Coffee & Cocoa: A Conversation About Reconstructing Your Family After They've Deconstructed Their Faith
Hosted by: Kari Bates and Kimberly Bates
Coffee and Cocoa is a conversation between a faithful LDS mother and her daughter who has left the church — and proof that families can come back together even when they're walking different paths. If you're an LDS...
Coffee & Cocoa: A Conversation About Reconstructing Your Family After They've Deconstructed Their Faith
Coffee and Cocoa is a conversation between a faithful LDS mother and her daughter who has left the church — and proof that families can come back together even when they're walking different paths. If you're an LDS mom navigating a child's faith transition or deconstruction, or an adult child who wishes your mother could really hear you, this podcast was made for you. Pull up a chair. This is the conversation your family needs to have.
We are taking a season break, but wanted to share this bonus episode with Richard Ostler from the Listen, Learn, & Love Podcast.
Richard’s podcast is all about amplifying queer and other marginalized voices in the...
For the past three months, Kimberly and Kari have been tossing ideas back and forth about the good and bad in the LDS Church. This week, Kimberly makes her case for why Kari should leave.
She covers the historical and...
For the last two episodes of the season, Kari and Kimberly are going to try to convince each other why they should switch teams. This week, Kari presents her case for why Kimberly should come back to the LDS church....
CULT. It’s a word that gets thrown around a lot when it comes to religion, but what does it even mean? In this episode, Kimberly and Kari evaluate the LDS church, using Steven Hassan’s BITE model. They discuss how...
In this episode of Coffee & Cocoa, the real-life mother and daughter dynamics come out. What starts as a lighthearted discussion about EFY and church youth culture triggers feelings and frustrations, and leads to...
Episode 11: How to Reconstruct Your Family After They've Deconstructed Their Faith
Season #1
Maintaining family relationships can be difficult in the best of times, but when one or more family members decides to leave the faith that the family once shared, it can be especially challenging.
This episode is...
Episode 10: How to Reconstruct Your Family After They've Deconstructed Their Faith part 1
Season #1
If you are in the thick of trying to rebuild your family relationships after someone has gone through a faith transition, this is the episode you have been waiting for.
In this episode, Kimberly and Kari get down to...
What are we actually talking about when we talk about religion? Is it possible that we are just using different words to describe experiences we all have in common?
In this episode of Coffee & Cocoa, recorded...
What actually changes people's minds about the queer community? Not arguments. Not policy debates. Not conference talks. It's the minute you know someone you love is queer.
In this episode, Kari and Kimberly discuss...
In this episode, Kari and Kimberly take on purity culture. They talk about what they were taught about sex growing up in the LDS church and the lasting damage that sexual repression does to individuals, relationships,...
Just a note before you listen: we do use the word "Mormon" a lot. We both grew up using the word and Kimberly left the church before 2018 when President Nelson gave his landmark talk. While we mean no offense, we...
Most LDS parents of children who have left the church are searching for one thing: how to bring their children back. Kari and Kimberly offer something better.
In this episode, Kari and Kimberly talk honestly about...
