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FreedHearts — 222 episodes

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The absolute truth about how God sees you: Religion is wrong, you are NOT broken.

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5 Things You Can Do to Help LGBTQ+ People Right Now

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We are NOT the Resistance. We are the River!

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Breaking Free from the Approval of Others

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Loving Queer Kids in a Hostile World

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When “Just Disagreeing” Becomes Dangerous

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Valentine’s Day Isn’t for Everyone — And That’s Okay

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The Myth of "Traditional Marriage" and The "Perfect" Family

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The Myth of “Traditional” Values

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The State of LGBTQ Lives: Where We Are, What’s Coming, and How We Love Forward in 2026

11

Do Christians know it's Christmastime at all?

12

Christmas Lemon Trees & Blackberries

13

Jesus, the Stand-Up Comedian!

14

Transgender Day of Remembrance

15

What the Bible Does & Does Not Say About Transgender People

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How Anti-Transgender Rhetoric Harms Everyone

17

Is God Really Alfred Hitchcock??

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Are Christians Following Paul Instead of Jesus?

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Why Christians Don't Have to Be Afraid to Support LGBTQ

20

Is National Coming Out Day Different This Year?

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Fortifying Ourselves in Challenging Times

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If We Can’t Save the World, What Can We Do?

23

Our 200th Episode! Fears of the Next Generation. A Special Visit with our Asher!

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Affirmations. Do They Really Work?

25

Simply Put: The Bible Does NOT Condemn Homosexuality!

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Changing the Minds of NonAffirming Christians

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"Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin??" We're Calling Bullsh*t!

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One of the deadliest teachings in all of humanity!

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Take Your Power Back!

30

How to Spot Fake News & Misinformation

31

Hypnotherapy: The Gift of a New Narrative

32

Selfcare. Staying Positive In Times Like These

33

How Do We Save America?

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For Dads of LGBTQ+ Children – A Special Episode

35

PRIDE! It's a Celebration, Not a Sin

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Evaluating Safety

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To Christian Parents of LGBTQ+ Children

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What Is This Mom Supposed To Do?

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Moms, You Are Not a Disappointment!

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My Transgender Child: A Mother's Tender Story

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Don’t You Dare Deny the Beauty of Being Transgender!

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How the Bible AFFIRMS Transgender & Nonbinary People!

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It's Okay to Hold a Grudge!

44

The UnChristian Jesus & The UnChristlike Church!

45

Why Posting on Social Media Might Not Change Things

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Can We Be Certain About Our Beliefs?

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Triage the Chaos So We Can Be Prepared & Effective

48

Responding to All This Gaslighting

49

How Not to be Overwhelmed!

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Can You Uninvite People to Your Wedding & Special Event?

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The Myth & Dangers of Christian "Accountability"

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Freedom From Self-Judgment

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Hell: The Deadliest Teaching in History!

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The Gift of Fear!

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You Deserve to Be Believed About Who You Are

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Why We Are Not Wrong About Transgender People!

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Why Are My Kids So Mad at Me?

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Well Beloved, Now What??

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In Times Like These... Caring for Ourselves and Those We Love

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Queer Wisdom: What Queer Culture Teaches That Straight Culture Doesn't

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Unleash Your Inner Champion

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You Don't Owe Non-Supportive People Anything!

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Strike a Pose and Light Your Inner Spark!

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Healing with the Arts!

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30 Freeing Things We Did After We Deconstructed!

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So, What Do We Do with the Bible?? Part II

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So, What Do We Do with the Bible?? Part I

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What Do We Do With All This Hate?

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Does the Church Actually Teach us to Hate God??

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Does the Church Actually Teach us to Hate Ourselves?

71

Having Fun with SLOTH and GLUTTONY!

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Yikes! What About ENVY and WRATH?

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Oh Baby… Let’s Talk All About LUST!

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GREED: Is There an Upside??

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PRIDE: It’s a Celebration, Not a Sin!

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Have We Totally Misunderstood What “Repent” Means??

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Humanity’s Fallen and It Can’t Get Up… NOT!

