Women’s voices are too often lost in LDS church spaces, but this has podcast is a spiritual balm and safe space for me. At last there was someone else out there who understood.
Back in 2020 I wrote a list of 35 major things I struggled with concerning the church. I never doubted God, but I gave myself permission to list things that I had “been putting on the shelf” well, that shelf got heavy and broke, and I finally went to my bishop not really for solutions, but just so I wouldn’t be sitting in silence. When we finished going through the list together he looked at me and said, “Can we add a few more things? I have some I want to add“. So we did, then he recommended this podcast as a place where I could hear from other women who just understood. I think he has the mourn with those that mourn thing down.
Now I listen to this podcast whenever I feel like I need comfort which is nearly everyday haha (I’m nearly caught up). Listing Susan and Cynthia is comforting like dark chocolate, blankets or a good book. My sister and I agreed they seem like the cool aunties who just get it and you wish you had. I love it when I relate to or even don’t relate with the discourse, it’s just great to hear different perspectives and have an open space for that without judgment.
So thanks Cynthia and Susan for being the unwitting aunts we needed, you have truly blessed my life.
