My friend Hannah Larson (age 30, lives in New York, RM, founder of Humans of BYU, former seminary teacher, single) joins us to share her story.
Hannah talks about:
Powerful testimony of God’s love for all of us—and deep desire for everyone to feel that .
Author of Diary of a Mormon Girl
Teaching seminary—but being let go after one year. Super traumatizing experience. Put her whole soul into that assignment to help her students feel God’s love and being a safe place.
Experienced pain of patriarchy, went into deep depression, how/why she didn’t leave the church
Proactively met with prior Priesthood Leaders who harder her—mixed experiences—super brave—discussion of gaslighting
How she is now on the margins as an unmarried 30-year-old
How her value isn’t about “who she might be dating”—but her relationship with Jesus Christ
Creating a safe community online & IRL for people in the church who want to discuss the complicated issues (see show notes)
Why so many Gen Z women are leaving the church—and the need for honest conversations
Her upcoming new book about finding God in her romantic relationships and dating experiences .
Hannah is one of our bravely guests as she talks about the patriarchy/sexism/gaslighting that is part of our culture and how she is navigating those issues. Hannah talks about making it “all about Jesus” and how important that framework is to moving forward.
Please check out Hannah’s social media (see show notes) to connect with her needed work in our community. Thank you, Hannah, for being on the podcast. You give me hope. You are awesome!
Links:
Hannah’s IG: @honest_han
Substack: hannahklarson.substack.com
