Best Churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints Podcasts (2024)

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#312 Divorce Is Not the End, Part 1 41:24

2d ago41:24

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Divorce is tough, and when it happens to you, it can be devastating, and it can feel like the end. And to be honest, in many ways it is. But divorce can also be the beginning of finding yourself in a way you never have before. It can be the beginning of understanding who you really are and how you can grow into a healtheir and happier version of yo…

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#311 The Business and the Personal of Relationships 37:13

2h ago37:13

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There are parts of our relationships that we would consider 'business', and parts that we would consider 'personal'. When we get the two all jumbled together, we end up with a lot of drama and miscommunication. On this podcast I'm talking with my great friend and fellow coach Wendy Lee Johnson about how we can recognize these two aspects of our rel…

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Episode 23 - Alma 5-7, "Have Ye Experienced This Mighty Change in Your Hearts?" 52:19

29m ago52:19

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Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to the resources listed in this episode. Buy my book today! "Feasting on the Words of Christ." This book contains an easy five-step method for studying the Book of Mormon to receive personal direction in your life and answers to your prayers. It's a perfect companion for this year's study o…

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#310 Understanding Our Adaptive Child - 'Us- by Terrence Real 38:25

5d ago38:25

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In Terrence Real's new book 'Us', (one of my newest favorites) he talks about our adaptive child. This is the part of us that learned to adapt to the dysfunctional parts of our childhoods, which we all had. And although these adaptive behaviors served and protected us as children, very often they are destructive to our adult relationships. In this …

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Episode 22 - Mosiah 29 – Alma 4, "They Were Steadfast and Immovable" 51:01

9d ago51:01

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Here are the resources mentioned in this episode. Shine on! Here is a link to my website. You can find the podcast and resources mentioned, as well as information about my book, "Feasting on the Words of Christ." This book contains an easy five-step method for studying the Book of Mormon to receive personal direction in your life and answers to you…

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#309 What An Equal Relationship Looks Like 38:15

12d ago38:15

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When I work with many of my clients regarding their one-up and one-down beliefs and behaviors, they often find themselves at a loss to describe what an equal response would look like or sound like in their circumstance. We don't live in a world where equal partnerships have been modeled for us, in fact, mostly we live in a world where the opposite …

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Episode 21 - Mosiah 25-28, “They Were Called the People of God” 52:31

24d ago52:31

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Here are the resources mentioned in this lesson.By Melanie Stroud

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Episode 20 - Mosiah 18-24, "We Have Entered into a Covenant with Him" (PART 2) 1:16:17

18d ago1:16:17

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This episode contains interviews with many people about how people in the church Mosiah 18'ed them. This is part one of two. Mosiah 18: 8-9 "and now, as ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light; Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn…

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Episode 19 - Mosiah 18-24, "We Have Entered into a Covenant with Him" (PART 1) 36:48

18d ago36:48

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This episode contains interviews with many people about how people in the church Mosiah 18'ed them. This is part one of two. Mosiah 18: 8-9 "and now, as ye are desirous to come into the fold of God, and to be called his people, and are willing to bear one another’s burdens, that they may be light; Yea, and are willing to mourn with those that mourn…

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#308 Stop Dabbling and Start Doing 33:16

1M ago33:16

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Some of the areas where we can feel the most stuck in our lives are places where we are just dabbling with change in our lives rather than digging in and doing what needs to happen to create the change we want. And yet, dabbling is comfortable and easy and even justifiable, whereas committing to doing is scary and risky and requires some determinat…

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#307 Curiosity, Not Criticism 32:17

26d ago32:17

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When we're not paying close attention, we can very easily slip into critical words and behaviors in our relationships. Often, we won't even see it, because in our minds we are being helpful or just expressing concern or our opinion, but it can still very easily be perceived as criticism. And criticism breaks down relationship by treading on trust a…

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Episode 18 -Mosiah 11–17, "A Light … That Can Never Be Darkened” 45:47

1M ago45:47

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Please go to Instagram @comefollowmeforus for the latest information.By Melanie Stroud

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#306 The Problem with Happiness 28:12

1M ago28:12

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We live in a society that can be a little happiness obsessed at times. And though the thought of being happy all the time can sound lovely, it's just not going to happen. Life is meant to be messy, to be challenging, and to provide us with a lot of opportunities to figure out the tough stuff. It can be difficult to remember this when we live in a w…

