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Natalie Hoffman
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Natalie Hoffman
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"You don't know God." The church elder’s eyes locked on me from across the conference table. “He’s absent from your narrative.”
The room went woozy, and I struggled to bring my brain back online, managing to sputter, “God is the center of my narrative!”
But he wasn’t listening. He already had his story about me.
Here’s mine.
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Critic reviews
“Natalie's writing is vibrant and deeply intimate. The innocence, honesty, and humor (seriously, she is so funny sometimes) that Natalie breathes into her storytelling makes All the Scary Little Gods both deeply personal and remarkably universal. If you have struggled with reconciling the harmful ways that twisted theology has entrapped you while simultaneously struggling to embrace the beautiful and freeing parts of your faith, this book will guide you.”—Tiffany Yecke Brooks, PhD, Author of Gaslighted by God: Reconstructing a Disillusioned Faith
“Natalie not only shares with us a clear understanding of her past trauma in poignant and sometimes even humorous vignettes, but she then brilliantly pairs those alongside her present view of God in a safe, inviting, and therapeutic method; this book is like a therapy session in a memoir.”—Emily Elizabeth, Founder of Thriving Forward
“What a journey. Thank you, Natalie, for taking us readers on such a heartbreaking liberation journey. Truly, the words in this book come from a bruised and wise sage who has lived through hell to speak to such heaven. All the Scary Little Gods helps me believe more deeply in the truth of the gospel.”—Dr. Andrew J. Bauman, Author of SAFE CHURCH
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- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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One out of three married women sitting in an average conservative Christian church is in a confusing and painful marriage relationship. These women believe they are alone. I want them to know they aren't. They believe they can't find peace. I want them to know they can. They believe they don't have choices. I want them to know they do.
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Empowering Christian Women in Abusive Marriages
- By TAWANDA on 07-18-19
By: Natalie Hoffman
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The Woman They Wanted
- Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
- By: Shannon Harris
- Narrated by: Shannon Harris
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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As a twenty-three-year-old singer and the soon-to-be wife of youth pastor Joshua Harris, nothing in Shannon Harris's secular upbringing prepared her to enter the world of conservative Christianity. Soon Joshua's bestselling book I Kissed Dating Goodbye helped inspire a national purity movement, and Shannon's identity became "pastor's wife." The Woman They Wanted recounts Shannon's remarkable experience inside Big Church—where she was asked to live within a narrow definition of womanhood for almost two decades—and her journey out of that world and into a more authentic version of herself.
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Her Story is Our Story
- By Amazon Customer on 11-04-23
By: Shannon Harris
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Rift
- A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy
- By: Cait West
- Narrated by: Cait West
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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Raised in the Christian patriarchy movement, Cait West was homeschooled and could only wear clothes her father deemed modest. She was five years old the first time she was told her swimsuit was too revealing, to go change. There would be no college in her future, no career. She was a stay-at-home daughter and would move out only when her father allowed her to become a wife. She was trained to serve men, and her life would never be her own.
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Compelling narrative and beautifully written
- By Maria Hauskins on 05-05-24
By: Cait West
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Altogether You: Experiencing Personal and Spiritual Transformation with Internal Family Systems Therapy
- By: Jenna Riemersma
- Narrated by: Jenna Riemersma
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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Therapist and speaker Jenna Riemersma applies the groundbreaking insights of Internal Family Systems (IFS) for anyone who feels stuck in unwanted feelings and behaviors, with a special focus on personal transformation for listeners of faith. In Altogether You, she explains why our parts are so often at war-parts of us wanting to please others and do things right while other parts seem bent on acting out, shutting down, or engaging in hurtful behaviors.
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Great book, one significant caveat
- By Tuck on 06-25-22
By: Jenna Riemersma
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Her Rites
- A Sacred Journey for the Mind, Body, and Soul
- By: Christy Angelle Bauman
- Narrated by: Christy Angelle Bauman
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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Author, teacher, and therapist Dr. Christy Angelle Bauman has dedicated her life to guiding women on this path to meaning and profound joy. In Her Rites, Dr. Bauman takes you into her office and through six transformative exercises: a deep dive into the most common rites of passage in every woman’s life, when she sometimes loses hold of herself but also has a unique opportunity to reclaim herself.
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A must listen for women of all ages!
- By Tom Williams on 10-30-24
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The Emotionally Destructive Marriage
- How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope
- By: Leslie Vernick
- Narrated by: Leslie Vernick
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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You can't put it into words, but something is happening to you. Your stomach churns, your heart aches, and the tension in your marriage is making you feel weary and a little crazy. The constant criticism, disrespect, cruelty, deceit, and gross indifference are eroding your confidence and breaking your spirit. For any woman caught in an emotionally destructive marriage, Leslie Vernick offers a personalized path forward.
