Episode 184: Am I Allowed to Change? | A Conversation with Jana Spangler

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

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

5 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Many of us make temple covenants as young adults. Are we expected to have the same perspectives and priorities at 80 that we had at 18? In a church that emphasizes concepts like “staying on the covenant path” and “enduring to the end,” it can be hard to know how to navigate when our life experiences invite us to grow in new directions. In Episode 184, Jana Spangler joins Cynthia and Susan to discuss the challenges Latter-day Saints may face as they change and mature within an inflexible paradigm.

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0:00.0	Sometimes we recognize that the systems don't work for us so that they're not good for us and that is a real risk which is which kind of feels like it validates people saying don't go there. Right, right. But if you're if the only
0:17.4	measure of success is staying with the system then you might have a point that if your your goal is to be well in this life if it
0:28.0	is to be healthy physically spiritually mentally emotionally physically, spiritually, mentally, emotionally. I think it's pretty clear that accepting the way things
0:39.6	are and accepting the complexity and letting go of what we think we know tends to lead toward better outcomes
0:48.3	when people have been faced with these dilemmas. us.
0:56.0	Hello, I'm Cynthia Wynward. And I'm Susan Hinckley.
0:58.0	And this is at last she said it.
1:00.0	We are Women of Faith discussing complicated things.
1:03.3	And the title of this week's episode is,
1:06.4	Am I allowed to change?
1:08.8	That's a meaty question we're going to be discussing today.
1:12.9	And it's probably above our pay grade, Susan.
1:16.8	It's definitely above my pay grade.
1:19.8	So we invited Jana Spangler to come on.
1:23.0	Welcome, Jana.
1:24.4	Thank you.
1:25.7	Hi Janet.
1:26.7	Hi, Susan.
1:27.8	We're so glad to have you here to talk basically
1:30.4	about adult development today.
1:32.6	Because I think our title kind of says at all
1:34.7	that so often we think, well, am I really allowed to change?
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