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Mormon Stories Podcast

1746: Mormon Family Struggles with Mental Health - Lance & Brandee Heppler Pt 1.

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

Join Lance and Brandee Heppler as they share their personal journeys in Mormonism and delve into mental health challenges they faced as they tried to be good Mormon parents. In this episode, Lance talks about his orthodox upbringing in Oregon, serving his mission in South Carolina, and his panic of finding someone to marry before graduating from BYU. Meanwhile, Brandee shares her struggle of not fitting in at church due in part to her parents being converts and her undiagnosed ADHD, making her wonder why it seemed God made her too "rowdy" as a woman instead of more subdued and "proper".

Together they navigate the traditional gender roles expected of them as a married couple in the church while raising young children and serving in various callings. As they grapple with issues such as feminism and LGBTQ issues in the church, they also confront their own mental health struggles and the lack of support from the Mormon community. They share powerful insights about the often transactional nature of Mormon relationships and the harmful effects that come from some teachings that associate mental health struggles with sin. This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by those raised in Mormonism and the impact it can have on mental health.

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host,

0:03.6

John DeLin. It is February 28th, 2023. And so often we hear the request to not always

0:11.6

interview famous people or celebrities and not just to cover truth claims for what many

0:16.6

of you love are just faith stories, Mormon stories of regular average everyday Mormons.

0:23.9

And I don't know if anyone really fully meets that criteria because we're all unique in

0:27.8

different ways. But today we have for you one of those we have for you today Lance and

0:35.7

Brandy Hepler. Hey guys. Welcome to Mormon Stories. We are excited to be here and in the

0:41.1

riveted chairs with the brick wall. Yeah, we are the most normal you'll ever find.

0:46.2

How from a foundation those brick walls are firm. No, yeah, we are going to just be hearing

0:52.9

the faith journey of an all in Mormon family. Is that fair to say that is fair to say?

0:58.7

Yeah, I think that's pretty fair. Yeah. Yeah. And joining us is my partner in truth and

1:04.3

righteousness. Margie DeLin. Hey, Margie. Hey. Thanks for joining us. Yes. How you feeling

1:09.1

today? I'm feeling good. Yeah. Yeah. I'm excited for this. Yeah. All right. Well, let's just

1:14.4

dive in. There are going to be lots of themes that we talk about today. We're going to be

1:18.1

talking about mental health. We're going to be talking about having an LGBTQ child. We're

1:23.9

going to be talking about having a child return early from mission service. We're going to be

1:29.4

talking about dealing with kind of an abuse cover up in a church setting. Is that did I say

1:37.1

that right? Yeah. Yeah. And we're going to be talking about is there joy and happiness

1:43.9

after let's just say Orthodox Mormonism or, you know, is Orthodox Mormonism the only way to

1:49.8

have a healthy, happy marriage and family? Are there some of the main things for today?

1:53.8

I think that's hitting on head. That's what we should talk about. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Margie,

1:58.9

anything you want to add before we jump in? I don't think so. Okay. All right. Well, we're going

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