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How to Let Go of Anxiety When Making Hard Decisions + 4 Steps to Replace Fear with Faith

After changing my major three times in college, I was sold on journalism as my career goal. However, while I was looking at the job salary for journalists, I realized that I would not be able to save much money in my newly chosen career. My anxiety rose and my mind started spinning. “Should I change my career goal? Is it too late to become a nurse or engineer?” While my brain was filled with fearful thoughts about the future, the advice I’d received from my therapist reminded me that I need to calm down and realize that it was my fear that was creating these doubts in my mind.

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Church Article Shares How Mormons and Muslims Can Build Common Ground, What Church Leaders Have Said About Islam

Recently, the Church published an informative article about Islam in the Ensign. Before the article, a note states, "Because it is important to understand those of other faiths, Church leaders felt that it would be helpful to provide an overview of the history and teachings of Islam, the world’s second-largest religion."

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Latter-day Saint Life

How Women & the Priesthood Is One Small Part of a Much Larger Question

MR says: After the Church released two new Gospel Topics essays focusing on the sensitive topics of women and the priesthood and our Heavenly Mother, many people from all backgrounds have begun commenting on the Church's stand on women being ordained to the priesthood.

3 Essential Lessons Every Parent Should Teach Their Child

MR says: Parenting is difficult. Being in charge of raising a healthy, well-adjusted, faithful son or daughter seems nearly impossible, especially when we realize we are charged with our children's spiritual education. But, here are three simple truths we can focus on teaching our children that will help all the rest fall into place.

Latter-day Saint Life

The Forgotten Martyr: Joseph & Hyrum's Brother Who Died for the Church

Everyone knows the story of Joseph and Hyrum and their tragic martyrdom in Carthage Jail. But few Latter-day Saints know about Samuel Smith, Joseph's younger brother, who died just a month after the prophet was murdered.

Emily Belle Freeman and Nish Weiseth: Different Faiths and Deep Friendship

How can we do a better job of building on common ground rather than creating artificial divides? Authors Emily Belle Freeman, a Latter-day Saint, and Nish Weiseth, a non-denominational Christian, are best friends who have built a strong friendship on a foundation of Christ.

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Latter-day Saint Life

Latter-day Saint psychologist: Trusting in the Lord’s promises for more peace and less anxiety

By Dr. David T. Morgan

Imagine being Sarah, Abraham’s wife. You’ve been faithful through many trials. You and your husband receive a promise that through your descendants, the world will be blessed for generations. But how?

Latter-day Saint Life

One Thing We Need to Know About God's Grace When We Feel Lonely or Unworthy

So often, we feel like we need to be worthy in order to receive the Spirit, strength, and faith to remain worthy. But that doesn't make any sense. "That idea contradicts the one truth I know without a doubt and has become a sole point in my faith; God is love. How can a God of love leave us when we’re down and lost? Well, he hasn’t, go figure."

Debra Theobald McClendon: Scrupulosity—Obsessive-Compulsive Anxiety You May Mistake as Faith Crisis

You may have never heard of scrupulosity, but it is possible it has hijacked the religious experience of you or someone you love. In her September 2019 Ensign article, Dr. Debra Theobald McClendon wrote, “Scrupulosity masquerades as a desirable, higher standard of righteousness and personal worthiness—but it’s not!” So, what is scrupulosity? How does it manifest itself? How is it treated? Dr. McClendon helps us answer all of these questions and more on this week’s episode.