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balancedlivingwithleah

I support people who are navigating a Mormon faith transition and guide parents in conscious parenting practices.

Parents are busy, and carving out consistent time

Parents are busy, and carving out consistent time in the evening to attend my live courses can be challenging.

While my live communication course for parents has been transformative for many families, the consistent request I’ve received is to transition it into an online video course. I’m excited to announce that this on demand option is now available!

My video course teaches the same communication principles and tools that have been the most meaningful for my private coaching clients and past course participants! Learn more by clicking the link in my bio or visiting my website.

I’ve been up to: - Daily walks in the golden su

I’ve been up to:

- Daily walks in the golden sunshine
- Creating a meditation space
- Slowing down, accomplishing less
- Turning my live communication course for parents into a digital offering
- Taking time to grieve
- Learning more about breathwork
- Co-facilitating deeper healing journeys
- Reading with my children

It’s taking a great deal of time, patience and practice to unravel all of the “shoulds,” as I seek to create a life filled with more joy. I’m embracing the journey.

It’s been such a joy to observe my ever-so-creat

It’s been such a joy to observe my ever-so-creative and thoughtful friends Laura and Murphy, as they’ve boldly and thoughtfully navigated their faith awakening and transition away from Mormonism.

@laura.j.randle sketched this drawing and her husband @mrmurphy.dev wrote the thoughts below while listening to episode #33 of the Bewildered podcast with Elizabeth Gilbert. With their permission, I’m sharing these powerfully illustrative masterpieces.

Thoughts on selfishness from Murphy:

“My immediate thought in response to this podcast is that it might me time to rethink selfishness.

Our selves are the primary tool we have for interacting with this world while we exist.

Systems want as much control as possible over the selves of their members, because that’s where their power to do things lies. Of course selfishness would be vilified.

But if we are to wake up to autonomy, we need to become self-aware. We must become intimate with our own selves. Because that is where our power lies.

The power to help others.
The power to change the world around us.
The power to engage with systems on our own terms.
The power to release others from the bondage of systemic roles.

Can it be that the first step to great magnanimity looks like selfishness? …is selfishness?

My hunch is that there is much less harm in selfishness than we are taught to think. That the damaging kind of selfishness sprouts from a system that bans all selfishness. That significant healing can come from mindfully seeking the intersection of selfishness and harmlessness.”

I’ve undergone several medicine journeys in rece

I’ve undergone several medicine journeys in recent years. Each one has been profound and meaningful. These growing and healing experiences have changed my life in profound ways.

If you haven’t yet watched “How to Change Your Mind” or “Fantastic Fungi” on Netflix, I’d HIGHLY, highly recommend it!

Getting curious about the variety of “cages” I

Getting curious about the variety of “cages” I both consciously and subconsciously trap myself in has been a vital part of my post-religious healing journey. As I continue to create a joy-filled life, I’m finding ways to free myself from a variety of different expectation “cages.”

Do you also notice yourself questioning and shifting away from other cultural and self-imposed expectations more since transitioning away from high demand religion? If so, are you finding greater joy and peace as you reevaluate what you may have once considered to be an absolute truth or necessity?

“Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sa

“Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches. Happiness is like a tree going into the sky, and sadness is like the roots going down into the womb of the earth. Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaneously. The bigger the tree, the bigger will be its roots. In fact, it is always in proportion. That’s its balance.”
- Osho

The greatest determining factor of joy in human li

The greatest determining factor of joy in human life is the quality of our relationships, and the quality of our relationships is determined by the quality of our communication. Learning to be an effective and thoughtful communicator can be transformative for ALL our relationships.

Baby steps. No need to rush. Priority on safe conn

Baby steps. No need to rush. Priority on safe connection over details, especially at first.

