Mormon Stories Podcast

Join Margi, John, and Carah as we discuss different approaches to telling loved ones about your loss of faith. Please share questions, lessons you've learned, and suggestions in the comments below. This episode is part of our new "Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis" project on Mormon Stories Podcast, where we will share tips and tricks for navigating, healing, and growth after a Mormon faith crisis. If you would like to see this sort of content continue, please become a monthly donor to the project. Show Notes: Faith Crisis Resources Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis Conscious Parenting The Holistic Psychologist Beauty in the Now website Leah and Cody Young renegotiate their marriage "contract" after a faith crisis Books by Esther Perel  “From Fear Into Joy,” Leah, Cody, and Brinley Young on Mormon Stories “A Teen’s Perspective on Faith Transition,” Brinley Young on Mormon Stories “The Excommunication of Leah and Cody Young,” on Mormon Stories “A Tribute to Leah, Cody, and Brinley Young After Their Excommunication from the Mormon Church,” on Mormon Stories John Dehlin's TED Talk "The Ally Within": Street Epistemology ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord   Contact Us! *MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117

Join Margi, John, and Carah as we discuss different approaches to telling loved ones about your loss of faith. Please share questions, lessons you've learned, and suggestions in the comments below. This episode is part of our new "Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis" project on Mormon Stories Podcast, where we will share tips and tricks for navigating, healing, and growth after a Mormon faith crisis. If you would like to see this sort of content continue, please become a monthly donor to the project. Show Notes: Faith Crisis Resources Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis Conscious Parenting The Holistic Psychologist Beauty in the Now website Leah and Cody Young renegotiate their marriage "contract" after a faith crisis Books by Esther Perel  “From Fear Into Joy,” Leah, Cody, and Brinley Young on Mormon Stories “A Teen’s Perspective on Faith Transition,” Brinley Young on Mormon Stories “The Excommunication of Leah and Cody Young,” on Mormon Stories “A Tribute to Leah, Cody, and Brinley Young After Their Excommunication from the Mormon Church,” on Mormon Stories John Dehlin's TED Talk "The Ally Within": Street Epistemology ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord   Contact Us! *MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117

Join Margi, John, and Carah as we discuss different approaches to telling loved ones about your loss of faith. Please share questions, lessons you've learned, and suggestions in the comments below. This episode is part of our new "Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis" project on Mormon Stories Podcast, where we will share tips and tricks for navigating, healing, and growth after a Mormon faith crisis. If you would like to see this sort of content continue, please become a monthly donor to the project. Show Notes: Faith Crisis Resources Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis Conscious Parenting The Holistic Psychologist Beauty in the Now website Leah and Cody Young renegotiate their marriage "contract" after a faith crisis Books by Esther Perel  “From Fear Into Joy,” Leah, Cody, and Brinley Young on Mormon Stories “A Teen’s Perspective on Faith Transition,” Brinley Young on Mormon Stories “The Excommunication of Leah and Cody Young,” on Mormon Stories “A Tribute to Leah, Cody, and Brinley Young After Their Excommunication from the Mormon Church,” on Mormon Stories John Dehlin's TED Talk "The Ally Within": Street Epistemology ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord   Contact Us! *MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117

Are you looking for friends and community after leaving Mormonism or organized religion? The THRIVE initiative seeks to do just that - provide events, content, and community for people leaving Mormonism and/or organized religion. Prior to the COVID outbreak, considerable momentum was made with THRIVE in the organizing of events for post-Mormons, and in the formation of live, face-to-face communities. THRIVE leaders Jeni and Clint Martin are now excited to announce several new exciting THRIVE initiatives which include: - A revamped website with new functionality. - A THRIVE events calendar to keep you informed of upcoming events. - Instructions for how you can organize your own THRIVE events. - An "in -person community locator" to help you find a local, face-to-face support communities, and - Instructions for creating your own face-to-face community if one doesn't exist in your area. We will also discuss future plans for THRIVE. _________________ THRIVE WEBSITE: https://www.thrivebeyondreligion.com/ Online groups/resources: WACA (Women of a Certain Age) Faith Journey Meetups fb group Ex Mormon Reddit Mormon Stories facebook group Mormon Enlightenment facebook group Mormon Spectrum Faith Crisis Resources: https://www.mormonstories.org/faith-crisis-resources/ Natasha’s events https://www.symmetrysols.com/events _________________

