Latter Day Survivors

Esteban Lee-O’neal Part 1

May 18, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 110 MB

Esteban Lee O’Neal is a beautiful human, a father, super gay, and a pioneer survivor. Esteban, and the love of his life Rex, recently celebrated their 16th anniversary. Together, they are a blended family with 6 children. He was once a Mormon missionary and believed he could be saved from being gay. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be born gay within a high demand, conservative religion, listen to Esteban's story. Does the mormon church truly offer its members a better way to live?...

Esteban Lee-O’neal

May 18, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 110 MB

Esteban Lee O’Neal is a beautiful human, a father, super gay, and a pioneer survivor. Esteban, and the love of his life Rex, recently celebrated their 16th anniversary. Together, they are a blended family with 6 children. He was once a Mormon missionary and believed he could be saved from being gay. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be born gay within a high demand, conservative religion, listen to Esteban's story. Does the mormon church truly offer its members a better way to live?...

Karly E. Part 2

May 10, 2021 06:32 - 1 hour - 124 MB

Karly continues her story in part 2 as her family is divided and the abuse becomes more emotional and psychological. When a child is not believed, telling the truth to adults means a pattern of betrayal that carries an emotional toll throughout our lives. When Karly was not believed as a child the consequences were life threatening and have left her with a lifelong disability. Her resilience is inspiring and we are looking forward to reading her book!

Karly E. Part 1 & 2 Combined

May 02, 2021 16:00 - 3 hours - 209 MB

Karly is a survivor of physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, childhood cancer, and religious trauma as a member of The Church of Christ. She noted many similarities in her religious upbringing to friends who were Mormon or ExMormon. Karly is a resilient and brave young woman and we are happy to have her on as the first "guest" :) on our podcast.

Karly E. Part 1

May 02, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 94.6 MB

Karly is a survivor of physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, childhood cancer, and religious trauma as a member of The Church of Christ. She noted many similarities in her religious upbringing to friends who were Mormon or ExMormon. Karly is a resilient and brave young woman and we are happy to have her on as the first "guest" :) on our podcast.

Kindra Backman Celani Part 2

April 14, 2021 17:26 - 55 minutes - 63.6 MB

In part 2 of Kindra's story she discusses how leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints mishandled the sexual abuse presented to them by her and her mom. How they revictimized her on multiple occasions. She discusses the issues she faced as a teenager, young adult, and mother as a child sexual assault survivor in the church. She discusses other areas in life where she notices revictimization and the stigma of breaking her silence about child sexual abuse and her struggles...

Kindra Backman Celani Part 1

April 08, 2021 16:30 - 1 hour - 96.4 MB

Although abuse does seem to shape our lives as survivors, Kindra does not wish to be defined by her abuse. She also identifies patterns of generational trauma in her life and in her life choices. As survivors we know first hand the revictimization that happens due to unintentional invalidation from family and friends who do not know how to respond to our constant retelling of our stories, our over explaining trauma response from being silenced for so long, and the intentional and vindicti...

Dayna Kimball Brown Part 2

April 01, 2021 19:32 - 2 hours - 179 MB

Dayna continues her story in this episode. Warning, we jump right into the story again and into the uncomfortable truth of what victims of child sexual abuse experience. Fair warning: the very beginning of this episode is uncomfortable and we want to make talking about these things normal. We need to become comfortable talking about these things with our children and they need to know they are safe to talk to us about these very sensitive topics. Perpetrators of abuse know that sexual stimul...

Dayna Kimball Brown Part 1

March 24, 2021 21:46 - 1 hour - 105 MB

Dayna was sexually abused at the age of 7 but this was not the only story of abuse in Daynas household growing up. She was a member of a prominent LDS family who took a lot of pride in the Kimball name but behind closed doors, it was anything but holy. Listen to part one of Dayna's story.

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