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I wish this book had been written 10 years ago
- By D. C. Hoult on 09-08-14
By: Leslie Vernick
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Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage: A Christian Woman's Guide to Hidden Emotional and Spiritual Abuse
- By: Natalie Hoffman
- Narrated by: Natalie Hoffman
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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One out of three married women sitting in an average conservative Christian church is in a confusing and painful marriage relationship. These women believe they are alone. I want them to know they aren't. They believe they can't find peace. I want them to know they can. They believe they don't have choices. I want them to know they do.
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Empowering Christian Women in Abusive Marriages
- By TAWANDA on 07-18-19
By: Natalie Hoffman
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The Woman They Wanted
- Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife
- By: Shannon Harris
- Narrated by: Shannon Harris
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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As a twenty-three-year-old singer and the soon-to-be wife of youth pastor Joshua Harris, nothing in Shannon Harris's secular upbringing prepared her to enter the world of conservative Christianity. Soon Joshua's bestselling book I Kissed Dating Goodbye helped inspire a national purity movement, and Shannon's identity became "pastor's wife." The Woman They Wanted recounts Shannon's remarkable experience inside Big Church—where she was asked to live within a narrow definition of womanhood for almost two decades—and her journey out of that world and into a more authentic version of herself.
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Her Story is Our Story
- By Amazon Customer on 11-04-23
By: Shannon Harris
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Rift
- A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy
- By: Cait West
- Narrated by: Cait West
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Raised in the Christian patriarchy movement, Cait West was homeschooled and could only wear clothes her father deemed modest. She was five years old the first time she was told her swimsuit was too revealing, to go change. There would be no college in her future, no career. She was a stay-at-home daughter and would move out only when her father allowed her to become a wife. She was trained to serve men, and her life would never be her own.
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Compelling narrative and beautifully written
- By Maria Hauskins on 05-05-24
By: Cait West
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Altogether You: Experiencing Personal and Spiritual Transformation with Internal Family Systems Therapy
- By: Jenna Riemersma
- Narrated by: Jenna Riemersma
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Therapist and speaker Jenna Riemersma applies the groundbreaking insights of Internal Family Systems (IFS) for anyone who feels stuck in unwanted feelings and behaviors, with a special focus on personal transformation for listeners of faith. In Altogether You, she explains why our parts are so often at war-parts of us wanting to please others and do things right while other parts seem bent on acting out, shutting down, or engaging in hurtful behaviors.
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Great book, one significant caveat
- By Tuck on 06-25-22
By: Jenna Riemersma
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Her Rites
- A Sacred Journey for the Mind, Body, and Soul
- By: Christy Angelle Bauman
- Narrated by: Christy Angelle Bauman
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Author, teacher, and therapist Dr. Christy Angelle Bauman has dedicated her life to guiding women on this path to meaning and profound joy. In Her Rites, Dr. Bauman takes you into her office and through six transformative exercises: a deep dive into the most common rites of passage in every woman’s life, when she sometimes loses hold of herself but also has a unique opportunity to reclaim herself.
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A must listen for women of all ages!
- By Tom Williams on 10-30-24
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The Emotionally Destructive Marriage
- How to Find Your Voice and Reclaim Your Hope
- By: Leslie Vernick
- Narrated by: Leslie Vernick
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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You can't put it into words, but something is happening to you. Your stomach churns, your heart aches, and the tension in your marriage is making you feel weary and a little crazy. The constant criticism, disrespect, cruelty, deceit, and gross indifference are eroding your confidence and breaking your spirit. For any woman caught in an emotionally destructive marriage, Leslie Vernick offers a personalized path forward.
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I wish this book had been written 10 years ago
- By D. C. Hoult on 09-08-14
By: Leslie Vernick
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Pure
- Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
- By: Linda Kay Klein
- Narrated by: Linda Kay Klein
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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In the 1990s, a “purity industry” emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual “stumbling blocks” for boys and men, and any expression of a girl’s sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. This message traumatized many girls - resulting in anxiety, fear, and experiences that mimicked the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder - and trapped them in a cycle of shame.
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I expected a different ending I suppose
- By Military Dad on 12-12-18
By: Linda Kay Klein
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Healing What You Can't Erase
- Transform Your Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health from the Inside Out
- By: Christopher Cook, Dr. John Delony - foreword
- Narrated by: Christopher Cook
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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The pain that happened to you is real . . . and it matters immensely. The notion of healing what you can’t erase is not about ignoring the devastation of your past or putting a glossy, positive spin on current tragedy. That plastic version of faith isn’t actually faith; it’s unbelief. Healing What You Can’t Erase offers a far better solution—a road map for moving forward through the losses and scars by allowing the power of the Holy Spirit to transform us . . . spirit, soul, and body.
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A remarkable resource.
- By forHisKingdom on 03-19-24
By: Christopher Cook, and others
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Ghosted
- An American Story
- By: Nancy French
- Narrated by: Nancy French
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
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A compelling, thought-provoking memoir about Nancy French's journey from her family's mountain roots to success as a ghostwriter, only to be rejected by her party, church, and community. Ghosted by New York Times bestselling author Nancy French is for all who were alienated by those closest to them and left spiritually and politically homeless.
