Episode 35: "Connected to this Life" — Jenne's Story Part II

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Part of the aim of this podcast is to give voice to our stories as Daughters of Mormonism. This episode is an interview with Jenne, one of our panelists.

In this interview she talks about her journey toward finding her voice as an advocate and discovering her personal mode of spirituality. Jenne began as a Unitarian Universalist, later converting to LDS church in the aftermath of her father's death. Now she calls herself a Universalist Mormon Pagan, and she reaches out with her heart and abilities to help women with childbirth and trauma as she connects to this life through her children.


For resources and to comment, please see Part I.

Episode 34: "Connected to this Life" — Jenne's Story Part I

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Jenne will be watching the comments to respond to the ideas brought up in her interview.

Resources and References

• What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson, BOOK and FILM
• The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes
• Fighting for Your Marriage by Howard Markman, Scott Stanley, Susan Blumberg
• Empowering Couples Building on Your Strengths by David Olson and Amy Olson 
• First Comes Love by Douglas Brinley and Mark Ogletree
• Women of the Church by Gordon Hinckley
• How Can I Become the Woman of Whom I Dream? by Gordon Hinckley
• Words of the Prophet: Seek Learning by Gordon Hinckley (Special Counsel for Girls heading)
• Mormon Podcast Community
• Mormon Democrats on Facebook
• Solace for Mothers
• Mutual Approbation
• Fair 
• How to Worship Our Mother In Heaven (Without Getting Excommunicated) by Kevin Barney
• Jenne's blog post on the above article
• Yoga of Christ by Philip McLemore
• Women and Authority edited by Maxine Hanks
• Mother Wheel
• Yo Gabba Gabba

Special thanks to Carolyn Erigero for taking care of "cute but determined" during the recording of this interview.

Episode 22: "Choices and Options" — Katrina's Story

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Art by Brian Kershisnick

Part of the aim of this podcast is to give voice to our stories as Daughters of Mormonism. This episode is an interview with Katrina, one of our panelists. She shares how her story didn't happen the way she had planned, as she married a divorced man with three children.

When they applied for a sealing clearance so they could marry in the temple, they were denied with no explanation. Katrina moved on from this point to create her own script for her life, including how she would bear her children.

Katrina will be watching the comments to answer questions or discuss issues raised in her interview.



Posts from Katrina's Blog: Musings of a Redhead

• The Story of Miriam's Breech Homebirth
• Birth and Breastfeeding Resources
   
   
• Finding My Inner Feminist Part I
• Finding My Inner Feminist Part II
• Finding My Inner Feminist Part III

Katrina's Photography Websites

• At Mother's Breast Photography Project
• Redbean Photography

Recommended Books

• Mother Wove the Morning by Carol Lynn Pearson
• Introduction to Mother Wove the Morning
• Beginnings and Beyond by Carol Lynn Pearson
• Daughters of Light by Carol Lynn Pearson
• The Flight and the Nest by Carol Lynn Pearson
• Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd

Episode 18: "Looking for Balance" — Courtney's Story

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Art by Gina Rose Halper

Part of the aim of this podcast is to give voice to our stories as Daughters of Mormonism. This episode is an interview with Courtney, one of our panelists.

She shares her path in finding great health and connection with the Earth and the Divine through yoga and Buddhism.

Courtney will be watching the comments to answer questions or discuss issues raised in her interview.

Resources Courtney Recommends:

• The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
• The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton
• The Wisdom of Yoga by Stephen Cope
• Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
• Weston A. Price Foundtation
• Little Buddha film
• Mother Wove the Morning by Carol Lynn Pearson
• Zelophehad's Daughters
• The Exponent
• Feminist Mormon Housewives
• Sunstone Magazine
• Dialogue Journal
• Exponent II

Episode 15: "Not in Conflict" — Jenni's Story

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Part of the aim of this podcast is to give voice to our stories as Daughters of Mormonism. This episode is an interview with Jenni, one of our panelists. She shares her journey through marrying a divorced man with a child, her miscarriages, and her integrated belief system of paganism and Mormonism.

Jenni will be watching the comments to answer questions or discuss issues raised in her interview.


