Episode 53: Leaving Mormonism Part 2

<p><strong>Leaving Mormonism, Part 2: Marriage, Motherhood, and Reclaiming Our Bodies</strong></p><p>In Part 2 of our conversation on leaving Mormonism, I’m joined again by my sister, <strong>Sharon Johnson</strong>, as we go deeper into what it <em>actually</em> looked like to unravel our beliefs—and rebuild our lives—from the inside out.</p><p>We talk honestly about our past and present views on <strong>marriage, motherhood, and our roles as wives</strong>, and how much of who we thought we were was shaped by obedience, fear, and the constant sense of being watched… and corrected.</p><p>We share what surprised us most after leaving:</p><ul><li><p>Realizing how <strong>sacred garments kept us hidden</strong>, disconnected from our bodies, and numb to ourselves</p></li><li><p>How we lived feeling like <strong>children who were always in trouble</strong>, never quite trusted to make our own decisions</p></li><li><p>The deep conditioning of <strong>not trusting our own minds</strong>—because we were taught they could be hijacked and deceived</p></li><li><p>The disorienting realization that many things we were taught were “bad”… actually aren’t bad at all</p></li><li><p>And the strange, sometimes funny, sometimes painful experience of <strong>learning how to be normal adults</strong>—like not knowing how to act at a bar, or navigating everyday things that were once forbidden</p></li></ul><p>This episode isn’t about bashing a religion. It’s about <strong>waking up</strong>. About grieving what we lost, questioning what we were taught, and slowly learning how to trust ourselves—our bodies, our instincts, our desires—again.</p><p>If you’ve ever felt disconnected from yourself, afraid of your own thoughts, or unsure how to live outside the rules you were given… this conversation is for you.</p><p>You’re not broken.<br>You were trained not to trust yourself.<br>And you can learn how to come home.</p>