Latter Day Struggles
The Latter Day Struggles Podcast addresses beliefs and issues within the LDS faith that are challenging to talk about but vital to discuss for those trying to navigate their relationship in or around the church. Valerie and her guests invite psychological maturity, theological health, and institutional integrity.
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293 episodes
288: Helping LDS Men Become Who They are Capable of Becoming
Series Title: The Shocking Correlation Between Men Socialized in Patriarchies & Emotional Underdevelopment [Part VI of VI]In this final episode of this incredibly important six-part series, Valerie and Nathan focus on why an educatio...
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Episode 288
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287: Why Patriarchal Men Cannot Tolerate Critique
Series Title: The Shocking Correlation Between Men Socialized in Patriarchies & Psychological/Spiritual Underdevelopment [Part V of VI] In this episode, Valerie and Nathan continue to discuss how being spiritually formed in a pa...
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Episode 287
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43:00
286: Why Patriarchal Men Struggle Giving and Receiving Love
Series Title: The Shocking Correlation Between Men Socialized in Patriarchies & Psychological/Spiritual Underdevelopment [Part IV of VI]In this episode, Valerie and Nathan continue their exploration of how patriarchy harms men by dis...
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Episode 286
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40:44
285: Why Patriarchal Men See the World Transactionally
Series Title: The Shocking Correlation Between Men Socialized in Patriarchies & Psychological/Spiritual Underdevelopment [Part III of VI]In this episode Valerie and Nathan continue to explore how patriarchal systems can negati...
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Episode 285
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43:59
284: Why Patriarchal Men Struggle to See Others’ Realities
Series Title: The Shocking Correlation Between Men Socialized in Patriarchies & Psychological/Spiritual Underdevelopment [Part II of VI] In this episode, Valerie and Nathan delve deeper into the effects of patriarchy on m...
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Episode 284
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50:59
283: Patriarchy and its Connection to Low Empathy in Men
Series Title: The Shocking Correlation Between Men Socialized in Patriarchies & Psychological/Spiritual Underdevelopment [Part I of VI] Join Valerie and Nathan as they kick off a new DEEP DIVE series exploring how patriarchy a...
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Episode 283
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51:33
282: LDS Women Model Community over Ideological Purity
Series Title: Celebrating 50 Years Exponent II & Mormon Feminist Voices [Part II of II]In this episode Valerie continues to visit with Heather Sundahl and Katie Rich about how the Exponent II community provided the. LDS patriarchal ...
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Episode 282
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50:24
281: The Evolution of Strong Women’s Voices in the Morm-osphere
Series Title: Celebrating 50 Years Exponent II & Mormon Feminist Voices [Part I of II]In this episode, Valerie speaks with Katie Ludlow Rich and Heather Sundahl, the co-authors of newly published book '50 Years of Exponent II'...
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Episode 281
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280: Post-General Conference “Office Hours” Subscriber’s Recording
In this first “Office Hours” virtual meet-up, Valerie processes General Conference with Latter Day Struggles podcast subscribers. If you’re a subscriber and you couldn’t make it, no worries: here is the recording! Some of the...
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Episode 280
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59:18
279: Strategies to Heal Mixed-Faith LDS Couples
Series Title: A Story of LDS Faith Expansion & Marital Resilience [Part V of V]In this episode Valerie answers a variety of audience questions regarding the complexities of the LDS faith journey when a married couple finds themselve...
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Episode 278
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278: Why So Much Suffering in the LDS Marriage?
Series Title: A Story of LDS Faith Expansion & Marital Resilience [Part IV of V]In this sensitive-content exclusive episode, Val tackles a tough theme--why does the LDS faith journey of one partner put thousands of marriages into a ...
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Episode 278
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277: My Faith Journey Actually Made our Marriage Stronger
Series Title: A Story of LDS Faith Expansion & Marital Resilience [Part III of V]In this episode, Valerie is joined again by Katie and Jeremy as they share their journey from early religious alignment, through painful confusion and ...
