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Wendy Watson Nelson
American academic
Wendy L. Watson Nelson (born May 31, )[1] is a Canadian-American marriage and family therapist, and professor. She worked with the Family Nursing Unit (FNU) at the University of Calgary (U of C) from to , training graduate students to use family systems therapy with families of patients. Her academic work in articles and in the book Beliefs: The Heart of Healing in Families and Illness helped develop a practical and theoretical framework for family systems nursing. She is the wife of Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
Education
[edit]Wendy Watson grew up in Raymond, Alberta. She is the second of three children born to Leonard and Laura McLean Watson.[2][3] She received her RN certification from the Calgary General Hospital School of Nursing in [4] She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in an
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What’s it like to be married to President Nelson? Sister Wendy Nelson shares delightful stories and insights
This week the Church News podcast featured an interview with Sister Wendy W. Nelson, wife of President Russell M. Nelson. The episode, titled “Sister Wendy W. Nelson on being an eyewitness to President Russell M. Nelson’s four years as Prophet,” covers a wide variety of topics, exploring what it has been like for Sister Nelson to watch her husband’s historic ministry as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In the interview, Sister Nelson shares several stories that give listeners a view into President Nelson’s vibrant character and personality, including in his roles as husband, father, and grandfather. Here are some particularly heartwarming stories she shared.
Speaking about how the COVID pandemic has prevented the Nelsons from traveling as much as usual, Sister Nelson said:
“We have missed traveling to be with the Saints. We’ve missed being
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After tension over her speaking, here’s what the wife of the LDS president told graduates at Utah Valley University
In the face of concern and controversy over her speaking, Wendy Watson Nelson — a former family therapist and the wife of the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — directed graduates in her address Friday night to drop their contentions, open space “for the existence of another” and, through those actions, komma to find love in their lives.
“We don’t need to agree with another person’s ideas,” she said. “But when we open our ears and hearts to their ideas, love enters in.”
Nelson, who was the keynote at Utah Valley University’s commencement, said all people would be healthier if they let go of their disagreements and really listened.
Her meddelande came, though, after several students at the campus expressed frustration that she was chosen as the speaker because of her past remarks about the LGBTQ community — and they argued that Nelson herself