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Periodically on Mormon Stories Podcast I try to interview \\u201cnormal\\u201d or everyday Mormons about their faith journey \\u2013 and in every case these \\u201cnormal\\u201d Mormons turn out to be extraordinarily thoughtful and courageous. Today\\u2019s interview is no exception to this rule.

Today on Mormon Stories podcast I am interviewing Kalin Orgill Organ. Aside from Kalin being a super thoughtful and courageous human, Kalin\\u2019s story includes several important themes in modern Mormonism:

• Kalin was raised in an orthodox Mormon home in California and in Highland, Utah \\u2013 with seven siblings.
• She was sexually abused as a child, which possibly awakened her to her own sexuality early than other children.
• She began masturbating as a girl, before she even knew what the term meant.\\xa0 This instigated a multi-year effort between herself, her parents, and her Mormon bishop to try to stop the behavior, and to become \\u201cworthy\\u201d in God\\u2019s eyes.
• Kalin \\u201clost her virginity\\u201d as a Mormon teen, which, along with her inability to stop masturbating, only made her feel less worthy.
• Kalin had doubts/questions as a Mormon teen, and even listened briefly to Mormon Stories podcast PRIOR to serving her mission.\\xa0 She fought hard to gain a testimony while on her mission.
• Over time, three of Kalin\\u2019s siblings came out to her as LGBTQ, which multiplied her confusion and doubt.
• After returning from a successful Mormon mission, Kalin married her husband Aaron in a Mormon temple, wherein they became to onlookers the \\u201cperfect Mormon couple.\\u201d
• Over time, after a lifetime of struggling to feel worthy, Kalin\\u2019s doubts began to consume her, and she began to contemplate suicide as a Mormon wife and mother of two children.
• Kalin is currently navigating a mixed-faith marriage, and remains an active non-literal believer in her Salt Lake City ward.

This is Kalin\\u2019s story \\u2013 how she lost her orthodox Mormon faith, but found herself (and her own voice) in the process.

You will not be disappointed with this interview. I hope you will join us. And please spread the word if you can!