Inner Compass
Welcome to the Inner Compass Podcast.
The process of creating this podcast allowed for us to more deeply heal and alchemize our experiences, and the wounding that came from a life within a high demand religion (the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints / Mormonism). This is a true offering from our hearts, and an honoring of our lived experience.
From the time we were children we were conditioned to outsource our own authority and intuition to the men who presided over us. We were taught the value of free agency and personal revelation, but only if it matched the church’s teachings. This left us disempowered and disconnected from our own innate knowing and power. We were taught that obedience is the crowning virtue. This left us vulnerable to manipulation and control in relationships and from our priesthood authorities.
Eventually the confusion and heartache that came from our own inner knowing was not matching what the church taught, led to our faith expansion and unraveling of a lifelong belief system. Feeling and knowing our own hearts to be pure and good finally led us to make a choice. When our own inner voice and knowing are saying one thing and the church is saying another, which do we follow?
In each episode we will take you on our individual and collective journey to answer this question. Join us each week to listen to our unique and somehow universal experiences, and how in the end we listened to our own inner compass and turned our wounds into wisdom.
Podcast Episodes:
1. Introduction-
Welcome to the Inner Compass
2. Michell’s story; Silenced by the Patriarchy
3. Kristen’s story; My Intuition Entangled in the Institution
4. Leilani’s story; Part 1 - Outsourcing my Worthiness (*Trigger Warning* includes conversation about sexual abuse)
5. Leilani’s story; Part 2 - Toxic Conformity
6. Mayberry to Mayhem
7. Burned at the Stake Center
8. Liberation; Turning our Wounds into Wisdom
(And more to come . . .)
Episodes
15 episodes
The Goo Phase - Season Finale
As we go through changes in our lives, it’s often messy! We like to think of these times as the caterpillar stage… where you’re going along in life all good and realize maybe you were meant to be different, so you go inside yourself (metaphoric...
The Power of Vulnerability
In this weeks podcast episode, we share the joys and struggles of launching our new podcast and sharing our hearts with the world. It’s been a vulnerable yet empowering adventure. We truly appreciate the progress & growth it’s given u...
Married to a Medium - Shiloh Powers Part ll
In this episode Shiloh continues to share his journey, as he is injured and home for a year recovering from surgery. During this time he experiences Michell’s spiritual gifts on daily basis and on a deeper level. He learns things about the spir...
Blindly Believing - Shiloh Powers Part l
In this weeks episode Michell’s husband Shiloh joins us for a deep, heart felt conversation. He shares his story of blindly believing in the LDS church teachings and struggled to live the perfect LDS life, while fearing eternal consequences wit...
Turning our Wounds into Wisdom
This episode is a continuation of our individual faith expansions. As we each move forward in our lives outside of Mormonism, with each new nugget of understanding, we find peace and the insatiable desire to learn more, as we have realized how ...
Rising From The Ashes
From the time we were children, we were conditioned that our priesthood leaders were there to guide us & had authority over us. We were taught the value of our free agency and personal revelation, but only if it fit within the confines of t...
The Nuclear Button - Nate Morris Part II
In this episode, the four of us have a long, raw, conversation of the events and memories of Nate’s one year and 11 months of service as Bishop. The good, the bad, and the ugly, and what led up to what Nate called, “the nuclear button."...
Our Conversation with our Previous LDS Bishop Nate Morris - Part I
Our conversation with LDS Bishop, Nate Morris, his feelings, thoughts, and perspective on what it was like as bishop during this tumultuous time.
Burned at the Stake Center
In our last episode, we talked about becoming close friends, and raising our families together. We rediscover our identities after losing ourselves in motherhood. We reclaim and discover our god given gifts, only to find out that those god give...
Mayberry to Mayhem
In this episode we all become neighbors and raise our children together, fully immersed in motherhood and living the gospel within The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints.“As we began to share our gifts openly with clients, frie...
Leilani Numbers Part II - Toxic Conformity
In this episode, Leilani shares more life experiences as her shame and guilt grow, determined to conform even at the expense of her own well-being. Conformity is always toxic when it goes against what your own Inner Compass is telling you. ...
Leilani Numbers Part I - Outsourcing my Worthiness
In this episode, Leilani shares her experience growing up in the high demand religion of Mormonism. Throughout her life, she had many experiences that caused her to carry a lot of shame. This episode illuminates how she outsourced her innate di...
Kristen Morris - My Intuition Entangled in the Institution
This episode I share a lot of personal, intuitive, & spiritual experiences. It illuminates how my identity & intuition became enmeshed with the church. These experiences also show how I took the loving teachings of my faithful par...
Michell Powers - Silenced by the Patriarchy
Michell Powers was born with the gift to see, hear and communicate with Angels. As a faithful member of the LDS church for 40 years, she was silenced repeatedly for sharing her spiritual gifts. Find out more about what ultimately led to her fai...