I have been touched by so many of these episodes! I felt the spirit so strong in the latest episode by Kelsea - thank you so much for sharing such beautiful insights! Makes me want to be better in every way and focus on Christ!

I'm absolutely obsessed with this podcast! I recommend it to everyone! It has grown my testimony in so many ways and has given me such a broader insight to having a "faith crisis", has helped me to see it in a more eternal perspective and has given me so much hope for the people in my family who have left the church. I love it! So grateful for what you guys are doing!

I have really tried hard to like your podcast. The episode with Austin was a tipping point for me as he repeated so many of the age-old assertions about why people doubt the church. His comments about critics were very cliché and dismissive. His claims about the benefits of the church did not cite a single source and are countered by many reputable sources. Quite simply, the reason why so many people are having faith crises is because the historical foundations of the church do not hold up to any sort of close scrutiny. Read the church history essays on the church’s own gospel library website if you want to see why many people leave the church. Don’t go name-calling when it comes to people that have left, you dismiss their pain, their agony and judge them quite unfairly.

This is such an inspiring podcast! Amazing host and courageous guests! Thank you to all who are sharing their comeback story! We love you!

Love the podcast and stories of hope and redemption. The audio is difficult to listen to and bad quality. I have to turn it way up just to hear and the sound is echoing and bad.

I love and appreciate what you’re doing, Ashly! I always feel uplifted and grateful when I listen and appreciate all the brave contributors who share their stories. This podcast fills a much-needed space. I’ll continue to share this podcast with everyone I know!

Amazing stories who way what I need to hear. Thank you for this and thank you to every guest.

Such an inspiring podcast with real raw stories that shine light on so many different struggles of members of the church in the latter days. I love the vulnerability of those who share their stories.

This podcast is so needed in todays world. Parole do leave for various reasons but so many people come back. This reminds me of the scripture “Lord, to whom should we go? You have the words of eternal life.” I’m grateful for the hope this podcast brings each week but also for the enlightening and perspective of Gods children experiencing struggles that look different than mine. Thank you Ashley & Lauren

I LOVE this podcast! I have listened to every episode and feel so uplifted each time I listen. I love how vulnerable and open each guest is, and for the reminder that we are ALL imperfect and struggling in some way and Christ (and His Gospel) is ALWAYS the best answer and antidote to whatever we are dealing with. Thank you, Ashly, and the whole Come Back team for the amazing work you are doing! You have helped and strengthened me and so many others so much!!!

100 stars!

I just finished listening to the podcast with Peter (the Samoan) and I was completely blown away by his amazing testimony. I honestly was riveted for the whole hour and eight minutes. I want to thank him so much for sharing such personal experiences and his incredibly strong testimony. I was pretty much in tears the whole time, it was such a beautiful experience to hear his story. Thank you, Ashley for all that you do, I appreciate your testimony so much, it really has strengthened me and helped me so many times.

In a world full of darkness and hate this podcast shines like a light. I know that I will come away feeling lighter and hopeful after listening to this podcast. I get to choose what messages I fill my life with and the Come Back Podcast is at the top of my list

Great podcast. Honest, brave, spiritual. Thank you!

Keep up the good work, Ashly! My husband and I enjoy your podcast and hearing all of the amazing stories of redemption. ❤️ we are big fans of what you are doing to help and uplift and share the gift the gospel can bring to everyone who turns to Him! PS Jarum was my first boyfriend. Tell him hi. ;)

I love this podcast! I really appreciate those who are willing to be brave and share their experiences with coming back to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Thank you for being humble, vulnerable and real. Thank you for sharing your testimonies of Jesus Christ. They strengthen mine. I loved the podcast with Ashley and her husband. So many amazing people on this podcast!

Such a refreshing podcast!!

Listening to these genuine and heartfelt stories of reclamation, I am inspired and my spirit is filled with hope for the future for my loved ones who are struggling and wandering. What a great work you have been inspired to do Ashly!

You’re doing such a great and important work. Thank you!!

I listen every week and feel uplifted and hopeful. So grateful to hear so many people acknowledging the amazing truth of the love of our Heavenly Father and our elder brother Jesus Christ. I want to keep being in that light- thanks to you all for sharing! It keeps me hopeful that my family’s story is a work in process and I can trust that we are on Gods radar, working through , learning and growing as He knows we need to.

Every story shared resonates with my soul since they are being so vulnerable. I appreciate Ashly starting this podcast and sharing her own story. Every episode builds my own faith and I can’t get enough. Thank you

This podcast is absolutely priceless! I have been sober for 14 years. There was a point where I walked away and it almost cost me my life. Then, I came back. And I will fight every day to keep the gospel in my life. I love what you do to give people a chance to tell their stories ❤️

Thank you this podcast. It is such important work you are doing. These voices need to be heard over the clamor of the world. We need to hold space for everyone and learn to understand the why’s of people leaving and returning. Thank you.

I think its important for people to express why they make their decisions. The issue i have with this podcast is that it especially only shows the emotional or family reasons why they returned. It doesn't really address any other side of it. for example the episodes about queer people returning pretty all go like “i partied to much and life got hard so i blamed it on my sexuality so i could have my support system back”. its not really the ringing endorsement for the church members would tell you it is.

