Flying Free soon. I have downloaded to my iPad as many of her Podcast Episodes as I can and I listen to her often if not daily. Episodes that have inspired and impacted me in big ways are episodes 160, 62, 115, 53, 103, 4, 109, 110 & 43. Also, be kind to yourself. Going through difficult situations and seasons can be so exhausting and rough to navigate, you are doing the best you can, so give your self some credit that you are doing everything you can with everything you have. All my love to you in your healing journey.

So thankful for this podcast that gives language to the confusion of a hurtful marriage. Natalie offers so much truth, hope, and help to get to freedom no matter if you stay or go.

This podcast is amazing for Christian women who were convinced that they should submit to their husbands’ abuse because “the Bible said so…” which is DEVIL’s lie that our society continues to feed to God-fearing women. I am amazed at how much I have learned in ome month about abuse I am/was going through in my marriage, blindly thinking that is my cross to bear. I am now standing up to my husband when he tries to abuse or manipulate me or my son and I am teaching him to see that his father’s behavior is NOT healthy or acceptable. I would recommend this podcast to every woman, even if your marriage is healthy, you might be able to help your friends or loved ones to recognize and address the problems in their marriages. #ILoveFlyingFreePodcast

The Bible is misogynist through and through, so is christianity. Hopefully listeners find freedom from religion soon.

Misguided biblical justification on the “opinion” of divorce. You are adding to the problem. Your feelings are not Sovereign!!

Natalie’s books and podcasts have helped me understand the emotional and spiritual abuse I was experiencing in my marriage! She makes me laugh and sometimes cry and I always feel validated and receive confidence and encouragement to continue forward! Thank you, Natalie! ~Kim

I appreciate Natalie's podcast so much - it's a favorite each week. She shares her experience, logic, expertise, and sometimes her developing understanding and ideas with sincerity. I have learned a lot & it's helped me to think through my own situation with a fresh understanding. Thank you, Natalie. Get that tattoo. (I have plans for my first at a milestone time myself)

Such a helpful and encouraging podcast! I have made so many connections in my own story while listening. Forever grateful!

I asked God to help me find the right Podcast…I’ve been married twice, still in the second marriage which is emotionally & verbally abusive going on 21 yrs. One child together. 2 older children from my previous marriage (one out of the house, married + grandbaby). Can relate to the woman in the Podcast sharing her story. Want to hear more stories, get more insight

Thank you so much for the work that you’re doing! I have searched for resources for someone in my position and had not been able to find you. Rather than regretting that I didn’t find you sooner, I am grateful that my friend heeded the nudging of the Holy Spirit to pass your podcast along to me. I will continue listening as it is bringing me much needed healing. I’ve been yearning for - for years.

When I was crying out to God over my painfully confusing marriage with a soul ache that screamed to heaven, “Do you see me?!” I didn’t know that finally God would answer me. He answered me in a way unexpected. The flying free podcast has been a light piercing the darkness of my life. A beacon in a storm that I thought would drown me. My journey isn’t over, but now I have hope. I know that God sees me. And He sees you too dear friend. Thank you to Natalie for this amazing gift!

I am a 41 yr old divorced woman who went back to my abusive ex husband and then finally got out for good 8 months ago. This time around I have God and amazing support and resources like this podcast so I have been able to truly heal and educate myself about what I have been experiencing since I was 24 years old. Natalie’s straight forward and emphatic way of teaching really gave me the wake up call to finally honestly look at my reality and accept it for what it is. She literally has changed my perception not only about my toxic relationship but God and church and myself. I am a better Mom, sister, daughter, and friend because of the lessons I have learned in this podcast. I urge you if you think you are in a destructive marriage please get help and educate yourself with these episodes you will not regret it.

Natalie’s podcasts are always good, raw, and truthful. And encouraging. This particular episode made me cry… I am there… and SO grateful. Please take time to listen to these podcasts.. especially this one.

I was raised in an emotionally, spiritually and physically abusive home. I have a great husband but so much of my past was causing issues in our marriage because I was so unaware that I had unhealthy boundaries and coping mechanisms. This podcast has opened my eyes to so much. I have been able to address issues and I am healing and thriving like never before. I am so thankful for this and other podcast along with books and healthy people who pour into others. ❤️

I’m loving your show about separation, toxic relationships, divorce and more. It’s been very informative for me as I’ve been on my separation journey for over 4 years now. I Grow up in the church, so divorce has been a sin to all Christians so I’m struggling with it. And I’m my husbands 2nd wife which I believe is due to his sister. I figure that out after we separated that he has sister (mommy) issues. Nevertheless, I love your show and can’t wait to listen your podcast. Keep going and at some point, can you touch on Christian men who prey on married woman in the church today? I haven’t heard much on that topic.

