Hidden Wisdom

Meghan is joined by Hannah Stoddard to discuss Joseph Smith and his ongoing role in the Kingdom of God, preparatory to the return of Jesus Christ. Topics Include: 

- Joseph Smith's key importance
- Our individual mandates as disciples of Jesus Christ
- What stopped the early saints from building Zion?  What stops us?
- Joseph Smith's vision of establishing Zion
-Joseph as the latter-day Moses.

L. Hannah Stoddard is the lead author of Faith Crisis, Volume 1: We Were NOT Betrayed!, Seer Stone v. Urim & Thummim: Book of Mormon Translation on Trial, Faith Crisis, Volume 2: Behind Closed Doors, Joseph Smith’s Plural Wives: Helen Mar Kimball, and A Christ-Centered Home. She is the director of the Joseph Smith Foundation, and producer or director of seven documentary feature films.

• Nephites in Europe (Episodes 1 & 2, Quest for the Nephite Remnant) (2019)
• Hidden Bloodlines: The Grail & the Lost Tribes in the Lands of the North (2017)
• Unlocking the Mystery of the Two Prophets: Revelation 11 Part 1 (2017)
• The Prophet Joseph: More than we know (2015)
• Statesmen & Symbols: Prelude to the Restoration (2014)
• For Our Day: Divinely Sanctioned Governments (2013)
• For Our Day: Covenant on the Land (2013)

In addition to directing Joseph Smith Foundation projects for over a decade, she is often invited to speak on various radio and video programs. Hannah helped direct her first documentary film, beginning at age 16. She has worked as a history and literature teacher, graphic design artist, software developer, videographer, project manager, agriculturist and research assistant. Her work focuses on Church history and doctrine, answers to Latter-day Saint faith crisis questions, educational philosophy, culture, and defending the Prophet Joseph Smith. Hannah’s research supports the writings and teachings of ancient and latter-day prophets.

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Meghan is joined by Jacob Hess to discuss the unlimited power of God to heal - including healing our pervasive and persistent mental illnesses. Topics Include: 

- Long-term sustainable healing from mental illness and addictions
-Other resources besides medication
-Pathway to an ‘upward spiral’
-The 2 things that heal trauma
-Healing at Home and in Zion

To read more of Jacob Hess's writing and work, you can access it all here: https://jacobzhess.substack.com/

And to go deeper in some of the mental health conversations discussed today, check out the following:

• When the Adderall Runs Out
• Imagining a Mental Health System Centered on Learning & Growth
• Does Your Depression Keep Getting Worse? This Might Be Why
• Hope Sometimes Hurts. Hopelessness Hurts More

And this article about pornography: "Whose Body Will Save Us from The Pain Inside?"

“The real problem of the Christian life comes where people do not usually look for it.  It comes the very moment you wake up each morning.  All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals.  And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.  And so on, all day.  Standing back from all your natural fussings and frettings; coming in out of the wind.

We can only do it for moments at first.  But from those moments the new sort of life will be spreading through our system:  because now we are letting Him work at the right part of us.”  Mere Christianity (1952; Harper Collins: 2001) 198-199.

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Meghan is joined for this emotional and important conversation by Lark Dean Galley. Topics include: 

- Lark's son's suicide
- Accepting people in their grief
- Post-mortal missions and connection
- Parenting tips for struggling children
- Honoring other people’s agency

Lark Galley spent 25 years in a corporate career before going out on her own as an entrepreneur. The suicides of her father and son reinforced what she'd been hearing from many of her high-achieving clients - they felt unworthy and incapable of reaching their goals. Lark went from coaching on the externals to focusing on why each person matters. 

Lark is a published author, speaker, and trainer. Her goal is to help 100,000 people choose to stay on this planet and step into their greatness. 

Lark served in the Stockhold, Sweden mission, taught gospel doctrine for seven years, and is currently the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for her stake. 

