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 […]
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Dissident Daughters: 010: Top 10’s and Thank you’s
This is the last of our 10 part series and we talk about the top 10 things wrong in the church and have some thank you notes for the church as well. We are so grateful for this opportunity to do this series and hope to be able to make […]
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Dissident Daughters: 009: Perfection and Addiction
In this episode Esther shares her struggles with addiction brought on by the need to be perfect. After hitting rock bottom she was finally able to untangle how the church had contributed to her obsession to be perfect and how detrimental that was to her physical and mental health. TW: […]
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Dissident Daughters: 008: Learning to Trust Ourselves
The church taught us not to listen to our own knowing but to trust the leaders, follow their directions. So when we left the church we had to learn how to listen to our own knowing instead of subverting our power to the patriarchy of the church. It’s difficult but […]
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Dissident Daughters: 007: Heavenly Mother
In Mormon theology Heavenly Mother exists, but like the LDS women whose destiny she represents, she has no authority. We are told that we shouldn’t pray to her or put too much emphasis on her. She is hidden from us. But we need our Mother God! In this episode we […]
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Dissident Daughters: 006: LGBTQ rights and the Mormon Church
The church has fought against LGBTQ rights for at least the last 30 years. Getting involved in legislation in many states and at the federal level to make sure that they can continue to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. They were successful in many […]
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Dissident Daughters: 005: A Little Bit Culty
In this episode we discuss how the church engages in cult like behavior, even exhibiting all 9 of the main themes of cult membership as described by Steven Hassan in his book “Combating Cult Mind Control”. Steve Hassan is a cult researcher and the leading expert on cult mind control […]
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Dissident Daughters: 004: The Great And Spacious Episode
Temples are the churches way of keeping us busy doing meaningless work. It’s also how they keep us paying our tithing. We are literally buying our way into heaven. That doesn’t seem like Christ’s church to us. We share our personal experiences with the temple, some the history of temples […]
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Dissident Daughters: 003: Let’s Talk About Sex!
Content Warning! This episode is not appropriate for children’s ears! We were not taught healthy sexuality in the church. The shame and fear surrounding sex is taught to us by the church and it’s leaders and it is passed down generation to generation. We are breaking out of that and […]
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Dissident Daughters: 002: Parenting After Mormonism
Leaving a high demand religion leaves you to figure out life on your own. But it’s not all bad! We tell about our experiences of being parented in Mormonism as well as being Mormon parents. And then compare that with parenting post Mormonism. Listen to find out how it’s going. […]