I am so thankful that I found this podcast. Hearing these stories and knowing I'm not alone is so encouraging. I now know there is a vibrant community of other women who really understand. Feeling seen and understood for the first time in two decades is healing to my soul.

I’ve learned more by listening to Natalie Hoffman’s podcast for several months than I’ve learned attending church for 50 years. Natalie’s words are Biblically based, practical and life-giving. I’m now breaking free from many subtle Christian/church based lies I was indoctrinated with for so long. I am now learning, growing and healing. I now have clarity and hope for my future. Thank you and bless you, Natalie and the Flying Free staff!

Thank you for this Public Podcast Natalie! What is meant to keep us down will be the thing that is what strengthens us to leave abuse, heal, grow and fly free!

I learn something new that opens my eyes and makes so much sense to me every time I listen to Natalie’s podcasts. Highly recommend. Her words are a healing balm and give me hope and a sense of reclaimed femininity and power.

Natalie is wise. I love her insights! Thank you!

It is so hard to find answered to emotional & spiritual abuse when it doesn’t fit what most people know. It’s so special and weird. So thankful I found you guys! Praise God!! Keep shining! I just did a podcast on the many faces of cancer and mentioned you all! If you have a chance listen to my story on that. Sarah DeHart

Calling it Holy Ghosted is disrespectful to the Holy Spirit. God has nothing to do with spiritual abuse.

So, I want to say, I love this podcast. It has helped me in so many ways. I am listening to the show currently where Natalie addresses a review and I want to piggy back onto her response. First of all, if you think that a church cannot be corrupt and manipulating, then you need to head over to another podcast called “Something Was Wrong”. That podcast addresses all sorts of issues in which people have been manipulated by an organization that called themselves a “church”. Am I saying all churches are bad/evil? No. What I am saying is, there are abusive churches out there. Greed, power, and narcissistic people usually run those churches. We have to be careful when listening to humans, they are not God. We can HOPE that they are practicing as God would want but it isn’t guaranteed. It was very unfair of the reviewer to make an assumption that people of a church wouldn’t hurt others. I thankfully have never experienced this type of abuse, BUT listening to the stories that others have shared is heartbreaking. So, to the reviewer who thinks it is negative to think negatively of a church, I recommend you head on over to that podcast and enlighten yourself instead of judge someone for trying to help others heal. Thank you Natalie for all you share, it takes courage. I will be downloading your new book today!

I’m always looking forward to Natalie’s latest episode. All the information she shares gives me language to many emotions and situations I’ve encountered in my past marriage and my relationship with the church as an institution and in general. There’s always revelation nuggets that bring a lot of freedom to my life! Thank you Nathalie for your courage!

Natalie Hoffman and her amazing guest speakers and staff at Flying Free cover so many issues that have been uncharted territory not long ago! Each podcast has useful knowledge and tools to help me grow stronger dealing with the emotional and spiritual abuse in many aspects of my life. I’m grateful for the support and encouragement from this podcast and the Flying Free community 💕

Excellent, EXCELLENT, podcast!! They all are honestly.. Natalie has such a refreshing way of describing and explaining codependency in the church… I can relate to all 9 points she makes.. a must listen if you are trying to grown, learn and heal from spiritual and emotional abuse. Thank you Natalie for all your work and podcasts!! 🙏💖

Natalie’s book, All the Scary Little Gods, went on sale this morning. I woke up at 4am and ordered it. The first video of Natalie’s I ever watched, in 2018, was a 6-minute short entitled, “Can He Change?” I’d been involved in a 44-year long abusive marriage that programming-via family of origin, spiritual beliefs (ie religious entrapment) and my own outlook on pleasing God and others kept me locked in my own personal prison. I had told myself that physical abuse was not acceptable. Why did I think that all the other abuses were tolerable? I would live with abuse until I answered Natalie’s question, “Can He Change?” Will he change? Ah, no. he can’t. He won’t. And he never will. Today I have been ‘flying free’ for almost 6-years! Natalie’s podcasts are a weekly staple for me and after over 263 of them, NOT ONE DISAPPOINTS!!! The healing from that first drop of water in my bucket is now overflowing with an endless supply of living water. My life is full and rich and I am finally living! Can’t wait to get my hands on this book. Thank you, Natalie, from the bottom of my heart.

