Josh The Mormon

This is the 4th and final episode from the conversation with Landon Baird about suicide awareness and prevention. In this episode, Josh and Landon talk about what to do when you don't feel like you know what to say to someone who is suicidal. They both give their most important messages to anyone contemplating suicide, which is that there is always hope and there is always someone that loves you and always someone who understands. Show Notes: Mormon Message about suicide Romans 8:24...

In this episode, Josh continues the conversation with Landon Baird about suicide awareness and prevention. They talk about parents and their role in preventing suicide and how they can best respond to their children who are feeling suicidal. They talk about shame and empathy and unconditional love and having an open line of communication without the fear of judgment or shame for their feelings. Show Notes: Suicide Prevention Organizations – Nu Hope is a Utah-based organization dedicated to...

This is part two of a four-part conversation with Landon Baird, who has worked with Nu Hope, an organization that works to prevent suicides in Utah. They discuss the fears that prevent us from talking about suicide and talking to those who might be considering suicide and how to overcome those fears and where to get help from a licensed professional. They discuss more about Nu Hope and Landon's experiences with Hope Squad. They talk about some of the causal factors for the increase in...

This is part one of a four-part conversation with Landon Baird, who has worked with Nu Hope, an organization that works to prevent suicides in Utah. They discuss Landon's background and his experiences with the Hope Squad during his time at Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah. Nu Hope is a Utah-based organization dedicated to preventing suicide in Utah, working mostly through the public school system. Nu Hope Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national organization that you can call anytime...

In this episode, Josh talks about the need to forgive ourselves and how we often try to change but we still hold on to our past mistakes. We need to be just as willing to forgive ourselves and let go of the past as we are willing to repent and change. We need to trust Jesus enough to let go of our sins, and that includes the guilt that we feel for them. Alma 36:16-21

In this episode, Josh talks about those times when we don't feel like God is there or like He is listening to us. He talks about his own experiences with this and about how God's love is unconditional and why we might not feel it sometimes. Show Notes: O God, where art thou? - D&C 121:1-8 I will not leave you comfortless - John 14:18 Do not cast it out - Alma 32:28

In this episode, Josh talks about his experience with anxiety and depression and the need for self-compassion. He talks about how important it is to not repress our negative emotions and to instead take an approach of patience and gentleness and unconditional love with ourselves, especially when we are experiencing anxiety and depression. Show notes: Love thyself - Matthew 22:39

In this episode, Josh talks about salvation by grace and the relationship between grace and works. Many Mormons feel that they must earn some portion of their salvation by doing all the righteous works it is possible for them to do and then Jesus comes in and makes up the difference. Josh talks about why that is incorrect and what Nephi really meant when he wrote '...for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do'. We truly are saved completely by the grace of...

In this episode, Josh talks with James Duggar about receiving answers to prayer and understanding the feelings and impressions that come from God and the importance of being confident in your own ability to receive revelation and understand God's answers to you. They talk about how our self-doubt can hurt our ability to tune in to God and receive the answers He has for us. They also discuss how action comes from belief in ourselves and our ability to succeed. James leaves his final...

In this episode, Josh talks to James Duggar about his service mission and seeing God's hand working in his life even through the trials he has faced. They discuss gratitude and cultivating a feeling of joy no matter our circumstances. They discuss the importance of following our passions and interests and trusting that they will lead us in the way God wants us to go. Show Notes: Romans 8:28 - All things work for our good D&C 90:24 - All things work for good

In this episode, Josh talks with James Duggar about where we get our feelings of self-worth from, where we should get them from, and how damaging it can be to compare ourselves with other people. They talk about the social standards we hold ourselves to and what happens when we don't seem to fit the mold or measure up to others' expectations. They discuss the need for us to be confident about and appreciate our talents and our efforts to succeed and add value to the world. Show Notes: It...

In this episode, James talks about Delayed Sleep Phase, which is a severe sleep disorder that he has dealt with for most of his life. He describes what it's like to not be able to sleep and the many challenges it has presented him. Show Notes: Comparison is the thief of joy

In this Episode, Josh has a discussion with James Duggar about his experiences with hope, anxiety, depression, and God. They talk about how we put ourselves down and belittle our contributions to society and the problems with taking our self-worth from achievement. Show Notes: Adam fell that men might have joy - 2 Nephi 2:25 Michael Jr. - Community College

In this episode, Josh talks about the need for self-acceptance and self-compassion as we encounter negative feelings and emotions and experiences in our lives. Rather than repressing and stuffing down feelings and experiences, we need to feel them, process them with love and compassion, and then let them go. God's desire for us is not to repress our negative feelings, but to process them with love and give them to Him and let them go. Show Notes: Brene Brown on vulnerability and self...

In this episode, Josh discusses God's love and how it is unconditional, why we don't always feel it, and how we can feel it more frequently. Show Notes: Elder Rasband quote - cannot change God's love Alma 32:28