491: Mormonism and Depression, Suicide, and Medication: A Larger Context

Dan Wotherspoon Addiction, Depression, LGBTQ 10 Comments

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In recent years, Mormonism has been doing much better when talking about depression and mental health struggles, helping destigmatize them and encouraging its members to …

477–478: Improving the Way Mormons Discuss Anger

Dan Wotherspoon Communication, Depression, Faith Development, Grief and Suffering, Mormon Culture, Spirituality, Women 2 Comments

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478: Improving the Way Mormons Discuss Anger, Part 2 [ 49:12 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This episode begins with a description of occasions in which one of our guests expresses feelings of anger over something only to be told one …

471–472: Reflections on the Recently Revealed MTC Sexual Abuse Cases

Dan Wotherspoon Abuse, Atonement, Christianity, Church Leadership, Communication, Community, Depression, Disaffection, Faith Development, Jesus Christ, Mormon Culture, Sexuality, Women, Worthiness 7 Comments

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472: Reflections on the Recently Revealed MTC Sexual Abuse Cases, Part 2 [ 1:26:28 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Within the past ten days, Mormonism has been rocked by a recoding and transcript released through MormonLeaks that depicts the confessions of a former president …

361: Joy Amidst Sadness: Kim Puzey’s Journey to Peace

Dan Wotherspoon Depression 7 Comments

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This episode continues a conversation with one of the panelists from the previous installment, Kim B Puzey. Picking up where we left off in his life …

181: Grieving (and Can We Do it Better?)

Dan Wotherspoon Depression, Grief and Suffering 8 Comments

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The death of loved ones and other difficult transitions really shake us up, and it is very natural for us to want and need to …

174–175: The Chaplains on . . . Suffering

Dan Wotherspoon Depression, Grief and Suffering 17 Comments

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When we meet someone who is suffering, whether physically or emotionally, we naturally want to be of service to them. Sometimes our fears overcome us, …

94–95: Suicide

Dan Wotherspoon Depression, Grief and Suffering 28 Comments

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95: Suicide--Part 2 [ 50:57 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Suicide affects all of us, and involves so many devastating emotions. Grief (as one of the panelists refers to it, a very “complicated” form of …