Anchored Episodes

LDS conversion story, faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, returning to church, overcoming sin, personal revelation, feeling God’s love, judgment and grace, finding the strait path. He always believed. Even when he wasn’t living like it. Growing up in a home shaped by divorce, change, and shifting foundations, faith was there—but so was distance. He knew what was right. He just wasn’t sure he was ready to live it. So he didn’t. Years passed in that space—somewhere between belie

She had done everything right. Raised in faith. Surrounded by goodness. Living a life that looked steady, strong—even enviable from the outside. But then came a moment that didn’t fit the pattern. A prayer. A decision. A “yes”… followed by a “no.” And suddenly, everything unraveled. What do you do when the answer you receive from God contradicts the life you thought you were building? When peace only comes after letting go of something you once believed was right? In this dee

Addiction, conversion story, troubled childhood, faith, healing through Jesus Christ, LDS testimony, mission, temple marriage, overcoming shame. Steve learned early how to survive. He learned which doors not to open, which streets to avoid, and how to become whoever people expected him to be. By high school, he was already living a life that felt almost impossible to escape. Then a girl invited him to church. What started as curiosity slowly became something far more dangerou

LDS conversion story, faith in Jesus Christ, healing from trauma, family brokenness, personal revelation, God’s timing, finding hope after loss, anchored in Christ. She kept the number. It wasn’t written anywhere obvious. She didn’t talk about it. But it was etched somewhere deeper—carried quietly through the years, too important to lose and too complicated to face. Some stories don’t end when they break. Some stories wait. At five years old, everything changed. The kind of c

Faith journey. Conversion story. Joseph Smith. Book of Mormon. Finding truth. One man’s search for answers led him from a Christian home in Texas to a life forever changed by Jesus Christ. Jimmie Jones grew up in Dallas with football in one hand and a baseball in the other. He believed in Jesus, but faith was mostly something reserved for Easter, Mother’s Day, and the occasional Sunday. Then a high school girlfriend handed him a copy of the Book of Mormon. The relationship en

Does God stay when the pain doesn’t go away? In this powerful LDS testimony, we talk about chronic pain, family trials, doubt, and what a real relationship with Jesus Christ looks like when life doesn’t get easier. As a young girl, Jacque felt the Spirit before she understood what it meant. While gospel music played in her home, something settled quietly in her heart—a certainty that Jesus Christ was real, and that He knew her. She would need that certainty later. Her parents

Relationship with God, personal revelation, conversion story, enduring faith, trusting God through loss, miracles, priesthood blessings, and staying close to Jesus—this powerful LDS testimony is deeply moving. Dan didn’t just join the Church. He learned, over a lifetime, what it means to build a real relationship with God. As a teenager, he walked into church because of a girl. He stayed because, little by little, he began to feel something he had never known before—that God

When life falls apart, when faith feels distant, and when everything you thought was certain starts to unravel, the Spirit may be closer than you think. This episode is about faith, heartbreak, second chances, and learning to follow Jesus Christ when the path makes no sense. The house was dark, but Cari couldn’t sleep. Too much had changed. Too many things she once felt sure about no longer felt steady. Her life looked nothing like she thought it would, and the faith that use

Childhood trauma, father wounds, forgiveness, and finding peace through Jesus Christ. If life feels messy, overwhelming, or without the Spirit, this story shows how healing, faith, and daily connection with the Savior can change everything. Steve grew up in a home where anger lived close to the surface and peace never stayed long. Some memories never left him. Some questions never had answers. And some wounds followed him far into adulthood, shaping the way he saw himself, hi

LDS faith, BYU Cougarettes, personal revelation, trusting God’s timing, motherhood as divine calling, LDS women, composing sacred music, Latter-day Saint testimony, spiritual gifts, Jesus Christ—this episode is about becoming. She was on the team. The practices were long. The performance was coming. Sixty thousand people would soon fill the stadium. But before the spotlight ever touched her face… she walked away. Not because she failed. Not because she wasn’t good enough. But

LDS conversion story • Book of Mormon testimony • returning to church • faith crisis • priesthood • repentance • personal revelation • Jesus Christ • restored gospel • coming back to God He thought he had moved on. Faith was part of his past — something familiar, but distant. Years passed as he chased dreams, built a life, and quietly wondered if God still had a place in it. Then came a turning point he didn’t expect. A simple invitation reopened questions he thought were set

Divorce, faith in Jesus Christ, adding oil to your lamp, spiritual preparation, healing through trials, LDS testimony, temple worship, and trusting God when life breaks apart. She loved the Church. She sang in the choir. She believed she had a good marriage. Then one day, everything changed. In this deeply personal episode of the Anchored Podcast, Shayla shares how divorce landed unexpectedly in her lap — and how the Savior quietly prepared her long before the crisis came. Th