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I Had No Idea This Book Would Be This Good
- By Brian A. on 05-06-24
By: Nancy French
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She Deserves Better
- Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up
- By: Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, Joanna Sawatsky
- Narrated by: Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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What if the goal of raising a Christian girl was about more than keeping her virginity intact? What if it was about raising a strong, independent young woman who knows who she is, uses her voice, and confidently steps into the life God has for her? From the authors of The Great Sex Rescue comes this evidence-based book grounded on surveys of over 28,000 women to offer moms a fresh, freeing, and biblically grounded message of sexuality and self-worth for their daughters that is less about the don'ts and more about the dos.
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If you are a parent or ministry leader of women or young girls, I plead with you to read this book
- By Kirsten Salgado on 05-08-24
By: Sheila Wray Gregoire, and others
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Star-Spangled Jesus
- Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith
- By: April Ajoy
- Narrated by: April Ajoy
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Social media influencer and podcast host April Ajoy wouldn’t have called herself a Christian Nationalist when she performed her original song “America Say Jesus” on the Jim Bakker show, or when she participated in Jesus Marches across America, or when she posted cringe-worthy videos on YouTube to campaign for Mitt Romney. April just considered herself a good Christian: faithful, Republican, and determined to make America a Christian nation once again.
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I hope the people who need this read this
- By Autumn Scheske on 01-21-25
By: April Ajoy
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The Covert Passive-Aggressive Narcissist
- Recognizing the Traits and Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse
- By: Debbie Mirza
- Narrated by: Debbie Mirza
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse is the most comprehensive and helpful audiobook on the topic of covert narcissism. This type of narcissism is one of the most damaging forms because the abuse is so hidden and so insidious. You can be in a relationship that can last for decades and not realize you are being psychologically and emotionally controlled, manipulated, and abused.
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This book CHANGED MY LIFE!
- By Mojo on 12-19-18
By: Debbie Mirza
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- rainlily
- 03-27-24
A story of love’s bravery and courage
Natalie tells her story through the voices and perspectives of herself at different ages and of all her emotional parts. I heard some of myself through my life and many of my own parts in the narrative. But most of all she writes about discovering God for herself. It is a treasure and a gift to the rest of us.
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- Kirk
- 04-12-24
Raw & Healing
I can’t express how helpful and healing this book was for my soul. A must read, especially in better understanding how IFS can be used in your own story.
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- Michelle E
- 06-21-24
I loved this book!
This memoir is an honest and authentic account of Natalie’s life journey. She is funny and relatable. I also really enjoyed her presentation of the book as she narrates her own story. I felt like I was having coffee with a friend who has walked a similar journey.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-24-24
You will want to binge listen to this book!
Natalie Hoffman is such a great storyteller and writer. I felt like I was right there with her, able to feel how she felt. Her story is relatable, and it helped make me feel like I’m not alone. She is transparent and her experience is so human. Thanks for pouring your heart out and sharing your story, the good, bad, and the ugly. It gives me hope for my journey. Also, you won’t be able to stop listening to this audiobook!!
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-14-24
Making Sense of our Experiences
This book helps us leave space for all the different emotions we experience when living in unhealthy relationships. It’s entertaining and relatable. I found that it expertly provides examples for how to learn how to self-parent and self-love through all of our life experiences. And in doing this, it also points see much more clearly the loving relationship that Jesus wants with us.
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- Annie Couch
- 02-29-24
Someone understand my pain & confusion!
Natalie has a gift of painting a picture of what many of us have lived through but could never articulate! Finally, an empathetic witness! I am not alone! I am heard! Thank you for your bravery in representing all of us on the path & Flying Free!
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- April Wright
- 02-29-24
Amazing
I love how Natalie reads the book in her kid voice and adult voice and the changes. Natalie did well in this memoir I’ve been listening and relating how churches sometimes have toxic teachings instilled on their members and the kids as well. I grew up in a strict church environment and this book has been a blessing shows what I went through at a young age.
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- Sarah
- 05-03-24
A story of pain, healing, and freedom
This is a beautiful, heartbreaking story that I could connect with. There are sad, difficult moments but in the end, love wins! if you grew up in church, and now are facing a life that didn't add up like you thought it should, were told it would, this book may be for you.
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- Tina M. Wood
- 02-29-24
Vulnerable & Thoughtful
I loved hearing Natalie share her story! I laughed and cried right along with her as she recounted the transformative events of her life. I am so thankful that she was brave enough to write this book!
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- Julia
- 02-27-24
Evangelical Rachel Bloom, riveting read!
I was directed to this book by neurodivergent people. I read along, gobsmacked and completely sucked in, while wondering why this was somehow related to developmental disabilities and neurodiversity. Well, it paid back every recommendation and then some. Like a Stephen King novel, it's a slow burn and set up, then the dominoes fall into place.
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