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Episode 277
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276: Differentiation & Devotion: Building a Growth-Oriented Marriage
Series Title: A Story of LDS Faith Expansion & Marital Resilience [Part II of V]In this in-depth episode of Latter Day Struggles, Valerie continues the three-part series with Katie and Jeremy, a couple now thriving following a rough...
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Episode 274
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275: An LDS Marriage in the Valley of the Shadow
Series Title: A Story of LDS Faith Expansion & Marital Resilience [Part I of V]In this episode, Valerie hosts a heartfelt and raw discussion with Katie and Jeremy about the complexities of navigating a mixed-faith marriage. They sha...
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274: On Becoming Truth Discerners
Series Title: Navigating Information Quality in the Latter Days [Part II of II]Join Val and Nathan in this two-part series walking you through six questions that you can tape on your fridge and bathroom mirror to help you become a super ...
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Episode 272
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33:44
273: 6 Crucial Questions When Evaluating Information
Series Title: Navigating Information Quality in the Latter Days [Part I of II]Join Val and Nathan in this two-part series walking you through six questions that you can tape on your fridge and bathroom mirror to help you become a s...
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Episode 273
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272: More Temple Garment Changes & More Concerns about Healthy Autonomy w/ Jody Hansen & Maxine Hanks
In this exclusive episode, Valerie is joined by Jody England Hansen and Maxine Hanks where they delve into the recent changes in the style of the temple garment for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They ex...
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Episode 272
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271: Introducing a NEW GROUP: Growing up in a Patriarchy!
Hello everyone! Here is a quick introduction to NEW curriculum that I am putting together (by popular demand!) helping our Latter-day Saint and surrounding community better understand our complicated relationship with what healthy masculinity a...
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Episode 271
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18:58
270: On Becoming a Safer Place for LDS Families to Grow and Thrive
Series Title: Faith Journeying Parents of Adult Children [Part IV of IV]In this episode Val recommends six fundamental adjustments to LDS thought that might heal families who are spread across the spectrum of faith.
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Episode 270
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37:27
269: When a Family Trusts Their Mom's Faith Journey
Series Title: Faith Journeying Parents of Adult Children [Part III of IV]In this tender episode Valerie has a conversation with special guest, Kim, who shares the intense emotional experience of entering into her own faith journey in th...
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Episode 269
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268: My Adult Child's Fear of Losing Me for Eternity
Series Title: Faith Journeying Parents of Adult Children [Part II of IV]Join Val along with therapist and colleague Liz Macdonald as they explore the experience of a more traditionally believing LDS individual, whose parent is going thr...
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Episode 268
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267: Will My Adult Children Reject Me as I Grow?
Series Title: Faith Journeying Parents of Adult Children [Part I of IV]In this series Val is joined by therapist, colleague and friend Liz MacDonald to dive deeply into the world of the faith expanding Latter-day Saint with more traditi...
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Episode 267
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266: Finding the Sacred in All Shadow
Series Title: Embracing Anxiety, Ambiguity & Ambivalence as a Grown-A** Adults [Part IV of IV]In this final episode of a four-part series, Val and Nathan focus on how embracing AMBIVALENCE is evidence of radical, spiritual growth. <...
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Episode 266
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36:49
265: Leaning into the Messy of Uncertainty in Actual Life
Series Title: Embracing Anxiety, Ambiguity & Ambivalence as a Grown-A** Adults [Part III of IV]Remember when things were so simple? Back in the day when we were experts on pretty much everything related to life and eternity?
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Episode 265
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264: Embracing Growth-Oriented Anxiety!
Series Title: Embracing Anxiety, Ambiguity & Ambivalence as a Grown-A** Adults [Part II of IV]In this episode Val and Nathan unpack the difference between the anxiety that makes us sick and the anxiety that comes as we move deeper i...
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Episode 264
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