Leaning into the pain with curiosity turned my fai

Leaning into the pain with curiosity turned my faith transition into a portal for transformative growth.
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Sending love out to all the parents who are naviga

Sending love out to all the parents who are navigating through this situation with their children. Hang in there!
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Model vulnerability. Ask what support would look l

Model vulnerability. Ask what support would look like/feel like and keep the conversation going. I’ll be addressing talking about the WHY, the questions, in my next video.
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Curiosity so often an excellent starting point, fo

Curiosity so often an excellent starting point, followed by non-judgmental and sincere acknowledgments. Pt. 2 coming tomorrow.
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When do you feel stuck in communication with your

When do you feel stuck in communication with your kids right now? What conversations feel the most challenging? Message me or comment below and I’ll offer up some thoughts that may feel helpful.
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Take courage dear ones, living your truth will set

Take courage dear ones, living your truth will set you free! I know it’s SO hard to fall from grace in the eyes of those you love. This is part of the initiation path as you move towards freedom! Freedom from feeling responsible for how others experience the world, and how they experience you from their unique and complex lens. Their lens is something you can’t control, and you never could. You most likely just played a part that had them feeling comfortable with you because of THEIR lens, their worldview.

Also, I’d HIGHLY recommend Martha Beck’s most recent book called “The Way of Integrity.” For me, this book was absolutely PHENOMENAL!
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When we grow out of a control/conformity/expectati

When we grow out of a control/conformity/expectation model, we can create a new relationship foundation wherein our children can feel more safe, seen and unconditionally loved.
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1. Genuine curiosity 2. Share feelings using “I” statements 3. Your request.
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Hello again to those whom I connect with on my bus

Hello again to those whom I connect with on my business page💗
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My former religious self thought I had the answers

My former religious self thought I had the answers to most, if not all, of life’s most important questions figured out. I already had the “right” answers, and I felt genuinely “humble,” at the time, in my righteous knowingness.

Dogmatic elitism robbed me of the kind of humility that cultivates genuine compassion. It robbed me of deeper human connection that comes only through a willingness to listen and learn without judgment.

The extent of human suffering resulting from religious elitism is incalculable. How much suffering could be eliminated if understanding, compassion and love replaced close-minded, dogmatic, black-and-white thinking?

One of the most beautiful gifts of my post-religious experience has been approaching life through a lens of curiosity, born from the foundational realization that I don’t have all the answers, and I actually never did.

Raini Shae has devoted an incredible amount of wor

Raini Shae has devoted an incredible amount of work in bringing together 25 top experts and coaches to offer this completely FREE 14-day relationship summit aimed at supporting you to feel loved, connected and understood in your most important relationship!

Here are a few of the incredible people you’ll get the chance to hear from:

👉🏼Blogger rockstar and relationship coach Kyle Benson
👉🏼Leading edge Sex Therapist Natasha Helfer
👉🏼Love Rituals Guru Tara Blair Ball
👉🏼Creator of Australia's #1 Dating Blog Renee Slansky
👉🏼Best-selling Author Roy Biancalana
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👉🏼MTV Consultant Frankie Bashan
👉🏼Acclaimed relationship and sexuality coach Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-fife
👉🏼And me

Many of these experts charge up to $500 an hour, but you will have complimentary access to their wisdom in the Relationship Reboot Summit, and it’s starting on June 6th!! Click on the link in my bio and select “ Relationship Reboot Summit” to sign up. It takes about 5 seconds!
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Right now there are tens of thousands of transitio

Right now there are tens of thousands of transitioning Mormons who are clinging to support groups as a lifeline to support them through this journey, just like @anthony.d.miller experienced.

My husband and I were excommunicated from the Mormon church for creating such a support group in Columbus OH, a group that now has 250+ local participants. We’ve never regretted our decision to refuse “disbanding” our support group, as our stake president told us we must do, in order to avoid excommunication.

It’s interesting how the baptismal covenants all Mormons make to “mourn with those that mourn and comfort those who stand in need,” doesn’t seem to apply to those who are questioning the faith. Our efforts to do just that caused our local leaders to hold a disciplinary council and formally kick us out of the church, and out of their version of Heaven.
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