Episode 238 (Transcript): Embracing Your Journey | A Conversation with Lindsie Cornia

Episode Transcript

Many thanks to listener Caitlyn Hardy for her work in transcribing this episode!

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LC: I now realized I had left church before COVID feeling so depleted. I had a headache. I usually had to take a nap. And then I was having church at home watching on a link. I was still doing Primary with my kids, so we still were doing all the things and yet I didn’t have the headache. I didn’t feel depleted.

CW: Wow.

LC: It was almost, it was a very stark difference for me.

And for the first time, the hustle was gone. There was nothing that I could hustle for anymore. I was, it was my husband and my four children, my brand new baby, and it gave me some incredible perspective.

SH: Hello, I’m Susan Hinkley.

CW: And I am Cynthia Winward.

SH: And this is At Last She Said It. We are women of faith discussing complicated things and the title of today’s episode is, “Embracing Your Journey: A Conversation with Lindsie Cornea.” Hello Lindsie.

LC: Hi you guys.

CW: Hello! Glad to have you.

SH: We are so excited to have you here.

Our listeners might know Lindsie as one of the voices behind the At Last She Read It Book Club and we can’t thank you enough for your work there, Lindsie. You and Shaless do an amazing job.

LC: Oh, it’s absolutely our pleasure. I was just telling both of you that it just is as enjoyable to us as it is hopefully to everyone else, so it’s a win all around.

SH: Well, those are great discussions and if there’s anyone within the sound of our voices who has not checked out any of our book club meetings yet, I would urge you to do that when they start up again next year.

Okay, Lindsie, before we get into the journey-specific part of the episode, would you like to just tell our listeners little bare bones info about you?

LC: Yeah, for sure. I am located in Kaysville, Utah. My husband and I have lived here for going on 13 years in the same home. We have four children. My oldest is ranges from 12, and then I have a 5-year-old. And we have two girls, two boys, and it’s like, girl, boy, girl, boy. Just the perfect little pattern.

I got a degree in early childhood special education from BYU–Idaho, and so I spent the first five years teaching and I taught for five years, and then I had my oldest and just decided to stay home with her.

That was a hard decision, but we decided that, and I’ve kind of just been a stay-at-home mom with little side hustles here and there because I just have never been fully content being home 24/7. So I’ve had random jobs, like I worked at Swig with a bunch of teenagers for two years.

CW: I love it!

LC: That was so fun. I’ve thought about going back many times. I have been a, I went back and did preschool for a couple years and currently I am substituting for our school districts, so, that’s a little bit about me.

SH: Awesome.

CW: Okay, but you have to say what Swig is now for people outside of Utah.

LC: Oh yeah, I feel like it’s more common now with Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, like everybody knows what Swig is.

SH: Ah, okay. Cynthia, this is, this tells you who’s outta touch and it’s us.

LC: Yeah. If you are not consuming that media, then Swig, yeah, is a popular drink place here in Utah and it’s basically soda and then you add in mix-ins. So I know how to do, you know, all of that.

CW: Oh my goodness.

SH: Wow.

LC: Yeah.

CW: So next time you and I have a party, Susan, we know who is going to be our drinkmaster.

SH: The bartender. Absolutely.

LC: Yeah. I can for sure help with that.

CW: The dry Mormon bartender.

SH: You’re hired. Well, Cynthia’s gonna take us through the conversation today, and I can’t wait to hear everything in these jam-packed notes.

So let’s get to it.