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November 2014

November 12, 2014

Advocacy against Female Circumcision

As our church becomes more and more of a global entity - we are bound...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

Common Sex Taboos within a Mormon Marriage Workshop

Common Sex Taboos within a Mormon Marriage Natasha Helfer Parker, LCMFT and Alisha Worthington Tuesday,...

July 08, 2014

Is gender inequality bad for mental health?

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Public Square 2014 Summer Series: Conversations on Religious Trends....

June 2014

June 16, 2014

Room For All In This Church

This is a statement many of us who are involved on the Mormon-themed internet have...

June 11, 2014

Differentiate: not Excommunicate!!

Today I received the news that both a brother and sister of my church community...

June 02, 2014

Study on LDS Body Image

A current study being done around body image and garment use for those who identify...

April 2014

April 14, 2014

General Conf. – a Mental Health Perspective (Saturday Afternoon)

We find ourselves once again gathered like the people of Benjamin to listen to the...

April 05, 2014

General Conf. – a Mental Health Perspective (Saturday Morning)

We find ourselves once again gathered like the people of Benjamin to listen to the...

April 02, 2014

New Podcasts

Please check out the latest podcasts over at Mormon Mental Health which share some extremely important...

February 2014

February 15, 2014

Morality? We can do much better than this…

I was shocked to read the most recent article on sexual morality that was just...

February 13, 2014

New Podcasts Available

There are two new podcasts up on Mormon Mental Health: Powerful Puberty: How Self-Care of...

November 2013

November 30, 2013

Book Review: Sex and the Single Christian Girl

I was asked by Patheos to do the following book review: In Sex and the...

November 08, 2013

Advocating for Your Gay Mormon Family Member

I recently had the opportunity to interview Wendy and Tom Montgomery and their two children,...

September 2013

September 21, 2013

Teaching Chastity to the Relief Society

Lesson I will be giving in Relief Society on September 22, 2013. Based on the...

August 2013

August 17, 2013

Teaching about Chastity to the Youth

This is an email I wrote in reply to the Young Women's presidency in my...

July 2013

July 13, 2013

Relief Society: True Charity & Pure Religion

Here is the Relief Society lesson I've prepared for Sunday, July 14th. My favorite quotes...

May 2013

May 17, 2013

Conversions by Craig Harline

I was recently part of this great bookclub discussion. Very interesting and well written book...

May 11, 2013

Mother’s Day and Family Relationships

Wherever there is the potential for joy, therein also lies the potential for pain. And...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

The Power of Kindness

Relief Society Lesson I taught on November 11, 2012 From Teachings of Presidents of the...

April 29, 2013

Part of Panel on Mormon Matters re Virtue

I was recently involved on a panel discussion over at Mormon Matters regarding "virtue." Here...

March 2013

March 02, 2013

Cognitive Dissonance and Faith Transition

The theory of Cognitive Dissonance is a well-established concept in the field of psychology that explains why...

February 2013

February 23, 2013

Be Anxiously Engaged

My Relief Society Lesson for tomorrow. Taken from Elder M Russell Ballard's talk: Be Anxiously...

February 07, 2013

Miscarriage from an LDS Perspective

Check out my newest podcast interview on Mormon Mental Health looking at miscarriage through a Mormon...

November 2012

November 14, 2012

What thinks Christ of Me?

Recent Relief Society Lesson I taught: What Thinks Christ of Me? by Elder Neil L....