Come Back Podcast

"I didn't understand for sixty one years of my life, really, really what the atonement meant, what the sacrament means, what garments represent. I didn't understand it fully the blessings that come from the washing and anointing. Initiatory blessings are just so real and true. It's like I was blind and now I can see. I was deaf and now I can hear."

00:00 Event Reflections and Community Spirit

8:16 Miracles Before Stepping Away

22:28 Truth Crisis and Working at BYU

28:11 A Mother's Influence: The Call to Return

39:19 Understanding the Atonement and Personal Growth

43:26 Finding Solace in the Temple

46:13 A New Perspective on Life and Death

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Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone

Editor: Cara Reed

Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson

Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

"I love my Savior. He is my friend. He loves me when I haven't loved myself. He's been there for me, sometimes as a silent partner. But as I reflect on my life, I know that He's been there. I know He's carried me when I haven't been able to carry myself."

00:00 Trapped by Oxy

08:15 Childhood Abuse Revealed

13:08 Foster Care and Healing

19:05 Mission Trials and Hinckley

23:31 Marriage and Relapse

26:59 Oxy Addiction Spiral

32:16 Cancer and Hardship

42:39 Quitting and Rebuilding

52:21 Zac's Testimony

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Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

"I think that's the biggest thing, is knowing that there's always room to grow and that we are divine children. We have a purpose here on this Earth, to continue to learn and grow to take it with us after this life."

00:00 Feeling Unworthy

02:52 Growing Up LDS

03:56 Anxiety and Falling Away

07:36 Pregnancy Wake Up Call

10:47 Choosing Conversion Daily

20:19 Advice on New Age Fallout

36:38 Belonging in Ward Family

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Editor: Cara Reed

Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson

Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

"The only thing I can put it to is the true power of the atonement like it went from so negative to clean and positive. Such a testimony builder to me that it's possible for everyone."

00:00 Rock Bottom Doubt

04:01 Diabetes And Isolation

06:45 First Exposure Spiral

15:10 Illness And Going Deeper

17:49 Marriage Mask And Relapse

27:48 Bishop Help And Healing

31:36 Mountain Prayer Breakthrough

34:29 Rebuilding Through Atonement

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Come Back Team:

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Editor: Cara Reed

Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson

Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

" Everything that we go through in life, all of it, is part of our education, and more than that, it's part of our ministry. It's our ability to help, love, and care for other people. I feel like it has been an honor and a privilege to have lived my life, even though it has been incredibly hard. I want other people to know that the Lord lives and loves them, even if it doesn't look like He does."

00:00 Losing Trust in God

06:12 Parents Backstory and Fallout

16:50 Childhood Instability and Poverty

38:45 Father Wounds

44:30 All In Conversion

47:10 Utah Transition And Staying Strong

49:14 Healing Trauma With Therapy

01:07:10 Worth Advice

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Editor: Cara Reed

Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson

Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

" I've come to know that Heavenly Father does know. He knows not just what we do or choose to do or the mistakes we make, He knows who we are and what we want. And He's just waiting for us to just even look at Him or acknowledge Him. He has so much for us. He has so much for me. He's given me so much already."

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00:00 Highway Wake Up Call

02:32 Levi Background And Home

03:21 Childhood Faith And Doubts

06:23 Early Smoking And Rebellion

11:46 Heroin And Rock Bottom

20:16 Prison Mentors And Letters

26:35 Relapse And Arrest Spiral

31:15 Church Return, Love And Marriage

46:01 Miracles And Angels

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Editor: Cara Reed

Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson

Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

" My life is not what I expected it to be, but it's beautiful and it's wonderful and it's mine and I built it and I made it this and I'm proud of what I did and I'm proud of how I built it and I'm proud of the relationship that I have with my Heavenly Father. Everything that I went through doesn't define who I am, but it helped me become who I am and it helped me to find the fortitude that I needed to get through it and to power through and power on."

