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FreedHearts — Religion & Spirituality
FreedHearts

Freeing hearts to love and be loved! Love. Inclusion. Affirmation. Susan Cottrell is the Mom of two LGBTQ+ children; the founder of FreedHearts; an international speaker with a viral TEDx talk; a pastor and theologian; an acclaimed author; and a fierce advocate and ally. In her unique tender, relatable style, Susan is a prominent voice of unconditional love and lavish inclusion. Powerful, authentic, and relevant in today’s society, Susan has a lot to say. The Advocate calls her their “Favorite Affirming Matriarch.” OutSmart magazine calls her “The Mother of all MamaBears!” Reverend Ashley Harness from Auburn Seminary says, “Susan has this fierce, loving, don’t mess with me, Mom vibe.” If you have been excluded, or if someone close to you has been excluded because of who they are or who they love – or maybe you have been the one doing the excluding – the FreedHearts podcast is for you. Join Susan, along with her husband Rob, on the journey. You are not alone. Welcome home!

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Latest Episodes:

Can I Make Myself Happy AND Others?? Apr 06, 2022

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Sometimes we feel like if we take care of ourselves, focus on ourselves, love ourselves – it means that we are NOT doing that for others. Wrong!
But, we often feel guilty for taking care of ourselves. So we don’t! It can even make us resent serving others, especially compared to false expectations placed on us.
So, we want to talk today about if we can please ourselves AND please others.

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We Answer the Pastor’s “Unanswerable” Trick Questions! Mar 30, 2022

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Every day via email, social media, comments we get questions from non-affirming Christians that are supposed to stop us in our tracks. Stump us. Be unanswerable.
Recently, someone shared two questions from their pastor. Did they stump us? Nah. Are they unanswerable? Nope.
Does this sounds familiar?? Religious leaders approached Jesus with questions they thought would undo all his teaching – but what it really did was reveal their heart and focus.
Let’s do this!

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What Do We Do About Church?? Mar 23, 2022

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Many of you came out of the church - out of nonaffirming religion. The evangelical church, denominations.
And many of you are now deconstructing your faith. Discovering what the Bible does and does not say about a lot of things including LGBTQ. God has gotten bigger. The universe, spirit has gotten more personal. It is beautiful! As we have said: When we open the box we have God in, all heaven breaks loose.
But now what? Especially… What do we do about church??

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When Parents Disagree About Their LGBTQ+ Child Mar 09, 2022

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What do you do when you and your spouse disagree about your LGBTQ+ child?
This is such a tough situation because the issues that divide are often deeply-held beliefs. You know the ones.
I am pretty sure it has cost you relationships – but what happens the relationship at stake is your marriage?
Big, difficult, scary. Yeah.
A special, important episode.

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Changing the Minds of NonAffirming Christians Mar 02, 2022

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What does and does not work when talking to non-affirming evangelical Christians?
It can certainly be tough and frustrating.
We are dealing with patriarchal, moral-majority driven false teaching. All taught with God’s name attached to it – and grave consequences if you don’t just fall in line.
But we, like a growing number of people, were surprised when we opened that box we had God in.
In this episode, we will talk about how we can change the hearts and minds of non-affirming Christians.

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Answers to Three Big Tough Questions Feb 23, 2022

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We visit the FreedHearts Inbox and answer three tough questions that affirming people often wrestle with.
We are gaslighted with these. Manipulated. But they are false at their very core and they DO have answers that bring us peace and clarity.
In this episode, we talk about these three questions you have certainly heard and may have yourself… and we answer them!

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When an Apology is Not Enough Feb 16, 2022

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We hear from so many people who have been deeply wounded by parents, by family, by friends, by those in the church who claim to speak with God’s voice.
Deep wounds. Physical, spiritual, emotional.
Sometimes there is an apology from the person who did the wounding, but sometimes that is just not enough. Does an apology mean we have to reconcile?? Absolutely not!
We’re often made to feel guilty—but we know that sometimes, an apology is just not enough.

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What is Effective Selfcare? Feb 02, 2022

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Selfcare is so important, now more than ever.
A listener wrote us about being triggered by something and going into a full blown panic attack. Scary. Things like that, and even the rapid pace of deconstruction, can cause a lot of stress. And we often forget to take care of ourselves.
So, in this episode, we want to talk about what effective selfcare looks like.
Beloved, you deserve it!

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My Transgender Child: A Mother's Story Jan 26, 2022

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In this very special episode, we’re going to share something that came from the mom of a transgender daughter. (With her permission, of course.)
She wrote it to share with her pastor, with anyone, who is trying to sort out transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary—trying to understand what that community, and their families, go through.
This is an incredibly powerful story.
It is beautifully written and conveys so well the heart of what it is to parent a transgender child.

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Don’t Deny the Beauty of Being Transgender Jan 19, 2022

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Our transgender children and family members and friends are beautiful. And beloved. Living their authentic lives.

What an amazing truth. Amazing stories. Amazing beauty.

False teachings, binary thinking, denial can cause us to miss it all – and cause great harm to those we love.
Don’t deny the beauty of being transgender!

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