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 Episode 31: Elizabeth discusses returning home early due to OCD Scrupulosity and creating BeyondMyBadge.org
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By kristenreber
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Posted July 19, 2020

Episode 31: Elizabeth discusses returning home early due to OCD Scrupulosity and creating BeyondMyBadge.org

In this episode, Elizabeth shares her struggle with OCD scrupulosity, which she describes best as "perfectionism." On her mission, Elizabeth was very focused on always doing things right (which [...]

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 Episode 29: Lizzy tells her story of returning home early due to a dizziness that never stopped
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By kristenreber
In Podcast
Posted June 21, 2020

Episode 29: Lizzy tells her story of returning home early due to a dizziness that never stopped

In this episode, Lizzy shares her story of returning home early due to a dizziness that never stopped. Many people around her thought that anxiety was the cause of the dizziness and she struggled [...]

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 Episode 28: Rian shares her story of returning home early due to toxic perfectionism
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By kristenreber
In Podcast
Posted June 7, 2020

Episode 28: Rian shares her story of returning home early due to toxic perfectionism

In this episode, Rian shares with me her story of returning home early due to toxic perfectionism, something that she didn't realize she struggled with until she was on her mission and her usual [...]

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 Episode 27: McKenzie discusses returning home early due to anxiety and homesickness
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By kristenreber
In Podcast
Posted May 24, 2020

Episode 27: McKenzie discusses returning home early due to anxiety and homesickness

McKenzie has struggled with anxiety for most of her life, but when the prompting came to serve a mission, she faithfully accepted the call to serve. While she loved several parts of missionary [...]

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 Episode 26: Bob and Elaine discuss, as parents, the effects of our culture on missionaries who return home early
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By kristenreber
In Podcast
Posted May 11, 2020

Episode 26: Bob and Elaine discuss, as parents, the effects of our culture on missionaries who return home early

In this episode, Bob and Elaine share their journey of navigating the culture of our Church that still surrounds missionaries who come home early as they experienced it with their son, who needed [...]

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 Episode 25: What can I expect if I stay home?
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By kristenreber
In Podcast
Posted April 26, 2020

Episode 25: What can I expect if I stay home?

In this episode, five missionaries who came home early for various reasons, and chose to stay home, answer questions previously submitted via a questionnaire distributed on social media. They [...]

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 Episode 24: What can I expect if I return to the field?
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By kristenreber
In Podcast
Posted April 26, 2020

Episode 24: What can I expect if I return to the field?

In this episode, five missionaries who came home early for various reasons, and chose to return to the field either as proselyting missionaries or as service missionaries, answer questions [...]

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 Episode 23: Layton returns home early due to a suicide threat after seeing a robber in his home
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By kristenreber
In Podcast
Posted April 13, 2020

Episode 23: Layton returns home early due to a suicide threat after seeing a robber in his home

In this episode, Layton shares his story of the trauma he experienced on his mission from seeing a robber in his home and the suicide threat that resulted from his inability to cope with that [...]

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 Episode 22: Sophie Returns Home Early Due to COVID-19
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By kristenreber
In Podcast
Posted April 6, 2020

Episode 22: Sophie Returns Home Early Due to COVID-19

Sophie served in the Washington D.C. North mission for 17 months before needing to return home early to Vienna, Austria due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though she nearly completed her intended [...]

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 A Film Review: Returning with Honor
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By kristenreber
In Early Homecoming
Posted June 22, 2018

A Film Review: Returning with Honor

Originally published December 13, 2013 on earlyhomecoming.com. “As missionaries we’re always told to return with honor. Since I came home early, I don’t know if I can.” This was said by Samuel [...]

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 Even Missionaries who “Finish” Do Not Always Feel Successful
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By kristenreber
In Early Homecoming
Posted June 22, 2018

Even Missionaries who “Finish” Do Not Always Feel Successful

by Kristen and James Reber Originally published December 13, 2013 on earlyhomecoming.com. For a long time, even up to a year after I came home from my mission early, I thought that missionaries [...]

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 For Early-Returned Missionaries: Stay Home or Go Back Out?
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By kristenreber
In Early Homecoming
Posted June 22, 2018

For Early-Returned Missionaries: Stay Home or Go Back Out?

Originally published March 16, 2014 on earlyhomecoming.com. When a missionary comes home early, the decision to stay home or to go back out becomes paramount. For some, the decision will be [...]

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