00:00 Infertility Heartache

05:28 Freedom and Self Destruction

09:42 Infertility Anger and Isolation

13:14 Caregiving and Breaking Point

17:08 Crisis Prayer and Strength

24:36 Overcoming Church Struggles and Triggers

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Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson

Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

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"Those answers just don't matter as much as my relationship with my Savior. It's like a weight system, you know? I'm not gonna give up something that's so important to me for the tiny weight of this one particular answer. I'm weighing my options, and I'm gonna choose Christ every time because He is who put me back together and it doesn't matter if I really believe in polygamy or not. He was there, so I'm with Him."

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00:00 Abandonment and Doubt

00:57 Live Event Announcement

04:50 Family Upheaval and Abuse

08:06 Speaking Up and Silence

21:21 CES Letter and Marriage Strain

31:09 Years of Doubt

38:59 Scriptures Rebuild Faith

43:32 Healing and Hard Questions

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Editor: Cara Reed

Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson

Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

" You really become a new person. You become who you are, who you really are... It took me a little bit of time. It didn't happen overnight for me. But when I decided to change, when I really wanted to change...The other time that I tried to change, I didn't pull the Savior in much. It was, "I'm gonna stop. I'm gonna change friends." This time was different. I really put the effort in to bring Him into my life."

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00:00 Rock Bottom

00:48 Podcast Event Announcement

07:34 Early Substance Experimentation

11:26 Hard Drugs Arrests and Wake Up Call

20:50 Homeless After Graduation

22:12 Rock Bottom Dream Warning

23:30 Return Home Spiritual Reset

25:09 Mission Struggles Coming Clean

30:26 Made Whole Through Christ

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Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

" The answer to every question or concern that anybody ever has is that it will all be okay because of the atonement of Jesus Christ. That is what it's for. That is why they say the first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is real life. It's not just something that we tell Primary kids because it's cute, and we turned it into a cute little story and song. It is real. Start there. I came to really love my Savior, and He came to really help me."

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"No matter where you're at or what you're doing or what you feel about yourself, I promise you that you can have a bright and better future for yourself. All you have to do is decide wherever you are or wherever you're at spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, that you can choose for yourself to have a better day. That this could be the best day of your life, that this day you can choose to do something different with your life. Whatever you're struggling with, it doesn't have to be as serious as what I've struggled with, you can choose better for yourself, and that's exactly what your Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ want for you. They want you to be happy and have a good life, and have a loving relationship, and have a family, and things like that. Whatever righteous desires of your heart, that's what they want for you, and you deserve it, no matter what you've done in your past."

00:00 Rock Bottom

00:31 Come Back Event Invite

04:28 Bullying After Move To Utah

06:52 Abuse & Addiction Spiral

19:57 Jail Wake Up Call

28:34 Church & Confession

33:23 Motherhood & Temple Blessings

37:01 Atonement Of Jesus Christ Is Real

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" Coming back to reclaim my life, it was line upon line. That was not a quick process. Between when I started my mission to getting healed...I was a different person. In a sense that's how my mission turned out. It turned out differently than I thought, but I wouldn't take it back because of the blessings that have come from it."

00:00 Insomnia and Darkness

05:01 OCD and Growing Up

10:51 Mission Pressure and Release

20:10 Psych Hold and Rock Bottom

26:52 Utah Visits and Apostalic Blessing

30:04 Christmas Darkness and Attempt

34:34 Medication Shift and Healing

39:23 New Beginnings

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Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

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Production Director: Trent Wardwell

" When I rooted my identity in the Lord like I never have before, I realized that I am not the carnal desires of my body... "Therefore, crucify the lusts of the flesh and walk in the spirit." (Gal 5:5). As I've done that, I have come to realize full-heartedly, I am not my sexuality... In the scriptures it says freedom comes where the spirit of the Lord is, and freedom comes when sin is no longer your master. I have experienced freedom from same-sex attraction. It doesn't mean that God came and removed the thorn in my side, but it means that when I walk in His Spirit, I can stand immovable and unwavering in the face of temptation as Jesus did."