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Meghan is joined by Evan Rogers, creator and CEO of L7 Surf Camps, to discuss preserving the rising generation. Topics Include:

- The Divine Calling to Work with Youth
- Vulnerability
- Our Neurological Responses to Water
- Doing Hard Things, Counseling Together, and Other Tips for Working with Teenagers
- The Purpose Behind Parenting as a Struggle

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Evan Rogers was born in California with his fondest and earliest memory as a small child of going to Huntington Beach. His father took a job in Phoenix the summer of his 5th birthday, where he would grow up and graduate from high school in Mesa, Arizona many years later with his four siblings. 

As a typical middle child, Evan has always enjoyed being the peacemaker, making new friends, and serving others. This love to serve eventually led him to serve a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Buenos Aires, North MIssion in Argentina as a twenty-year old, and within the year of returning from his mission, he met his wife on a blind date as a freshman in college and was married and sealed in the Mesa, Arizona Temple. 

The Lord knew early on Evan’s love and gift to relate and bless the youth by having him called within the first 8 months of marriage to the bishopric to serve and support the youth in his family ward that led to serving in 2 other bishoprics back-to-back over the next 12 years. Later, he was called to serve on the High Council and then as a bishop. Currently, and back on the High Council over Family History for the youth, Evan serves as the 1st Councilor in the Stake Young Men’s Presidency in the Tempe Stake in Arizona. 

Evan has 4 children, a 19 year old daughter currently serving a mission in Baltimore, Maryland, and 3 sons, 16, 12, and 8 and still resides in Tempe, Arizona just blocks away from Arizona State University where he works in real estate and just completed a Masters degree in Real Estate Development.

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Meghan is joined this episode by Chris Esseltine to discuss what he calls "Mormon" Sub-Culture and its impact on the Church population. Topics include:

- The Main Reason We Are Not Yet a Zion People
- What is the Gospel, if not checkboxes?
- The Lord's Pattern of Law-Giving
- Perfectionism vs Being Perfected in Christ.
- Forced Virtue 

Chris Esseltine was raised in Ontario, Canada and joined the Church when he was 18 and still in high school. After serving a mission in Arizona, he attended BYU before studying law in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He practiced healthcare and FDA law in Washington, D.C.  before starting a consulting company in Utah.  

As a convert, Chris possesses a unique view of the subculture within the Church, having seen both sides of the proverbial fence. He has written several works on doctrinal, political, and historical subjects and is the father of four amazing children.

His book, "Overcoming the Mormon Sub-Culture: Drawing Closer to Christ and Building Zion," can be found on Amazon. 

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In this solo episode, Meghan shares her address from the recent Awake and Ascend Conference, entitled "A Vision of Ascension". The purpose of this address is to raise our sights and help us more vividly perceive what becoming like the Savior will look like.

For more information on Isaiah's Spiritual Ladder, please click here. 

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Meghan is joined by Tiffany Fletcher, as they discuss her traumatic childhood living with her mother who suffered from split-personality disorder and experienced 14 different personalities. Topics Include: 

- Learning to see, forgive and love others as children of God
- Power of music to uplift and invite good
- Breaking the cycle of anger and healing generational issues
- The two wolves
- Binding Satan by increasing our light

Tiffany Fletcher, author of Mother Had a Secret, is the second oldest of six children born to a mother diagnosed with Multiple Personalities. Because of her mother's illness, Tiffany often faced the nightmare of an abusive male alter and her mother's prescription drug addiction. Yet, through it all, Tiffany faced her circumstances with courage and the ability to see the good. It was her belief in God and her love of writing and music that helped Tiffany cope with the difficulties of her childhood and offered her peace amidst the chaos. Seeing the good in every situation, and especially the good in her mother, became the hope that brought her from a place of darkness to incredible light and love. It is in the stories of life where the best lessons come, and Tiffany's story is sure to teach any audience beautiful life lessons that will never be forgotten. 

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Meghan is joined by author Vinney Tolman as he shares lessons learned when he died. Vinney was dead for over an hour and was put in a body bag before coming back to life. During his death and the subsequent days in a coma, Vinney was visited by a special guide and taught important truths to apply in our mortal journeys. Topics Include: 

- The Need for Ordinances to Be Connected to our Hearts
- The Principle of the Pointed Finger
- Heaven as a real, massive place
-Living Waters that heal all hurts
-The Adversary's Counterfeits for the 10 principles of Heaven
-The Secret to living with and loving everyone. 

