Wannabe Balanced | Mormon Enlightenment | Post LDS
Summary: This podcast started out as a self help podcast for moms trying to find balance in motherhood and business but morphed into a documentation of Crystal and Sean Escobar's journey out of the Mormon church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). The Podcast has been therapeutic on so many levels for its hosts. They vulnerably share their pitfalls and triumphs as they work to deconstruct a lifetime of indoctrination from the LDS church which they exited in the Spring of 2018. Sexual shame, marriage, parenting, science, spirituality, personal development, healing, sex abuse, are some of the topics they focus on. Together, the Escobars founded the Mormon Enlightenment community on Facebook which they started in August of 2018. One year later there was 3500 members. Participating in the community has proven to be the silver lining to an otherwise traumatic experience. Mormon Enlightement is also comprised of an Instagram page, and YouTube channel. They feel passionate about doing their part among many amazing pioneers like John Dehlin, who featured them on Mormon Stories Podcast. Their goal around all of this is to normalize leaving the church, and to make it safe and acceptable for their children to be non-Mormon in a predominantly Mormon world. Crystal and Sean Escobar are down to earth people who grew up in the heart of Mormonism in the Salt Lake Valley. They were married in 2004 and have 4 children. In 2007, they became the youngest millionaires in Isagenix, an international health and wellness company. Having achieved unparalleled success in their industry, they were able to retire at the age of 35. Since 2011 they have divided their time between living half the year in Salt Lake and the other half in Saint George. Crystal’s family is pioneer stock. She served a mission to Germany in 2002. What is curious is that as of 2019, the majority of her side of the family, which is quite large, is out of the Church. Crystal is the founder of the Wannabe Balanced brand, which has presence on all social media platforms, as well as an ongoing podcast, a Blog and periodic Live Events. She is also a published author of the book “My Life as a WannaBeBalanced Mom” and has been featured on many local news media stations. Sean’s parents were both first generation converts. Sean’s family, much smaller in comparison, are all still very active and believing. In February of 2018 Sean published a recording between him and the man who had sexually abused him as a child in 1993. That same year the abuse took place, Sean’s perpetrator was offered employment at BYU and stayed on as a Professor of Film for 6 years immediately thereafter. That man enjoyed a prestigious professional career as an LDS Film maker and was also the Director of the most recent Temple Endowment Videos. Those videos were hastily abandoned by the Church one month prior to the story breaking. The 25 year old abuser story went viral and was featured on the cover of the New York Times. Another victim, a child, came forward and the perpetrator was sentenced to 6 years to life in prison in the summer of 2019. Sean has become a powerful advocate for stoping child sexual abuse by giving victims the courage to come forward.
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When we set out to change our lives or reach big goals. We start out extremely excited about what we are pursuing, only to find out it is much harder than we anticipated. Not only do we become discouraged, but the people who we thought were supposed to be our biggest fans and expected to be the ones to lift us out of our slump and encourage us to keep going. Often times our cheer leaders are no where to be found. Instead we have people validating our own discouraging thoughts.
Today we wanted to share a little inside scoop of what life is like for us as members of the LDS church. We plan to get really honest and open about some of the things we’ve struggled with over the years and also what we’ve gained by being members of this church. I understand that not all of you are LDS but perhaps you’re just curious about what life REALLY looks as members of a church that once practiced polygamy.
Ever since I can remember, I was determined to make sure everyone liked me. Which caused me to feel so much shame if I ever did or said anything that people disagreed with. What I've learned is that not everyone is going to like you and that is absolutely okay. Also, other peoples opinions about you have nothing to do with you and has everything to do with them.
Download my FREE worksheet that will help you figure out what makes you tick and how you can use your gifts to make a valuable contribution in this world. Find it in my free resource library on the homepage of my blog. www.wannabebalanced.com/mymission
Sean and I made our first million in network marketing at age 27. We want to share our story starting from the very beginning and what life looks like for us now after working our business for over 15 years.
I’m not always balanced but I’m really good at NOT being balanced. Being a well rounded person has always been a goal of mine. I remember even as a young girl I would make “to do” lists that always incorporated mind, body, and soul. Now fast forward to my life as a mom of 4 pushing 40 I’ve realized just how far I’ve come in my quest for balance. We all “wannabe” balanced right? Being balanced is like being perfect, ain’t no mama got time for that.
Making the decision to have another baby or not to have another baby is one of the hardest decisions I've ever had to make. In this episode I'm sharing the story of when I got my tubes tied only to change my mind a year later. I got the tubal ligation reversal surgery and sharing my thoughts now 6 months post surgery and still not pregnant. Finding meaning and purpose in the choices and circumstances of our lives brings peace of mind. It allows us to take our MESS and turn it into our MESSAGE.
In the past I struggled with understanding my motivation behind the things I do. Like blogging, creating YouTube videos, writing a book, ect. .
Sean and I talk marriage and share some of our tips and things we've learned in our 13 years of marriage. Also read the blog post by Sean called Midlife Crisis www.wannabebalanced.com/2017/08/midlife-crisis/
Successful people aren’t confident BECAUSE of their success. They were FIRST confident in their ABILITY to succeed even if it meant failing multiple times first. ❤️❤️❤️. Join the #WannabeConfident challenge. http://www.wannabebalanced.com/2016/02/february-challenge/
Some say we post on social media for attention. I admit it’s partially true, but I think totally normal and not necessarily a bad thing. As long as it’s not our driving force and what makes us feel valued as individuals.
"Do what is easy and your life will be hard, do what is hard and your life will be easy." Les Brown
