Episode 627: Mary Alice Hatch, Host of “What Now” Podcast, RS President

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

My friend Mary Alice Hatch (married mother of 2) joins us from her home in San Clemente, California to share her story. Mary Alice talks about her son coming home from his mission early after receiving personal revelation it was the right thing to do. She talks about her support of her son and honoring his personal revelation and the need for our culture to do the same. This experience of seeing first-hand how the culture can be damaging for some Latter-day Saints, inspired Mary Alice to start a podcast call “What Now” which focused on how to improve the experience for Latter-day Saints. It is a powerful and needed podcast in our community. Mary Alice also talks about what her Relief Society Presidency is doing to create a safe culture for members to feel safe opening up about the realities of their lives so we can better heal and support others. She talks about how “people don’t connect to perfection but to vulnerability”. Mary Alice offers ideas on what we can do in our circle of influence to improve our culture. Thank you, Mary Alice, for being on the podcast and your great work in our community. I encourage everyone to check out Mary Allice’s podcast. Podcast links: What Now Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-now/id1474476293 Mary Alice Instagram: @podcastwhatnow Elder Holland’s Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iEjWlwoi7A Richard Ostler’s chapter on supporting early release missionaries: https://www.dropbox.com/s/14w6jnbyia6e7dc/Chapter%208%20Variations%20in%20Missionary%20Service.pdf?dl=0

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.
0:08.9	I'm really glad to have a fellow podcast host and wonderful human on the podcast, joining me via Zoom from her home in San Clemente, California.
0:19.1	Welcome to the podcast, Mary Alice Hatch.
0:23.1	Thank you.
0:23.9	I'm happy to be here.
0:25.9	Just to introduce Mary Alice Hatch, and she goes by Mary Alice, so I'll probably call her that the rest of the podcast.
0:32.5	She's a married mother of two.
0:34.3	Both her kids are married, a daughter and a son.
0:37.3	She lives, as I mentioned, in San
0:38.8	Clemente, grew up in Potomac, Maryland. So she grew up on one side of the country and moved to
0:44.0	another side of the country. She is an elder, not an elders corn president, a release society
0:50.7	president. She may talk about a award division and she got called again or
0:56.1	recalled so she's in her fourth or fifth year as a release society president doing just
1:00.5	wonderful work. She also hosts a podcast that's a terrific podcast and that's why I reached out to
1:07.6	Mary Alice and wanted her to be on this podcast so you listeners can connect
1:12.5	with her podcast. I like to use this platform to connect listeners with other wonderful podcasts.
1:19.4	Her podcast is called What Now? And it'll talk a little bit about her son who came home early
1:25.3	from a mission and a little bit about our culture and just
1:29.7	things that we can do to improve the culture. So Mary Alice and I have a lot of the same feelings
1:34.6	about our love for the church and a desire to improve our culture so more can participate.
1:40.9	So I'm grateful to have Mary Alice on the podcast and the work she's doing
1:46.1	not only through her LDS tools, sort of formal calling is Rearthe Society President, but this
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