Therapist Combats Mormon Sexual Shame - Erika Nordfelt | Ep. 1984

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 206 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Mormon Stories, Erika Nordfelt shares her powerful journey from a devout Mormon upbringing to finding healing and self-discovery. Erika recounts her experiences growing up in a close-knit Mormon family, navigating high school in Colorado, and attending BYU-Idaho, where she faced struggles with religious expectations and marital dynamics shaped by the Church. She candidly discusses topics like sexual shame, pornography in marriage, and the role of Twelve-Step programs, highlighting the challenges of reconciling faith, identity, and personal growth. Erika opens up about her turning points, leaving the Church with her husband, and her work as a therapist, witnessing firsthand the impact of shame within Mormon culture.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast.
0:03.7	I'm your host, John DeLinn. It's January 7th, 2025.
0:06.9	Happy New Year. And today, we're interviewing someone who I'd call the Natasha Helfer of Rexberg.
0:15.0	That's amazing.
0:16.2	You weren't expecting that, were you?
0:17.5	I wasn't. I'll take it.
0:19.2	And our never Mormon listeners are like, what is it Natasha Helford?
0:21.6	What does that mean?
0:22.6	No, we're interviewing Erica Norfeld.
0:25.6	Hey, Erica.
0:26.6	Hi.
0:27.6	How's it going?
0:28.6	So good.
0:29.6	And Erica is a mental health professional in Rexburg, Idaho, which I call is the equivalent of Saudi Arabia for Mormonism, basically.
0:39.5	No, is that rude?
0:40.3	Is that insensitive?
0:41.4	It's just ironic because it's so cold there, and Saudi Arabia is so hot.
0:45.4	Okay.
0:45.7	But yeah, we'll take it.
0:46.8	There's dryness, fairness.
0:49.5	Doctrantly, it's about being a mental health professional, a Mormon mental health professional
0:55.2	in one of the most conservative, sometimes harsh culturally places in Mormonism.
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