In this fascinating “Women Outside the Garden” episode, host Teri Petersen talks with Ashleigh Gentry, who writes the Substack, “Staying and Straying.” Ashleigh’s story is very interesting because she talks about something that many of us have never heard of: a form of OCD called “Retroactive Jealousy.” Together, she and Terri talk about some of […]
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With the recent passing of Carol Lynn Pearson, we are releasing this encore episode (originally released in March 2021) of a great discussion between Carol Lynn and Kathryn Knight Sonntag about the divine feminine and the need for “Mother.” The sound quality isn’t great due to a couple of issues we didn’t discover until after
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In this wonderful episode, the eighth in the LDF series, “Women Outside the Garden,” host Terri Petersen interviews and converses with Kim Hamblin, the founder of “Seeds of Life” life coaching services, which specializes in Mormon faith transitions as well assisting people of all spiritual backgrounds in figuring out their faith and allowing it to
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In this episode, LDF host Dan Wotherspoon chats with William Evans, whose spiritual path is unusual for a Latter-day Saint but one that has led him to an expansive vision of life in general along with greater peace than he has ever had. Born and raised as a grandson of LDS apostle, Richard L. Evans, who is perhaps
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NOTE: This episode features a discussion between Jody England Hansen and LDF host Dan Wotherspoon about deep themes in Christopher Nolan’s newly released film, The Odyssey. It contains a few minor spoilers, so if you haven’t yet seen the film, you may want to listen right now. If you have already seen it, you will
This podcast episode, “Women Outside the Garden” number 7, features Terri Peterson sharing a story about a 13th century golden Buddha statue in Thailand that was covered in clay for 700 years to protect it, illustrating how people can cover their true worth with external layers. Terri explains how these protective layers, whether from well-meaning
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In many people’s minds he word “metaphysics” immediately conjures up thoughts of “woo woo” ideas and “spacy” people those who teach them under the banner of “metaphysics.” And much that we find in these spaces indeed seems to be way too far out for most of us. But metaphysics has a larger and longer history,
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Most often when we talk about doing “shadow work,” we usually focus on pains, wounds, and fears that we’ve tucked away (in our shadow). We don’t see them until we do this kind of inner work but they affect our lives in harmful ways. Carl Jung opened up a new window by recognizing a “golden
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In this monologue episode, LDF host Dan Wotherspoon shares some of his recent thinking about the ways Western Christianity has misinterpreted (or ignored) Jesus’s actual teachings in such a way that we have the rise of Christian Nationalism, increased Patriarchy, name calling, scapegoating, cruelty and devastating harm to individuals and families, and the notion that
This year’s LDS Sunday School curriculum is the Old Testament (better titled the Hebrew Bible). And before too long, those of us who follow the Come Follow Me calendar will begin moving into the study of the prophets Isaiah through Malachi. For most Latter-day Saints, this is generally their least favorite months of study. They
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