00:00 Paralyzed By Blackmail

06:35 Teen Years And Inner Turmoil

14:33 Identity Shattered

18:43 Mission Highs And Dark Relapse

26:50 Divorce and Dark Spiral

32:25 Rock Bottom to Scripture Routine

38:49 Deliverance and New Life

46:05 Baptism Miracle

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Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

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Production Director: Trent Wardwell

"We have a Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ who love us, and we're good enough. Nobody gets to tell us who we are, including ourselves when it's terrible. Because Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ's opinion is the only thing that matters. I'm learning to really take that on and to really know for myself that it doesn't matter what anybody thinks of me but them, and as long as I'm trying my best, it's okay."

00:00 Trust Shattered

00:37 Come Back Event Invite

05:00 Childhood Abuse And Shame

06:27 Fast Marriage

07:21 Hidden Addiction And Poverty

10:22 Hospital Help And Affair Reveal

14:21 Repentance And Rebuilding

16:47 Her Faith Crisis Spiral

18:39 Coworker Sparks Return

31:22 Importance of Helping Others

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" God changed me. Life brought me to my knees, humbled me enough to just hand it all to Him. It is the greatest decision I ever made in my life."

00:00 Shower Wake Up Call

05:10 Family Crisis And Porn

09:13 Sent Home From Mission

11:31 Drift after Marriage

14:04 Divorce Sparks Daily Prayer

21:03 Repentance And Membership Loss

24:05 Faith Questions And Return

32:37 Rebaptism and New Marriage

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" No amount of scripture reading, praying, mission serving, nitpicking your husbanding is going to save you. It's not. Having a relationship with your Savior, Jesus Christ, and your Heavenly Father will. If you know that they love you, and if you let that in, it will change your life in a way that nothing else will."

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00:00 Burnout And Needing Grace

05:35 Childhood Exposure And Shame

12:49 Scrupulosity And Mission Spiral

21:36 Marriage Under Perfectionism

27:29 Discovering Scrupulosity

34:35 Letting Go To Heal

36:45 EMDR And Trauma Recovery

45:52 Atonement And Reflections

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Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

"Life is so much better with the gospel. It's not necessarily easy. And especially anyone that's struggling with mental health or addiction or maybe just feeling less-than. I would just say the gospel brings so much joy and happiness when you actually live it. I always tell people that ask me how did I do it. I literally had to give up almost every habit that I had. I had to turn my whole life around. I had to go from the adversary to turn to the Savior, and that was not an easy task. But whenever I try to explain to people what it's been like, I say I just turned and I didn't look back."

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00:00 Testimony In The Dark

04:21 Two Marriages Two Divorces

07:28 Spiral Into Addiction

11:11 New Jersey And A Nudge

15:27 Elder Holland Appears

19:27 Apostolic Blessing Turning Point

22:49 Rehab And Recovery Road

27:14 New Life Family And Faith

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Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

" But it has come to the point where I know who God is, and I know what He feels like, and I know that I feel Him in the places that I go regarding the church. I know that what I have found is true because of that, and I will continue to have questions the rest of my life, and that's okay."

00:00 Faith Questions Begin

00:40 Foundation Updates Overview

04:45 Come Back To Christ Event

07:04 Meet Sam And Her Background

09:01 Doubts Addiction And Turning Point

23:02 Mission Temptations

28:51 Studying Hard Questions

32:32 Faith Amid Social Media

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Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

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Production Director: Trent Wardwell

"God is aware of you, aware of your doubts. He knows and understands you, and He wants to hear from you. He wants you to pray. I also want you to know that the Savior, He is there and He is real, and the atonement is big enough to handle all of your truth, all of your sin, everything. So when you're ready, you just lay it on the table and you pray and you tell the truth and get all of it off of your back, and it's such a relief."

00:00 Lonely Mixed Faith Marriage

07:04 Faith Crisis And Doubts

10:05 Marriage Strain And Leaving

15:05 First Prayer And Return

24:39 Putting Garments Back On

25:32 Grace For Joseph Smith

27:41 Beyond A Scared Testimony

29:20 Love Those Who Leave

36:19 Honest Faith And Healing

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"That just fills my heart with such love for Jesus Christ, that He would do that, that He would descend below me. I mean, it kind of scares me that He had to go through that much, but I just am so thankful for Him and what He has done for me. I just truly have had a change of heart."

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Come Back Team:

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Editor: Cara Reed

Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson

Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell