18
Oct
Episodes 115 & 116: Meeting Your Feminist Self, Parts 1 & 2
by Cynthia and Susan
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There are probably as many versions of a feminist awakening as there are feminists. Some have always felt aware of the disparity between men’s and...
11
Oct
Episode 114: This Is Your Brain On Church—a Conversation with Jill Evans Opdahl
by Cynthia and Susan
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Language is powerful. The words and phrases we use repetitively in church create well-worn pathways in our brains. Each time we think in a certain...
04
Oct
Episode 113: Revisiting the Mother Tree — A Conversation with Kathryn Knight Sonntag
by Cynthia and Susan
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In her book, The Mother Tree: Discovering the Love and Wisdom of Our Divine Mother, author Kathryn Knight Sonntag wrote, “Further exploration of the Mother is...
27
Sep
Episode 112: What About Purity Culture? — A Conversation with Colette Dalton
by Cynthia and Susan
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What does it mean to a Latter-day Saint young woman when she hears that virtue and chastity are ‘most dear and precious above all things?’...
20
Sep
Episode 111: Raising Healthy Kids in the Church—A Conversation with Michelle Larson
by Cynthia and Susan
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For women who have experienced some kind of faith shift or feminist awakening, how to raise children in the Church may become a perplexing question....
13
Sep
Episode 110: We Don’t Believe Our Own Stuff—Repentance Edition
by Cynthia and Susan
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How do you think about repentance? Is it a way to become pure? A way to change direction? A way to accept responsibility for harm...
06
Sep
Episode 108 & 109 (bonus): What About Sealings?; A Few More Thoughts About Sealings
by Cynthia and Susan
6 Comments
Disparity in the Church’s sealing policies for men and women is something many members never think about until their life experience reveals it in some...
30
Aug
Episode 107: In Search of Self — A Conversation with C.A. Larson
by Cynthia and Susan
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Having learned about her well-defined role as a wife and mother from the time she is a young girl, when and how does a Latter-day...
23
Aug
Episode 106: What About Blessings? Part 2
by Cynthia and Susan
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Blessing is a catch-all word. From prosperity gospel to the laying on of hands, it is used to describe a transactional approach to our relationship...
16
Aug
Episode 104 & 105 (bonus): The Process of Staying; …A Few More Thoughts
by Cynthia and Susan
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Why do you stay? How do you stay? Because the conversations on this podcast often highlight problems Latter-day Saint women have observed or experienced in their...
09
Aug
Episode 103: What About Missions? — A Conversation with Apple Lanman
by Cynthia and Susan
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There’s a lot of pressure around missions in the Church. From the time they are very young, our children hear the clear expectation that they...
02
Aug
Episode 102: Did It Ever Matter?
by Cynthia and Susan
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There’s a tension in our church between things that change and things that some members consider to be unchangeable. It can be hard to distinguish between...