Episode Details

Ari talks about growing up in the picture perfect Mormon family, and how it all crumbled when she was excommunicated from that family for speaking out against abuse. In this episode, we discuss how Ari lost her faith in the church when she realized that it, too was rooted in abuse and lies, and set on excommunicating those who spoke out against those things. In her discovery, she concluded that the church creates toxic family systems and even abuse cycles. Ari and Adam are parents to 9 kids, and are now cycle breakers.

Show Notes:

• 12 Rules of a dysfunctional narcissistic family: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-narcissist-in-your-life/202003/the-12-rules-dysfunctional-narcissistic-family
• Narcissistic Personality Disorder - Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662
• http://Cesletter.org
• Stronger than the dark book - Cory Reese: https://www.amazon.com/Stronger-Than-Dark-Relationship-Depression/dp/1736966405
• LDS Gospel Topics Essays: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/plural-marriage-in-the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints?lang=eng
• Jeremy Runnells MS Interview: https://mormonstories.org/podcast/jeremy-runnells-and-his-letter-to-a-ces-director/
• No Man Knows my History - Fawn Brodie: https://www.amazon.com/No-Man-Knows-My-History/dp/0679730540
• Mormon History Timeline: https://mormonstories.org/truth-claims/chronology-of-mormon-history/
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents: https://www.amazon.com/Adult-Children-Emotionally-Immature-Parents/dp/1626251703

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