Sunflower Movement
Welcome to Sunflower Movement—a podcast for the moments we feel seen, heard, & believed 🌻. Together we will explore a variety of personal experiences about mental health, trauma, religious trauma, faith deconstruction, nervous system regulation, & all that the healing process…
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"Dickfishing,” Bishop Interviews & the Fear of Hell (opens the original)
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What happens when someone sends an explicit photo that doesn’t match what arrives in person? What do you do when a roommate reports your sexual experience to your bishop? And how can you respect a believing spouse when your own wounds from religion are still wide open? In this listener-submission episode, Ashley discusses “dickfishing,” honesty and sexual boundaries, traumatic bishop interviews, mixed-faith marriage, fear-based religious conditioning, and the fear of hell that can remain long af
Sex, Shame and the Fantasies We’re Afraid to Discuss (opens the original)
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This is the explicit sex episode. Ashley responds to listener submissions about sexual shame and explores what happens to desire, pleasure and intimacy after growing up in purity culture. In one of her most vulnerable conversations yet, Ashley discusses masturbation, sexual fantasies, same-sex attraction, bisexuality and intimacy within marriage. She also explores the fear or panic that can arise during sex, sexual double standards, consent, nervous-system responses and learning to experience de
Uncomfortable Doesn’t Mean Wrong: Boundaries, Therapy, and Life After Mormonism (opens the original)
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In this listener-submission episode, Ashley explores the discomfort that often comes with leaving Mormonism, creating boundaries, embracing your sexuality, and learning to trust your own instincts. She responds to questions about finding a therapist who understands LDS culture without allowing personal beliefs to interfere with treatment, setting boundaries with parents who repeatedly push church attendance, and deciding whether it is emotionally safe to come out to religious family members. Ash
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