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Episode 223: Making Friends with Change | A Conversation about Hope
Season 10 Episode 223
"There is hope in the certainty that things do change," writes Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg. But there is also real anxiety in the certainty that…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 222 (Bonus): Mailbag!
Season 9 Episode 222
In this bonus episode, Susan and Cynthia share and discuss a few voicemails from the ALSSI mailbag. The male gaze, sad heaven, organizational/prophet…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 221 (Bonus): Confronting Polygamy | One Woman's Experience
Season 9 Episode 221
TW: Emotional Abuse and Physical Abuse Members of the Church don't talk much about polygamy, but isn't it time we did? After all, it continues to hau…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 220: The Women Are Not Okay | A Conversation About the Male Gaze
Season 9 Episode 220
How much in the Church is still, in 2025, coming to us through the male lens? Pretty much all of it. Our scriptures, doctrine, ward boundaries, curri…
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 219: Embracing Your Journey | A Conversation with Linda Hamilton
Season 9 Episode 219
Linda Hamilton explains, "I spent my whole life believing that spirituality was in big things. Visions from heaven, angels, signs. We always say in M…
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 218: Faith, Control and Identity—The Impact of a High Demand Religion | A Conversation with C.A. Larson
Season 9 Episode 218
Therapist C.A. Larson defines a high-demand religion as "a religious group that exerts significant control over its members' beliefs, behaviors, and …
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 217: Following Your Conscience | A Conversation with Laurie Lee Hall
Season 9 Episode 217
"We have direct access to light and knowledge and power, and we have the right—the divinely given right—to take that power, even if it says to us som…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 216: The Ultimate Big Deal Part 4 | Spiritual Separators
Season 9 Episode 216
These days it seems Latter-day Saints talk about the importance of temple attendance in almost every meeting and lesson. It makes sense: in 2001, the…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 215: Let's Talk About Shibboleths
Season 9 Episode 215
Shibboleths are customs, traditions, words, or phrasings that distinguish one group of people from another. Latter-day Saints have a lot of unique id…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 214: Changemakers | A Conversation with McArthur Krishna and Anne Pimentel
Season 9 Episode 214
"Wouldn't it be a good idea to have a book about girls who ask great questions?" This question from a 9-year-old inspired authors McArthur Krishna an…
1 year, 6 months ago