I cannot even find the words! Oh how I needed this podcast. Natalie addresses so many things I am dealing with and listening to her gives me a sense of calm in the chaos! Thank you Natalie for helping those suffering to feel like they are not alone and that there is hope. I hope all who need you find you!

I have been married 18 years. It has always felt so difficult being in my marriage. I always thought it was normal. I grew up with a physically and verbally abusive mother and a sexually abusive step father. When I met my husband I thought I had hit the jackpot. Not too long long into our marriage things got scary. He would complain about how I wasn’t “wifing” correctly. He would compare me to other women at church and point out how they knew how to be a good wife but I didn’t. I could never do anything exactly how he wished it. I started hating myself and begging God to help me be a better wife. I felt like the biggest failure on earth. On the outside he was so nice to everyone. Women would ALWAYS come up to me and tell me how blessed I was to have such an intelligent and caring husband. That only left me feeling more confused. Ten years into our marriage we had a child. I thought that having her would make our marriage and relationship stronger. Things didn’t change. Our daughter is almost nine now and a week ago I found the flying free website. My eyes were opened for the first time in my marriage. It suddenly all made sense but also it all suddenly became real and I realized I was going to have to do something about it and that terrified me like nothing else has before. I just asked for a divorce yesterday and now I don’t want the flame that started inside of me to die and I’m trying to figure out what each next step is so I can finally fly free. This podcast is a Godsend for sure! PLEASE DO IT FOR YOURSELF!! God made you to live a happy life, if you’re in an abusive relationship and no matter what you’ve tried, things don’t change, LEAVE!

I’ve been bingeing this podcast and can’t get enough! Each episode has so many nuggets of truth and grace. I love how Natalie empathizes with her listeners and guides them into new ways of thinking. Changing our way of thinking and redirecting our thoughts is crucial for women like us. Thank you, Natalie!

I loved Natalie’s book “Is it Me?” That book was very helpful for me in understanding my abusive marriage. She has equally helpful things to say in her podcast. The only thing I don’t like about her podcast is how negatively she talks about the church as a whole, implying that church is a toxic place and that most churches are abusive. Abuse is an individual problem not a group problem. There are many individuals who are abusive both inside churches and outside of churches but that doesn’t mean that church as a whole is abusive. I think it is a very dangerous thing to claim that the bride of Christ is abusive. There are individuals in the church who are abusive and we have every right to set up boundaries with those individuals, but the bride of Christ is not abusive and I get offended every time Natalie implies that the church as a whole is a toxic place. Especially since Jesus died for his bride. I love Jesus and I love his bride the church. It is an honor to be apart of the bride of Christ as a child of God. I feel hurt every time Natalie attacks the church because I am apart of the church and I know that I am not an abusive or toxic person. Maybe that is a me problem because these are my feelings. But if Natalie’s goal is to encourage and help her listeners, then I would encourage her to take this into consideration.

This podcast is one that any woman going through emotional abuse should listen to. I started with Renee Swanson’s “The Covert Narcissist” podcast which is so amazing (another helpful source for emotionally abused women) and then found Natalie Hoffman’s “Flying Free” podcast. Flying Free is so important for me as a Christian woman. It is so reassuring to know that there is hope for Christian women in abusive marriages and we don’t have to “suffer for Christ” anymore! Over the last 19 years of my marriage, I have been told numerous times by Christian counselors: “marriage is forever” “pray harder for your marriage” “it’s not that bad” “he doesn’t hit you” “he’s controlling but he’s getting better”. It is so assuring to know I have choices. Even though I can’t get out right now, these episodes are healing to me. Natalie gives me so much hope and strength. I am learning how to be strong for myself and my teenage sons and how to handle some hurtful situations in my home due to my husband. Her sarcasm makes me laugh often because it’s literally how I think and I can relate to the ridiculous situations.

Thanks Natalie! Your ability to help with out judgement is a gift! As women raised under manipulation, your podcast helps women discern PERCEIVED agency vs ACTUAL agency. Such an important reminder!

This podcast changed my life and gave me tools and direction to get “unstuck”. This podcast helped me realize I wasn’t alone in the struggle.

I’m sooooo very thankful that the Lord connected me to the Flying Free podcast through my daughter. Through this podcast, God showed me how to interpret His word in its proper context and in light of God’s character and the whole Bible. Learning His truth has set me free!!! I thought I was free because I am a Christian. Now, I am experiencing true freedom and an abundant life, not just for eternity but in this present life. I highly recommend it!

