1236: The Witbecks: A Conscientious Family’s Journey Through Mormonism Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2020
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
In today’s episode we interview Dave, Keri, and Alyssa Witbeck as they discuss their navigation through Mormonism as a family of very conscientious members. Themes in today’s episode include parent/child dynamics, perfectionism, religious orthodoxy, spousal abuse, eating disorders, divorce, depression, and faith crises. We will also discuss the basic THRIVE questions around healing and growth beyond Mormonism.
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| 0:44.6 | It's January 10th, 2020. |
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| 1:03.4 | Today we're going to be interviewing the Whitbeck family. |
| 1:07.0 | So a couple years ago I'm guessing I got, I started to get to know Carrie Whitbeck and |
| 1:13.8 | Dave Whitbeck actually is a year ago and they're amazing family. |
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