Links from Jenni's interview:

• Integrated Path post on Jenni's Blog
• Mormon Stories Podcast on Masonry and Mormonism
• MO 2.0 Facebook Group 
• LDS WAVE: Women Advocating for Voice and Equality
• The Crunchy Mormon Forum (also "The Coven" inside that form)
• The Mother Wheel
• Dance of the Dissident Daughter by Sue Monk Kidd
• Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler

Episode 14: "Replanting My Garden" — Heather's Story

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Part of the aim of this podcast is to give voice to our stories as Daughters of Mormonism. This episode is an interview with Heather, one of our panelists. She shares her experiences with unassisted childbirth, "lactivism," the garden of her testimony, and more.

Heather will be watching the comments to answer questions or discuss issues raised in her interview.

Links from Heather's interview:

• The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
• Applebee's Nurse In 
• Hey Facebook, Breastfeeding isn't Obscene (Official Petition to Facebook)
• Laura Shanley, author of Unassisted Childbirth
• Zelophehad's Daughters
• The Exponent
• Feminist Mormon Housewives
• Dance of the Dissident Daughter
• Mother Wove the Morning
• With Your Mutual Approbation

Heather's Blog Posts:

• Modesty and Breastfeeding 
• Breastfeeding in Church
• Margaret's Birth Story (also published in the book Simply Give Birth)
• Isaac's Birth Story
• Green Garment Campaign

Episode 10: "I'm Not Threatened by the Risk" — Juliane's Story

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This is the follow up interview with Juliane, one of our panelists, about the aftermath of her talk about the temple and her history as a convert from Germany.

Juliane has written about her experience on her blog: Molly Mormon's Evil Twin. You can also read the full text of her talk there, as well as the letters she wrote to her Bishop and Stake President. In this interview, Juliane discusses her journey as a convert to the church, and how her view of the church changed after she was a member.

Juliane will be watching the comments to answer questions or discuss issues raised in her interview.

• Feminist Mormon Housewives
• The Exponent
• Zelophehad's Daughters
• Sunstone Magazine, Blog, and Archives (pdf and mp3 of articles and symposium presentations)
• "I'm a Mormon!" PR Campaign

Episode 7: "No Room For Fear" — Amelia's Story

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Part of the aim of this podcast is to give voice to our stories as Daughters of Mormonism. This episode is an interview with Amelia, who will be one of our panelists for future discussions. She shares her journey to this point and talks particularly about Proposition 8 and having a voice that is heard.

Amelia will be watching the comments to answer questions or discuss issues raised in her talk.

• On Being  hosted by Krista Tippett (the archives include all the shows from when it was know as "Speaking of Faith" also)
• "The Soul in Depression" from On Being
• "A Wild Love for the World" with Joanna Macy, from On Being
• "The Vitality of the Struggle" with Terry Tempest Williams, from On Being
• "Heretics" from This American Life
• Pema Chodron on Bill Moyers' On Faith & Reason
• Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams
• Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God  (trans. Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows)
• Dickinson's 508/353 "I'm ceded..."
• Dickinson's 632/598 "The Brain -- is wider than the Sky"
• Stephen Prothero "Against the 'Answer Bank' Theory of Religion"

Episode 4: "Faith Needs Tension" — Sara's Story

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Part of the aim of this podcast is to give voice to our stories as Daughters of Mormonism. This episode is an interview with Sara, who will be one of our panelists for future discussions. She shares her journey to this point and talks about both her struggles and why she stays with the church.

Sara will be watching the comments so she can answer questions or talk about issues that were brought up in the interview.

Resources from Sara's Story

• Camilla Eyring Kimball in the Ensign
• The Exponent blog
• Feminist Mormon Housewives
• Ask Mormon Girl (which is also cross-posted at FMH)
• Mormon Stories podcast Specific episodes: Ashley Sanders , Lisa Butterworth, Bill Bradshaw, Carol Lynn Pearson
• "One Thing Needful: Becoming Women of Greater Faith in Christ" by Patricia Holland
• Sunstone symposium
• The Mormon Women Project
• "The Dance of the Dissident Daughter" by Sue Monk Kidd
• "The Great Divorce" by C.S. Lewis
• "The Land Before Time"