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 […]
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Dissident Daughters: 017: Body Image
Today we talk about our bodies and how we learn to feel and think about them. I’ve done a lot of thought work around my body and how I feel about it. The church taught us that our bodies were for the purpose of bringing other bodies to earth and […]
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Dissident Daughters: 016: Rant of a Social Justice Warrior
There are so many issues and problems in the world today. There are so many reasons to feel lots of big feelings and want to do something about it. In this episode you’ll see I’m verbally flushing out some of my big feelings and trying to make sense of a […]
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Dissident Daughters: 015: Purity Culture and the Patriarchy
Today I sat down with my oldest daughter “Korihor” and talk about her experiences with purity culture and the shame that accompanies the teachings of modesty. All of these teachings stem from patriarchy and it’s harming girls and boys from young ages and we need to do better!
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Dissident Daughters: 014: Happy Pride!
Today I sit down with my daughter Jezabel again and talk about attending pride in Salt Lake City for the first time! We talk about the struggles of coming out as gay in Utah and as a Mormon. We talk about the harm the LDS church causes our LGBTQ brothers […]
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Dissident Daughters: 013: Flying Solo
Today I’m flying solo and sharing some of my thoughts about discussing faith crisis with family and friends. Do you need help figuring out how to walk this tightrope? Do you want to feel validated and heard instead of dismissed and blown off? This is a really difficult part of […]
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Dissident Daughters: 012: Interview with “Adam”
In this episode Ada sits down with her son “Adam” and he gets the chance to tell his story of growing up in the church, recognizing the social toxicity, separating from the church and the strain that put on his relationship with parents and siblings. We talk about pornography and […]
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Dissident Daughters: 011: Interviewing Jezebel
In this episode “Ada” interviews her daughter “Jezebel” to find out more about her faith journey and her experience coming out as gay while being a believing mormon. This is a great conversation between mother and daughter on finding ourselves, traversing a faith crisis and finding joy and love in […]