My husband is leaving the Church, and now I’m struggling with my own testimony. Do I stay or do I go?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

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🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this episode, I coach Farrah and address her concern: “My husband is leaving the Church, and now I’m struggling with my own testimony. Do I stay or do I go?” Farrah feels she has comfortably lived in a gray area of the Church her whole life, acknowledging what she feels to be true and leaving behind the things she doesn’t agree with. Now, however, she feels like she needs to make a decision about if she will continue to stay in the Church.There is a lot of loss, devastation, and grief that...

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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. Join me here every week
0:39.5	as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them with tools to find healing.
0:45.2	I am thrilled to welcome to the show, Farah. Welcome, Farah. Hi, thanks, Julie. What is your question for me today?
0:53.7	Well, my question is this. My husband has recently
0:57.6	let me know that he no longer believes in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and that he is
1:03.1	leaving. And now I'm struggling with my own testimony and do I stay or do I go?
1:13.6	Okay.
1:15.4	Heavy.
1:16.2	And I can tell there's lots of emotion.
1:18.4	This is something really close to your heart.
1:22.5	Yeah.
1:23.1	Yeah.
1:24.1	Yeah.
1:24.5	Yeah.
1:24.5	It's my whole life, right?
1:26.1	Born and raised, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterty Saints. And same with my husband. Yeah. Yeah. It's my whole life, right? Born and raised, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ
1:28.6	of Latterty Saints, and same with my husband. Yeah. And I have loved every minute of my life in the church
1:36.8	by and large. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it means a lot to you. And so are you feeling pressure to leave because he's left?
1:46.2	Not at all. Okay. Not from him one bit. Any bit of pressure that I feel is me dealing with my own challenges, my own questions that already existed before he told me he was leaving. I have already been struggling
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