Leaving Religion: a Guide

Talking with Becky Adams. Becky comes from a family system of Polygamy and she couldn't wait to get married as she wanted to join the Mormon church so she could feel that she fit in. 

Her story is quite a fascinating one, talking about polygamy and  the gifts she gained from this experience through her youth to becoming Mormon and living that life for several years. Through some very personal experiences, including a cancer diagnosis, a deep connection with a friend, choosing out of her heterosexual marriage, witnessing the judgement that happened ultimately propelled Becky to choose out of the Mormon religion. 

As Becky goes through more of her healing journey to finding herself, which included Shamanism, she finds a deep connection with God that she didn't know existed and is so encompassing that it is now a part of her every day life. 

There are so many beautiful experiences that Becky shares and beautiful wisdom. 

You can find Becky on her Instagram @rabecca

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Talking with Angie Kirkham Goff. Angie's mind is brilliant and the learning and application she has done throughout her life is fascinating. It includes healing herself from chronic back pain that he had for years! As you can imagine this experience led her to open the door to ask more questions and she received answers.

Sharing her wisdom around programing and the programs that a lot of us carry through religion. Angie shares that gratitude is one of the frequencies that raises us up and causes more health, vitality, more connection and change our lens in how we see the world. This will help you to have a thankful thought and then drop it in your heart so that you then move through this place in your world. Create a habit of gratitude, become gratitude. G

Her story is one you will want to listen to as the insight she offers is beautiful! Coming from a place of compassion, Angie has led with her heart though her transition journey.

It's okay to ask the question, "who am I?" over and over again.

Angie shares that we have to be willing to let go of what we think we know, to awaken to the truth of what is within. 

Talking about how family traits come through the lines and we are all connected. 

Angie is a coach working with mindset reprogramming, a spiritual intuitive, teacher, facilitator and has studied under great thought leaders like Bob Proctor. You can contact her at: [email protected]. 

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Today I am talking with Holli Henrie. How would you react if you had sent a letter to someone in the first presidency, with your heartfelt deep testimony, only to see it later printed in the Ensign with the presidents name on it? You'll want to listen to hear this story!

Today I had the privilege of chatting with Holli Henrie through zoom. Holli is one of the most loving people I know and I was so happy to sit down with her to talk about her story of leaving Mormonism.

Holli shares that she loved being a mormon. She loved going to church every Sunday, loving on the  people there, serving her friends and connecting with God. As she continued to listen to her inner voice, her access to spirit and spirits around her including Joseph Smith, she eventually knew it was time to leave the Mormon religion. 

Holli has always been able to hear and see spirit & energy. She never thought that she was different then others because hearing, like she did, was not allowed. It wasn't until she left Mormonism where she realized this was something unique to her and a gift. Something, she believes, is very much available to us all.

We also talk about her children leaving and how teaching them, supporting them in understanding their motives for their choices as well as helping them hone their intuition was a huge gift. 

This is a beautiful episode you will not want to miss!

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Talking with Michelle Wilding on conversations with God. Do you struggle with God? Is it possible that the Mormon version of God that most of us have known, is not really God?

God is unconditional in his love, not conditional.

I am sitting down with Michelle Wilding today as her relationship with God has always been fascinating to me, and frankly a bit challenging. 

Michelle shares with me how an eating disorder, a divorce, conversations with priesthood holders were huge gifts to her. Ultimately her divorce was what propelled Michelle into making a conscious choice to step out of religion and out of Mormonism. 

What would you do if you knew you needed to get divorced, you felt inspired by God, and when you sit down with your bishop & later the stake president they both told you that there was no way God would tell her to do that? As Michelle responded intelligently, she was a returned missionary after all so she knew her scriptures, she noticed that the authority leaders would get defensive. At one point, her Stake president asks her to show her proof that the church has condoned divorce. Miraculously her mom was given a conference talk later that night that was from Joseph F. Smith that said, "What is bound on earth, is bound on heaven. What is loosed on earth is also loosed in heaven. It would merciful for us to let two people who are incompatible to be able to separate ways and find people that they are more compatible with." 

Michelle shares that unless someone is asking, don't push & shake people's foundation. 

She didn't share with her family that she decided to leave for two years as she felt she wanted to be solid in her choice before she did so. 

There are SO many good nuggets in this episode I wish I could type them all out! You will not want to miss this episode

Michelle Wilding is hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner. If you want to connect with her you can find her on her website at www.thesoco.org. You can also find her on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.wilding

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Welcome! I am so thrilled to be launching this podcast! 

My first episode is just me, my story and some tools that I have learned along the way of leaving religion. 

I left Mormonism in 2012. The same year that I also divorced my husband. To say that my world unraveled was an understatement. However, I felt calm in the process because I knew this was the right decision for me. 

Like most of you, I experienced the struggles of being a mormon. The patriarchy pieces, the aspect of being a mom and wanting to work. The guilt and the shame of "mom's number one job is to raise their children". The labels that I carried from dealing with depression, you name it. But I didn't leave mormonism because I was angry or because I felt something was fundamentally wrong. For me it was a strong knowing I received after I finished teaching my Sunday school class one day. Throughout the years since then, I have had my god die, anger for the patriarchy in the church and the family system, going down rabbit holes of all the things that are wrong with the mormon church. I have been through many layers of healing.  AND, guess what, the mormon religion is a place that a lot of people really love and find peace in. Each of us gets to choose our paths in life. Who am I to say my path is better than another? It's all such a personal choice. 

You can find me on my website at www.amandajoyloveland.com

I referenced Michael Singer and his book The Surrender Experiment. 

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Starting July! Come join me as I not only share my story of leaving mormonism, but interview so many others as well. This is a place to assist you in finding healing and tools to assist you in moving through your transition out of religion. This is not a place of putting anything down, but a place of sharing what we have learned and the peace and understanding we now have. This is also a space to offer new insights and new perspectives for those who we left behind. We are all doing our best in life and we are just walking each other home. 
Episode released every Wednesday, starting July 7th. 

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