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May 2016

May 07, 2016

A Not-A-Mother’s Thoughts For Mother’s Day

Today’s guest post is written by Janell Jensen Gehmlich and is a slightly edited copy...

April 2016

April 25, 2016

Rape Culture Alive and Well

It's difficult for me when you use such language as "rape culture" to describe our...

February 2016

February 16, 2016

Voices of Child Abuse Survivors – Day 5

For whatever reason, an article that was published by the Church in 2010 titled Effectiveness of...

February 15, 2016

Boundaries for Worthiness Interviews

My daughter is turning 12 this week. The bishopric called to schedule her Beehive interview....

February 14, 2016

Prioritizing love, intimacy & relationship…

Over the last several years I have worked with my colleague and friend, John Dehlin,...

February 09, 2016

Voices of Child Abuse Survivors – Day 4

For whatever reason, an article that was published by the Church in 2010 titled Effectiveness of...

February 06, 2016

Voices from Child Abuse Survivors – Day 3

For whatever reason, an article that was published by the Church in 2010 titled Effectiveness of...

February 02, 2016

Voices from Child Abuse Survivors – Day 1

For whatever reason, an article that was published by the Church in 2010 titled Effectiveness...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

Suicide Awareness and Prevention: 10 Things We All Can Do

It's one thing to advocate for awareness of the discrimination against LGBTQ members that is...

January 28, 2016

Survey on Sexual Education

My colleague Kristin Hodson, who is a fellow certified sex therapist, is conducting the following...

January 27, 2016

When my Loved Ones Don’t Leave the Church

Faith transitions are brutal - for everyone involved. Those who are facing information or experiences...

January 20, 2016

Guest Post re LGBT Policy

The following is published with permission and written by Wiktoria Heinz, MD. Dr. Heinz is...

January 09, 2016

Midwest Workshop – Healing from Faith Transitions

REGISTRATION FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:

December 2015

December 17, 2015

How do we Support our Gay Teen?

Our teenager has come out to us as possibly being gay. We are pretty sure...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

Spiritual Thoughts for the Day

Some scriptures I heard discussed in a sermon today that are so relevant when we...

November 25, 2015

Making Sense of the Research on Homosexuality

I was recently invited to be one of the panelists on a Mormon Matters Podcast episode...

November 21, 2015

I’m dating and my kids saw us kissing…

I'm a widow and have started dating this great guy who my kids just adore....

November 16, 2015

When What is Normal is Declared Sin

I have made many points as to why I take the stances I do in...

November 08, 2015

Families Affected by New Policy

I received permission from both Devon & Ashley Gibby and Kate (who I'm leaving last...

November 06, 2015

Mama Dragons Respond to Harmful Announcement

I have permission to publish the following official response drafted by the Mama Dragons Board:...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

A Call for Accepting all Families

Families have been widely varied throughout all of history - from how many children, to...

October 15, 2015

SAMHSA Takes Groundbreaking Position on Conversion Therapy

SAMHSA took an historic position today by releasing the following publication: SAMHSA: Ending Conversion Therapy...

February 2015

February 01, 2015

Respecting Agency in Parenting

I love the following from Chieko N. Okazaki. What wise wisdom from one of our...

November 2014

November 13, 2014

Mixed-Faith Workshop

I am looking into the possibility of hosting a full-day workshop (9am to 5 or...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

How do I teach my kids about pornography?

How do you teach your kids about the bad that pornography can do but not...

June 2014

June 11, 2014

Differentiate: not Excommunicate!!

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

April 2014

April 25, 2014

My toddler is touching his rectum. Is this normal?

I found your blog and hoped to have you ease my mind. My son is...

April 02, 2014

New Podcasts

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

November 2013

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,...

May 2013

May 11, 2013

Mother’s Day and Family Relationships

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