1238: The Witbecks: A Conscientious Family’s Journey Through Mormonism Pt. 3
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2020
⏱️ 78 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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| 0:36.5 | So, okay, so it's 2015, August, she got better. |
| 0:44.7 | Now it's where the Faith Crisis journey begins. |
| 0:46.7 | This is part three of the interview maybe. |
| 0:51.1 | Where does it go? |
| 0:52.1 | How does it start? |
| 0:53.1 | Well, I mean, I had always had things about Mormonism that I absolutely loved and things |
| 1:00.0 | that I struggled with. |
| 1:02.0 | I mean, having two daughters, you know, I noticed the patriarchy stuff pretty strong and |
| 1:06.9 | I remember telling I would point things out to Dave and you know, it's kind of like |
| 1:10.3 | you said with the temple, you don't really notice it if it doesn't affect you and he'd |
| 1:13.9 | kind of like, yeah, it's too bad, but he didn't really get in. |
| 1:19.7 | But like, friends of scouting would come by and even when I was super completely in an |
| 1:25.8 | active, I couldn't even be in the room. |
| 1:27.8 | I'm like, until they have a fundraiser for women, for the young women, you can write the |
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