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Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

99. Kathryn Reynolds | No Such Thing As “Plan B”

Latter-day Saint Women Podcast

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5670 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

When things don’t work out the way we want them to, we may think it requires we accept a lesser reward - a Plan B. But Relief Society advisory council member Kathryn Reynolds believes there is no such thing as a “Plan B” in life. Through a lens of sincere faith and trust in God’s love and eternal plan, she has come to see her life’s sidetracks, struggles and detours as divine. Join us as Kathryn shares the unexpected path to her career as a marriage and family therapist and service on the Relief Society council, and the divine detours and opportunities for learning along the way, including her service as executive assistant to Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Through tender personal experiences, Kathryn testifies of prophets and apostles, as well as the priesthood power and authority of the female officers called to lead and stand as witnesses of Jesus Christ in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today.  Resources: Elder Richard G. Scott, May 2003 Ensign: “The Sustaining Power of Faith in Times of Uncertainty and Testing” https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2003/05/the-sustaining-power-of-faith-in-times-of-uncertainty-and-testing?lang=eng “Even if you exercise your strongest faith, God will not always reward you immediately according to your desires. Rather, God will respond with what in His eternal plan is best for you. He loves you to a depth and completeness you cannot conceive of in your mortal state. Indeed, were you to know His entire plan, you would never ask for that which is contrary to it even though your feelings tempt you to do so. Sincere faith gives understanding and strength to accept the will of our Heavenly Father when it differs from our own. We can accept His will with peace and assurance, confident that His infinite wisdom surpasses our own ability to comprehend fully His plan as it unfolds a piece at a time.”

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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 Geimann. We are your co-hosts.

0:20.0

And today we're so excited to welcome Catherine

0:22.0

Reynolds to the show, who is here with us in the studio in Salt Lake City. Catherine, welcome.

0:26.4

Thank you so much. It's good to be here.

0:28.7

We're so glad to all be here. We're healthy, we think. We're able to be distance and separated

0:34.5

with COVID surging as it is, but we're glad to be here. Yeah.

0:38.1

It's been great. And we're so excited for our listeners to get to know Catherine, who has served

0:42.5

as a Relief Society advisory council member since 2020. We were just talking with Catherine.

0:47.5

She was born in Germany, and there's kind of an interesting story there with her parents,

0:51.0

but she lived there until she was three, and then she was raised in Bountiful, Utah.

0:55.5

She has a master's degree from Brigham Young University in Marriage and Family Therapy, and currently

0:59.6

works full-time as a therapist to individuals, couples, and families. She has also had some very

1:05.4

unique opportunities in church employment prior to that, to work at the Salt Lake Temple, and to also

1:10.2

work for Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Corm of the Twelve Apostles. So excited to hear more about

1:15.0

those experiences. Catherine said she enjoys the outdoors, interior design, travel, family history,

1:21.3

and also love spoiling her precious nieces and nephews. Probably a favorite aunt.

1:26.1

Yeah. They're my favorite. Yes. Well, Catherine,

1:29.5

to jump right into the questions, you've taken some detours in your career. Some might view

1:33.9

of them as detours. You plan to attend graduate school in marriage and family therapy, but first

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