Waking Up from the Mormon Dream - Linda Barney w/ Margi Dehlin - 1627

What happens when a true believing mormon mom discovers that two of her “future missionary” sons are gay/queer/nonbinary? Just when Linda Barney thought she had the perfect life planned for her family, she discovered that letting her kids be exactly who they are and loving them unconditionally was a far happier and healthier path to follow than the one she had always been taught to believe in. Join us for this compelling Thrive Stories episode about Parenting LGBTQIA children.

Thrive Stories is a new podcast series where Margi (alongside John or Jenn) will be interviewing a member of the community twice per month. The interviews will be shorter (1-2 hours), story-based, but will be focused on a particular aspect of healing and growth AFTER a Mormon faith crisis (thus the THRIVE name). They will happen on Tuesdays at noon (MST). Some examples of areas of thriving include: Family Relationships, Healthy Boundaries, Finding Community, Finding Meaning/Purpose, Dealing with Grief/Death, Religion after Mormonism, Health Sexuality, Parenting, Improving Physical Health, Identity, Health Marriage/Relationships, Secular Spirituality, Word of Wisdom 2.0, and Women Finding Their Own Voice after Mormonism.

If you would like to nominate someone you know who would be a great candidate for a THRIVE interview, please nominate them (or yourself) here:
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Show notes:
Big Magic - Book: https://amzn.to/3ocSbZt
Instagrams:
  / formerlymormonme  
  / lindab_inspired  
The God Who Weeps (Terryl Givens): https://amzn.to/3aSrypC
Mama Dragons: https://www.mamadragons.org/
Encircle: https://encircletogether.org/
Suicide hotline:
988
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-...
Mormon No More: https://www.hulu.com/series/mormon-no...
The Family Acceptance Project: https://familyproject.sfsu.edu/
MS Scrupulosity episodes
https://mormonstories.org/podcast/scr...
https://mormonstories.org/podcast/scr...
https://mormonstories.org/podcast/ove...
https://mormonstories.org/podcast/han...
Book of Mormon Musical: https://bookofmormonbroadway.com/
Thich Nhat Hanh
https://www.amazon.com/Thich-Nhat-Han...
Echkart Tolle:
A New Earth: https://amzn.to/3PjYshH
The Power of Now: https://amzn.to/3B4diVo
Michael Singer - Untethered Soul: https://amzn.to/3Pn7x9z
John Dehlin TEDx talk: “The Ally Within” -    • The Ally Within - John Dehlin - TEDx USU  
Dear Evan Hansen Song - “Words Fail”:    • "Words Fail" from the DEAR EVAN HANSE...  
Sequoia: @theonlysequoia :   / theonlysequoia  
Linda’s candles: Link on Instagram   / lindab_inspired  

Time codes:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:04:43 Childhood in North-eastern Utah
00:21:14 Teenage years
00:30:55 Baptism
00:47:10 Homosexuality teachings in the small town
00:51:10 Going to the temple and meeting my husband
01:04:00 Role as a Mother in the family and church
01:28:50 Faith Journey shifting with LGBTQIA+ children
01:48:00 Gay son’s suicide attempt
02:15:45 Leaving the LDS church
02:39:25 Rebuilding

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