1118: Liz Layton - Millennial Post-Mormon, Former Utah Jazz Dancer, Coping with the Suicide of Loved Ones Pt. 3
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2019
⏱️ 69 minutes
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In this Mormon Stories Podcast episode we interview Liz Layton. Liz has experienced much accomplishment and tragedy in her life as a millennial post-Mormon. This includes becoming a professional dancer for the Utah Jazz, but also includes the loss of her orthodox Mormon faith, two divorces, and the death of two of her siblings due to suicide.
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| 0:35.2 | All right, so let's now go back to your professional career specifically. How did you end up |
| 0:55.1 | becoming a professional dancer? And you'll need also bring in the story of your brother |
| 1:01.3 | whenever it comes into the story. Yeah, so as far as dancing goes, again, I wasn't out to pursue that |
| 1:07.8 | in college, but I got a coaching job and I ended up- Did you finish BYU or drop out? No, I ended up |
| 1:13.4 | transferring to Weber while I was in my second marriage because I lived closer to Weber. So I |
| 1:19.2 | didn't graduate from Weber. When I married Joe, I stopped going to school and kind of we put Joe |
| 1:24.6 | through school. Oh, no, so that's kind of a typical Mormon thing that feminists don't like. |
| 1:29.2 | That women too often sacrifice their- Yes, a huge regret. Yeah, yeah, deeply regret that. |
| 1:35.2 | So finish your education women if you want that. Please. Do that. Yeah, um, |
| 1:41.2 | but yeah, did you finish at Weber? What did you study at Weber? I changed my major from dance to |
| 1:46.1 | marketing and I didn't finish it. Okay, but um, I taught and coached high school dance. How did |
| 1:53.6 | that- So you got into that? How'd you get- I just heard about an opening and apply- Was this |
| 1:57.6 | Lone Peak or- I started at Juan Diego. Okay. So I coached Juan Diego and then I coached two years |
| 2:02.2 | at Lone Peak. What was that like? It was awesome. It was the most challenging experience in my life. |
| 2:07.3 | It was very, very challenging. I was a head coach at like 21. I think it was 21 years old. And these |
| 2:11.9 | are- At least Lone Peak is one of the biggest wealthiest, most powerful high schools in the city, right? Yeah, |
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