EPISODE · Jul 27, 2026 · 1H
Supporting Your Missionary Through Hard Times with Mission Coach Jennie Dildine
from Temple Bound · host Will
Will Humphreys sits down with Jennie Dildine, a certified life coach and host of the LDS Mission Podcast, to talk about what actually helps missionaries before they leave, while they are serving, and after they come home. Jennie has spent seven years coaching missionaries and their parents through anxiety, burnout, identity struggles, and the transition home, and in this episode she breaks down what she has learned.The conversation is rooted in Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf's talk Forget Me Not from October 2011. Jennie read the talk, replaced every mention of sisters with missionaries and elders and sisters, and found something she now teaches nearly everyone she works with: five things missionaries, and the people who love them, are not supposed to forget.In This Episode, Will and Jennie Discuss:Why Jennie became a certified life coach for missionaries and their parents, and the moment that convinced her this was her callingElder Uchtdorf's Forget Me Not talk and the five things it teaches missionaries never to forgetWhy worth was never tied to goals met, lessons taught, or how a mission looks from the outsideThe normalize, validate, and repeat method for what to say when a missionary wants to come homeThe missionary spiral, and how a single hard moment turns into guilt, shame, and frustrationSupport versus challenge, and how parents can find the right balance for their missionaryHow to prepare a missionary before they leave, including five things to teach before departureNavigating romantic relationships before and during a missionThe biggest myth about returned missionaries, and what actually helps them transition homePreparing Missionary Cheat Sheet: https://www.subscribepage.com/preparingmissionarycheatsheetmissionarieswwConnect with JennyWebsite: https://jenniedildine.com/Instagram: @jennie.theldsmissioncoachPodcast: LDS Mission Podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0MnlUX55Lnvo66Ti13yYhk?si=03786b400bd74285Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lds-mission-podcast/id1573286056Send us Fan Mail
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Will Humphreys sits down with Jennie Dildine, a certified life coach and host of the LDS Mission Podcast, to talk about what actually helps missionaries before they leave, while they are serving, and after they come home. Jennie has spent seven years coaching missionaries and their parents through anxiety, burnout, identity struggles, and the transition home, and in this episode she breaks down what she has learned. The conversation is rooted in Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf's talk Forget Me Not f...
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