Here are the slides for my talk at CORT 2022 (Conference on Religious Trauma): Sacred Science & Mormonism: A Post-Cult Perspective on Recovery
The slides from my 2021 Thrive Day presentation on overcoming toxic perfectionism: Finding ‘Good Enough’ After Perpetual Inadequacy
“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 …
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 – …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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)
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)
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 …
