Hi, this is Natalie Hoffman of Flying Free Now, 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 106 of the Flying Free Podcast. Today our guest is Tim Fall. He's a Superior Court

Judge in Northern California.

He also teaches judicial ethics

to experienced judges throughout his state.

And he's a writer.

He's got a brand new book that's just out in which he writes about the pressures of being a judge and his battle with mental illness.

Now I know Tim from his Facebook posts where he advocates for women and other marginalized members of society.

Welcome to the podcast, Tim.

Thank you very much for having me here.

So let's start by talking about having you share a little bit about why you have, why you a male

judge have an interest in supporting and encouraging women in your profession as a judge and in the church and in society generally because I mean I want to know what the connection is because we don't typically see men coming out in

droves to support women or other marginalized members of society. So what is

the connection for you? what's the drive?

I think like a lot of people my age who grew up in California

that the experience of growing up through the civil rights movement and the women's lead movement was something that formed a lot of my attitude about people who are marginalized.

Not that I knew what that phrase meant

way back then because I was just a kid.

But it did have a big impact on who I am and what I see and value around me.

And then becoming a Christian in my early 20s, I would read the Bible and you know it says a lot about people who are oppressed.

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