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Episode 17 - Mosiah 7–10, "In the Strength of the Lord” 44:24

1M ago44:24

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Please go to Instagram @comefollowmeforus for the latest information.By Melanie Stroud

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Episode 16 - Mosiah 1-6 Two lessons, “A Mighty Change” and “In the Strength of the Lord” 57:43

1M ago57:43

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These two episodes got skipped. So they are here now, but I know they a few weeks behind. Please go to Instagram @comefollowmeforus for the latest information.By Melanie Stroud

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Ep #161: 1 Year No Social Media {Life Update} 14:53

2M ago14:53

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It’s been almost one year since I last recorded a podcast and since I stopped posting on social media. This wasn’t necessarily intentional by the way. My plan was to take the summer off from everything so I could focus a little more on other things for a while. But when September rolled around I found myself not wanting to come back to podcasting a…

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#305 When We Don't Feel 'Good Enough' 31:14

1M ago31:14

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Most of us, at one time or another, have had a story that we are not good enough. And it can really wreak havoc in our lives. It can cause us to feel insecure, and from that place we struggle to be the person we really want to be. Understanding how to address our 'not good enough' thoughts is a life-changing skill that will bring a confident and be…

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#304 Personalities, Preferences, and Perspectives 33:27

2M ago33:27

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It is really easy for us to create dysfunctional and destructive relationships when we haven't learned how to respect and honor others' personalities, preferences, and perspectives. These three things are at the heart of who people are, and when we reject these things, we reject them. And when we reject them, we shut down the opportunity to create …

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Episode 15 - Enos-Words of Mormon,“He Worketh in Me to Do According to His Will” 55:53

2M ago55:53

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This episode is about looking to our ancestors, especially our parents and grandparents, and learning from them. It also is a great reminder to consider the example you leave for your children. Here's a link to my website. To find the latest episode click on podcasts and you'll find the latest one. Shine on!…

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#303 The Thought Model Reteach 36:12

2M ago36:12

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Although I talk about the thought model and use it here on the podcast, it's been a while since I talked about the basic parts of it and how they work together. On this podcast we will be looking at how the circumstances in our lives are neutral, how we have thoughts about those circumstances, how those thoughts create feelings, how our feelings fu…

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Episode 14 - Jacob 5–7 "The Lord Labors With Us" 45:58

2M ago45:58

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This episode is all about laboring in the Lord's vineyard. It includes a short interview with my friend's eleven-year-old son and how this chapter answered his prayers. So great! Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcast and resources mentioned, but you will also find information on …

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#302 Gottman’s Four Horsemen – Destroying Relationships Has Never Been So Easy 33:43

2M ago33:43

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John Gottman is a brilliant relationship expert who has done an amazing amount of research on what makes marriages successful. He has identified four elements of dysfunctional behavior in marriages that are especially destructive, and he calls these The Four Horsemen. These four elements are criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling. In …

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#301 The Primitive Brain Problem 38:05

3M ago38:05

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Our primitive brain does some amazing things for us. However, if we aren't paying attention, it can keep us stuck and struggling to create the kind of life we really want to have. When we learn to manage our primitive brain and engage our pre-frontal cortex, we have the capacity to really show up for our life in the ways we want. On today's podcast…

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Episode 13 - My Interview with the Petersons 45:12

3M ago45:12

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This episode is an interview that I did with Michelle and Logan Peterson. Earlier this year, they lost their newborn daughter just ten days after she was born. This is their story about death, loss, and the hope Easter, the Savior, and His resurrection bring to our lives. Don't miss it! Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcas…

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Episode 12 - My interview with my Catholic Friend Ashley 41:49

3M ago41:49

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This podcast is my interview with my sweet Catholic friend Ashley. We talked about how we met, the faith that she shared with me on a plane flight that helped strengthen my own faith, and some of the Catholic customs celebrated during the week of Easter. Here is a link to my website. You can find the podcast and resources mentioned there, as well a…

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#300 Lessons Learned From the Second Year of Our Second Marriage 40:48

