166: Deconstructing Religious Trauma + Choosing Yourself w/ Kaeli Wiltbank

Kaeli Wiltbank is a small-town country girl who’s landed in the big city of Los Angeles, California. The last ten years have sent her on a journey deconstructing the world around her, everything from politics to race to religion to sexuality. And somehow this little cowgirl has landed in LA as a raging feminist, ex-Mormon, city-loving gal. Come along as she shares the lessons she has learned along the way and as she continues to figure out who she is and where she fits in.

Golden Nuggets From This Episode:

✨ “Women's voices should be prioritized.”

✨ “I am able to listen to my gut now, and I'm allowed to just be like Oh I think that that would be a good idea to live my life this way.”

✨ “There's a lot about myself that I'm uncovering that I didn't know was there, and that's kind of scary and exciting but it helps a lot.”

✨ “It's messy but all we can do is go forward.”

✨ “Having the ability to just pay my rent takes off so much stress.”

✨ “Now I'm happy that I have a job that I enjoy and I can pay my rent and I can work on the outside stuff.”

✨ “I just follow my gut like if my gut is not excited about something, I'm just like 'Okay, I should probably stop doing that thing'”

✨ “Trust what feels good.”

✨ “It's so funny how complicated we make things when really it's like truly just listen to the inner knowing and you're good.”

✨ “We can all just be doing our thing and like supporting each other.”

✨ “If you're struggling, take care of yourself first.”

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Timestamps from the episode:

05:52   How did she first get the inkling that Mormonism is not for her?
12:02   How does she see other people living in the ways that they tell her not to but she can?
15:00   Where is she at now?
16:53   Is she fighting that she’s getting decision analysis paralysis?
19:15   How is she starting to form a relationship with her body and explore herself?
22:38   Does her family still accept her even though she is no longer Mormon?
24:33   How her job has been supporting her and what does she love about that role?

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