All things Becky15 Higgins/beggy Higgins

I’ll be interested to see if Heidi Swapp takes this same social media break. Lolz

In today's political climate, it should be no surprise that an angry old white man thinks he can try to successfully control people who think religion in general is full of shit. Gotta get in on that Trump white male pedestal while its fresh and hot, I guess.

Apparently not since it stems from the women's session...

I refuse to mock other people's religion/personal choices, but hope Becky Higgins consults with a business expert(s) & creates a viable plan during her screen break. Another company producing useable scrapbook supplies is always welcome.

For the record, President Nelson, our prophet, did NOT order anyone to do anything. He asked the sisters to consider avoiding social media and other media that have a negative influence, for a period of ten days, and compare how we felt during that time. It was one of 4 challenges, but there was nothing mandatory about it or any of the challenges he asked us to consider accepting. Some have interpreted that to mean no social media at all.

The way I understood it was to avoid NEGATIVE media. This thread certainly seems to qualify for the negative part, but I did feel that clarification was in order, since there seemed to be some misunderstanding. Freedom to choose is important in our church. No one is ordered to do anything. I've been a member a long time. I have never been given an order by any leader. Ever. And yes, I have turned down requests that I did not feel that I could do. I was not penalized in any way, nor was I shunned or ridiculed or made to feel guilty at all.

I agree with you. I don't have it in me to mock anyone's religion. Live and let live.

Except some people are literally dying.

scrapnnana Thank you for the clarification. I follow a frugality blog and she is still posting. She is very devout. She also teaches Provident Living classes so those are the majority of her posts. Of course I don't do Provident Living classes but I enjoy reading all the frugality links she shares. She was posting away last Monday.

It does make you all think that Becky said she is taking a ten day break. The message was to avoid negative media. It makes you wonder if she is considering her social media presence as negative. Not being snarky. She does use her religion to promote her business. It is her brand.

refugeepea You have my back on your posts. My brother was gay. He died of AIDS in the early 90's. He's my half-brother from my Mother's first marriage. She was married to one of the bigwig Mormon's at the time. When my brother died her ex would not bury him or claim the body. My Mother also would not because he was gay and died of AIDS. He died alone and scared.

My beautiful sister was mentally handicapped and had terrible seizures. Because she did not fit what this Mormon man's idea of a perfect child was he and my Mother left my sixteen year old sister die in a mental hospital. When I went to the funeral my brother (Who was still alive then) I was not allowed to touch him because he was dirty. I hugged him anyway and then I became dirty. I also would like to add that this bigwig Mormon who is deeply respected molested my Sister.

My DH's brother was chosen a wife and force to marry because he was gay from his Mormon grandparents.

I know there is a seedy side to all religions. I know not all Mormon's are like this. I have dear friends who are Mormon's and horrified and have a deep hatred of my Mom and her ex. I know I come across as hard on Mormon's, especially over here. I really don't mean too. As you can see I do have a very deep hurt and distrust of this religion.

Becky's "Cultivate the Perfect Life" is seriously negative social media. Like I said I read a Mormon frugality blog. Love her to pieces and she might be part of this community. She taught me how to dehydrate food better and stock my pantry in a more efficient way. Now, I think that is cultivating the perfect life. This ladies blog I read she is like come to my home I will teach you to crochet and we can have snacks. Becky is like buy my dress, my journals, my wrapping paper, my recipe cards, my etc, etc, etc.... A lot of you know I just have the biggest pet peeve of people using their religion to profit, lol.

The social media detox was discussed by the ex-Mormon hosts of a podcast I follow. They rightfully pointed out that the new direction the Church is going in with the new leader is definitely regressive, not progressive (despite cutting down Sunday service to 2h instead of 3). They were just appalled that this was, again, something for women to follow, not men, and in the middle of the Internet and social media-powered #MeToo climate where Mormon women are stepping up about sexual harassment in the Church (and the men go unpunished).

Anyhoo, I don't want to get too political on this side of the board but it does seem like the more famous female LDS influencers are feeling the social pressure to follow the detox despite it not being ordered. That, in itself, says a lot.

It'll be interesting to see how Becky slides back into her hyperactive social media persona when the detox ends. Are we making predictions? Newsletter, blog post(s), IG stories? Place your bets.

Heidi Swapp doesn't appear to be following the detox diet.

I am subscribed to the Becky Higgins company e-mails and she is still sending them out. So technically she is not not detoxing, plus her Podcast (which I didn't listen to).

I unsubscribed from all things BH years ago and never looked back. I had no idea her brand was taking a nosedive. Guess I should have offloaded that Just Add Color PL kit in the heyday haha.

I could be wrong but I was under the impression that HS's brand was owned by AC (hence her relocating when the acquisition happened...until then, she lived somewhere in the mid west US, not Utah) while Project Life is partnered with AC, making AC the manufacturer of PL products, but not the owner of the brand.