In this podcast Julienna dives into the broader implications of a faith transition. She shares her experiences as well as ideas on how to make the transition smoother. She also shares practical ideas about rebuilding foundation, self, parenting, love, sex and more. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thefaithtransitionpodcast/support
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THRIVE DAY FOR WOMEN - April 2022 - Organizing Committee Recap
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In this episode, I have the committee of THRIVE DAY FOR WOMEN gathered to share their thoughts on the event which happened on April 2nd, 2022 at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah. We have Lisa Hacking, Lindy Johnson, Chelsea Homer, Rebekah Sardakowski, and Meg Griffes participating in the discussion today. I was privileged to be the MC at the event and…
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Episode 26: Conversation with Dani Enkey - A Day With Dani - Faith Transition - Aspirations...
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In this overdue episode, I have a heartfelt conversation with Dani Enkey. She shares her life journey starting as a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints, then she discovers through yoga, meditation, and her personal life experiences that her inner world is much more expansive than what she was taught to believe. She fi…
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Episode 25: Part 2. Celeste Carolin - Mama Dragons - The Parachute Program - LGBTQ Children
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In this Part 2 episode with Celeste Carolin, executive director for Mama Dragons, we learn more about who are the Mama Dragons and what are the organization's goals. We learn about the nearly 10 thousand Mama Dragons from all over the world, with diverse backgrounds and faith traditions. Celeste also tells us about The Parachute program which was d…
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Episode 24: Conversation with Celeste Carolin - Mama Dragons' Executive Director - Advocacy for LGBTQ+ Youths
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In this conversation, we learn more about Celeste Carolin - Executive Director for Mama Dragons. Celeste Carolin comes from a business and leadership background with a wide range of senior business roles. She attended Harvard Extension School from 2009 - 2013 studying for a Master’s in Business and is currently working on a Master’s in Marriage and…
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Episode 23: Uplift Kids with Drew Hansen and Amanda Suarez
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In this episode, I have a great conversation with Drew Hansen and Amanda Suarez who created the platform and movement Upflift Kids. Amanda has spent 20 years experiencing our education system from every angle. In addition to completing an B.A. in Elementary Education and an M.A. in School Psychology, Amanda has volunteered in many capacities inside…
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Episode 22: Conversation with Advanced Relationship Coach Bryce Bauer
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In this episode, I have a candid conversation with Advanced Relationship Coach Bryce Bauer, husband of Jenny Morrow who I had on the previous podcast episode. This episode is more geared toward single men, coach Bryce will tell us more about how single men looking to have a more meaningful relationship can start - if they feel a bit lost - how they…
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Episode 21: Live Therapy Session with Advanced Relationship Therapist Jenny Morrow who dissects Julienna's Troubled Romantic Life
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In this episode, I have a very open and vulnerable conversation with Advanced Relationship therapist Jenny Morrow who has a decade and a half of experience working with thousands of couples and individuals. She helps her clients have more fulfilling and enduring advanced relationships. Jenny Morrow is a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ o…
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Episode 20: Conversation with Shelise Ann Sola - Ayahuasca, Mushrooms, and more...
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In this episode, I have an intriguing conversation with Shelise Ann Sola - Actress, Model, ex-Mormon, Instagram influencer, and soon to be a published author who reveres medicinal plants. We talk about her experiences with parallel worlds, Shelise helps us understand her experiences when she let the plants show her what more she could access. Encou…
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Episode 19: Conversation with Andrea Forsythe - Active Progressive Member of the Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter Day Saints
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In this episode of The Faith Transition Podcast, I have an open and honest conversation with Mother, Wife, Singer, Actor, Speaker, Performer Andrea Forsythe, a native of Utah who now lives in Colorado with her family. I discovered Andrea Forsythe on social media, I was intrigued because she is an active member of the LDS Church who also advocates f…
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Episode 18: Conversation with Kimilyn Poulson
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In this episode, I have a candid conversation with Kimilyn Poulson. Kimilyn shares with us her experience being adopted and raised by caucasian, devoted Mormon parents in Utah. She shares her struggles carving her identity in the midst of people who did not look like her. She strived to conform which took a toll on her mental health. She shares her…
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Episode 17: Real Talk with Designer Spencer Nugent (Part II)
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This overdue follow up episode with Spencer Nugent is a gem, we go deeper into his experience living as a double minority - a black man and non-Mormon man in a small town in Utah. Spencer tells us how he navigates through it all, how he coped with the events and racial tensions of the past few months and what he hopes to see in the future. I hope y…
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Episode 16: Real Talk with Designer Spencer Nugent: Embracing My Blackness in America as a Designer and Ex-Mormon (Part I)
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In this episode and the one that will follow, I have a real talk conversation with extremely talented Industrial Designer Spencer Nugent. We talk about his career as a Black Industrial Designer. Spencer sees himself, above all, as a Creative and an Instructor who enjoys sharing his skills and process with tens of thousands of avid designers ready t…
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Episode 15: Conversation with Super Athlete Tammy Haws
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In this episode, Tammy Haws comes back for the 2nd time on The Faith Transition Podcast. She shares her journey of becoming a Super Athlete. Tammy has under her belt: 20 Full Marathons including 5 Boston Marathons; 33 Half-Marathons; 3 Ultra-Marathons; 1 Half-Ironman and 3 Full Ironman. Tammy shares how she "fell" into the Marathon and Ironman worl…
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Episode 14: Conversation with Dr. Scott D. Miller (Part 2)
