Courtney Rich: My Recipe for Battling Depression—Christ and Cake

All In

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Following her parents’ divorce, Courtney Rich experienced depression for the first time. Doctors called it situational but in the years since, depression has become an ever-present obstacle in her life. However, in recent years two things have transformed and aided her fight against mental illness.

“I prayed at the beginning of that summer and said, ‘I will do everything you need me to do. I am giving you my all because I need this from you. I need to know that you’re there. I need to know that you see me when I’m going through these moments of trial and I don’t feel you, I need to know that you’re there…'"

Show Notes

2:40- The Kelly Clarkson Show
5:00- Beginnings in Broadcast
9:31- A Child of Divorce
17:23- Depression- “The First Day I Felt Different”
23:15- The Guilt of Feeling Ungrateful
24:45- Coming to Christ Vs. Waiting for Him to Come to Us
32:04- Looking for His Hand
37:17- When You’ve Had Really Great Cake…
42:40- A Point of Desperation That Led to Light
45:26- What Does It Mean To Be “All In” the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

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0:00.0	Courtney Rich first remembers experiencing depression following her parents' divorce.
0:06.6	Doctors said it was situational and she thought maybe she could just power through, but feelings
0:12.0	of inadequacy, darkness, and discouragement lingered.
0:16.0	A belief that she was actually ungrateful only made things worse as she felt guilty for
0:21.0	the sadness she felt.
0:23.0	But while those feelings still come, a recent focus on coming onto Christ has given Courtney
0:28.9	glipses of God's love for her.
0:32.9	Despite not making her first cake from scratch until the age of 26, Courtney Rich has spent
0:39.0	the last nine years perfecting the art of cake baking.
0:43.2	Her goal is to now inspire others to give baking from scratch a shot through teaching cake
0:48.8	classes.
0:50.2	Prior to starting cake by Courtney, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham
0:55.3	Young University in Broadcast Journalism.
0:58.6	She has now been featured on the Today Show in Oprah Magazine and on my personal favorite,
1:04.9	the Kelly Clarkson Show.
1:07.7	This is All In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean
1:12.7	to be All In, the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:15.8	I'm Morgan Jones and I am so pleased to have my friend Courtney Rich here with me today
1:20.7	Courtney, welcome.
1:21.7	Hi, it's good to be here.
1:23.3	Thanks Morgan.
1:24.3	Well, I have been so looking forward to this conversation and I think it's because we've
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