Finale Episode 145 is a look back at Susan and Cynthia’s sixth season of ALSSI conversations: identifying themes, adding additional thoughts, discussing listener responses, and thinking ahead.

Notes & Quotes:
From Men to Boys: LDS Aaronic Priesthood Offices, 1829-1996, by William G. Hartley, Journal of Mormon History, Vol. 22 No. 1 (Spring 1996)
On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good, by Elise Loehnen
Social media post about LDS women never complaining
Social media post about the history of boys passing the sacrament
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“Women struggle to acknowledge what they want in part because we’ve been conditioned to believe we don’t actually have wants.” — Glennon Doyle

“I pray constantly for help in being willing to consider what I hadn’t considered before, to be open to new ways of seeing the world, and my fellow beings.” — Jody England Hansen

“Notice when you hurt that you are mentally out of your business.
If you’re not sure, stop and ask, “Mentally, whose business am I in?”
There are only three kinds of business in the universe: mine, yours, and God’s.
Whose business is it if an earthquake happens? God’s business.
Whose business is it if your neighbor down the street has an ugly lawn? Your neighbor’s business.
Whose business is it if you are angry at your neighbor down the street because he has an ugly lawn? Your business.
Life is simple—it is internal.
Count, in five minute intervals, how many times you are in someone else’s business mentally. Notice when you give uninvited advice or offer your opinion about something (aloud or silently).
“If you understand the three kinds of business enough to stay in your own business, it could free your life in a way that you can’t even imagine.” — Byron Katie