Exmormonology

This is a first for Exmormonology! A'Lea Harris and I sit down for a conversation around all things body. So many of us have a love hate relationship with our bodies and it often consumes so much of our brain space, even when we think we are not thinking about it. We spend a lifetime trying to love ourselves and love the body we are in. The struggle is real. This conversation is rich. We peel back...

I am calling this Exmormonology episode "The Recovering Good Girl." So many layers to shed when deconstructing from a high demand religion, so many if fact that it can feel very overwhelming. This week let's talk about how many of us have been shaped into good girls and what we can do about it. If even the thought of being a good girl grates at you, tune in, this is going to be a good one.

It was a big week in mormon / exmormon dom. Jeffery R. Holland said words and we are going to talk about it. Yep, we are going THERE. I want to offer love, compassion and some coaching on Holland's speech given at BYU's welcome to the 2021/22 academic school year program. Learning to manage your mind does not mean you do not get fired up or angry about things. It is about learning to process those...

This week's Exmormonology episode is a follow up to last week episode on Anger. Anger is a secondary emotion, but I wanted to start with anger because it seems to be a very loud uncomfortable one. This week we are going to find the other emotion(s) and I am going to teach you how to and what to do with it once you find it. Life is a full spectrum of emotions and being able to sit with and process...

If you are experiencing a faith/truth/identity crisis in any form, but especially from religious trauma, you have felt anger. This week in Exmormonology I break anger down for you and explain what is going on and why. Next week I will follow up with what is under the anger. To sum it up.....everything. Anger is okay. Anger is telling you there is something wrong. Listen to it, let it be there and...

Join us for another bonus episode of Irreverent Sessions. Jim and I clink glasses and then talk about... How to pick wine. Long Island Ice Tea. How Molly Mormon Amy was. Our Story. Exploring life outside of the mormon lens (and rules). Jim's life in Hollywood. Jim asking me to marry him while in Italy and why I said no. Sex and exploring your sexuality after mormonism. New York City. Life Coaching...

The desire to try and show your mormon family how the church is not "true," after you go through your own awakening from mormonism is strong. We feel that if they thought the same way, we would get to feel (_____________). Let's talk about how you can't really do this and how you can feel the feeling you are wanting to feel anyway. You really can't convenience anyone of anything. 

Part 2 of my interview with Jim. He certainly knows how to push me to places I didn't know we were going. This interview, for me was very reflective of my life as a mormon and the endless layers of unraveling as I went through my faith crisis. We discuss... the precipice feeling alone the mormon agenda the strength a mormon faith crisis takes what can the church do now? my early youtube channel &...

Jim turns the mic around and ask me some questions that I have never been asked before in regards to my mormon faith crisis. What a person goes through as they are deconstructing their religious brain is very intense. The thoughts and feelings seem to come at you so fast, you often cannot make sense of it all. You feel overwhelmed, betrayed and lonely. I did too. Take a walk with me, down memory l...

It is easy to let panic set in when we see the damage and harm being done in the mormon church. We often feel like we need to get everyone out of the burning house, so to speak. I get it, I really do, but I want you to step back and see the importance of breaking the chain. YOU have done this and because you have done this, the ripple effect will go on for generations. Learning how to manage your...

One of the most difficult parts of your mormon faith deconstruction is explaining what you are experiencing to your still believing family and friends. We want so desperately to be understood. We want our loved ones to know how hard this time in our life is, yet we just keep banging our head against the wall in frustration at the lack of understanding. It almost feels like insult to injury that we...

This week I want to talk to you about how one measures being enough. Growing up in the mormon church there are a lot of requirements given to us over the course of our lives about how we need to be living. We have to "do" a lot in the church and then we are required to go to worthiness interviews to judge our enoughness. The religious conditioning is playing a hard game my friends, when it comes t...

Something was in the air the night we recorded this Irreverent Episode. At a certain point in the podcast we, well, fell into a complete an totally laughing fit that still tickles me listening to it again. We hope you will join us as we discuss... Jim's Legal Pad of Ideas Mormon Temples Missed Opportunity Mormon Product Ideas The Mormon Rocky Horror Picture Show Equivalent Moroni at the Insurrecti...

