I was so honored to sit down with TIME Magazine to talk about my memoir, AWAKE. My gratitude to Belinda for being an amazing interviewer.
In the interview, I opened up about my divorce, the painful unraveling of my marriage, and how purity culture, patriarchy, and religious systems shaped so much of my story.
We also talked about why I no longer go to church, and what it has meant to slowly piece together a new way forward.
Here’s an excerpt from the interview:
“Divorce is not that interesting of a story. It happens to every other one of us. I did not anticipate my marriage going down in flames in that way, but when I got far enough away from the trauma of the way it ended, and I started examining all the bricks that built that house—patriarchy, religious subculture, body shame, gender limitations, purity, culture, misogyny—I started to realize that maybe it just wasn’t such a shock that that house came down. I hope I’ve taken a clear-eyed look at what those bricks are and how they contributed, and how I was complicit.”
You can read the full article here.
It’s never easy to tell these parts of my life out loud, but I wrote AWAKE to hold the truth about what it means to lose everything you thought defined you — and then begin again.
AWAKE: A Memoir releases September 23, 2025, and is available now for pre-order. I cannot wait to put this book in your hands.