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The Renegotiation: Leaving Certainty Behind

For anyone leaving anything that you were once certain about. A marriage, a religion, a political belief, an identity. I write about family estrangement, belonging, and the impact of a high-control religion on every aspect of life.

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Welcome to the Mormon Matrix: How a $293 Billion Church Harvests Human Energy

I am Joseph Smith’s great-great-grandniece. He was a con man. Here’s how his lie became a $293 billion empire.

My Brain Lied to Me About Being Healed

I could analyze my trauma perfectly. Then I fell apart on a yoga mat and learned the difference between thinking about a feeling and actually feeling one.

What the Controversy Over Hannah Neeleman of Ballerina Farms Misses

Did Hannah Neeleman Choose This Life?

Your Eight-Year-Old Self Knew What She Wanted. Find Her Again.

I froze at a Manhattan cocktail party because I didn’t know who I was anymore. The only person who knew belonged to my childhood.

Why Do Mormon Men Come Across as Gay?

The Hollowed-Out Men the Mormon Church Creates

You're Not Procrastinating. You're Protecting Something.

What the need to be perfect costs you — and why it's still running your life

The Smith Inheritance: I Come From the Family That Founded the Mormon Church. We Also Lied to Build It.

What a nineteenth-century fraud trial, a stone in a hat, and my father’s quiet confession taught me about truth, faith, and inheritance.

I Have a Confession

From the great-great-grandniece of Joseph Smith, for anyone leaving anything you were once certain about.

You Left the Church. Did the Church Leave Your Marriage?

How to renegotiate the marriage contract you signed when you now need a new set of agreements

The Daughter My Father Could Not Fix

What a rebellious daughter taught a Mormon patriarch about love, control, and certainty