3M ago40:48

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Today Sione and I are celebrating our second year of marriage, and we have a lot to celebrate! In this podcast we are talking about how we have grown this past year, tools we have learned and implemented, and ideas we have come to understand better. This is a chance for you to see how the tools I teach here on the podcast are implemented in real li…

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Episode 11 - 2 Nephi 31–33 "This Is the Way” 57:26

3M ago57:26

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This episode is about Nephi's final words to his people. He encourages us to look to Christ for EVERYTHING! He is the way. Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcast and resources mentioned, but you will also find information on how to purchase my book, "Feasting on the Words of Chris…

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#299 Love Is Not a Reward 31:43

3M ago31:43

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I think a lot of us grew up believing, at some level, that love was a reward for good behavior. And yet, when looked at through the eyes of God, love is never a reward. Love is actually the first and greatest commandment, it is a law. The law of love teaches us that regardless of how others act, regardless of how we're treated, regardless of what i…

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Episode 10 - 2 Nephi 26-30 “A Marvelous Work and a Wonder” 58:48

3M ago58:48

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This episode discusses the contention and trouble prophesied about our day in the Book of Mormon. It also provides the means the Lord has given us to overcome these distractions - mainly Jesus Christ and His power found in the scriptures -especially the Book of Mormon. Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website. Not on…

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#298 Friendship In Marriage 29:56

3M ago29:56

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Many of the people I work with who are struggling in their marriages find friendship with their partner to be elusive. It was there when they got married, and over time, they have become more and more distant, negative, and dismissive, until they find they just don't have a good friendship with their spouse anymore. And this is a huge problem. Dr. …

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#297 Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? 27:29

4M ago27:29

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I hear so many people who just want us all to get along. What many of them are meaning is, why can't everyone have the same opinions and wants and needs? Why doesn't everyone just do things the way I want and then it would be easy? Of course that would be easy, it would also defeat a huge part of the reason we are here on earth, to learn to be more…

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Episode 9 - BOTH 2 Nephi 11-19 AND 2 Nephi 20-25 43:53

4M ago43:53

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The church split this lesson from the one lesson they had done in 2020 to two lessons this year. What I had said was so intertwined that I couldn't really split them into two lessons so they are both here. This will serve for this week and next week's Come Follow Me lessons. Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcast and resour…

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#296 Creating More Safety in Your Relationship 31:58

3M ago31:58

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When we feel safe in our relationships, we feel we can show up with more vulnerability. When we show up with more vulnerability, we create more emotional and physical intimacy. But oftentimes, the behaviors we are engaging in in our relationships put the other person into protective mode rather than feeling safe, and so we struggle to create the co…

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Episode 8 - 2 Nephi 6-10 "O How Great The Plan of Our God" 50:37

4M ago50:37

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Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcast and resources mentioned, but you will also find information on purchasing my book, "Feasting on the Words of Christ." This book contains an easy five-step method for studying the Book of Mormon to receive personal direction in your life and a…

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#295 Safety in The Relationship Circle 34:46

4M ago34:46

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So many of us did not learn growing up what it means to be in a relationship. If you're like me, you thought that growing up and getting married would mean that you would have someone to love you, to shore up your insecurities, to validate you, or to agree with your opinions. If you're like me, what you wouldn't have thought was that a relationship…

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#294 The 90-day Relationship How To 39:25

4M ago39:25

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When I really got serious about dating in my 50's, I used something called the 90-day Relationship. An idea baby of Brooke Castillo from The Life Coach School, I took it and ran with it. Basically, you're all in, fully committed, and figuring things out for 90 days. It was a brilliant process for me to figure out relationships more and to find my p…

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Episodes 6 AND 7 - Free to Choose Liberty and Eternal Life, through the Great Mediator AND We Lived After the Manner of Happiness 43:57

4M ago43:57

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Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. And HERE is a link to the lesson in the manual (because there are two, remember?). Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcast and resources mentioned, but you will also find information on purchasing my book, "Feasting on the Words of Christ." This book contains an easy five-step meth…

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188: Chosen Path: A Memoir by D. Michael Quinn 1:01:33

4M ago1:01:33

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Chosen Path, a memoir by D. Michael Quinn is a story of self-denial and inner struggle, while Michael strove to follow through on his personal commitments faithfully. The memoir, published by Signature Books is an intimate look into the life of one of Mormonism’s most prolific historians of church governance and LGBTQ intersections. Moshe Quinn, so…

