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Kristen Walker Smith

Preparing to Serve

“What is the best way to prepare to serve a mission?” If you are a future missionary, I invite you to ask, instead: What is my purpose? This is a question asked by almost every single person who has…

Its Here: The Proof That LDS Teenagers are Absolutely Remarkable

Are LDS teens remarkable? Absolutely! But sometimes they don’t feel like they are. And I understand 100%. When I was a teenager I often heard quotes saying that my generation was “marked” or “chosen”.   And it sounded really cool. …

1 Trick to Incredible Self Confidence

I Hated Myself Have you ever been depressed?  Not a, “Man I don’t want to go to school” kind of depressed but an, “I literally can’t get out of bed and have no desire to see anyone ever again,…

Self Worth in a Selfie World

That Time I Was an Idiot When I was a teenager, I had a huge crush on a boy in my stake.  I’ll call him Joe.  I thought Joe was the greatest thing ever. I liked him so much…

Introducing Your New Best Friend: Uplifting Music

My very first time entering the temple I discovered an unsettling truth: when things got quiet around me, my mind tended to wander.  And when my mind wandered, it would wander to the less savory parts of my mind……

How to Create an LDS Vision Board in 2020

When I was in high school and college I would spend lazy afternoons drawing pictures of my dream man.  I’m a terrible artist so my dream man was a stick figure with very baggy clothes. #hot But all around the…

7 Habits of Happy Girls

One time when I was at an all-day event, a stranger stopped me and asked, “Are you always this happy?  I’ve seen you a couple of times today and you just never seem to stop smiling.”  I was totally…