The Weaponization of Suffering in Narcissistic Abuse, Religion, & Society - Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A With Natalie Hoffman

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🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Prepare to gain a profound understanding of the weaponization of suffering within narcissistic abuse, religious groups, and society at large. In this episode, we sit down with Natalie Hoffman, author, podcaster, and educator for Christian women in emotionally and spiritually abusive relationships. We explore the glorification of suffering as a badge of honor in relationships and spiritual growth. Natalie guides us through the nuanced differences between necessary and unnecessary suffering, with insights on how these concepts can play out in abusive relationships and faith-based ones. Our conversation scrutinizes 'holiness', 'morals', and 'perfectionism', questioning their practical attainability and advocating for a more human-centric approach that fosters self-love and acceptance. And we also dive into the darker side of suffering within abusive relationships and how it can be wielded as a tool of shame. To listen to Natalie's previous episode about Faith Based Abuse and Misogyny, click here. To reach Natalie Hoffman's Website, click here. To reach Natalie Hoffman's Emotional Abuse Quiz, click here. To reach Natalie Hoffman's Podcast, click here. To read the first chapter of Natalie Hoffman's Book 'Is it Me, Making Sense of You Confusing Marriage', click here. If you want to be a guest on our survivor story podcast, please click here or send us an email at narcissistapocalypse@gmail.com To help out our podcast, please fill out our listener survey, click here. Thank you to our sponsor FACTOR. To get delicious fresh healthy meals delivered to your door and ready in 2 minutes, go to Factor at https://www.factormeals.com/nap50 and use promo code NAP50 to get 50% off. Thank you to our sponsor BETTERHELP. If you need online counseling from anywhere in the world, please do go to https://www.betterhelp.com/nap Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. If you or someone you know are experiencing abuse, you are not alone. DomesticShelters.org offers an extensive library of articles and resources that can help you make sense of what you're experiencing, connect you with local resources and find ways to heal and move forward. Visit www.domesticshelters.org to access this free resource. If you need help moving due to domestic violence, Shelter Movers may be able to help you. They operate by referral. Clients may be referred by any person of authority (social worker, doctor, police, crisis counselor, teacher, etc.) or public agency (shelter, hospital, school, workplace, place of worship, sexual assault centre, etc.). To reach them, click here. Join our new Community Social Network at https://community.narcissistapocalypse.com/ Join our Instagram Channel at https://www.instagram.com/narcissistapocalypse Join our Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTIgjTqVJa4caNWMIAJllA

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0:00.0	On this episode of Narcissist Apocalypse Q&A, everyone.
0:37.4	I am Brandon Chadwick, and me today we have Natalie Hoffman.
0:43.6	How are you? Good. Thanks for having me.
0:47.9	Well, thank you for being here. And Natalie was once our guest in 2021 and I will have that episode linked in our show notes.
0:58.2	And Natalie is from Flying Free, which can be found at Flying Free Now.com.
1:03.7	And Natalie is an author, a podcaster, an educator for Christian women in emotionally and spiritually
1:09.3	abusive relationships and faith communities.
1:12.9	And Flying Free began in early 2016 and has grown into a thriving education and support community
1:18.6	that reaches women of faith in controlling relationships and religious environment.
1:24.0	So a big thank you for being our guest a long time ago and for being here with us today.
1:30.2	Thank you. It's great to be back. And today we are going to be talking about suffering. And we've been
1:38.1	doing episodes lately about feelings. And, you know, when I thought about suffering,'m like well suffering is a feeling and it's an
1:48.0	interesting feeling and it's interesting in you know it's not just something with religion
1:55.8	where where suffering is glorified in a way but just all of society you know suffering is glorified in a way, but just all of society, you know, suffering is glorified.
2:05.0	And, you know, no pain, no gain.
2:08.5	Well, actually, before I even get to no pain, no gain, I just want to tell a story about suffering.
2:14.4	And just, you know, my grandmother has since passed away, but I remember one day going to, my grandmother
2:23.3	was just in her home for about a couple weeks, and I went there with my brother, and we met her in
2:31.2	the bingo area while she was playing bingo. And she introduced us to this person.
2:36.6	And they're like, these are my grandsons.
2:38.8	And we were like, hey, how are you doing?
2:40.6	All of a sudden, my grandmother and this woman, out of nowhere, I have no idea how it started.
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