Personal revelation | Hearing the Holy Ghost | LDS conversion story | Recognizing spiritual promptings | Faith in Jesus Christ | God’s guidance Bill wasn’t looking for God. His life felt full, predictable, and good. But certain moments wouldn’t let him go — a quiet experience at Temple Square, a stranger placing a Book of Mormon in his hands, a feeling that stayed long after the moment passed. Nothing dramatic happened. No lightning. No instant answers. Just small impressions

LDS faith, grief, unanswered prayers, trusting God, Jesus Christ, healing, covenants, temple worship, and finding hope when life doesn’t go as planned — this episode explores what happens when faithful disciples face real heartbreak. She was raised between worlds — born into a family that escaped Iran, with generations of faithful women who fasted for her baptism. Faith was always part of her story. But so was loss. After years of searching for peace, love, and belonging, lif

LDS miracle story | Faith during trials | Personal revelation | Priesthood blessings | Trusting God’s timing At ten years old, Brandon was diagnosed with leukemia. His family fasted. They prayed. He received priesthood blessings. But the miracle didn’t look the way anyone expected. Years later, when financial pressure, closed doors, and major life decisions hit, the questions returned: How does personal revelation really work? How do you trust God’s plan when heaven feels qui

Mary Hailstone had always dreamed of serving God, but when she stepped onto her mission in Houston, the weight of fear, insecurity, and mental illness pushed her to the brink. One night, exhausted and hopeless, Mary found herself on the edge of ending her story forever. But Jesus was not finished with her. Through Spirit-led guidance, prayer, unexpected support, and the courage to seek help, she discovered mercy, healing, and a new purpose. Sent home early, Mary struggled wit

Some love stories don’t begin with hope. They begin after it’s been broken. Dianne learned early that faith doesn’t always protect you from pain. Love came wrapped in promises that turned cruel, and prayer became less about answers and more about survival. Doug grew up in a quiet town with a loud kind of fear—where belief fractured under control, and escape felt like the only mercy. Years passed. Marriages ended. Faith dimmed but never disappeared. Then the prayers changed—no

Misty’s life was unraveling. Addiction, homelessness, and heartbreak had pushed her to the edge. At her lowest, when the weight of guilt and despair seemed unbearable, Jesus whispered to her to run, to survive—and she did. Alone and searching for a way out, Misty experienced unexpected miracles: a stranger offering shelter, small acts of kindness that defied explanation, and the quiet guidance of Jesus leading her step by step toward hope. She wrestled with faith, independenc

He never planned to walk into that chapel. He certainly never planned to steal a Book of Mormon from a Marriott hotel. And he was the last person—the very last—who ever imagined he’d fall in love with the gospel he once mocked. But God has never been limited by the stories we tell about ourselves. From a childhood marked by rejection, to LGBTQ advocacy born from trauma and survival, to the moment a stranger from the other side of the veil whispered, Join this church for our s

Jasmin has always chased the questions others are afraid to ask. Raised on the East Coast, with one side of her family rooted in Argentine Catholicism and the other in LDS pioneer tradition, she grew up in a home where scripture study started at 5 a.m., and curiosity was a way of life. As a teenager, her most pressing question was simple, yet profound: Does God exist? Hard conversations with friends pushed her to confront doubt, to seek, and to look for answers beyond the obv

Ethan never meant to lose his way. But somewhere between a childhood tragedy, a decade of rebellion, and a string of broken beginnings, he found himself in a place he never expected—alone, stripped down, and asking, “What am I doing here?” Then came the knock on the door. The perfectly timed strangers. The whisper in his heart: Peace, be still. As he searched through other faiths, chased success, and wrestled with God Himself, one truth kept pulling him back. And when Ethan f

Hannah had plans — a career in animal care, a mission at nineteen, a future that made sense. But when heartbreak hit and faith began to fracture, she walked away from everything she once believed. Church. God. Hope. What followed were years of questions, anger, and silence. She searched for peace in every direction except the one she’d left behind. Still, something — or Someone — kept reaching for her through the noise. A song. A verse. A memory she couldn’t quite shake. Six

She lived between two worlds—inside the church, and outside it—never fully belonging to either. A life shaped by constant moves, Navy travels, and family shifts, Sierra Larson navigated ADHD, loneliness, and choices that left her questioning where she truly fit. But a single moment, a quiet prompting, and a mission stripped of distractions would change everything. Alone with the Savior, she discovered a relationship she never thought possible—a connection that defied logic an

She built her life on faith—steady, unshakable, sure. But when the winds came, everything she thought she understood about safety, family, and God began to splinter. Children who once prayed beside her slipped into silence. Two faced divorces that cracked her heart wide open. One made choices that sent her searching the heavens for answers she couldn’t find. And when the storm refused to break, Shiree found herself wondering if she’d been forgotten by the very God she had spe

He spent six years behind bars—haunted by loss, chained by addiction, and certain that God had stopped listening. But sometimes, the places we think are meant to break us become the very ground where redemption begins. In a world where hope felt like a cruel joke, Garrett found himself face-to-face with grace in the most unlikely of places: a prison cell. What started as rebellion and ruin became a slow, sacred awakening—an unraveling of pain, pride, and disbelief until all t

