“Your job as an adult is to disappoint people.” So said Dr. Julie Hanks the first time she was on the ALSSI podcast. In Episode 143, she joins Cynthia and Susan to talk more about actually applying that statement in our lives and relationships. Why might it be hard for Latter-day Saint women to believe our choices don’t have to please everyone—or even anyone—else?

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When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life’s Sacred Questions, by Sue Monk Kidd

One of My favorite sayings is your job as an adult is to disappoint people.” — Dr. Julie Hanks

“Is there more to me than the roles I live out? Can I open up to my identity apart from them, to the knowledge that I’m more than the personas I create?” — Sue Monk Kidd