Mormon to Muse

Mormon to Muse

Hosted by: Kristin Martineau

You didn't lose your faith. You found out something true — and now you're figuring out who you are on the other side. Mormon to Muse is a podcast for women navigating life after the Mormon church — the faith...

Episodes

The Gift of Doubt — Why Questioning Everything Is the Beginning of Knowing Yourself

Season #1

Doubt has a bad reputation. We’re taught to resolve it quickly. To replace it with certainty. To override it with belief, obedience, or confidence. But doubt is not the enemy of creativity. It is the beginning of...
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Reclaiming Flow — How Women Rediscover Themselves Through Creativity After Mormonism

Season #1

Flow isn’t passive happiness. It’s deep immersion. It’s the state where time bends, self-consciousness softens, and you stop narrating yourself long enough to fully engage in what you’re doing. And research shows it’s...
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Why Traditional Spirituality Doesn't Work for Women After Faith Transition — And What Does

Season #1

For many women, spirituality was never meant to make us smaller—but that’s often what it did. In high-demand religious systems, spirituality is frequently defined by obedience, self-suppression, and service to the...
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Audacity Over Permission — Reclaiming the Right to Take Up Space After the Church

Season #1

Audacity Over Permission Why Waiting Isn’t Wisdom—and Showing Up Changes Everything. We’re often taught that patience is a virtue. That waiting is wise. That if we just prepare a little more, heal a little more, learn...
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Creating During Chaos — Why Your Creative Practice Matters Most When Life Falls Apart

Season #1

  Feel calmer in 5 minutes.  Click HERE to download free anxiety calming art prompt.   Want to be the first to know when an in person class opens? Sign up HERE so you won't miss it! There’s a belief that surfaces...
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Why Self Care Isn't Working — Reclaiming Real Rest After High-Control Religion

Season #1

CLICK HERE to get on the interest list for in person classes in Utah.  You'll be the first to get all the details when a class opens.   We’re told self-care is the answer — but what if it makes you feel irritated,...
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Goals Without Overwhelm — How to Move Forward When You're Still in the Middle of Everything

Season #1

Setting goals is supposed to feel empowering—but for many of us, it quietly turns into pressure, self-judgment, and nervous-system overload. In this episode, we explore why goals so often create overwhelm (especially...
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What a Better Life After Mormonism Actually Looks Like

Season #1

Creating a better life after Mormonism doesn’t mean building the opposite life. It doesn’t mean dismantling every discomfort, rejecting everything you were taught, or proving that leaving was “worth it.” In this...
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Why Everyone Quits — The Four Stages of Learning and Faith Transition

Season #1

What if the frustration, self-doubt, and awkwardness you feel when learning something new isn’t a sign you’re failing—but proof that you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be? In this episode of Mormon to Muse, we...
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The Cost of Distraction — Why Women in Faith Transition Stay Busy to Avoid Feeling

Season #1

Get the Anxiety Soothing art prompts HERE Distraction isn’t a personal failure. It’s a symptom. In this episode of Mormon to Muse, we explore distraction not as a productivity problem—but as an attention and devotion...
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Abundance as Rebellion — Reclaiming Prosperity After a Scarcity-Based Religion

Season #1

Leaving a high-demand system like Mormonism often leaves us with an unexpected residue — a deep, body-level sense of scarcity. Scarcity of time. Scarcity of worth. Scarcity of permission. Scarcity of possibility. In...
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Holidays After Mormonism — Reclaiming Meaning When the Traditions Don't Fit Anymore

Season #1

Hi friends, Get my Anxiety Soothing Art if you need a small ritual to bring peace.  This week on the podcast, we’re talking about rituals—the ones we inherited, the ones we outgrew, and the ones we’re allowed to...
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