Episode 615: Bonnie Young, Author of Sex Educated: Letters from a LDS Therapist to Her Younger Self

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Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

My friend Bonnie Young (active Latter-day Saint, LMFT, married mother of two) joins us to talk about her groundbreaking new book, "Sex Educated: Letters from a Latter-day Saint Therapist to Her Younger Self." While Bonnie wrote this book mainly for Latter-day Saint women who desire to maturely and compassionately reflect on their own sexual journeys, it can also be used as a tool and resource for parents, Latter-day Saint couples, fathers of daughters, and for younger Latter-day Saints who are searching for faith-based and research-backed sexual education. Each chapter of the book is a letter that Bonnie writes to her younger self, and each letter has a different focus. The contents of the letters explore the importance of learning about sex, the goodness of sex, consent, modesty and maturation, the centrality of women's sexual development and experiences, healing from sexual shame, and more. I was deeply moved listening to Bonnie’s insights about the important and sensitive topic— I wish I had a book like this during my growing up years. I encourage listeners to check out Bonnie’s book. When we know better, we do better. Thank you, Bonnie, for being on the podcast and your needed work in our community. Links mentioned: Bonnie’s book: https://a.co/d/eAX5Loj Bonnie Young Counseling: www.bonnieyoungcounseling.com Azure Counseling: https://www.azurecounseling.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
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0:47.1	But now we'll shift to introduce our guests.
0:49.5	My guest is my friend Bonnie Young, licensed marriage and family therapist that's written a new book.
0:56.5	She's here in our home and welcome to the podcast, Bonnie.
0:59.5	Thank you. I'm very happy to be here.
1:02.5	Let me read you the name of the book and I'll read you a forward about the book and maybe
1:07.9	some chapters and a little bit about Bonnie.
1:12.6	Just as a way of introduction, the name of the book, maybe some chapters and a little bit about Bonnie, just as a way of introduction.
1:18.6	The name of the book, and this is, it's called Sex Education, Letters from a Latter-day therapist to a younger self.
1:21.7	And as I mentioned, it's by Bonnie Young, a licensed marriage and family therapist.
1:26.5	Bonnie got a undergraduate degree and a master's degree from Brigham Young University.
1:32.8	She's currently working on her Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy, so someday we will know her as Dr. Bonnie Young.
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