How do I navigate feeling like I don’t fit in or personally align with LDS culture while wanting to stay a member of the Church?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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In this episode, I coach Tanya and address the question, “How do I navigate feeling like I don’t fit in or personally align with LDS culture while wanting to stay a member of the Church?” Tanya has been feeling a disconnect between her values—particularly when it comes to views on LGBTQ+ matters—and Church culture. Though she doesn’t feel like she fits in, she has been looking for any possible way to stay.Tanya shares that she was taught she must be 100% in line with the Church or leave. I te...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower you to
0:23.2	prioritize your dreams, revolutionize your family, and personalize your faith. I'm your host,
0:29.2	Dr. Julie Hanks, a psychotherapist and coach offering online courses and programs to help women
0:34.5	all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:38.3	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them
0:43.0	with tools to find healing.
0:45.2	Today I am so happy to welcome Tanya to the show. Welcome, Tanya.
0:50.5	Hi. Thanks for having me.
0:52.3	What is your question for me today?
0:58.4	My question is as a Christian who finds herself more and more feeling like I don't fit in with the Mormon culture as a whole,
1:06.5	especially with political alignments and, you know,
1:11.4	relative to my LGBTQ views.
1:15.1	And how I'm just,
1:17.3	I guess my question is how do I navigate those feelings while staying a member of the church?
1:23.5	And when I don't feel like the Mormon church always aligns with my personal values.
1:32.2	Yeah.
1:33.3	Yeah.
1:34.0	So let's look at the belief that it should always align.
1:37.8	I mean, says who?
1:39.5	Yeah.
1:40.1	I guess that's, yeah.
1:41.4	I mean, there are people who say they should.
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