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Brooke Romney, author of 52 Modern Manners for Teens, shares practical modern manners and advice for teens and their parents to help navigate the social, emotional, and practical challenges of being a teenager in todays world.
Join me as I speak with seasoned LDS dating coach, Julie Balkman, as she shares her tips for how to manage the complexities of dating as a young single adult in our church culture. Julie shares her expertise on how to get out of the dating game and into a real relationship that lasts.
Janice Kapp Perry has inspired church members with her music for over 40 years with popular primary hymns “A Child’s Prayer,”“ I Love To See The Temple,” and “Trying To Be Like Jesus.” Join me as she shares the serendipitous event that led to her prolific musical career and what has inspired her throughout her musical journey.
Join me as I speak with Shawna Doughman as she shares the important aspects we need to focus on before our kids leave home and how to approach our second act with curiosity and confidence, leading us to renewed purpose!
Join me as I speak with Patrick Mason, author of the book Planted, as he shares how to strengthen and support loved ones on their faith journey, even when we don’t have all the answers and how those facing doubt can find the answers they are looking for. Patrick also shares how we can commune with God even when we don’t feel that he is communicating with us in the ways that we hope or expect.
Join me as I speak with Emily Gold as she shares her journey finding renewed purpose and meaning as her kids left home. Emily shares how she overcame fear and self-limiting doubts leading her to unlock her true potential and find joy and fulfillment in her second act of life.
Join me as I speak with musical sensation, Adassa, star in Disney’s Encanto, about the defining moments that led to her conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ. After surviving a brush with death, Adassa shares how the Lord has magnified her musical talents and led her to opportunities she never thought imaginable, as she has surrendered her will to His.
Whitney Johnson, author of Disrupt Yourself, shares tips for how to identify passions and interests that fill our lives with renewed purpose and meaning and how to find opportunities that allow us to manifest our true potential!
Show Note links
Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream by Whitney Johnson - Amazon link
Disrupt Yourself by Whitney Johnson - Amazon link
I Am a Mother by Jane Clayson Johnson Amazon link
Disrupt Yourself with Whitney Johnson podcast :
1. Brooke Romney : https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/280-brooke-romney-dont-define-yourself-by-what-can-be-taken-away/
2. Brooke Snow : https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/brooke-snow/
3. Arthur C. Brooks : https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/294-arthur-brooks-are-you-investing-in-your-happiness-401k-2/
4. Sally Helgesen : https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/sally-helgesen/
McKinsey & Company Author Talks : All Along the S-curve : https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-all-along-the-s-curve
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnsonwhitney/
Michael Malm is a prolific Christian artist whose work was recently showcased on the general conference promotions. His paintings are also featured on the cover of the official church 2023 Come Follow Me manual, in the Conference center, and displayed in our sacred temples. Michael shares why he has chosen to devote his life to Christian art, and the process he uses to create art that truly resonates with the heart and minds of those who view it. Michael shares his journey of faith and how he has been led to opportunities allowing him to share his testimony through art.
Join me as I speak with Hunter Steele, a 24 year old BYU student, as he shares advice for parents on how to support their gay children and advice for gay children on how to open up about their orientation. Hunter talks about the emotional toll being gay can create and how to get the help needed to cope with the reality of being gay. Hunter, powerfully testifies how navigating his orientation with God has brought him peace and how he helps support other LGBTQ members in the church community who struggle balancing the culture with their faith.
Join me as I speak with Rhyll Croshaw as she shares the reality of her journey being married to someone caught in the cycle of pornography for over 32 years. She shares how she found out about the addiction, how she navigated the relapses and the breaking point that finally brought her husband to seek the recovery he needed. Rhyll shares how she got the help she needed to recover from the betrayal, fear, and bitterness she felt and what led her to create a program to facilitate healing for thousands of families whose lives have been affected by the devastating affects of pornography.
Join me as I speak with Kristen Murray, seasoned adolescent LDS Therapist, as she shares advice for parents on how to support kids when they fail, how to guide decision making, how to be more vulnerable, how to connect better with their children to build confidence and trust within the parent/child relationship and the three most important words in any healthy relationship.
Dr. Matt Townsend, acclaimed marriage and relationship expert, shares valuable advice on how to navigate the adjustments of being newly married; relationships with in-laws, managing arguments, adjusting to a shared space, maintaining your identity while still growing as a couple, what to do after the honeymoon phase is over and so much more! Also great advice for anyone who is married.
Join me as I speak with BYU religious professor, Scott Woodward PHD, about prophetic infallibility. Scott shares faithful tools to use to tell the difference between when church leaders are just sharing their opinion and when they are sharing true doctrine.
Join me as I speak with Richard Ostler, author and host of the Listen, Learn & Love podcast, where we discuss cultural church topics in an effort to validate member experience and help each individual see how they are needed in our church culture.
Join me as I speak with 27-year-old YSA Relief Society President Lauren Johnson. After serving a mission and graduating from BYU, Lauren moved to Southern California where for the first time she became friends with and engaged with those of different faiths and belief systems. Lauren shares how she has stayed faithful, despite the challenges. Lauren shares how she has overcome the stigma of being an older single adult in the church culture and how to find fulfillment and purpose in life at any stage.
Join me, as I speak with Dennis Schleicher, author of Is He Nuts? where he shares his journey as a gay man and how he used his near fatal experience as a victim of a hate crime to empower and protect marginalized members of the LGBTQ+ community and embrace his faith. Dennis shares how he decided to be a survivor and not a victim and the pivotal experiences that led to his conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Danny Humphrey shares mission advice and lasting life lessons drawn from his infamous Ricciardi letter.
The letter was initially written in 1994 to the son of a friend on a mission and addresses the various aspects and challenges of mission life and how to navigate through fear, rejection companionship friction and other realities of mission life and that the most important convert we will we have is ourselves! So many great insights.
Host: Mary Alice Hatch
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Join me as I speak with Madi Davis, a freshman at BYU, as she shares her journey with pornography. It all started at the age of 13 when she was given a smart phone and exposed to all the graphic images and content consistently popping up on social media. Madi shares the moment when she realized she needed help and how she got the courage to abandon the shame, secrecy and isolation to come forward and get the help she needed. Madi shares advice for other young women who are struggling and what leaders and parents need to know to help the increasing percentage of women who struggle with pornography. Madi shares resources for young adults who are struggling and how her partnership with Christ and His atonement has made all the difference with her recovery.
Emily Adams, author of Divine Quietness, shares her journey of doubt and uncertainty when she felt the heavens were closed and she was not receiving the answers she was looking for from God. Emily shares how she changed her outlook from transactional love to vulnerability with God and how she stay tethered to Him even through her faith challenges. Emily shares powerful experiences that witnessed to her that there is a God and how we can navigate doubt and uncertainty in a productive way that keeps us connected to divinity.
y'all should do one on infertility in a culture of motherhood is the ideal!!