IFS and Finding Freedom from Religious Trauma with Natalie Hoffman

Apr 5, 2024

On today's podcast I chat with Natalie Hoffman, author, podcast host and IFS enthusiast about her new memoir.

 

One of the things I loved about this book is the IFS-y structure of it. In one section, she allows her younger parts to tell their story, their memories and she responds to each from Self. Another section is written like a play: Named parts responding and reacting to one another.

 

Natalie Hoffman is the author of "Is it Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage: A Christian Woman's Guide to Hidden Emotional and Spiritual Abuse" and "All the Scary Little Gods: a Memoir" as well as the host of the Flying Free podcast. She is a mother, grandmother, educator, and passionate advocate for Christian women in abusive homes and churches. Through the Flying Free Sisterhood program, Natalie empowers Christian women to discover and use their God-given voices, gifts, and freedom to make their own adult choices for their spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being.

 

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"Scary little gods in our lives try to control and steal our true Essence, making us feel safe but trapping us in fear." These 'scary little gods' can be organizations, family culture, or our own inner parts.

Natalie reflects on her religious, traumatic childhood experiences and how they relate to her identity and connection to her True Self and to the Creator. 

We talk about her passion for helping women of faith, particularly Christian women, who are struggling with disillusionment and a lack of self-worth.

She shares about leaving toxic environments and abusive relationships and the importance of listening to our inner parts.

We talk about others 'bullying' parts and how seeing hurtful behavior through this lens helps our own systems.

We talk about ways to connect to our younger parts and how we all can live in Freedom and Choice.

It is a beautiful, rich conversation.

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Find out more about Natalie and get her books here:

Flying Free Support for Women in Abusive Relationships (flyingfreenow.com)

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Jeff Schrum is Co-Producer of The One Inside Podcast. He completed the IFS Online Circle and is currently enrolled in an IFS Level 1 training. 

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Tammy is grateful for Jack Reardon who created music for the podcast. Jack is a graduate of Derek Scott’s IFS Stepping Stones Program. You can follow Jack at bonzemusic on Instagram.