Thank you Ashley for interviewing so many beautiful and vulnerable humans. Thank you for reminding us, through the stories of wrestle and struggle that there is nothing we can do to push God’s love away from us. These stories should remind us to focus on what matters most and push away from fitting a mold or thinking we must be perfect for the grace of Jesus to touch our hearts.

I loved hearing about Tony’s experience with meta physics and finding truth. Thank you for sharing your story so vulnerably!

Much needed podcast. The Shepherd knows his sheep and is constantly striving to bring them back to the fold. Love the stories!!

This is so empowering thank you Ashley.I listen to your podcast every day. And I love it. #1 podcast.😍

You’re going a great service to all church members. I never left the church but I have gone through things that shouldn’t have happened to me or my family in the church. Choosing to stay when you are barely hanging on is worth it. Learning to forgive and give grace is the Savior’s way.

Thank you all for being vulnerable to share your stories, tender mercies, and miracles! Listening to this podcast has helps me immensely to have hope with my own dear family member who has stepped away from the church, and has strengthened my personal faith. Keep em coming!

Thank you so so much for the time you take from your busy life to give us this enlightening, heartfelt, expressive, and faith-filling content! I bear the crosses of drug addiction and same-sex attraction, and I have felt connected to so many of these stories. It gives me so much hope to know that others have traveled down dark and difficult paths, but found the strength and faith to come back. I’m on my journey back and this podcast has been a beacon that is helping me find my way. Thank you, Ashly! 🥰🙏🤍

I really enjoy hearing these heartfelt stories.

This show has such a great concept and wonderful hosts. I love the idea of sharing stories of those who actually returned to the Gospel. That being said, it’s really a hit or miss with the guests they get. Sometimes I feel the spirit, other times I feel like they’ve returned for wrong reasons and choose to live the Gospel their way, and not “His way”. I know that’s something the host can’t decipher before the interview—but that just leaves me feeling wrong by the end of the episode.

I found this podcast when I needed it most. It’s opened my eyes to feel what I feel and learn about it. I’m thankful for the people who share their struggles in faith. Everyone is validated, even those who leave. I hope this podcast continues to be a safe space for everyone. Thankful to Ashley for putting this into the world💗

I can honestly say there is not a podcast I love more than this! So beautiful 🩷🩷

I can’t say enough about how wonderful this podcast is! This is such a marvelous platform demonstrating the reality of life that many people have. I have, and continue to have, struggles but I stay steadfast to my faith and testimony. Thank you Ashly and everyone else involved!

I have learned so much and am grateful for all your guest’s stories. I admire so much their faith, strength and courage!!

I listened to the episode with the man who returned after being exposed to “anti-Mormon” literature (which even he admits was all true). I felt it perpetuated some harmful stereotypes about those who leave (the interviewer’s first question when he said he left was, “did you go drink alcohol?”) and failed to really talk about the issues that made him leave at all. It’s nice he had a good feeling. It’s nice he had some seemingly miraculous coincidences to confirm Mormon biases. But such is true for countless people in countless religions. Harmful myths need to be challenged. They destroy families, individuals, and societies.

Thank you, Ashlyn, for making the effort and taking the time to bring us these wonderful interviews. It’s truly an inspirational and powerful experience to listen to the stories of their journeys, navigating the ups & downs of life, and their faith. ! 🤩

I love these stories shared by each of these children of God — their real struggles. I love their individual journeys to reach out to Heavenly Father and experiment again upon the word and feel Heavenly Father reaching back to them. It also strengthens my testimony to hear the contrast between trying to live without Jesus and His restored gospel and the peace and assurance that comes with returning to the covenant path. There is still struggling and suffering on the covenant path, but with purpose and power from God to endure.

I have felt skeptical about listening to this podcast. Afraid that it would paint those who leave as lost, or paint their lives as less happy or worthwhile outside the church. So basically I was concerned about it taking a coercive or fear based angle. I finally listened to the episode with Maxine Hanks because I know her entire journey is one of integrity. Thanks for interviewing her. Now I’m thinking I might try another.

I am struck by the humility of the people sharing their stories on this podcast. The honesty and lack of ego…makes me want to be more like that.

Three of my four kids have decided to leave the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for various reasons. My husband & I are both return missionaries who have been fully committed to our family & church throughout our married life. It has been heartbreaking for me as a mother and I often feel like I must have done something wrong in raising my kids when I see other “perfect” children in my church community. I recently found the Come Back Podcast and the stories shared on it have renewed my hope that my children may someday feel the love of the Lord. And as a result decide to return to His church and renew their covenants.

Thank you so much for this podcast. I listen to it every week and it gives me hope and strength as my children go through stages of testimony challenges. Such amazing stories and I share this often with my mom friends to help them as well.

Wow! What an amazing podcast. I’ve binged most of the episodes and I am just so grateful for what you do Ashley!! These stories have changed me and strengthened my testimony immensely!

Thank you! I love listening.

With so much negativity out there it is so nice to hear stories of redemption and faith.

This podcast is wonderful. I always feel uplifted and inspired to turn to the Savior and improve my testimony and discipleship after listening. I have already recommended your podcast to others, and I hope many more come to listen. Thank you for all you do.

I had to put my volume to max

I enjoy listening to this podcast so much. It gives such a wonderful perspective on the gospel and the strength it allows people to gain through its teachings they’ve left behind and found again. Helps me find confidence in struggle and love in the gospel in all its imperfections