Finding the Seed of Greatness in Troubled Youth | An Interview with Kami Smith

Leading Saints Podcast

Leading Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Kami Smith grew up in Arizona, Kansas, Utah, and Idaho in an active Latter-day Saint home. She suffered abuse as a young child and had a troubled youth with anxiety and addiction, but found her way back with the help of loving leaders, earthly parents, and heavenly parents. Her story can help us as we lead and help troubled youth. Highlights 5:00 Abuse at a young age 12:00 Experience with therapy 16:00 Struggles as a teenager 18:40 Recognizing her abuse 21:00 Advice to leaders of rebellious teens 24:00 How to create safe places for youth to have real conversations 35:00 Shame and guilt Kami felt 37:30 More advice to leaders 42:15 Dad's prayer to know what to do- love is the answer 48:00 Love even though you don't agree with their choices 49:45 Kami's addiction 53:00 Kami's experience with Anasazi wilderness therapy 55:00 Kami's turning point Anasazi Foundation Instagram: hey_kamismith

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0:00.0	One way we lead in life is by helping others develop faith and testimony.
0:05.2	In a world where it seems more and more individuals are questioning their faith,
0:09.2	leading Saints has put together the questioning Saints Virtual Summit, an online resource that many have found extremely
0:15.3	helpful.
0:16.3	Just text the word lead to 4747 and we'll send you more information about the questioning Saints virtual summit.
0:24.0	Welcome back to the leading Saints podcast.
0:28.0	My name is Kurt Frankham and once again I will be your host.
0:31.0	I'm sitting in a beautiful office in Burley, Idaho with Mike Ramsey, my good friend. How are you, Mike?
0:36.0	I'm doing great, thank you, Kurt. Good. Now you are going to help me with this introduction since you started the inception of this actual interview you recommended I interview
0:45.1	Kami but if someone's new to leading Saints and you were like you are the
0:49.5	proselytizer of of leading Saints in the Burley area this This is your area. You do such a good job
0:54.9	getting the word out there. So when somebody, when you tell somebody knew what
0:59.1	leading Saints is, what do you tell them? I tell them it is a great way to exercise and listen to something for an hour at the time.
1:05.8	No, I think that leading Saints is a wonderful place for leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to get unique
1:17.0	perspectives from many people on everything from how to lead in hard situations to how to help people who are going
1:27.0	through the struggles of life and if anything it will do it will broaden your
1:32.2	perspective on people and surprisingly people are who we need to lead and
1:39.2	so the broader perspective you have I think the better chance you have to look at them
1:43.8	through the Savior's eyes. And leading Saints has definitely helped me to just check myself
1:49.7	and make sure I'm looking at people through the Savior's eyes.
1:52.8	Awesome.
1:53.3	Now you recommended when I was coming to town here you said you've got to interview
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