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In this episode of The Faith Transition Podcast I continue the insightful conversation with Dr. Scott D. Miller that we started in the previous episode. We discuss his journey as a psychotherapist, his thoughts on the Coronavirus pandemic, the death of George Floyd as well as society flight from death, sudden death and the invitation to find ways t…
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Episode 13: Discussion with Dr. Scott D. Miller (Part I)
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In this episode of The Faith Transition Podcast I have a very insightful discussion with Dr. Scott D. Miller. Dr. Miller is the founder of the International Center for Clinical Excellence, an international consortium of clinicians, researchers, and educators dedicated to promoting excellence in behavioral health services. Dr. Miller conducts worksh…
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Episode 12: Conversation with former Temple Square Sisters who left the LDS Church recently
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In this episode, I have an open conversation with 3 former Temple Square Sisters who left the LDS Church: Kelly Price Nance, Lesa Sears and Monica Valentino O'Brien. They all served on Temple Square a couple of years before I did and left the Church recently. In this episode, they share their faith transition, some experiences serving in the Salt L…
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Episode 11: Dr. Cyndi Owen Matthews & Ashlen Hilliard interview former LDS member Julienna Viegas on Covid-19 Response
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In this episode, you'll hear a recording of the interview Julienna Viegas, former member of the LDS Church, and Dr. Cyndi Matthews, PhD, Licensed Counselor and Moderator Ashlen Hilliard, Assistant to the Executive Director at the International Cultic Studies Association. The Mission of the ICSA is to provide information, education, and help to thos…
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Episode 10: Conversation with Dr. Cyndi Matthews on Spiritual Abuse from an Experienced Licensed Therapist's Perspective
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In this episode of The Faith Transition Podcast, I have a very enlightening conversation with Dr. Cyndi Matthews. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor (LPC-S), a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC), and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) working with individuals, couples, and families. Dr. Cyndi Matthews graduated with …
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Episode 9: Conversation with Dusty Rhoads - Spiritual Abuse, Divorce, Carving a New Life Path
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In this episode, I have my friend Dusty Rhoads back on The Faith Transition Podcast. You can listen to his faith transition story in Episode 5. Today we delve a little deeper into his painful divorce, how he felt judged and abandoned by those who should have been there to support him during this painful transition. We talk about the difficulty of r…
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Episode 8: Conversation with Gail Nicolaysen-Shurtleff: Death, Grief, Mental Health, Carving Our Own Path
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In this episode of The Faith Transition Podcast I have an uncut heartfelt conversation with Gail Nicolaysen-Shurtleff. She is an accomplished therapist from California who now lives in The Netherlands and practices therapy remotely. Gail got her Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology at John F. Kennedy University. Together we discuss her journey as…
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Episode 7: Conversation with Tammy: Marriage, Divorce, Healing from a Relationship with a Serial Cheater & Rebuilding
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Thank you for tuning in! In this episode Tammy shares her two major relationship stories: First a marriage which happened a mere 6 months after meeting as college students, a divorce, then a new relationship with a serial cheater which quickly turned abusive . Tammy bravely decided to share her story with the hope that some who may be in similar si…
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Episode 6: Conversation with Marlena Wilding Smith - Digging deeper into her Mormon Faith Transition, her story as an African-American woman born and raised in Utah
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In this episode of The Faith Transition Podcast, I dig a little deeper into Marlena's experience being born and raised in Utah as an African-American woman. We talk about her experience at BYU, the reaction around her when she left the Church. We discuss this year's first lift of the priesthood ban celebration and what transpired from it, the apolo…
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Episode 5: Conversation with Dusty about his Mission, Faith Crisis, Divorce, Sex, Science, Rebuilding and More
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In this episode I interview my friend Dusty, a published herpetologist who grew up in the Mormon Church, graduated from BYU and is currently completing his Phd in the Dallas area. Dusty shares some of the issues he had with the LDS doctrine starting in his science classes at BYU. We discuss a study of thousands of people across different faith trad…
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Episode 4: Meet Your Friendly Atheist Neighbors - A Candid Conversation with Shar and Theresa
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In this episode I have a candid conversation with my friend Shar who lives in Texas and my friend Theresa who lives in New Jersey. We talk about their belief system and how they came to define themselves as atheist. Shar tells us how she came to a cross road as she stood by her father in his last hours before passing. Theresa explains how in her mi…
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Episode 3: Interview With Molly - Divorce, Faith Crisis, Mental Illness, Rebuilding and More
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I’m very excited to share with you this discussion with my friend Molly who opens up and shares her very personal experience growing up Mormon, going to BYU, marrying after 12 weeks of meeting her ex-husband. We discuss the lack of sex education, some women’s issues, her painful divorce. We also discuss mental illness, dealing with a cheating spous…
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Episode 2: Faith Crisis & Tools For A Smoother Faith Transition
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In this 2nd episode of The Faith Transition Podcast Julienna shares some definitions, quotes from books that helped her during her faith transition as well as tools she uses to quiet her mind to come back to a more peaceful state. She talks about where she stands in her spirituality and what led her there. Enjoy and leave some feedback! Connect wit…
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Episode 1: Introduction to The Faith Transition Podcast with Julienna Viegas
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In this first episode of The Faith Transition Podcast Julienna introduces the podcast, what it's about, who it is for and what she will be talking about in future episodes. She shares a little about her background in Mormonism and why she left the faith. You can find out more details about this in her Mormon Stories interview with John Dehlin on Yo…
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