Vincent Todd Tolman was born in Arlington Tx and raised in California and Utah.
Growing up, Vinney garnered a passion for animals and nature. He would feel the most comfortable in the woods of the mountains by his home. He
had his first brush with death when hit by a truck while rollerblading at the age of 14. He loved playing football and then later Rugby in high school and college.

In his lifetime, he has learned to speak German, Spanish, French, Russian, Cambodian, and Thai, but he keeps a conversational fluency in Vietnamese. He has traveled the world, visiting Europe, Russia, and Asia. He has also lived in Cambodia and Thailand.

Vinney has worked many jobs, including being a home builder, as well as many other construction trades. He has done many other trades and jobs including being a producer for TV and Movies. But his favorite job is being a light-worker, someone who helps others discover and find their own light and divine path.

Vinney and his soulmate Andrea are both passionate about their 2 amazing kids, and discovering new life adventures everyday.

Even though Vinney has lived in over 30 states over the years, he finds his home and life in the Desert Southwest. He loves spending his free time with his family traveling to all their favorite places. He is an avid meditator, and he meditates daily even if only for a few minutes. He loves connecting to spirit and anything that helps raise his frequency.

When Vinney is not working, you will find him traveling, adventuring, and playing with his kids. The most important things to Vinney are first and foremost his relationship to his creator, secondly loving his family, and all those who come into contact with him.

You can find Vinney's book, "The Light After Death," on Amazon. 

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Meghan is joined today by Kerry Muhlestein to discuss his observations captured in the book "God Will Prevail." Topics Include: 

- Covenants and the House of Israel as a Book of Mormon Theme
- The Everlasting Covenant
- Knowing the Covenant Path? 
- God's Covenant with Ancient IsraelThe ancient origins of the covenants we enter into today.
- The Lord's Definition of "Prosperity" 

Kerry Muhlestein received his B.S. from BYU in Psychology with a Hebrew minor. As an undergraduate he spent time at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies in the intensive Hebrew program. He received an M.A. in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from BYU and his Ph.D. from UCLA in Egyptology, where in his final year he was named the UCLA Affiliates Graduate Student of the Year. He taught courses in Hebrew and Religion part time at BYU and the UVSC extension center, as well as in history at Cal Poly Pomona and UCLA. He also taught early morning seminary and at the Westwood (UCLA) Institute of Religion. His first full time appointment was a joint position in Religion and History at BYU-Hawaii. 

Kerry is the director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project. He was selected by the Princeton Review in 2012 as one of the best 300 professors in the nation (the top .02% of those considered). He was also a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford for the 2016-17 academic year. He has published 9 books, over 60 peer reviewed articles, and has done over 75 academic presentations. 

Kerry and his wife, Julianne, are the parents of six children and one grandchild, and together they have lived in Jerusalem while Kerry has taught there on multiple occasions. He has served as the chairman of a national committee for the American Research Center in Egypt and serves on their Research Supporting Member Council and on the Board of Governors. He has also served on a committee for the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, and currently serves on their Board of Trustees and as a Vice President of the organization, and has served as president. He has been the co-chair for the Egyptian Archaeology Session of the American Schools of Oriental Research. He is also a Senior Fellow of the William F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research. He serves on the BYU Studies Quarterly Editorial Board. He is involved with the International Association of Egyptologists, and has worked with Educational Testing Services on their AP World History exam.

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In this solo episode, Meghan commemorates her 10 year anniversary of leaving on her mission to Japan, Fukuoka! She shares her intense and excruciating Missionary Training Center experience, insights from her journal entries over those first 6 weeks, and parallels between becoming a missionary and becoming a true Latter-day Disciple.

This episode is raw, vulnerable, and real. We hope you listen to it like you would a parable, and are able to glean through the Holy Ghost principles for your own journey of becoming a Latter-day Disciple of Jesus Christ.

You're invited to Awake and Ascend! Join us for the Latter-day Disciples Virtual Conference, taking place April 21-22nd. Keynote speaker Michael Rush, and others of your favorite podcast guests are coming together to discuss the gospel doctrines we think we know but from a new perspective - one designed to reveal the light and power you need for the days ahead!

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