In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with Rev. Bobbi Becker, the Senior Minister and Spiritual Director at Namasté Center for Spiritual Living in Long Beach, California. In this episode, Bobbi tells her story of being a gay New Thought minister who grew up in the Mormon church and whose whole family was touched by addiction and mental health issues. You will be inspired by her commitment to her own spiritual growth which included the acceptance of her sexual orientation. She is not afraid to speak out and take action within social structures about women’s rights and LGBTQ+ rights. You will find out what saved her from the addiction route that many of her family members took.
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TIME STAMPS:
1:18 Bobbi’s unique childhood
2:44 Being raised in the Mormon church
5:00 Bobbi’s excommunication
10:36 Coming out as gay and getting involved in diversity training
13:46 Bobbi’s mother’s mental health trifecta and family secrets
20:01 How Bobbi escaped her family’s dysfunction
22:36 Where Bobbi found support as a young adult
25:30 What are you giving power to?
26:25 Bobbi lost 2 brothers to addiction and mental illness
30:18 How Bobbi’s 2 surviving siblings are doing
33:54 How Bobbi avoided addiction to substances
37:25 Bobbi’s transition from corporate executive to minister
39:05 How Bobbi’s life has affected her parenting
44:59 Dealing with family trauma
47:06 The best thing parents of struggling teens can do
