Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

https://www.amazon.com/Uncomfortable-Conversations-Black-Man/dp/B08BG5QLW5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BIBXKLSN33JV&keywords=uncomfortable+conversations+with+a+black+man&qid=1668106607&sprefix=uncomfortabl%2Caps%2C689&sr=8-1

Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad / Roughing It

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1716-travel-is-fatal-to-prejudice-bigotry-and-narrow-mindedness-and-many 

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning

https://www.amazon.com/Stamped-Antiracism-National-Award-winning-Beginning/dp/0316453692/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L4UXOEM4Z4GT&keywords=stamped&qid=1668114638&sprefix=stampe%2Caps%2C592&sr=8-1

In 1977, apostle Boyd K. Packer publicly stated that "[w]e've always counseled in the Church for our Mexican members to marry Mexicans, our Japanese members to marry Japanese, our Caucasians to marry Caucasians, our Polynesian members to marry Polynesians. ... The counsel has been wise."  BYU speeches, Jan 14, 1977.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyd_K._Packer

"Unlocking us" Podcast- Brene Brown and Emmanuel Acho. January 27th 2021, Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7942OGiMeHjuIqpcVpzuVV

"Unlocking Us" Podcast- Brene Brown and Ibram X. Kendi, June 3, 2020.

https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-ibram-x-kendi-on-how-to-be-an-antiracist/

Antiracist Baby Picture Book

https://www.amazon.com/Antiracist-Baby-Picture-Ibram-Kendi/dp/0593110501/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IDZOPMLWHKWK&keywords=antiracist+baby&qid=1668109010&sprefix=antira%2Caps%2C379&sr=8-1

The CES letter. www.cesletter.org

https://archive.org/details/ToMyWife

Mormonism Live podcast # 050- Bigfoot, Cain, and Prophetic Mormon Mythmaking

https://mormonismlive.org/2021/11/mormonism-live-050-bigfoot-cain-prophetic-mormon-mythmaking/

#65- Mormonism and the 30,000 foot view. 

https://mormondiscussionpodcast.org/2022/03/mormonism-live-065-mormonism-the-30000-foot-view/

Mormon Expression podcast- John Larsen #283

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/283-how-we-know-beyond-a-shadow-of-a-doubt/id1584187206?i=1000534128486

This isn't a countdown, they aren't ranked in order of difficulty. Still, the enormity of the difference between what was taken and what was given, tell us what you think on our Facebook group. 

Welcome to our second part of our five part series on what Sarah found antithetical to living a mentally, physically and spiritually healthy life. She shares deeply with her experiences both lived, read and researched and how they were completely opposite of what the LDS church professed to be about. These issues are massive, world reaching and beyond any borders. They were unacceptable and kept her from growing into what she felt was her best self for her family, her community both local and far beyond.

My tithing tire by Sarah Westbrook: The Ensign, July 2005.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/liahona/2005/06/latter-day-saint-voices/my-tithing-tire?lang=eng#3

Welcome to a five part series on what Sarah found antithetical to living a mentally, physically and spiritually healthy life. She shares deeply with her experiences both lived, read and researched and how they were completely opposite of what the LDS church professed to be about. These issues are massive, world reaching and beyond any borders. They were unacceptable and kept her from growing into what she felt was her best self for her family, her community both local and far beyond.

This isn't a countdown, they aren't ranked in order of difficulty. 

Brene Brown- the Power of Vulnerability

https://www.amazon.com/The-Power-of-Vulnerability-audiobook/dp/B00D1Z9RFU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=36OXY64KRQQXD&keywords=the+power+of+vulnerability+by+brene+brown&qid=1667759965&sprefix=the+power+of+vu%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-1

In sacred loneliness by Todd Compton.  

https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Loneliness-Plural-Wives-Joseph-ebook/dp/B019RD9ZX8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2326GCOGF5EHS&keywords=in+sacred+loneliness&qid=1667765283&s=audible&sprefix=in+sacred+lonliness%2Caudible%2C123&sr=1-1-catcorr

Next week, a five-part daily series detailing the major reasons Sarah left the church. It's heavy stuff and not to be missed. 

We invite y'all to come to our Facebook group; feedback, compliments, criticism and encouragement welcome. 

By the way. How is your head? How is your heart? 

You didn't do anything bad but you have a privilege that others don't. 

How does this connect to our conversation on internal and external sources of influence? Maybe listen to the full episode and tell us what you think on our Facebook group. 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/50M5IHVWyEX6P40YdG0AwP

https://www.facebook.com/groups/802806767818768

Hello and welcome friends. Let's today, learn together; the ways in which internal and external sources affect our lives. Come for the learning, stay for the amusing tales of the lurid dancer at the Garth Brooks concert. 

D & C 76

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/76?lang=eng

General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Apr 2007- Julie Beck: Remembering, Repenting, and Changing.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2007/04/remembering-repenting-and-changing?lang=eng

Brene Brown- the Power of Vulnerability

https://www.amazon.com/The-Power-of-Vulnerability-audiobook/dp/B00D1Z9RFU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=36OXY64KRQQXD&keywords=the+power+of+vulnerability+by+brene+brown&qid=1667759965&sprefix=the+power+of+vu%2Caps%2C139&sr=8-1

Happy Friday friends, we made it. Next week, we have an incredibly valuable episode. Are you aware of how internal and external sources affect our lives, our choices and our mindset? Do you want clarification on whether a source is internal or external? Tune in next week, but here is just a taste. xo

Listen, learn, grow and become your best self with us. 

How is your head? How is your heart? 

Taking a deep look at a father, a parent, a community, and the culture that raised us is all part of the unpacking process.

Special thanks to Mason for letting us do our work through his experiences in these past few episodes. 

Today, we ask you to remember that your perspective creates a reality. Reach out and let us know how your reality has shaped you and how you will shape your reality. Trippy...whoa. xo

Demonstrate your motivation for change by asking your potential counselor or life coach - How are you going to help me?  Stay tuned for our shout-outs to cities with the most listens. Keep forwarding the show, all of our growth has been from word-of-mouth, thank you. 

When picking our support, we need to do some unpacking. Time for the hard work to begin...wait, begin? 

Mormon stories #1660 https://mormonstories.org/podcast/why-exmormons-are-angry/

The body keeps the score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk   https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1MNJATUO179E8&keywords=the+body+keeps+the+score&qid=1667759509&sprefix=the+body+keeps+th+%2Caps%2C271&sr=8-1

Burnout: the Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski   https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Secret-Unlocking-Stress-Cycle/dp/1984818325/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KKW53153M14J&keywords=burnout+emily+nagoski&qid=1667759551&sprefix=burnout%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1