456: OFFICE HOURS Recording: Q&A with Bestselling "Torn" author, Jeff Strong

There is a good reason why Jeff Strong's recent publication Torn: Why People We Love Are Leaving the Church and What We Can Learn from Them has been flying off of the shelves since its recent publication.  Why? Because the landscape within the Mormon home and marriage is changing. Dramatically. And quickly. Strong's book is a love letter to the devout Latter-day Saint on behalf of their conflicted, "PIMO", or disaffiliated loved one.  

In this quarterly Office Hours, Jeff answers questions from Latter Day Struggles listeners about his expansive research, his experience traveling throughout the US talking about this book, and possible repercussions for boldly providing real statistics about an LDS disaffiliation crisis that is often formally dismissed or denied.    

Please see the series titled "Exploring Family Challenges when LDS Young Adults Disaffiliate" (episodes 203-206) for more research on this topic.

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome and Setup

07:35 What Jeff Learned

14:35 Grassroots Momentum

22:18 Training Church Leaders

28:47 Family Estrangement

34:56 Feeling Discarded

40:55 Why Jeff Stays

45:56 Demographics And Data

56:32 Calming The Amygdala

01:01:54 Stats On Belief

01:06:53 Only True Church

01:11:44 Truth Versus Growth

01:13:54 Closing Gratitude

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