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Pushing pause on the 13-part reflections series, but first — this. Glenn Ostlund will be speaking and leading two breakout sessions at the Jan 22, 2022 Thrive Conference in Phoenix. Purchase your tickets here. Fill out the Mindfulness Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

Welcome to January 2022. The Infants on Thrones podcast will be turning 10 years old this year. To reflect upon the impact that this podcast has made on my life — and the impact that my life has made on this podcast — I am creating a 13-part series called “Reflections” that will run through the month of January. Glenn Ostlund will be speaking and l…

Welcome to January 2022. The Infants on Thrones podcast will be turning 10 years old this year. To reflect upon the impact that this podcast has made on my life — and the impact that my life has made on this podcast — I am creating a 13-part series called “Reflections” that will run through the month of January. This episode commemorates the moment…

Welcome to January 2022. The Infants on Thrones podcast will be turning 10 years old this year. To reflect upon the impact that this podcast has made on my life — and the impact that my life has made on this podcast — I am creating a 13-part series called “Reflections” that will run through the month of January. This episode contains the first thre…

Welcome to January 2022. The Infants on Thrones podcast will be turning 10 years old this year. To reflect upon the impact that this podcast has made on my life — and the impact that my life has made on this podcast — I am creating a 13-part series called “Reflections” that will run through the month of January. This is an awesome collection of ama…

Welcome to January 2022. The Infants on Thrones podcast will be turning 10 years old this year. To reflect upon the impact that this podcast has made on my life — and the impact that my life has made on this podcast — I am creating a 13-part series called “Reflections” that will run through the month of January. This is a previously unpublished con…

For the ninth – and final — gift of Infant Christmas, an Infant gave to me, a brand new sorta-Christmassy mini-sode from 2021 called, “A Very Merry Visit from Death.”Di Infants on Thrones

For the eighth gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed episode from 2016 called: “Light the World Christmas Smackaround.”Di Infants on Thrones

For the seventh gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed episode from 2015 called: “Disproving Santa.”Di Infants on Thrones

For the sixth gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed minisode from 2015 called: “The Ghost of Christmas Past.”Di Infants on Thrones

For the fifth gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed episode from 2015 called: “Away in a Manger: The Smackdown.”Di Infants on Thrones

For the fourth gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed mini-sode from 2015 called: “First Presidency Christmas Message (featuring Neil Diamond).”Di Infants on Thrones

For the third gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed mini-sode from 2015 called: “Bah Humbug – The Dallin H. Oaks Christmas Card mini-Smackdown.”Di Infants on Thrones

For the second gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed mini-sode from 2014 called: “Zelph on the Shelph.”Di Infants on Thrones

For the first gift of Infant Christmas an Infant gave to me, a re-birthed episode from 2014 called: “The Christmas Jesus and Stuff.”Di Infants on Thrones

I really love to watch them roll.Di Infants on Thrones

If you chance to meet a frown, do not let it stay. Simply put it in the “eternal perspective” box, and reframe that frown away. (Or at least let it know it has a legit reason for being there, even if you can’t completely understand what that is!)Di Infants on Thrones

Do beliefs just go away, or do they simply change? For example, does “I do not believe in God” mean the same thing as “I do believe that there is no God?”Di Infants on Thrones

Is it actually true that even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes?Di Infants on Thrones

Jake, Heather, and Glenn discuss Jonathan Haidt’s book “The Righteous Mind.” Originally published March 2017.Di Infants on Thrones

What happens when belief becomes a burden that you actually do bear? (Bare? Bear? Bare?)Di Infants on Thrones

Or the stain-glassed kaleidoscope of my Mormon-formed mind. You choose.Di Infants on Thrones

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Do as I’m doing. Or don’t.Di Infants on Thrones

Where were you when you first heard about the November 2015 Exclusion Policy? Fill out the new Mindfulness Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

Glenn shares a true Mormon story about a truly spooky ghost story that is truly Mormon and truly spooky and even more truly a story. Fill out the new Mindfulness Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

Glenn is joined once again by non-woo-woo, non-crystal-clutching Jake Parent to discuss psychedelics, consciousness, the nature of reality, and the holographic mind. Fill out the new Mindfulness Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

Glenn speaks to author Cody Noconi about his research into the psychedelic origins of Mormonism. Fill out the new Mindfulness Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

Glenn shares a Patreon sharing time episode about reactions and over-reactions and how to marry a mormon. Fill out the new Mindfulness Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

Today Infants on Thrones celebrates crossing the threshold of 7 million total downloads (and Glenn’s recent recovery from Covid) by sharing a few thoughts about mindfulness and a journey back to the first episode published on this podcast. You are also invited to share your thoughts on mindfulness in a new survey. Enjoy! Fill out the new Mindfulnes…

I am beyond thrilled to welcome back the full Mormons on Mushrooms panel of Mike, Shelise, and Doug – yes, welcome back Doug! And yes, it is another episode where we play in the sandbox of symbols and stories and fictions that are probably a little different – or maybe very very different – from the normal symbols and stories and fictions of everyd…

Can steel-manning an argument help me change my partner’s mind? Join the new study group here. Fill out the Return to Kolob Extra Terrestrial Belief Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

Does “Free Will” mean that your choices are independent from everything that is? Join the new study group here. Fill out the Return to Kolob Extra Terrestrial Belief Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

Welcoming back beloved Infant brothers John Hamer and Randy Snyder to talk about God, meaning, and Randy’s miraculous conversion to the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Join the new study group here. Fill out the Return to Kolob Extra Terrestrial Belief Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. Yes, a smackdown of Holland’s recent talk. Also known as Musket Love. Join the new study group here. Fill out the Return to Kolob Extra Terrestrial Belief Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

Glenn is joined once again y Shelise and Mike from the Mormons on Mushrooms podcast to talk about synchronicity and whether or not the still small voice is what lead them out of the Mormon Church. Join the new study group here. Fill out the Return to Kolob Extra Terrestrial Belief Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon here…

Ryan is a listener of Infants on Thrones. Ryan is super angry at the Mormon church. Ryan wants to burn it all down, but all of Ryan’s family and friends are still in the building and are absolutely loving it. What should Ryan do? Glenn shares some personal experiences from his 2008 exit of the Mormon church. Join the new study group here. Fill out …

Wouldn’t it be cool if there was gorgeous graphic novel telling the magical stories of Joseph Smith as a treasure digger? Well, now there is. Thank you Mark Elwood. Check out the promotional video for The Glass Looker: Collected Tales of Joseph Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVMXP8xXvaM Join the new study group here. Fill out the Return to …

Can logic and faith co-exist? Zach really wants to know. Zach is a 31-year old actor, teacher, and father of two with one foot in the LDS church and one foot out. He wants to effect positive change within the LDS church. Will he do it by reinforcing the seven deadly habits of external control psychology (criticizing, blaming, complaining, nagging, …

Glenn interviews Katie about her book “Sealed: An Unexpected Journey into the Heart of Grace,” which feels the story of an anxious devout young Mormon girl who grows up to become a Lutheran preacher. Find more from Katie at her website here.Di Infants on Thrones

Do you know your own mind?Di Infants on Thrones

Time for another story.Di Infants on Thrones

It's not just the title of a 1989 Mormon propaganda video. Glenn is joined once again by Mike and Shelise fro the Mormons on Mushrooms podcast to discuss Mormonism through the lens of Donald Hoffman's "Case Against Reality." Check out more from Donald Hoffman here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd6CQCbk2ro&t=12s…

Is it really possible to choose your thoughts like you choose your clothing? Dr. Jerome, a functional neurologist, weighs in. If you are interested in learning more and seeing how you can apply this to your own life, click the link below to schedule a free 30-minute consult with me and let’s see if coaching could be a good fit for you: Schedule a f…

More playing around in the world of fiction and symbols to cobble together some sense of meaning in a world we might all be making up as we go along. Check out the new study group here. Fill out the Return to Kolob Extra Terrestrial Belief Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

The discussion continues with Mike and Shelise from the Mormons on Mushrooms podcast. Today we talk about soul groups, soul contracts, blueprints, overlays, and walk-ins. Join the new study group here. Fill out the Return to Kolob Extra Terrestrial Belief Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon here…

If you are interested in a more interactive and collaborative podcasting experience, sign up for the new study group: https://www.patreon.com/iotstudygroupthingy Fill out the Return to Kolob Extra Terrestrial Belief Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon hereDi Infants on Thrones

Mike and Shelise from the Mormons on Mushrooms podcast join Glenn to discuss the similarities and differences between Wendy Kennedy’s Pleiadian Perspectives and Joseph Smith’s early Mormon cosmology which greatly influenced our Mormon-formed minds. Fill out the new Extra Terrestrial Belief Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon here…

Mike and Shelise from the Mormons on Mushrooms podcast join Glenn to discuss the similarities and differences between Wendy Kennedy’s Pleiadian Perspectives and Joseph Smith’s early Mormon cosmology which greatly influenced our Mormon-formed minds. Fill out the new Extra Terrestrial Belief Survey here. Support the podcast on Patreon here…

All onions have layer. Not all layers have onions. This is sound logic. Absence of evidence may be evidence of absence, but ignorance of evidence is most definitely evidence of ignorance. Proceed now as you would if you were intending to proceed, for this is the way, and the way is the Dow. Fill out the new Extra Terrestrial Belief Survey here. Sup…