Luna Corbden

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Sacred Science & Mormonism: A Post-Cult Perspective on Recovery, at Conference on Religious Trauma 2022 (CORT) – Slides

Here are the slides for my talk at CORT 2022 (Conference on Religious Trauma): Sacred Science & Mormonism: A Post-Cult Perspective on Recovery

Finding “Good Enough” After Perpetual Inadequacy – Slides

The slides from my 2021 Thrive Day presentation on overcoming toxic perfectionism: Finding ‘Good Enough’ After Perpetual Inadequacy

Elder Jackson’s “Culture of Christ” is a Culture of White Supremacy

“We can cherish the best of our individual earthly cultures and be full participants in the eternal culture that comes from the gospel of Jesus Christ.” Elder William K. Jackson,October 2020 General Conference The most backhanded compliment-insult combos start out with a Big But. And in this talk called The Culture of Christ (delivered at …

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Mormon Stories Slides & Video Links

The slides for my 5-part presentation on Mormon Stories can be found here: Part 1: The Cogs of the Machine Part 2: The Trap is Sprung Part 3: Control Your Own Thoughts Part 4: Putting on the Pressure Part 5: Emotional Control The full series on YouTube: Mormon Stories 1443: Recovering Agency Pt. 1 – …

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How To Shirk Responsibility: A Lesson from an LDS Apostle

With the April 2018 General Conference, many hoped LDS Leadership would address the most recent abuse scandals that have rocked the foundations of trust for members of the Church. Many of us have been aware of systemic abuse and cover-ups under the roof of God’s house for a long time, yet recently, two of those …

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Consolidated Analyses of LDS Manipulation

I’ve created a number of blog posts and videos analyzing line-by-line the mind control and manipulation in LDS General Conference Talks and articles. Here you can find links to all of them in one place. It first may help to have an idea of the named manipulation techniques used by cults and high-demand groups. They …

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Digging Through Trash: Symbols in Tyler Glenn’s (ex)Mormon Music Video

A demon makes a contract with a Catholic Bishop

This week, rockstar Tyler Glenn will launch his new solo album, “Excommunication.” As a teaser, he has already released two music videos, Shameless, and the highly symbolic and controversial exmormon coming-out video, Trash. You can take three minutes to watch it now. I recommend full screen. We exmormons have never had an anthem before. Not officially. …

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Sunstone Symposium 2016 Presentations – Autism & Exmormons Online

Here are the slides and text for my two presentations at Sunstone Symposium, delivered July 28th and 29th in Salt Lake City: Neurodiversity (Autism) and Mormons (panel with Natasha Smith and Adia Heuser) Slides Notecards (full text) ExMormons Online: How Internet Communities Fuel the Exodus, and Aid Faith Transition and Recovery Slides Notecards (full text)

ICSA Dallas 2016 Presentation

The slides for my talk given on June 30, 2016 at the International Cultic Studies Association annual conference in Dallas, TX. The title of this talk is, “Mormons Online: How Internet Communities Fuel the Exodus and Aid Post-Totalist Recovery.” ICSA 2016 Slides ICSA 2016 Notecards (full text)  

New Mormon LGBT Policy Promotes Child Abuse in God’s Name

I'm not.

This is perhaps the biggest moment in all the history of Mormonism. Most definitely in my lifetime. Whatever comes, however this is handled, the fallout from the news that leaked on Thursday will ripple down to generations to come. For those who don’t know, the Mormon Church changed their official policy for how to handle …

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