The Mystic and the Saint
This is The Mystic and the Saint. I question everything, he is devout, and somehow we’re still married. We don’t see the world the same way. But we do choose each other everyday. Welcome to the conversation.
Episodes
6 episodes
How to Find Your Identity After Leaving Religion, Work, or Old Roles
How do you find your identity when the thing that defined you is gone?Leaving religion. Losing a job. Becoming a parent. Shifting roles in a marriage.All of it can leave you feeling like… who even am I now?In this episode of...
I Resented My Spouse… and Didn’t Even Realize Why
S1E5What happens when your partner can’t see the pain you’re living in? In this episode of The Mystic and The Saint, we talk about resentment. Where it comes from, how it builds, and what it actually feels like when you're in a marriage...
How Do You Raise Kids in a Mixed Faith Marriage?
In episode 4 of The Mystic and the Saint, we talk about one of the hardest parts of a mixed faith marriage: raising kids together. When one parent believes in organized religion and the other doesn’t, how do you decide what to teach your childr...
Can Love Survive a Faith Transition?
What happens in a mixed-faith marriage when one spouse leaves the LDS Church and the other stays? In this episode, we talk honestly about faith transition, Mormon marriage, fear, control, divorce conversations, counseling, and how we learned to...