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Beloved, You Have an All Access Pass

79

The Church Has Trapped You and Sealed the Exits

80

Contempt for Our Free Will & For Our Children

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Contempt for God's Love, Joy, Freedom

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How Gender Plays Out in Real Life

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God’s Gender Reveal!!

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The Teaching of Contempt – The Absolute Core of Our Problems

85

It’s Bible Story Time! Does This Sound Absurd to You??

86

Freedom from Lies the Church Tells About You & About God!

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Deconstructing the Prodigal: It's NOT About What You Think

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The Prodigal Transgender Daughter: This Changes Everything!

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If I Deconstruct, Will I Lose Who I Am?

90

Why Parents Must AFFIRM Their LGBTQ+ Children

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Family Issues Are NOT Your Fault!

92

New Year's Revolutions Instead of Resolutions!

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How Do I Really Know If I'm Right About LGBTQ+?

94

A Gift from Susan: A Story About You from Mother God

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A Christmas for the Rest of Us. Holidays After Deconstructing.

96

Holidays or Helladays? When you can’t, or don’t want to go home.

97

Infuriating Family Fanatics! Just in Time for the Holidays.

98

Are Anti-LGBTQ Christians Real People or Just Bots?!?

99

Changing Family Definitons and Expecations

100

Getting Out of the Christian Labyrinth

101

You Don't Need Anyone's Approval!

102

You Don't Need to Defend Yourself or Your Beliefs!

103

Been Told You’re "Cherry Picking?" Go Right Ahead!

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"Go and Sin No More?" What a Lie!

105

There is Nothing Wrong With You!

106

Kids ARE Being Groomed, but Not How You've Been Told

107

Declutter Your Home, Declutter Your Beliefs!

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"Well, why can't I marry my dog??" Let's talk consent!

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Is Being WOKE Really a Bad Thing?

110

10 Religious Rules that Every Person Should Break!

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Are We Afraid of a Pretend God?

112

10 Sneaky Things Christians Say About LGBTQ+ (and What They Really Mean!)

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The Truth That REALLY Sets Us Free!

114

Answers to 4 Scary Questions That Non-Affirming Christians Ask

115

Are We Just Taking the Easy Way Out?

116

Getting the Harmful Religious Crap Out of Our Heads

117

Yeah, I'm All Good... Save Your Own Heart!

118

Just How Sick Has Toxic Religion Made Us?

119

Did the Devil Really Make Me Do It??

120

A Parent's Desire to Change Their Children

121

If We Have Free Will, Can't We Choose NOT To Be Gay??

122

Why Supporting the Trans Community is So Important!

123

100th Episode: Our Daughter-Saint Sinner-LIVE!

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Can We "Find God Again" After Deconstructing?

125

The Church is Broken and Can't Fix Itself

126

8 Ways the Pop-Christian Gospel Damages Children

127

A Parent's Crushing Regret

128

God is Not Mad at You and Never Has Been!

129

Jesus is the Biggest Threat to Christianity!

130

An Open Letter to Family Who Reject Me.

131

He, She, They Talk All About Pronouns!

132

A Drag Queen Preacher!? Oh yes! :)

133

The Word 'Homosexual' Was NEVER in the Bible!

134

Where Does Feeling Miserable Come From?

135

Church, what the hell did you expect me to do?

136

10 Things to STOP Doing. It Could Change Everything!

137

Is My Opinion Invalid Because My Child is LGBTQ+??

138

What People Say When You Start Deconstructing!

139

You Can’t Stop Me Lovin' Myself!

140

One of the Biggest Lies You Will Ever Hear in Church

141

Hurting & Hope: A Letter from a Transgender Friend

142

Religious Liberties Are Not Even Biblical!

143

For Dads of LGBTQ+ Children – A Very Special Episode

144

When Your Child Condemns You For Being Gay

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When an Affirming Parent Defends Their LGBTQ+ Child

146

Have You Had It With Church?

147

One of the Deadliest Teachings in All of Humanity

148

5 Ways Parents Can Avoid Gender Stereotypes for Kids

149

What Do We Do With All This Divisiveness?