Leslie has lived a life of extraordinary ordinary moments—seven children, parents under one roof, moves across continents, and a faith that never fit neatly into the mold. From the quiet of a Utah closet as a child to youth camps under foreign skies, she learned early that God doesn’t always arrive on our schedule—and sometimes, the answers come only when we risk everything on what we do know. By twenty-seven, marriage and motherhood revealed sides of herself she hadn’t seen—

Meagen grew up believing in light—optimistic, full of life, and certain that faith would carry her through anything. Yet beneath her smile, she often wrestled with quiet doubts—questions of worth, moments when confidence slipped through her fingers, and a lingering fear that she might never be enough. Then came the silence of a heartbeat that should have been there… and the night she realized her prayers would not be answered in the way she hoped. What followed was a season o

Born under the shadow of a communist regime in Bulgaria, Eva had only glimpses of God—Easter and Christmas services with her family. Yet even in a world that tried to hide Him, questions burned in her heart: Who made the sunsets? The butterfly wings? When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, missionaries flooded Eastern Europe, and Eva’s life was thrust into a whirlwind of faith, fear, and miracles. Terrified to speak but unable to look away, she asked a simple question that would c

Blake never imagined survival would mean living on deer meat, working endless hours, or watching the roof of his camper collapse while he was already unemployed. Yet each trial became another chapter in a story that pressed him to his knees and forced him to decide: Will I trust God’s plan, even when it looks nothing like my own? From a teenage encounter with the Spirit that reminded him of Joseph Smith’s first prayer, to months of silence when heaven seemed closed, Blake’s l

She shouldn’t have survived the fall. At eight years old, Heidi plummeted two stories onto her head, slipping into a coma that lasted six long days. Doctors warned she might never live a normal life, never have children, never escape the shadows of pain. They were wrong. What followed was a life marked by both heartbreak and breathtaking miracles—an unexpected divorce, a diagnosis that threatened her future, a child who seized until sleep was the only relief. Yet, again and a

Jayden’s life seemed destined for promise—raised in the Church, a love for the scriptures, and a mission in Armenia that opened his heart to the world. But returning home, the darkness came: depression, OCD, and a spiritual emptiness that left him questioning God, his thoughts, and even his own worth. Self-destructive habits, a toxic relationship, and a false accusation landed him in jail, facing decades behind bars. Grief, loss, and despair seemed relentless, and hope felt i

Thelma was born between worlds—Dutch roots, American soil, and a future her parents could barely imagine when they crossed the ocean with five dollars and unshakable faith. Her father, just a boy when war tore through Holland, survived starvation, bombings, and a Nazi camp—guided by the Spirit and a stranger who vanished after whispering, “You will live to see the beginning of the latter days. Find Christ.” That promise shaped generations. Now a mother of seven, grandmother o

Matt grew up on the wide farmlands of Blackfoot, Idaho—hay, cattle, and potatoes shaping his hands, and faithful parents shaping his...

Lisa spent much of her life hiding—haunted by childhood abuse, low self-worth, and silent pain. She believed she was never enough… never...

Thom’s story is one of quiet resilience, unlikely turns, and the relentless pursuit of light in the shadows of his past. Raised Catholic...

Kendyl never felt she belonged. Especially in her teenage years among her peers she was the outsider—unseen, unwanted, and lost in the...

Michael was used to helping others find hope—whether in a prison cell, a hospital room, or a moment of quiet interfaith prayer. But...

Marilyn’s world shattered when her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her alone with three small children. But even in the heartbreak,...

Richie Steadman always knew the gospel was true. That wasn’t the struggle. The real wrestle came in living it. At 20, he was...

Emma was a fighter—on the mat and in life. But after a heartbreaking trial shook her to the core, even she began to question if God still...

Damon never asked for the storm inside his mind. From his earliest memories, anxiety was a constant shadow, and as the years unfolded, so...

Sherene had the picture-perfect dream: five beautiful kids, a strong 35-year marriage, and a deep desire to be the kind of mother who got...

Michael came from pioneer roots—but he wanted nothing to do with structure, rules, or faith. By 15, he was living on the streets. By 19,...

Samantha thought she had her life mapped out—mission service, temple marriage, a growing family, and a dream of working in the medical...

Travis was the awkward youngest kid, lost and unsure where he belonged. Battling low self-esteem, he found strength only when he...

Tracy Jo was once a professional jockey chasing speed and success. Now a mindset coach and mother of seven, she rides for something...

Cliffton always thought he knew who he was—chiropractor, husband, believer. But when the world around him begins to unravel, he’s forced...

Lynne always believed. At five years old, she felt it—the unmistakable warmth of truth—as her father spoke of heaven after the...

Lamonte never expected a simple invitation to Mutual would change the course of his life. Raised in a fractured faith, he wandered...

Krista, the oldest of six, grew up in California, where family meant camping trips and baseball games. At BYU, she met her husband—he...