Ep #96: Negative Emotions Around Mormon Teachings

A few years ago I was at my wits end with all my bottled up Mormon Mom emotions. So much guilt, jealousy, envy, and pressure to do everything amazing all the time with a perfect smile on my face. I was desperate for help. I prayed, I studied scriptures, and had conference talks playing on repeat all day. I could never find anything that spoke to me, or that offered any kind of relief from my inner suffering. Until one day I found a podcast by an LDS life coach. Ironically she was the one that released me from my living Mormon hell. She taught me one simple truth. That I could choose to believe what ever I wanted to believe. I know some might say, "well, of course we get to choose what we believe". But I literally did NOT know this. I thought I was supposed to believe what the CHURCH told me to believe. They taught me it was the one and ONLY way, the ONLY true church, and the ONLY path to live a happy life full of blessings. Since leaving the church and experiencing for myself whether or not that is true, I've come to discover that it is NOT.