150

When People Don’t Even See The Damage They Do

151

Simply Put: The Bible Does NOT Condemn Homosexuality!

152

Should We Be Scared to Deconstruct Our Faith?

153

What Do We Do With Harry Potter?!?

154

Honoring Our Bodies. Honoring Our Truth.

155

Are We More Codependent Than We Think?

156

Are We Normalizing the Absurd?!?

157

What the Intersex Community Wishes You Knew!

158

What Does God REALLY Think of Me?

159

How Can We Tell If a Relationship is Safe?

160

How Religion is Like the IRS!

161

Can I Make Myself Happy AND Others??

162

We Answer the Pastor’s “Unanswerable” Trick Questions!

163

What Do We Do About Church??

164

When Parents Disagree About Their LGBTQ+ Child

165

Changing the Minds of NonAffirming Christians

166

Answers to Three Big Tough Questions

167

When an Apology is Not Enough

168

What is Effective Selfcare?

169

My Transgender Child: A Mother's Story

170

Don’t Deny the Beauty of Being Transgender

171

How the Bible AFFIRMS Trans & Nonbinary People

172

What is a Cult, and Have We Been Part of One??

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Is This Still My Family??

174

7 Reasons Christians Should be Afraid NOT to Affirm LGBTQ+

175

Christian Guilt Below the Belt

176

Are Religious Liberties UnBiblical?

177

Christian Gaslighting Against LGBTQ+

178

Your Questions from the FreedHearts Inbox!

179

A Love Letter to My Non-Affirming Christian Friend

180

Do You Hesitate Calling Yourself Christian? The UnChristlike Christian Church

181

A Christian Gut-Check! Are You Doing What Jesus Said?

182

What if You’re Wrong about LGBTQ+? How to Know for Sure!

183

The Dangers of Required Celibacy

184

Conversion Therapy's Big Lie & Dangerous Secret!

185

“Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin??“ We're Calling Bullsh*t!

186

Simone Biles, Mental Health, and Armchair Critics

187

How Do We Deal With Abusive People?

188

The Perils of Paul: Bondage or Freedom?

189

Being the Dad of an LGBTQ+ Child!

190

What About Anti-Gay Religious Leaders?

191

The Deconstruction Journey: What About Sin?

192

Love That Feels Like Love!

193

Dealing with Dysfunctional Family Rejection

194

Broken Family: The Cost to Our LGBTQ+ Kids

195

Broken Family: The Cost to Us As Parents

196

Our Keys to a Happy Relationship: 33 Years & Counting

197

Let’s Talk Sex! Patriarchy, Misogyny & the Church

198

How To Know if Your Church is Spiritually Abusive

199

What Does it Really Mean to Deconstruct My Faith?

200

The Enemy Within: Internalized Queerphobia

201

Freedom from Fight or Flight

202

Top 5 Questions from Parents of LGBTQ Children

203

In a Deconstructing Faith, What About the Bible?

204

Christian Myth Busters: My 7 Biggest Shockers

205

Responding to the Teaching of Contempt in Our Own Lives

206

A Love Letter to the Past and Future You!

207

Don't Waste Time Explaining Yourself!

208

Susan's Story: Heart-Breaking Loss to Heart-Freeing Love

209

Jesus and the Church: What's the Difference??

210

Life Without Breasts: A Discussion of Femininity

211

A Christmas for the Rest of Us

212

False Teachings that Steal Our Love

213

Answering Your Questions!

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What happens when your faith starts to change?

215

Holidays or Helladays? When you can’t, or don’t want to go home.

216

Infuriating Family Fanatics! Love in the midst of hurt.

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A Love Letter... to Ourselves!

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Stressed? Afraid? Angry? Powerful & profoundly simple ways to help.

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If it’s all we need, what IS love? And what is it NOT?

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One of the deadliest teachings in all of humanity.

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From evangelical leaders to affirming parents & fierce advocates. The journey of deconstructing your faith.

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So it begins! Who we are & and why we’re doing a podcast.