Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Carol Lynn Pearson regarding the experiences she had being the heterosexual spouse in a mixed-orientation marriage. Carol Lynne provides a frank and vulnerable personal account as to how she and Gerald came to the decision to…
Category: Homosexuality/Same-Sex Attraction
059: Suicide – Part 1
This interview took place in April of 2012 and was released on the podcast Mormon Matters. It is being rebroadcast here on Mormon Mental Health with the permission of Dan Wotherspoon. Suicide affects all of us, and involves so many…
057: Mental Health Benefits & Risks of Religion – Part 2
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Chelsea Shields Strayer, a cultural anthropologist, regarding the benefits and adverse effects of religious systems and traditions. Chelsea discusses her work from an anthropological lens, looking at how social and religious systems organize themselves in ways…
054: Mormons Burning Bridges
This podcast was recorded several months ago and yet is readily applicable as the Mormon church currently grapples with the issues surrounding feminism, faith transition and LGBT members. Hilary Brown embodies a life experience with all three and knows from personal…
052: One Gay Married Mormon Man’s Attempt at Reparative (Conversion) Therapy – Part 3
Given the new show that has recently aired on TLC, My Husband’s Not Gay, Mormon Mental Health Podcast wanted to rebroadcast the interview Natasha Helfer Parker did in October 2010 for Mormon Stories. In this 3-part series Natasha interviews one of her earliest…
051: One Gay Married Mormon Man’s Attempt at Reparative (Conversion) Therapy – Part 2
Given the new show that has recently aired on TLC, My Husband’s Not Gay, Mormon Mental Health Podcast wanted to rebroadcast the interview Natasha Helfer Parker did in October 2010 for Mormon Stories. In this 3-part series Natasha interviews one of her earliest…
050: One Gay Married Mormon Man’s Attempt at Reparative (Conversion) Therapy – Part 1
Given the new show that has recently aired on TLC, My Husband’s Not Gay, Mormon Mental Health Podcast wanted to rebroadcast the interview Natasha Helfer Parker did in October 2010 for Mormon Stories. In this 3-part series Natasha interviews one of…
049: A Lesbian Mormon Perspective – Part 3
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Lorena Tobon, who grew up as a faithful and extremely dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia. From an early age she found herself falling in love with other women…
048: A Lesbian Mormon Perspective – Part 2
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Lorena Tobon, who grew up as a faithful and extremely dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia. From an early age she found herself falling in love with other women…
047: A Lesbian Mormon Perspective – Part 1
Natasha Helfer Parker interviews Lorena Tobon, who grew up as a faithful and extremely dedicated member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colombia. From an early age she found herself falling in love with other women…