Tag: motherhood
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...
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...
19
Jul
Episode 099: We Don’t Believe Our Own Stuff—Heavenly Mother Edition
by Cynthia and Susan
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Who we pray to and how we envision God is personal, but the Church organization can and does limit our collective discourse about Heavenly Mother....
21
Jun
Episodes 094 & 095 (bonus): Everyone Back to Church…Maybe?
by Cynthia and Susan
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The pandemic that interrupted attendance for all members forced an unprecedented change in our personal church habits and activity. It blurred the distinction between work,...
07
Jun
Episode 092: In Their Image — A Conversation with Caitlin Connolly
by Cynthia and Susan
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In this conversation, Caitlin Connolly talks about her experience manifesting the unseen “in large scale and present” in her painting, In Their Image. It’s a...
24
May
Episode 090: What About Sad Heaven?
by Cynthia and Susan
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What do you envision when you think about a next life? Happiness? Answers? Judgment? Question marks? There are as many images of the afterlife as there...
12
Apr
Episode 088: In Response to GC—More Real Talk Around Motherhood
by Cynthia and Susan
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We received numerous requests for our thoughts around some of the messages delivered at General Conference. In this bonus episode, Cynthia and guest Sherry Macnab...
22
Mar
Episode 087: Who’s Stopping You?
by Cynthia and Susan
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Who’s stopping you? From doing what you want to do, believing what you want to believe, praying how you want to pray, feeling how you...
25
Jan
Episode 079: Real Talk Around Motherhood
by Cynthia and Susan
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Helping kids navigate the gap between a quickly changing world and a slow-to-change church is a real challenge, especially if many answers aren’t clear cut...
11
Jan
Episode 077: I’m Not a Mother, but I’m Enough—A Conversation with Cristall Harper
by Cynthia and Susan
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Latter-day Saint women hear motherhood described as their highest, holiest calling from the time they are young girls. But not all girls grow up to...
28
Dec
Episode 075: Ask Us Anything!
by Cynthia and Susan
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We get asked a lot of questions, but one thing we knew from the outset of the ALSSI project was it couldn’t be about answer-giving....
30
Nov
Episode 071: The Scent of Resentment
by Cynthia and Susan
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Resentments form when we get angry at a person, institution, or situation. For many Latter-day Saint women, denying themselves and putting others first is a...