If you are in the beginning stages of your faith crisis, this episode is for you. Let's have a heart to heart. What you are going through is huge. Don't let the noise drown out the importance of this stage of your journey. This is the messy part. Sit with me today, newbie wildflower.

What happens when one's profession does not align with one's religion? Let's talk about it. Natasha Helfer's "church court of love"scheduled for April 18th. Also, do you know you are your own authority? Do you believe that? I am working on a module for my coaching program that will help you see how our conditioning in "The Church" has contributed to our second guessing what is best for us. Exmormo...

It is a Whiskey and Wine night on this episode of The Irreverent Sessions. (recorded on March 14th) Tonight Jim is drinking Jack and Coke and I am drinking a fabulous Chardonnay, Sonoma-Cutrer. (so freaking good!)  In this session of Irreverent, a few of our topics include... Murder Among The Mormons. Mormon Temple Remodels and The Temple Murals. Respecting the Mormon Elders. God and The Holy of H...

Rewriting your own personal narrative is a completely different process now that you have left the mormon church. What do you believe now? What is true for you? What are the words you use to talk about yourself? I want to talk a bit more about the framework we build from, once we have had a religious faith crisis. You and I both know that this is about way more than just the mormon church and the...

As mormons, we were raised that there was one right church and one right way to live your life. Just stay on the mormon plan and you will be good. Then, boom, you stumble along and run smack dab into your own personal faith crisis. The deep conditioning you have experienced bleeds over into this new paradigm you find yourself in as you navigate life post mormon. Is there one right and true way to...

In this weeks episode of Exmormonology, I want to share with you a time table of my life since my mormon faith crisis. I have had different milestones along my path that have helped shaped my life and I have a feeling you will relate to many of them. I discuss my faith crisis, a wee bit of my marriage, my youtube channel Soul Searching Girl that changed to Amy Logan Post Mormon Life. I discuss my...

Jim and I sat down, had a few drinks and pontificated about mormonism. Some of the topics up for discussion... Seeing things with your spiritual eyes. TikTok @exmormonology and @brashreligion Whiskey Sour Polygamy Amy is old Ordering drinks Why people drink Church distractions Second Anointing Initiatories Brochure upon name removal from church records Doubts are of the devil Cozy up and laugh lou...

Exmormonology Ep. 49 ~ So many stages to this leaving the mormon church experience. You rode the first wave of complete shock and you are feeling a bit stunned, then, the second wave hits you. I know it feels overwhelming, because you don't want to be feeling these emotions. You want to resist these feelings and it festers. What if this is exactly how it should feel? In this episode I want to talk...

I love Exmormonology. I love spending time with you as you are working through a very very very huge life change. Leaving the mormon church is not for wimps. It will challenge you and stretch you and offer all sorts of opportunity for growth. It has always been my goal to help you not feel so alone on your journey. When I began my journey, many moons ago, the loneliness was so very painful. In thi...

So many stages of life after mormonism. The truth is, it is and always will be an on going journey. Being mormon was a part of you through and through, and because of that you have a lifetime of experiences to always remind you of the life you created as a latter day saint. And, part of your life journey post mormon, will be the pieces of the choices you made as a member. For me, it was standing o...

Is your active mormon son or daughter getting married in the Mormon Temple and you can't be there because you left the church? Yeah, me too. Let's talk about how to manage your mind around this potentially emotional experience. When I left the church back in 2006, I knew that one day I may have to deal with this and now I am, tomorrow. I recorded this podcast last week discussing some of my though...

Time to let our hair down around here! Let the Irreverence begin in Exmormonology land. This week James and I dive into... Chartreuse Wine and Whiskey Thinking for Yourself Paul H. Dunn Believing Verses Knowing The New Apologists I, Amy, am always right (obviously) Cherry picking the Bible Tithing is the fee.... James quotes the New Testament  Exmormonology Podcast Facebook Page and more!