127: How Are You, Really? Catching Up With Zach Anderson

Our amazing friend from the podcast Zach Anderson talks about leaving Mormonism, coming out as a gay man, and how we can move through our mental health struggles. Suicide Prevention Resource Sign up for our NEWSLETTER HELLO NED DISCOUNT CODE JOY for 15% OFF www.joyandclaire.com Girls Gone Wod email: [email protected] Instagram: joyandclaire_ This is Joy & Claire Episode 127: How Are You, Really? Catching Up With Zach Anderson Episode Date: May 19, 2022 Transcription Completed: June 20, 2022 Audio Length: 65:47 minutes  Joy: Hey guys, this is Joy. Claire: And this is Claire.  Joy: I hope you’re loving our conversations with friends. Maybe we should do this every year in May. Claire: Yeah. Or April. April/May. Joy: Just, “Conversations in May.”  Claire: May… Joy: Conversations with friends in May. They’re all going to drop in May. Claire: We’ve got to come up with a tagline for that because it’s not very interesting. May… Joy: We’re working on it. It’s a half-baked idea. Claire: Work in progress. So today we are so excited to have Zach Anderson joining us. Zach is a long-time friend of the pod. Joy: Such a long-time friend. Claire: Such a long-time friend. He is an attorney in Nebraska. So congratulations to Nebraskans for being represented on today’s podcast.  Joy: First time. Claire: Is it? I don’t know. Somebody is going to call us and be like, “I’m from Nebraska.” Joy: Right. Claire: But actually, Zach is not from Nebraska. He is from the same hometown as Joy, which is a fun little fact. Zach has been going through quite the personal transformation over the past few years. He has been deconstructing from the Mormon church for a handful of years. And then about six or seven months ago, he came out as gay and has been rebuilding himself since last fall. Fun fact is that we were actually supposed to record with him the day after he came out. He called me and he was like, “Maybe we should reschedule the podcast.” Joy: “It’s just a lot going on in my life right now.” Claire: Just a lot going on. So welcome back, hi. Zach: Hi. I feel like I’m fangirling in a major way because I remember back in the early days of Girls Gone WOD and I was like, who are these women? I need to meet them. And then I met you both, and now I’m here.  Claire: Here you are. Hold on, I left out a really important fact. You also are a dad to the cutest little – she is what, 14 months? Zach: Hold on, we’re almost in May.