As we travel through life, we all face a few rocks on the path: feeling distant from God, confusion about what we really want, relationship conflicts, or old patterns of shame or blame to name a few.
Before taking his journey in ancient times, the brother of Jared went to a mountain in search of another kind of rock – clear white stones that God could make shine in the dark. Before we can continue our journey, we too need light in order to move forward with confidence. Sixteen Stones one-day seminar-retreats draw on gospel principles and psychological research to help you break out of stuck places, imagine new possibilities, and cast a light onto your future.
We are mental health professionals and educators dedicated to helping LDS women and their loved ones develop resilience, insight, and faith for their personal journeys. We unite our professional training and experience as counselors, consultants, and psychologists with a gospel perspective to create a safe and respectful small-group environment for personal discovery and growth.*
Our seminar-retreats can help you to mine – from the dense rock of your hidden wisdom and inner resources – something Jesus Christ can touch with His light.
Join us soon for a remarkable day of personal growth and discovery!
*Our retreats are designed only to facilitate personal development and education and not to diagnose, treat, or manage any mental illness.
Look for Carrie Skarda’s book and broadcasts here:
The Power of Stillness
Saints are great at getting things done. But for some, an over-emphasis on “doing” can cause us to go through the motions and miss the deep, rich spiritual power that can come from being still. Sometimes, we try to dig ourselves out of feeling spiritually drained by doing more. When that doesn’t work, we can feel stuck—and arrive at one of two conclusions: the Church “formula”’ isn’t working so it must have been wrong to begin with, or maybe something is wrong with us?
There is a third alternative—that our spirituality could reignite by approaching it from a more “mindful” place. When it feels like we’re on a runaway train, mindfulness returns us to a peaceful place where we can observe our thoughts and feelings without jumping on board with them. Using Latter-day Saint vernacular and examples, The Power of Stillness explores the ways in which mindfulness can deepen testimonies of the gospel. Practicing mindful principles can reinvigorate the joy inherent in our faith and helps us feel calmer, more present and engaged in our lives, and more spiritually connected to our Savior.
Recent From Carrie:
- Latter-day Saint Women podcast: “Mindfulness: Learning to Pause and Hear Him”
- • Healing with WORTH podcast: “The Power of Being Still” (#84)
- Owltail Podcast, “The Power of Being Still, Parts 1 and 2
- LDS Living Article on the Word of Wisdom
- LDS Living Article on Owning Being an LDS Woman
- LDS Living “All In” Podcast: Creating Space for Mindfulness and Meditation as Latter-day Saints
- Leading Saints Podcast: The Power of Stillness in Leadership
- LDS Living Interview on Real Questions Regarding Personal Revelation
For more visit Carrie’s website.
Look for Wendy Ulrich’s latest book and broadcasts here
Live Up to Our Privileges
Prophets and apostles assure us that women as well as men can serve in the Church, the temple, and the family with priesthood authority and power. We can act within priesthood authority to fulfill our individual callings, help save the human family, and participate in all the work of the priesthood. Through the grace of Jesus Christ and the gifts of the Holy Ghost, we can also grow in priesthood power to develop spiritual skills, create Zion communities, and build faith and commitment in the rising generation.
What’s more, the very promises made by oath and covenant to those who bear the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods were extended by Joseph Smith to the Relief Society sisters. Organizing them “after the pattern of the priesthood,” he promised: “If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates….[You] can come in the presence of God.” These promises and privileges are ours.
Recent From Wendy:
- LDS LIVING: “What to Say to Help Your Missionary Through a Hard Time”
- Church Newsroom: “How Covenant Women are Participating in the Work of the Lord”
- LDS Women Podcast, “Finding Hope in Uncertainty,”
- “Does My Child Need Counseling,” Liahona, February 2022.
- “Motivating the Rising Generation,” Liahona,” January 2020.
- Interview: Habits of Happiness
- LDS Living All In Podcast: How God Expects Women to Use Priesthood Power
Living Up to Our Privileges, on Inklings, hosted by Emily Belle Freeman.
Forgiving Those Who Betray Us, on Geoff Stuerer’s Illuminate podcast
Women and Priesthood on 10 Questions” with Wendy Ulrich “From The Desk of Kurt Manwaring
Power to the Sister Missionaries! with Host Nick Galieti on LDS MissionCast