#84: The Polygamist's Daughter with Anna LeBaron
Struggle Well School
Emily Thomas
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2017
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Anna is a mom of five who also happens to have a story of escape from a violent, polygamist cult. She endured horrific abuses for years. While her experiences are not typical, her journey will help you realize that no matter what you’ve faced, you can live a life of wholeness. What we chat about: The very real fear of messing you kids up when you didn't have a typical childhood yourself Fighting for health for the good of your children Grace for yourself and your limitations in your mothering When she realized life could be dirty and that's ok. Episode Sponsor: Sheep Farm Felt Support the show: Shop Amazon Affiliate Link Share the Struggle! Find me on Instagram or Facebook because I want to hear YOUR thoughts on this episode! If you've been encouraged by the show, please share it with another mom. The struggle is real. We might as well do this together! Some links above take you to Amazon. When you click through, anything you purchase there will help offset the costs associated with producing the show. It doesn't cost you any extra, and it helps me out. Everybody wins! Thank you for your support!
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| 0:40.7 | Thomas and you are listening to the Mom Struggling Well Podcast. Hey ladies welcome back. This is episode 84 and I am talking to |
| 1:06.0 | Anna LeBaron and she is an author of a story of that one time where she |
| 1:12.1 | escaped from a violent polygamous cult at 13. |
| 1:16.5 | Wow, it's really an amazing story and it is such a hopeful story because all of us have places in our stories that are broken because the world is broken and |
| 1:27.6 | sometimes to hear a story that is so unbelievably tragic and see someone able to come out on the other side of it can |
| 1:36.1 | bring so much hope. So that's what we're talking about today and you are not going |
| 1:40.4 | to want to miss this conversation. I hope I asked all the questions |
| 1:43.3 | that you had because I had so many questions being that I do not know that much |
| 1:47.0 | about what it's like to live in a polygamous cult. So just know that I did my very |
| 1:51.0 | best to ask all the questions that you guys would be wondering because I was wondering them too. |
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