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Estranged from Mormon Royalty with Lynn
Manage episode 452010853 series 2325039
Estrangement is a traumatic topic, no matter your family of origin, but it feels unavoidable when you reject your tribe’s religious ideologies. Lynn knows this well. She was raised in Salt Lake City on a Mormon pedestal: the great-great grand-niece of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church. It was a bit like being royalty. But then she rejected the whole thing. No one of her family status had done that before. Everyone was shocked. It was even more surprising when the big, whole divided family agreed to go therapy together. Join us to discuss Lynn’s struggles with perfectionism and the discoveries she made that changed the course of her life. She’s written a memoir, has a blog, and a YouTube channel discussing her own experience as a “heretic,” and addresses family estrangement after leaving a high-control group.
Spoiler alert: It is possible to reconcile (but not always)
For more information, go to lynsmithgregory.com
Music by Lee Dunn, opening/closing song by The Chaw
Editing by Dhyana Levey
49 episodes
Manage episode 452010853 series 2325039
Estrangement is a traumatic topic, no matter your family of origin, but it feels unavoidable when you reject your tribe’s religious ideologies. Lynn knows this well. She was raised in Salt Lake City on a Mormon pedestal: the great-great grand-niece of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church. It was a bit like being royalty. But then she rejected the whole thing. No one of her family status had done that before. Everyone was shocked. It was even more surprising when the big, whole divided family agreed to go therapy together. Join us to discuss Lynn’s struggles with perfectionism and the discoveries she made that changed the course of her life. She’s written a memoir, has a blog, and a YouTube channel discussing her own experience as a “heretic,” and addresses family estrangement after leaving a high-control group.
Spoiler alert: It is possible to reconcile (but not always)
For more information, go to lynsmithgregory.com
Music by Lee Dunn, opening/closing song by The Chaw
Editing by Dhyana Levey
49 episodes
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