A Teen's Perspective on Divorce During the Holidays [150]

Flying Free

Natalie Hoffman

Emotional, Spiritual, Narcissism, Self-improvement, Marriage, Abuse, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Divorce, Christianity, Education

5.0 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

What’s it like to experience divorce as a kid? You’ve heard from me. You’ve heard from experts. You’ve heard from survivors. What about the young ones caught in the throes of things they don’t understand. The ones who only know that Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and life, will never be the same again. Divorce through the eyes of a teen…my own daughter. This episode is a spotlight on: - A honest report from a teen who had a close relationship with her abusive father - How things changed, year over year, as separation turned into divorce and a “new normal” - The flaws in the idea that everything (traditions, joy, togetherness, fun) has been destroyed by divorce - Why joint custody actually helped lessen the emotional burden of divorce - The fact that every child’s experience is different and why it’s important to consider - A really hopeful “finish” to the story of my family (though it’s far from over) Listen or download the transcript at flyingfreenow.com/150 FREE: I'll send you the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage. Just hop on my mailing list at flyingfreesisterhood.com/free-download. (I will NEVER spam you or sell your information.) Desperate for real help and safe people who understand what you're going through? Find out about my online education and support program for women of faith at joinflyingfree.com And, if you are an already divorced Christian woman who wants to take back her life and get healthy, have amazing relationships, build a business or career, or even find a good man - check out joinflyinghigher.com

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now, and you're listening to the Flying Free
0:10.2	podcast, a support resource for Women of Faith, looking for hope and healing from hidden
0:16.6	emotional and spiritual abuse.
0:21.3	Welcome to episode 150 of the Flying Free Podcast. It has been three years since we
0:28.4	started this podcast and I thought we'd do something a little bit different today to celebrate. I want to
0:34.7	introduce you to my daughter Amy. She is 21 years old. She's going to be 22
0:40.4	soon by the time you guys are listening to this and she just got married
0:45.5	last summer to Josh and she is now working behind the scenes with the flying free programs doing
0:55.1	customer service doing well she's doing all kinds of stuff that we need to do and
1:00.2	she has she's saving me tons and tons of time and she's doing a great job. So I thought what we would do first of all
1:09.1	hi Amy welcome to the podcast., thank you for having me.
1:14.2	We're actually recording this in my office
1:16.8	and taking turns with the mic,
1:18.0	so hopefully this will work out okay.
1:21.9	She is going to talk about, I'm going to be asking her questions and she's going to be talking
1:26.2	about what it was like to go through the holidays as a kid, as a teenager, teenager whose parents are getting divorced.
1:36.0	Separate, well first we were separated for a couple of years
1:39.0	and then we walked through an almost two-year divorce process and then came out.
1:44.4	So on the other side.
1:46.4	And I just thought, you know, you guys hear a lot from me and you hear from other survivors and
1:50.0	you hear from, you know, authors and pastors and other people like that here but we've
1:56.4	never really heard from a kid not that she's still a kid but I would just I
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