Today I do a deep dive into all the stories of my life. This is part 1 so it’s of my growing up years, family life, friends, dating, figuring myself out etc. I had kind of 2 parts of my life, first 10 years which consisted of moving at least […]
Dissident Daughters Episode 035- The Truth About The Lamanites
You know that little teaching in the Book of Mormon that says that Lehi’s family came over here from Jerusalem and the wicked brothers Laman and Lemuel ended up being cursed with a skin of blackness because of their wickedness? And then Joseph Smith taught that the Native Americans were […]
Dissident Daughters Episode 034: Welcome Back and Happy New Year!
This is my first episode of the new year and I wanted to talk about my feelings about new years resolutions as well as reflect on the past year. If you feel icky about new years resolutions and the idea of always striving to be perfect this is your episode! […]
Dissident Daughters Episode 033: What I Actually Want to Say (Uncensored Version)
This is my uncensored thoughts when thinking about what I want to say to my Mormon family and friends. In the last episode number 32 I tried to create a safe episode to be able to be shared with Mormon family and friends but I finished that project and felt […]
Dissident Daughters Episode 032- What I Wish I Could Tell My Believing Family and Friends
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]