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#293 Dating in Mid-life 36:06

5M ago36:06

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Dating in the middle part of our lives is a different ballgame than when we were in our 20s. Thank goodness! We have a much better understanding of who we are and what is really important to us in a relationship. And using the tools you learn here on the podcast you will be able to create something very different. I'm going to be sharing with you s…

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Episode 5 - 1 Nephi 16–22 "I Will Prepare the Way before You” 1:02:01

5M ago1:02:01

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Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website, melaniewstroud.com Not only can you find the podcast and resources mentioned, but you will also find information on how to purchase my book, "Feasting on the Words of Christ." This book contains an easy five-step method for studying the Book of Mormon to receive personal dire…

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#292 Healing and Moving Forward After Divorce 27:55

4M ago27:55

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Divorce is a major life event, and one that can leave us feeling as though our whole world has been upended, because, often it has been. It can be really tough to get our feet on solid ground with all of the emotional and even physical turmoil that divorce creates. How do we start to heal from all of the pain? And how do we move forward into the li…

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Episode 4 - 1 Nephi 11–15 "Armed with Righteousness and with the Power of God” 44:33

5M ago44:33

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Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the podcast and resources mentioned, but you will also find information on how to purchase my book, "Feasting on the Words of Christ." This book contains an easy five-step method for studying the Book of Mormon to receive personal direction in your life …

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#291 Divorce and Self-Worth 27:20

5M ago27:20

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If ever there is a time in our lives when our self-worth seems like it's up for grabs, going through a divorce is it. It's a time when we question our judgment, our wisdom, our value, our loveability, basically, we question so much of who we are and the choices we have made. And yet, having a strong sense of self is so vital to our abililty to move…

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Episode 3 - 1 Nephi 6-10, "Come and Partake of the Fruit 1:19:13

5M ago1:19:13

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This episode is about Lehi and his vision of the Tree of Life. His experience and all it teaches are so applicable to our day! What do we do when those we love wander off? How do we keep on the path without losing our way? What do we do when answers don't come right away? There are so many crucial lessons we can learn from this important dream. Her…

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#290 Resentment and Contempt in Our Relationships 34:04

5M ago34:04

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One-upping and one-downing in our relationships is so normal and expected for most of us, that we can often have a tough time recognizing when we are doing it. Here are two things to look for to help you be more aware: resentment and contempt. When we are putting ourselves in a one-down position, we will often feel resentment. When we are putting o…

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Episode 2 - 1 Nephi 1-5, "I Will Go and Do" 47:02

5M ago47:02

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This episode is about Lehi and his family leaving Jerusalem and following the Lord. It teaches about the power of learning from the examples that have come before us and praying for the Lord to help soften our hearts so we can do what he commands. Here is a link to the lesson in the manual. Here is a link to my website. Not only can you find the po…

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#289 Why Our Relationships Need Validation 32:29

5M ago32:29

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Validation is something that we often seek from others to shore up our sense of self. And this never really works, because SELF-worth is something that can only be created within ourselves. Validation in our marriages and relationships, however, is a very important tool. It lets the other person know we see them, we acknowledge them, we accept them…

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Episode 1 - Introductory Pages of the Book of Mormon 45:46

6M ago45:46

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My friend Emily and I talk about the introduction to the Book of Mormon, the testimony of the three witnesses and talk about our own testimonies of the power of the Book of Mormon. HERE is a link to the lesson in the manual. HERE is a link to my website. HERE is a link to buy my book, "Feasting on the Words of Christ." It contains a simple five-ste…

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#288 When You’re In a Tough Marriage 27:42

6M ago27:42

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It's hard to know what to do when you're in a tough marriage. You have tried so many things to make it better, and often it seems that despite your best efforts it's getting worse. You're stuck in limbo trying to decide what to do and whether you should call it quits or keep trying. What can we do to make it better? How do we know what the right de…

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#287 Equality In Your Relationships and Your Self-Worth 28:28

6M ago28:28

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Our natural tendency as humans is to go into a one-up or a one-down approach in our relationships, especially when there is conflict. And yet, this tactic is incredibly ineffective in helping us to communicate clearly and get on the same page. In addition, when we engage with one-upping or one-downing the other person, we are attacking our own sens…

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