16 episodes
Building Bridges Taylor Niebergall
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5.0 • 22 Ratings
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Imagine a wide chasm spanning the distance between you and a person that you love. Both of you want to stay on the side you are on, but hate the separation resulting from that choice. Is your relationship then doomed? How can you make this work? I believe the answer to this is Bridge Building, and that is exactly what I am seeking to teach my listeners. When it comes to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, chasms of faith differences often develop and can be detrimental to maintaining healthy, loving relationships. I believe that these relationships are not doomed to the width of the gulf, but can in fact become stronger than ever before. Bridge Builders seek to find the tools to form bridges that will allow these relationships to flourish again, literally bridging the gap, making the chasm less daunting, making your loved one more emotionally available/open to you, learning from new perspectives, and planting seeds of love, trust, and credibility along the path.
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The Highs and Lows of a Faith Transition with Danielle Calder
Danielle Calder walks us through her personal highs and lows in her faith transition. Danielle is uniquely qualified to talk about this topic as a therapist specializing in religious trauma. She is also a great friend and former missionary companion. Trigger Warning, suicidal themes.
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The Price of Being Right
Has being “right” ever gotten in the way of bridge building? My cousin Sam and I discuss what it means to be “right”, the value of truth, and how we can hold space for both our truth and our love in our bridge building relationships. Notes were taken from “Without the Spirit ye shall not teach” by Michelle Garrett church News staff writer from Church News. May 19th, 2013, and John C. Pingree’s most recent Conference address Oct 2023.
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Navigating a Paradigm Shift Featuring Emily Salisbury and Jonathan Decker
Emily Salisburry and Jonothan Decker join us today to discuss navigating paradigm shifts. You can find the youtube video about wonderwoman here:
https://youtu.be/RTtpXWX6a9w
This is a link to Jonathan's Cinema Therapy channel. https://youtube.com/@CinemaTherapyShow
This is where you can find Jonothan and Alicia Deckers channel, Mended Light: https://youtube.com/@MendedLight
Find Jonothans articles that he writes for LDS living here: https://www.ldsliving.com/search?q=Jonothan+decker
And lastly, this is a link to the documentary Jonothan Mentioned, “Lord, Save us from your followers.” https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1DF9B7321A081B52 -
The Opportunity not to ”judge” Featuring Scott Fellows
Scott is the first co-host to be on an episode who is openly Gay. His bridge building game is on point, and has many flourishing relationships with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Come learn about the role of expectations and standards, and learn why using our judgement is actually a good thing.
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Bridges book review with David Ostler and Emily Salisbury
Join us for a special opportunity to interview the man who wrote the book that inspired this podcast, David Ostler! David is the author of “Bridges: Ministering to those who question” and his book helps active participating members gain more understanding for the challenges that those on the other side of the bridge face. It is an excellent resource for families experiencing faith transitions. Emily and I have the precious opportunity to interview David together to maintain both perspectives and fulfill a dream made over a year ago. If you don’t listen to any episode but one, choose this one!
Link to David’s book can be found here https://deseretbook.com/p/bridges-ministering-to-those-who-question?variant_id=181882-paperback
Brene Brown's explanation of empathy can be found here.
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Bonus Relationship Presentation with Marti Neilson
Marti shares a presentation she did for The Good Book Club on maintaining relationships across difference divides.
Clips of another podcast were shared. Here is a link to the full podcast episode from Neil Sattin’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/O5PYe0XIMhY
List of books referenced:
Feeling Good and Feeling Good Together by David Burns
Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
Bridges by David Ostler
How To Have Impossible Conversations by James A. Lindsay and Peter Boghossian
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
To join or find out more information about The Good Book Club: email thegoodbookclub@mail.com
Practice listening at 3practices.com or bridgeslds.com
https://wherewillyougo.net/ is Marti's podcast and can be found on podcast apps as well.
Customer Reviews
Fantastic Podcast!
Building Bridges is a new podcast, but it has started out strong. Taylor is thoughtful and prepared, choosing guests that bring so much to the conversation about inter-faith relationships. I have deeply appreciated the model she and her guests show of how to approach others with love and true respect regardless of differing experiences and beliefs. Our society has become so divided and unwilling to even hear other viewpoints, but if everyone listened to the conversations highlighted in Building Bridges and applied the principles they talk about, so many rifts could be healed and so much peace could be brought to our lives. Thank you so much, Taylor, for doing the hard work to bring this important topic to the forefront!
Awesome podcast
I love Taylor’s enthusiasm and passion. These conversations are essential now more than ever. Thank you Taylor for doing this much needed work. You are making the world a better place!
So Important
Taylor is a great voice to help people develop better skills to communicate and develop relationships with people who believe differently. Her guests add a lot. Taylor has a lot of passion for this work. She understands how essential this work is given the divides in our communities and sometimes family.
A great listen for anyone wanting to create a more unified and understanding world.