Burning Butterflies

Melissa Anne & Amanda Turnbull

Two women share their story of escaping spiritual abuse and toxicity while finding hope in Christ!

  1. 12/25/2025

    The Finale

    Chapter 7, Episode 19 The series finale!

    19 min

  2. 12/19/2025

    Free At Last! Free At Last! Melissa Is Free At Last!

    Chapter 7, Episode 18 We've brought you full circle in the podcast to where we began, but there's one last story we need to tell. Throughout this podcast we have hinted at the fact that Melissa is divorced from Froggy, but we've never told the story of the divorce. And in true Burning Butterflies fashion, it's a doozy!

    42 min

  3. 12/12/2025

    Full Circle: Back To Where We First Started Our Story

    Chapter 7, Episode 17 Well, we have come full circle! We're bringing you right back to where we started this story - with Melissa and Amanda sitting in a hotel room, taking an online quiz, looking at each other in stunned disbelief and the phrase "Holy shit, we were in a cult!" being uttered!

    41 min

  4. 12/05/2025

    Deconstruction and Confidence Are Fanned Into Flames

    Our ladies have all left the church and are all on their healing and deconstruction journeys. But an accident from the past comes back to haunt Tom and leads to a lawsuit, affidavits and depositions. But this time, a few of the people being asked the hard questions are no longer drinking the koolaid!  Burning Butterflies is a listener supported podcast. Please check out our Patreon to learn more about how you too can support what we are doing! Please help us share our story with others! Follow us on FB, Insta or TikTok. Subscribe so you won't miss new episodes and don't forget to leave us a rating!

    36 min

  5. 11/28/2025

    You Girls Morphs Into Jezebels: Let The Shit Talking Begin

    Chapter 7, Episode 15 What happens when Brandi decides to leave the church? Well in true Come As You Are Fashion, it involves a ton of gaslighting and narrative shifting! How did we go from Brandi is amazing and we're throwing her a going away party and giving her an envelope full of cash to she's awful and we are not to talk about her ever again to Brandi receiving a phone call from the person who took her place at Come As You Are? Buckle up, because boy oh boy does this episode have some twists and turns! Burning Butterflies is a listener supported podcast. Please check out our Patreon to learn more about how you too can support what we are doing! Please help us share our story with others! Follow us on FB, Insta or TikTok. Subscribe so you won't miss new episodes and don't forget to leave us a rating!

    57 min

  6. 11/21/2025

    Ding Dong, Froggy's Gone!

    Chapter 7, Episode 14 TW: abuse, DV, threatening murder For nine years, Melissa has tried her very best to be the wife that God is calling her to be; even through Froggy's abuse, anger and addiction. So what was the straw that broke this camel's back and finally rid Melissa from his reign of terror?  This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence. If that is too much for you, please skip this episode and just know Froggy finally left Melissa's house.  You will also hear a cameo from Melissa's dogs in the background. If you follow us on Patreon, you know that every time Melissa talks about Froggy, her dogs have big opinions. Today is not any different.  Burning Butterflies is a listener supported podcast. Please check out our Patreon to learn more about how you too can support what we are doing! Please help us share our story with others! Follow us on FB, Insta or TikTok. Subscribe so you won't miss new episodes and don't forget to leave us a rating!

    1h 33m

  7. 11/14/2025

    The Edgy Problem Children vs The Prim and Propper

    Chapter 7, Episode 13 Melissa is one of the main leaders of women's retreat, giving the inspiration for the theme for the year. But little did she know that not only would this all go down the drain, but this would be her last experience with women's retreat ever.  Burning Butterflies is a listener supported podcast. Please check out our Patreon to learn more about how you too can support what we are doing! Please help us share our story with others! Follow us on FB, Insta or TikTok. Subscribe so you won't miss new episodes and don't forget to leave us a rating!

    41 min

  8. 11/07/2025

    Finding Our Voices: So This Is What Confidence Feels Like

    Chapter 7, Episode 12 Amanda is pushed over the edge and finally comes to the realization that Tom was lying about Barry the entire time. Meanwhile, Melissa finds the confidence within herself to push back against Froggy's controlling nature.  Burning Butterflies is a listener supported podcast. Please check out our Patreon to learn more about how you too can support what we are doing! Please help us share our story with others! Follow us on FB, Insta or TikTok. Subscribe so you won't miss new episodes and don't forget to leave us a rating!

    34 min
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Two women share their story of escaping spiritual abuse and toxicity while finding hope in Christ!

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  • Creator
    Melissa Anne & Amanda Turnbull
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    99
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Burning Butterflies
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