Episode 153: When Women Can't Stay

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Religion & Spirituality, Feminism, Motherhood, Ldswomen, Spirituality, Lds, Thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, Mormonwomen, Religion, Marriage, Mormon, Faith

5 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Embracing our journey means accepting that every individual’s path is different. While some Latter-day Saint women think about why they stay, others will be thinking about why they make the choice not to. In Episode 153, two women who found stepping away from church engagement to be the right choice for them share their personal stories. It's a conversation about why leaving is not as easy as some members may think, and why staying is not always the best option.

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0:00.0	So I totally understand a woman getting to this place where attending church is not working anymore and something has to change.
0:12.0	Because the woman has changed.
0:14.0	Right. And for some that change means exiting the building and for some that may mean
0:19.1	new boundaries about entering the building. For some it may mean starting a podcast to whatever, wherever your journey takes you in this,
0:27.0	something's going to have to give at some point when it starts to feel too tight and you're ready to grow.
0:36.0	Hi, I'm Susan Hinkley.
0:38.1	And I'm Cynthia Wynward.
0:39.8	And this is at last she said it.
0:41.8	We are women of Faith discussing complicated things.
0:45.1	And the title of today's episode is,
0:47.6	When women can't stay.
0:49.2	Oh.
0:51.6	I know. I don't want to sound sad saying I know
0:56.3	We have a bit of a theme going for this season which is embracing your journey
1:01.6	Yeah, and I feel like know, if we're going to talk about women's journeys, we need to talk about all of them, right?
1:09.0	So if we're going to have conversations about why and how we stay, then we need to also have a conversation
1:15.4	acknowledging the reality that for some women, staying is not the best
1:20.1	option.
1:21.1	Correct. You know, we noticed early on that a lot of our listeners seem to be having a crisis of some kind.
1:28.2	That was one of the unexpected things about starting this podcast.
1:32.1	And I think part of it is probably just because COVID
1:34.7	was a good time for having crises.
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