Episode 177: Going Off-Brand

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

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

5 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

“There is room to honor and hold space for the precious and the meaningful even as we evolve in our beliefs, our homes, and our lives. It’s okay to bring some things with you.” These wise words from writer Sarah Bessey help shape the conversation of this Season 8 opener. Everyone who’s moved knows it can be hard to decide what to toss and what to keep. Latter-day Saint women may find it challenging to honor the evolution of our personal faith within the church brand we’ve known and loved. It's okay to need more space! How can we incorporate good fruit gleaned from new sources—those off-brand beliefs or practices we’ve found outside our previous boundaries that feel expansive, nourishing, or even essential to our growth?

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0:00.0	And it's like once you make that shift from against to four, you can start to
0:09.2	analyze things in this like, well, what do I want to carry with me for the rest of my time here
0:15.6	I know all these things I don't want right that's pretty clear to me but what do I
0:21.0	want but what do I want?
0:27.0	Hi, I'm Cynthia Wynward. And I'm Susan Hinkley.
0:29.0	And this is at last she said it.
0:31.0	We are Women of Faith discussing complicated things. And the title of this week's episode is
0:37.9	Going Off Brand.
0:41.7	Hello, Cynthia. we're back.
0:44.0	We're back for season 8 and we're starting out by talking about going off brand and I love that we
0:51.9	landed on this as our title because is there any bigger brand in my life as an
0:57.2	LDS woman than the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, like I don't wear like I won't wear sweatshirts that say
1:05.6	Gap because I'm like nobody's getting free advertising on this body right?
1:09.4	But when I look at like... But you walk around looking like a Mormon woman, right?
1:14.4	Yes, yeah, right.
1:16.7	I had the kids, I had the minivan, I baked the bread, I even had a sewing business.
1:21.0	I mean, my goodness I just kind of fit this mold brand whatever
1:26.2	we're calling it. Well there's a there's a certain area of Mesa Arizona that
1:31.5	if when I'm in that area, the hairstyles are all the same.
1:35.7	And I think, oh yeah, this is the Mormon part of Mesa.
1:39.0	Are you kidding me?
1:40.0	No.
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