Join Margi and John for our next episode of Thrive Stories this coming Tuesday at noon (MST). Come listen and participate in the conversation as we talk to Holly Ashton Wallin. Holly will talk about the role of passion in her life, beginning as a young girl where she was a dreamer, a lover and a fighter. She will take us through how she lost herself along the way--and with that, her passion. Holly eventually came to experience the loss of her marriage, her faith, her career path, and her health. Witness how Holly rebuilt her identity and her life after loss by connecting back to that fire within. What does it mean to live “a life on fire?” Join us to find out!

Thrive Stories is a new podcast series where Margi (alongside John or Jenn) will be interviewing a member of the community twice per month. The interviews will be shorter (1-2 hours), story-based, but will be focused on a particular aspect of healing and growth AFTER a Mormon faith crisis (thus the THRIVE name). They will happen on Tuesdays at noon (MST). Some examples of areas of thriving include: Family Relationships, Healthy Boundaries, Finding Community, Finding Meaning/Purpose, Dealing with Grief/Death, Religion after Mormonism, Health Sexuality, Parenting, Improving Physical Health, Identity, Health Marriage/Relationships, Secular Spirituality, Word of Wisdom 2.0, and Women Finding Their Own Voice after Mormonism.

If you would like to nominate someone you know who would be a great candidate for a THRIVE interview, please nominate them (or yourself) here.

Show Notes:

• John Gottman - Marriage book- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
• Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples: Third Edition
• Esther Perel - The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity
• Brene Brown - Braving the Wilderness
• A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
• Falling upward by Richard Rohr
• Mormon Stories Thrive interview with Dave

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John John, Jenn, and special guest Aimee Heffernan as we check in with Natasha Helfer on the one year anniversary of her excommunication from the Mormon church, largely in response to her work as a licensed sex therapist to Mormons and ex-Mormons.

Show Notes:

• Natasha Helfer's Pre-Excommunication reflections on Mormon Stories
• Live Vigil at Natasha's Excommunication
• Natasha's Post-Excommunication Debrief on Mormon Stories
• Ward-less: A Post-Mormon Field Guide podcast with Aimee Heffernan
• "My Official Stance on Masturbation," by Natasha Helfer, August 6, 2012
• "I Am Not Broken," Natasha Parker, Thrive 2019
• "To Young Men Only," Boyd K. Packer's 1976 General Conference talk, in which he uses an extended metaphor comparing male genitals to a "Little Factory" to discourage masturbation
• Natasha's first interview on Mormon Stories, in which she was still afraid to talk openly about masturbation
• Feminist Mormon Housewives
• Natasha interviews Jennifer Finlayson-Fife on Mormon Mental Health podcast
• American Association of Pediatrics' position that masturbation is normative childhood behavior
• The 1982 letter from the First Presidency, calling oral sex "an unnatural, impure, or unholy practice;" this position was later officially reversed, but is still widely believed among members
• "The Lord's Standard of Morality," by Tad R. Callister, Ensign, March 2014
• "Morality? We can do much better than this..." Natasha's response to Callister condemning masturbation as "self-abuse"
• Mormon Mental Health podcast
• "We can all be more civil on LGBT issues, Mormon leader says," by Peggy Fletcher-Stack, Salt Lake Tribune, January 30, 2015
• "Elder Oaks…stop it!" Natasha's response to Dallin H. Oaks on LGBT issues
• "Come Follow Me," Russell M. Nelson, General Conference, April 2019, also known as the "Sad Heaven" talk
• "LDS Church has great power, which it has wielded irresponsibly," A letter to the prophet from a mental health practitioner, Salt Lake Tribune, April 21, 2019
• "Your Divine and Eternal Destiny," Dale G. Renlund addressing the Women's Session of General Conference, April 2022
• Sonia Johnson and Kate Kelly on Mormon Land podcast
• Jennifer Finlayson-Fife discusses Natasha's excommunication on Mormon Land
• Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism by Maxine Hanks
• "Teaching Adolescents from Twelve to Eighteen Years," A Parent's Guide, Ch 5
• Year of Polygamy with Lindsay Hansen Park
• Natasha's new project and website
• Symmetry Solutions
• Mormon Mental Health Association

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