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

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

emotional and spiritual abuse.

Welcome to episode 45 of the Flying Free Podcast. Today I'm talking with

Christy Bauman, an author, teacher, and psychotherapist who also

spearfishes, don't you just love a well-rounded soul?

Christie practices as a licensed mental health counselor and supervisor

and has co-founded the Christian Counseling Center for Sexual Health and Trauma.

So Christie has a brand new, absolutely fascinating book that should be out and ready to purchase

by the time this episode hits the airwaves. It's called Theology of the Womb.

And that's what Christina I talked about in this episode. I really think this conversation

is going to unsnag many of you from lifelong lies that have held you down.

I pray that it might even be the beginning of the long journey of healing for some of you.

No matter what, you are going to be blessed by this conversation. So let's get started

Christy I am so excited to have you here. I have I talked to your husband a few

ago and gentlemen and he was talking about the intersection

between pornography and abuse and he told me about your new book and I just thought

oh my gosh I have to talk to you too I really think that

that the listeners could get so much out of we were talking right before the

podcast started your book really dives into who we are as

women and our value. And there's so much shame around our bodies, I think. And even in the church, I got to got to tell you okay and then I'll let you talk

because I want this is great but I just just on Twitter this morning I saw this it was a person on Twitter her name is wretched oh my gosh I'm going to

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