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

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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The Psychology of Internalized Constraint — Why You Still Follow the Rules After Leaving

Season #1

What happens when the rules you grew up with continue running your life long after you’ve left the system that taught them? In today’s episode, we’re talking about internalized constraint—the invisible expectations,...
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Why Myth Matters — Recovering Your Story After High-Demand Religious Systems

Season #1

In this episode, we explore one of the most important—and misunderstood—stories in the feminine archive: Bluebeard. This tale isn’t about morbid curiosity or a woman “disobeying.” It’s about awakening. About...
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Learning to Trust Yourself — Reclaiming Intuition After High-Control Religion

Season #1

Get the free Prompts to calm anxiety When you've spent years—or decades—being told what is right, what is true, and what is best for you, trusting yourself again can feel disorienting. Many women raised in high-demand...
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Anxiety After Faith Transition — What Your Nervous System Is Trying to Tell You

Season #1

 Get the anxiety reducing art prompts HERE When you’ve spent years under spiritual surveillance — constantly monitored for worthiness, obedience, and purity — your nervous system learns to stay on high alert. Even...
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It's Not Too Late — Reclaiming Your Life After Leaving the Mormon Church

Season #1

Have you ever caught yourself thinking, “It’s too late for me”? Too late to change careers, to create art, to follow that dream you tucked away years ago? In this episode, Kristin shares a deeply honest conversation...
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Creating vs. Consuming — Why Making Things Matters for Women in Faith Transition

Season #1

Get a free therapeutic art prompt delivered to your email every week. CLICK HERE to join Sunday Muse.   Have you ever noticed how scrolling, watching, or even listening to “inspiring” content can leave you feeling...
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