How can you use the priesthood in your life? Speakers Ganel-Lyn Condie, Wendy Bird-Reese, and Kathryn Davis talk about the blessings of the priesthood for all women and how you can use it every day in your life.
Originally from Los Angeles, California, Natalie Cox currently lives in Gilbert, Arizona. She is the mother of five kids ages 10, 14, 16, 18, and 19, and a new missionary mom. Her son left for the Columbus Ohio mission last month and her daughter will leave for the Scotland Ireland mission next month. She is an entrepreneur at heart and has started a few businesses over the years. In 2019 she launched Māedn Bags and running that keeps her pretty busy during the week. At church, Natalie has served in many capacities in Primary, as the first counselor in stake Primary and then as the stake Primary president. She is currently serving as ward Young Women president and considers it an honor to work with the young women. She loves the youth and spending time with them on Wednesdays and Sundays is the highlight of her week. Links
Kate Holbrook is a leading voice in the study of Latter-Day Saint women. Her extensive study has blessed us with a historical insight into the women who came before us and the decisions they made during the early days of the church. "When there is something that is difficult [for us to understand], it is an invitation for us to pray and fast and to see if there is anything you can do to make change."
People often assume that medical treatments prescribed by doctors and covered by insurance are safe and effective. After all, there’s a whole government agency – the Food and Drug Administration – to ensure that very thing. But most medical drugs and devices available in the U.S. were approved by the FDA through an expedited pathway that sped up the review or required less clinical trial evidence. In this episode of the podcast, we speak with a former FDA attorney about the debate over whether the FDA should prioritize safety and effectiveness or swift access to medical innovation. We hear from a mother whose daughter urgently needed an individualized treatment only available in Italy, as well as the Right to Try advocate who assisted her. And an ER doctor explains why it’s a problem that many drugs commonly prescribed to women were only been tested on men before being approved.
When therapist Bonnie Young was a teen, the subject of sexuality was for her, “drenched in fear.” And many of us can probably relate. For many Latter-day Saints growing up in a sexually conservative culture and with a strict law of chastity — for all of the goods those things can bring — feelings of anxiety, fear, and shame around sexuality may be more the rule rather than the exception.
Stories of wisdom and fools, recorded live in the Apple Seed Studio.
Jennifer Roach is a licensed mental health counselor living in American Fork, Utah. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints four years ago after being in the Protestant church her whole life. She currently serves as a Gospel Doctrine teacher in her ward. Jennifer is the recipient of this year's "John Taylor Defender of the Faith" award and the BH Robert's Research Grant. Her research primarily focuses on issues that arise when sexual abuse happens in churches. Jennifer does a weekly podcast for FAIR Latter-day Saints that focuses on questions that arise about our faith from Evangelicals. She also teaches as an adjunct for Brigham Young University-Idaho. Highlights
Dr. Woodger continues to explore spiritual gifts, administrative challenges, and cultural customs of Paul’s days and how they differ from today.
Are we sensitive to others’ challenges within our congregations? Dr. Mary Jane Woodger examines Paul’s letter to the Corinthians and their difficulties with intellectualism being inappropriate immorality, indiscretion, and insecurity.
We are wired to be together. There is much comfort in gathering with like minded people to discuss and navigate the ups and downs of life. There are times in life where feeling like we don’t have a group and don’t have the support we need is more acute. Coach Jane Copier works with one of these groups. She helps women who are in midlife come together and get the support they need to transition from having most of their time being wrapped up in taking care of their children to having an empty home and learning a new role of being a mother to adult children and having to make their own schedules. Jane is passionate about helping women in this stage of life and has created an amazing program entitled “The Empty Nest Academy” where as she puts it, it’s a place “for women who want to make the second half, the best half.”