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Flying Free

Holy Ghosted: Spiritual Anxiety and Religious Trauma [271]

Flying Free

Natalie Hoffman

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

5.01.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Author, Tiffany Yecke Brooks has done it again with her new book, Holy Ghosted: Spiritual Anxiety, Religious Trauma, and the Language of Abuse. (Don't you absolutely LOVE that title? She's an amazing writer.)

Have you ever been ghosted by someone? They disappeared from your life, seemingly into thin air? Have you ever been worried that God might ghost you, especially if you don’t dot your “i”s” and cross your “t’s?” Spiritual anxiety is common among Christians, and Dr. Tiffany Yecke Brooks wants to break that down with you to show that even though people may try to scare you into believing that God will ghost you if you don't do what they want you to do, that's not who God is.


In this episode, Tiffany answers questions such as:

  • “What is the definition of spiritual anxiety?” 
  • “How do I overcome spiritual anxiety?” 
  • “What are some different ways of looking at commonly told Bible stories?” 
  • And more! 

Read the show notes and/or ask Natalie a question here


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Dr. Tiffany Yecke Brooks is the lead or contributing writer on more than two dozen books, including multiple New York Times bestsellers. She is the coauthor of Fear Is a Choice: Tackling Life’s Challenges With Dignity, Faith, and Determination (with NFL running back James Conner), Limitless: The Power of Hope and Resilience to Overcome Circumstance (with Paralympic gold-medalist Mallory Weggemann), and the narrative nonfiction historical thriller Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth (with historian Claire Bellerjeau). Her newest book, Holy Ghosted: Spiritual Anxiety, Religious Trauma, and the Language of Abuse, was released in April 2024. She has also published articles in peer-reviewed journals and the Smithsonian. Tiffany holds a PhD from Florida State University, where her dissertation covered, in part, cultural adaptations of stories from the book of Genesis, and an MA from the University of Bristol in the UK, where her thesis examined cultural influences and literary techniques in the Gospel of Luke. A popular speaker for student groups, faith conferences, and academic lectureships, Tiffany has taught literature and writing at Abilene Christian University, McMurry University, and the University of South Carolina – Beaufort.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now. And you're listening to the

0:09.3

Flying Free Podcast, a support resource for women of faith, looking for hope and healing from hidden

0:16.4

emotional and spiritual abuse. Welcome to episode 271 of the Flying Free Podcast. Today we have one of my favorite people,

0:31.2

Dr. Tiffany Yucky Brooks.

0:33.7

Some of you may remember Tiffany because I interviewed her

0:36.8

in the spring of 2022 about her newly released book

0:40.7

at that time, which is called Gaslighted by God,

0:44.9

reconstructing a disillusioned faith.

0:47.6

And our flying higher group of about 250 Christian women

0:51.2

went through that book last year together together and Tiffany joined us for a fascinating

0:55.2

Q&A.

0:56.2

Tiffany is the lead or contributing writer on more than two dozen books including multiple New York Times bestsellers, and she's back with us because

1:06.1

she has another book that has just come out, and it has got such a fabulous title.

1:12.1

It's called Holy Ghosted, Spiritual Anxiety, Religious Trauma, and the Language of Abuse.

1:20.0

Incredible. I think that we are in for an amazing conversation.

1:24.4

Welcome back, Tiffany.

1:26.2

Thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate it.

1:29.2

I just want to say that your book is like the descriptive analysis of everything that's brewing

1:36.2

behind the scenes in my own book all the scary little gods which is a story my

1:40.7

story that illustrates exactly what your book explains and analyzes.

1:46.0

They're kind of like sister books in some ways.

1:49.0

Yes, yeah.

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