Today I recorded an episode that hopefully you can feel safe sharing with your believing family and friends or at least take away some thoughts or ideas about how you could approach the subject of your changing beliefs if you need to have those conversations. So much of the heartache […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 031-Post Mormon Parenting with Rachel
Today I got to sit down with Rachel from Post Mormon Parenting and talk about all things parenting and how to navigate this space after leaving the church. Rachel is so wise and knowledgeable about this topic and really helped me to learn some new ways of going about this […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 030- Feel All the Feelings
Today I just jumped on totally unplanned to talk through a wave of emotions I had come up for me. This happens from time to time and I feel a bunch of grief for everything I lost in my faith crisis, mostly relationships that have changed and will never be […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 029- Mixed-Faith Marriage with Kattie Mount!
Today I had the amazing opportunity to interview the wonderful Kattie Mount from Marriage on a Tightrope! I think she is doing just incredible work and I really wanted her to be able to share her thoughts and experiences with us about navigating a mixed-faith marriage. Come listen to our […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 028- Current Events and Tangents
Today I share some of the top news stories involving Mormonism from this week. It’s a deep dive into The Church’s deceptive financial dealings in Australia as well as good news from David Archuleta! No he’s not on my podcast, I wish! But he shared some news this week about […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 027- Confessions of a Mormon Asshole
Today I sit down with “Nancy” and confess our worst regrets in the church. We had a great time just talking and laughing about all the stupid things we said and did in the church. Laughter is the best medicine. Sometimes if I don’t laugh about something I’ll cry and […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 026: Random Ramblings
Just an update on life and some of my random ramblings. Life is good. The podcast is good. Just took a few weeks off and starting back feels good! Looking for feedback, ideas, questions, concerns, opinions and more. And sending love to all of my listeners, thank you for listening!
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Dissident Daughters Episode 025- Patriarchal Blessings
Today I sit down with Jezebel again and discuss our patriarchal blessings. Are they inspired words from God? Do they tell us the future? Do they help us know what God wants for us? Or are they just a weird tradition that sets us up for anxiety and despair? Do […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 024: The Power of Apologies
Today I talk about reflecting on past harms that we may have caused as Mormons (for me that means evaluating my parenting and mistakes I made in that realm). But also learning how to give and receive apologies when that was never modeled to us in a healthy way. The […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 023- Change is the Only Constant
Today’s episode is all about change, the good, the bad and the ugly. The fact that we’ve gone through such a significant change in our beliefs also means that our very lives change significantly. And if you’re anything like me, those changes have been hard but good. And when you […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 022: Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain
I’m talking today about the church’s attempts at distracting us when we find out negative information about them. They love to pretend to be something they are not. They are actually quite good at deception. They have no actual revelation to speak of so they make stupid changes to things […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 021: Sexual Abuse and the Mormon Church
Today I sit down with Rhoda again and we talk about the Associated Press article that came out recently about a sexual abuse case that the Mormon church did not respond to appropriately which caused incredible suffering to multiple children. This case in horrendous and inexcusable in my opinion and […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 020: Life Coaching with Amy Logan
Today I got the opportunity to interview my very favorite ex-mormon life coach! Amy Logan is the creator of the podcast Exmormonology and a Life Coach here to talk to us about how to rewire our brains after a faith crisis! She has personally coached me in my deconstructing mormonism […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 019: Interview with Nancy
In this episode you get to meet my new friend Nancy. Nancy has a beautiful Mormon story that I think so many of us can relate to. We’re diving into temple trauma, addiction, the patriarchy, LGBTQ issues and faith crisis. AND, we’re talking about how she found light and source […]
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Dissident Daughters Episode 018-Interviewing Rhoda
Imagine finding out as a thirty something adult that your parent was gay and your whole world comes crashing down. That’s what happened to my guest “Rhoda” and she tells her story of growing up in a strict Mormon household where she got all her validation from living the gospel […]