Reclaiming Your Voice: Faith, Identity & Healing with Ann Goltz (Ep. 77)

In this episode of Rise, Heal, and Grow with Leah M. Hill, Leah sits down with author and former pastor Ann Goltz for a powerful conversation about identity, faith, patriarchy, healing, and the courage to reclaim your own voice. Ann shares her deeply personal journey from serving as a parish pastor whose ministry was ultimately undermined by misogyny, to searching for answers about family and womanhood, encountering the seductive promises of the Quiverfull movement, and eventually recognizing the damaging realities beneath those promises. Her debut novel, Virtuous Women, grew from that journey and explores the painful price women can pay when they are given no choice but to be “good” or “virtuous.” Together, Leah and Ann explore what it means to release identities imposed by others, create a life that feels authentic, and embrace the truth that sometimes there are no easy answers—but there is always grace, and no one else gets to decide who you are.