About this episode
John John, Jenn, and special guest Aimee Heffernan as we check in with Natasha Helfer on the one year anniversary of her excommunication from the Mormon church, largely in response to her work as a licensed sex therapist to Mormons and ex-Mormons. Show Notes: Natasha Helfer's Pre-Excommunication reflections on Mormon Stories Live Vigil at Natasha's Excommunication Natasha's Post-Excommunication Debrief on Mormon Stories Ward-less: A Post-Mormon Field Guide podcast with Aimee Heffernan "My Official Stance on Masturbation," by Natasha Helfer, August 6, 2012 "I Am Not Broken," Natasha Parker, Thrive 2019 "To Young Men Only," Boyd K. Packer's 1976 General Conference talk, in which he uses an extended metaphor comparing male genitals to a "Little Factory" to discourage masturbation Natasha's first interview on Mormon Stories, in which she was still afraid to talk openly about masturbation Feminist Mormon Housewives Natasha interviews Jennifer Finlayson-Fife on Mormon Mental Health podcast American Association of Pediatrics' position that masturbation is normative childhood behavior The 1982 letter from the First Presidency, calling oral sex "an unnatural, impure, or unholy practice;" this position was later officially reversed, but is still widely believed among members "The Lord's Standard of Morality," by Tad R. Callister, Ensign , March 2014 "Morality? We can do much better than this..." Natasha's response to Callister condemning masturbation as "self-abuse" Mormon Mental Health podcast "We can all be more civil on LGBT issues, Mormon leader says," by Peggy Fletcher-Stack, Salt Lake Tribune , January 30, 2015 "Elder Oaks…stop it!" Natasha's response to Dallin H. Oaks on LGBT issues "Come Follow Me," Russell M. Nelson, General Conference, April 2019, also known as the "Sad Heaven" talk "LDS Church has great power, which it has wielded irresponsibly," A letter to the prophet from a mental health practitioner, Salt Lake Tribune , April 21, 2019 "Your Divine and Eternal Destiny," Dale G. Renlund addressing the Women's Session of General Conference, April 2022 Sonia Johnson and Kate Kelly on Mormon Land podcast Jennifer Finlayson-Fife discusses Natasha's excommunication on Mormon Land Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism by Maxine Hanks "Teaching Adolescents from Twelve to Eighteen Years," A Parent's Guide , Ch 5 Year of Polygamy with Lindsay Hansen Park Natasha's new project and website Symmetry Solutions Mormon Mental Health Association ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord Contact Us! * MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117