Content warning: brief mention of suicidality

After her marriage to a "worthy" priesthoodholding Returned Missionary goes south when her husband is arrested for fraud, Louisa Killian finds love & equality in a relationship outside of the Church and a fulfilling career teaching dance at BYU. But when it's time to renew her Temple Recommend to keep her ecclesiastical endorsement (a requirement for employment at the Church school), Louisa finds that honesty has severe consequences.

https://www.louisakillian.com

Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:06:00 Beginning of Louisa’s story
00:10:30 Adolescence, Obedience, and “Rebelliousness”
00:16:40 Dealing with death, grief, and loss of loss of her father
00:26:00 Feeling the hustle of all the things that she “should” do
00:36:30 Getting married and warning signs
00:51:00 When things started to go wrong
01:10:30 From U of U to BYU, the Second Bomb drops, marriage ends
01:19:10 Finding meaning in creativity in choreography
01:21:15 Getting hired at Snow College and BYU
01:32:15 Losing faith at BYU, getting married a 2nd time
01:44:00 Watching documentaries about sociopaths, cults
01:46:00 Dealing with conflict between eroding faith and BYU faculty position
01:59:30 Deciding to be honest with Mormon bishop & given a 90day ultimatum

Episode Show Notes: https://mormonstories.org/podcast/byu...

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