95. Carrie Skarda | Mindfulness: Learning to Pause and Hear Him

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 670 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In the scriptures we are taught to “be still,” (Doctrine and Covenants 101:16) and “not to run faster than we have strength” (Mosiah 4:27), but also to be “anxiously engaged in a good cause” (Doctrine and Covenants 58:27–28) and to “serve God with all our heart, might, mind, and strength” (Doctrine and Covenants 4). As busy Latter-day Saint women, how do we balance this seemingly contradictory counsel, allowing ourselves stillness and rest while also engaging with all our hearts in the work of salvation? In this episode, psychologist and author Carrie Skarda teaches how practicing mindfulness can help us develop a more healthy and joyful rhythm between stillness and busyness, while also strengthening our relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and improving our prayer and other religious practices. With beautiful examples from the life of Jesus Christ and using helpful visual imagery, Carrie teaches the ways God invites us to stop or pause, spend quiet moments with Him, and be nurtured and guided by the Spirit to better discern our priorities. Resources: Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: David O. McKay Chapter 4 “Elements of Worship” https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/teachings-david-o-mckay/chapter-4?lang=eng

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Latter-day Saint Women podcast, where we share the legacy of women of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
0:11.0	You'll get to know the faithful women who shaped our past and hear from inspiring women of faith today.
0:16.0	I'm Shailen Back.
0:17.0	And I'm Carly Geiman. We are your co-hosts.
0:20.0	Today we are so excited to welcome Carrie
0:22.3	Skarda to the podcast who is joining us remotely. Carrie, welcome.
0:26.6	Thank you so much for having me. I'm looking forward to our conversation.
0:30.3	Today, Carrie is here to talk about the benefits of quiet and stillness and also what we believe
0:35.8	as Latter-day Saints and followers of Jesus Christ about making time for quiet and stillness, and also what we believe as Latter-day Saints and followers of Jesus Christ about
0:38.8	making time for quiet and stillness.
0:41.8	As a quick introduction, Carrie is a psychologist and presenter who provides both individual
0:47.0	therapy and group therapy specifically for women.
0:50.5	Her current professional interests include trauma recovery and the practice of mindfulness.
0:55.0	Carrie recently co-authored the book, The Power of Stillness, Mindful Living for Latter-day Saints,
1:00.0	and she has been studying and practicing mindfulness and formal meditation for more than 10 years.
1:05.0	She is married, she has two young children, she lives in Salt Lake City, and we just feel really lucky to have
1:11.1	Carrie with us to discuss this subject today to have her expertise and experience. So, Carrie,
1:15.6	thanks again for being here. Oh, my pleasure. Well, Carrie, to begin with, I feel like when
1:22.2	people start talking about this concept of being still, there's a bit of a buzzword that's attached to that. And we hear
1:28.9	a lot the word mindfulness. We would just love for you to tell us a little bit more what mindfulness
1:34.8	means. That is a great question. So very simply, mindfulness means being aware in a compassionate
1:41.5	way. The simplest definition is just compassionate awareness. And if we're
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