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Mormon Stories Podcast

1237: The Witbecks: A Conscientious Family’s Journey Through Mormonism Pt. 2

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.55.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2020

⏱️ 97 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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Alright, let's say you're ready to come in on this?

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I'm ready.

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Okay, so what are your earliest memories of this idyllic Mormon family with two few children?

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Well, very idyllic.

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Definitely.

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I mean, I think I always was under the impression that we were doing the Mormon dream.

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Everything was good.

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I think that church was always a thing since I can remember.

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Well my sister and I were very adamant about trying to bring in scripture study and so we

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kind of pulled the reins on that a little bit and did church the whole way through.

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So do you remember a family weaving and that sort of stuff?

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Yep, yep.

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We did family weaving pretty consistently, especially when we were younger.

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And I feel like we always did at least something.

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