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“I feel lousy. Am I just getting old?” This was a serious question asked me by a 41-year-old female patient. I don’t know if she liked my answer, but here’s what I told her: “Aging isn’t optional, but feeling ‘lousy’ is a choice.”

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Why Women Don't Have to Have Children to Be Mothers

By LDS Living

With school is back in session, there's one thing that we still need to prepare our hearts and minds for—October general conference. To help you prepare, LDS Living will feature some of the most beloved talks of all time. Every Friday in September, watch for a new talk that is sure to uplift you and help you feel the Spirit as the October general conference approaches.

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3 Keys to Making Repentance Easier Yet More Meaningful

By David Fisler, Author of "His Redeeming Power: Cleansed on Conditions of Repentance"

As a former bishop and now a YSA branch president, many members have asked me, “How long will it take me to repent?” And I usually answer, “Well, that depends—it depends on you and on the Lord.” Some people are able to repent rather quickly, while others take a long time.

{Food Dish} LDS Living in the Kitchen: Pumpkin Recipes

By LDS Living

The pumpkin-themed recipe section that we published in the September/October 2011 issue of LDS Living (click here to see it online) has actually been in the works for several years. So, when it finally came time to run the recipes, we were thrilled and anxious to try them out for ourselves. Find out how it went down.

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Is Your Child 'Mission Ready'?

When President Monson announced the new mission ages, youth around the globe were suddenly presented with the thrilling (and in some ways terrifying) prospect of leaving home much earlier than expected. Many still wonder, almost two years later, how youth can be prepared to serve, when most of them have just barely left high school.

Then and Now: General Women’s Meetings

On Nov. 1, 2013, the First Presidency announced that a general women’s meeting would be held the Saturday before each general conference for all women, young women and girls 8 and older.

The Bible and the Book of Mormon

Sitting between bookends atop a filing cabinet a few feet from my office is an assembly of books, all with the same title and content but each one rendered in a different language. “Le Livre de Mormon.” “Das Buch Mormon.” “El Libro de Mormón.” There are several in non-Latin scripts. Chinese in simplified characters. Russian in its Cyrillic. Japanese with its blend of ancient and modern alphabets. A few are in languages most people haven’t heard of. Quechua. Chamorro. Fante. The Book of Mormon-- translated fully or partly into more than a hundred languages and with 150 million copies in print to date - may be the most readily identifiable factor that sets members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apart from other Christians.

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Elder Holland’s Valentine’s Day message that might change how you show love

By Danielle B. Wagner

During the Valentine’s season, everyone’s thoughts turn toward romance and love. But Elder Holland explained how we should love others, not just one day, but through every trial, struggle, and joyous moment in our lives.

Missionaries Make Utah a Top Cosmopolitan State

I’M delighted to announce that the winner of my 2014 “win-a-trip” contest is ...

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The Incredible Way an LDS Teen Is Sharing Her Deceased Brother's Legacy Through Beauty Pageants

Mackenzie Ford, usually a rough-and-tumble sort of girl, won the title for Arizona's Miss Maricopa’s Outstanding Teen in September.