In our final segment with Laura Schnell, she describes her faith deconstruction, responds to criticisms, and expresses the immense beauty she’s found rediscovering her own voice as a post-Mormon woman. Show notes and links: Laura’s Instagram “Why the Church is as True as the Gospel” Eugene England “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion” Gregory Boyle “Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype” Clarissa Pinkola Estés “Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage To Stand Alone” Brené Brown

When we left off with Laura Shnell at the end of part one, Laura had decided to pursue a career in the LDS Church Education System as a seminary teacher. In this episode, we hear her describe the inappropriate interactions from her mentor, the great lengths Laura went to for her Spanish speaking seminary students, and the sexism she faced as a woman working for CES. Show notes and links: Laura’s Instagram LDS church’s Gospel Topics Essays The Charted Course of the Church in Education

In part one of this exciting three part interview, Colombian immigrant and former Mormon seminary teacher, Laura Schnell, shares her very unique Mormon story. Laura left South America with her mother and sister in the 90s to Queens, New York, and remembers her time in their small Spanish speaking LDS branch with fondness. In this episode, she discusses her step-dad joining the family, her time in India with BYU’s International Development Program, and the road she took to choosing a career in the Church Educational System and meeting a friend of the podcast, Marc Oslund.  Show notes and links:  Laura’s Instagram Godly Sorrow video Latter-day Labia Pioneers in Petticoats ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50

Show Notes: Simon Southerton on evidence of LDS membership decline and the Church covering it up John Larsen’s Mormon Expressions The Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis "The Biggest Lie About the Mormon Church, by Jacob Hess, Meridian Magazine, Sept. 8, 2021 Mormon Stories' response to Jacob Hess Part 1 Part 2 Secular Buddhism podcast Cwic Media Mormon Stories' panel, Finding Spirituality After Mormonism Communicating with Believing Family and Friends Communicating with the Church Leadership, Ward Members, and Neighbors During and After a Mormon Faith Crisis Communicating with Children During a Faith Transition Recording of 2019 Thrive Retreat Mormon Stories' interview with polygamist Anne Wilde Mormon Stories interview with Lance Allread, grandson of a polygamous leader Mormon Stories interview with Luna Corbden on mind control in the Mormon Church Lindsay Hansen Park's podcast Year of Polygamy Radio Free Mormon Mormonism Live with Radio Free Mormon and Bill Reel  Marriage on a Tightrope with Allan and Kattie Mount Thinker of Thoughts by Jonathan Streeter  Dan McClellan's TikTok channel Chelsea Homer's Faith Journey Meetups (private group; apply to join) Kim Sandberg Turner's Women of a Certain Age (send her a private message on Facebook for more info) ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord   Contact Us! *MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117

Have you ever found yourself reacting in unhelpful ways to the distress that accompanies a religious faith crisis (or life in general)? Margi Dehlin has spent two decades supporting and/or coaching Mormons in faith crisis, post-Mormons, and women experiencing significant life transitions. As part of a new series on Mormon Stories Podcast providing free coaching support to transitioning and post-Mormons, Margi will share her general approach to managing the emotional distress that often accompanies a religious faith crisis. Her framework will be based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which is a cutting-edge form of mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Show Notes: Donate to "The Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis" Podcast Calm App ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 —————

In April of 2019 Brigham Young University valedictorian Matt Easton came out as a faithful gay Mormon during his valedictorian address, which was pre-approved by the LDS Church. Matt's speech received very positive national media attention, including an appearance on the Ellen Show. Matt is currently attending U.C. Berkeley as a Political Science Ph.D. student. Last week, Mormon apostle Jeffrey R. Holland publicly "called out" Matt Easton, accusing him of "commandeering" the 2019 graduation ceremony. His exact words were: "If a student commandeers a graduation podium intended to represent everyone getting diplomas in order to announce his personal sexual orientation, what might another speaker feel free to announce the next year until eventually anything goes? What might commencement come to mean — or not mean — if we push individual license over institutional dignity for very long? Do we simply end up with more divisiveness in our culture than we already have? And we already have too much everywhere." Please join us on August 29, 2021 at 1:30pm Utah time as Matt Easton shares with us his Mormon story, and responds to Elder Holland's irresponsible attacks. Show Notes: Matt Easton's Valedictorian address. Matt's appearance on Ellen. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's BYU Speech attacking Matt ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 —————