I've just begun to unravel what's been going on for 24+ years in my marriage. I just knew I felt lonely & lived in the backseat of his life. Flying Free is absolutely helping me to understand the reality of what I've been experiencing. I'm very grateful & I feel like there's hope for my future whichever way my marriage goes. Thank you for an excellent podcast!

Fall of 2020 I binged on all the Flying Free episodes because I wanted to see if they’d be helpful for a friend. Spring of 2021 I was challenged to admit I myself was in a confusing and painful marriage. I joined Flying Free. The Flying Free Sisterhood has been oxygen to me the last 14 months. Natalie’s book, IS IT ME? helped me identify subtle abuse tactics. Her assertion that “no one is coming to rescue you” helped me understand that only I was responsible for getting myself out of this mess. The top-notch resources address every possible angle and concern we members might face. The other dear ladies in the program have been a refreshing fount of validation, comfort and encouragement - and an occasional laugh! I love the comraderie! Natalie feels like “one of the girls”, yet her humility and compassion don’t diminish the power of her expertise and skill. Natalie, you and your program and the Sisterhood are a much-needed, much-appreciated gift, empowering a battalion of butterflies who are changing the world, one wing-whisper at a time. Much gratitude!

Natalie Hoffman and her program have been a God send for me in the last year and a half. Her knowledge, compassion, and empathy are a gift. I would highly recommend this podcast and the Flying Free program to any woman divorcing an abusive partner or who has experienced abuse in their marriage. Thank you Natalie! I am forever grateful for what you have done and are doing to help women break free from abusive relationships.

Great Episode!!! Thank you Natalie 💛💕

FF makes so much common sense and, indeed, is biblical. It’s “common” within Christians because we have the mind of Christ. Natalie said that so many secular writers unknowingly state what the Bible has said all along, yet they take credit, as if it originated with them.

Bless Natalie and her team for speaking up for this group of hidden-in-plain-sight women. Once you know…you know.

This is such an important resource for Christian women.

Natalie shares super helpful episodes on a wide range of topics regarding emotional and spiritual abuse. She has great guests at times and she just has a knack for getting to the truth of situations and living in reality!

It’s not an exaggeration to say that this podcast, and the Sisterhood program changed my life forever. It helped me untangle the lies and confusion of my marriage, realize that God loves me more than my marital status, understand that I am not responsible for my husband’s emotions or actions, and navigate a highly contentious divorce. As I reflect on 2023 I am so grateful I found this program.

I listened to Natalie’s audiobook this past February 2023 “Is It Me….” and found out about her podcast and Flying Free program. I was at the end of my rope and thought I’ll be in this exact same spot next year if I don’t do something! So, I joined and it’s something I have never done before, never joined an online group. I was scared, didn’t know what to expect and let me just say that Natalie has walked in our shoes and understands down to the little incidents that may look normal to others but is not…. I could not believe after the first month how much love I had for myself and how I was putting myself last and not taking care of me! It’s not selfish (gasp!) I can do things for myself so I can be healthy with my children, family, co-workers, etc…. I’m still learning and there is so much inside the program that is full of wisdom and guidance to help you walk and find yourself who God created YOU to be. I’m very thankful for the support. You can do at your own pace, if you feel overwhelmed, it’s ok, take time and come back to the lesson and there is no guilt or shame! The woman are supportive and so helpful knowing you are not alone and they understand even the ridiculousness of events you have experienced and they see you. Thank you Natalie and everyone at Flying Free Sisterhood for creating this platform so we can make sense of what we are in and giving us tools to get back to ourselves and start really enjoying our life!!! Fly Free 🦋

I love this podcast! I always look forward to the next episode. I left a church I was very much invested in in every way of 20 years. Ive been out for a year but still trying to figure things out in many different areas of my life. I’m trying to sort through so many different feelings, emotions, and thoughts. Knowing there is help though her website also, brings me hope. Thanks for your ministry, Natalie.

I stumbled upon Flying Free in a comment thread on a FB mom group. The poster described her marriage struggles and they were so much like mine I had to see what advice was there. This took me to the website, the first chapter in Natalie’s book, and this podcast. I have been an avid listener for 2 years now! My eyes are open, I am reclaiming me, and discovering the person and mother I want to be. I am also a member of the Flying Free Sisterhood which is like the never ending buffet compared to this small tasty appetizer- but the small bites are a delicacy! I now share this podcast/ specific episodes with as many women as I can to pass along the wonderful blessing it is!

Over a year ago, I finally separated for my husband, long overdue move. The courage to do so came in large part from listening to Natalie and interacting with people in the sisterhood. Thank you for sharing your insights and knowledge with us!