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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331 episodes
328: How the Temple of God is Looking at you in the Mirror
Series Title: Transcending Church Rules on the Path Towards Genuine Christlike Discipleship w/Russ Hinckley Part IV of IVWhat do you think Jesus would desire that we focus on in our worship services and within our lives? In these l...
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Episode 328
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327: Jesus Eats with "Outcasts" to Embody that HE Knows No Outcast
Series Title: Transcending Church Rules on the PathTowards Genuine Christlike Discipleship w/Russ Hinckley Part III of IVWhat do you think Jesus would desire that we focus on in our worship services and within our larger lives? In ...
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Episode 327
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326: People Never Leave Churches Drenched in Jesus & Love
Series Title: Transcending Church Rules on the Path Towards Genuine Christlike Discipleship w/Russ Hinckley Part II of IVPeople are leaving religion in higher numbers than ever before, especially following the Covid pandemic. Altho...
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Episode 326
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325: Why Jesus Likely Couldn't Care Less about Church Handbooks & Creeds
Series Title: Transcending Church Rules on the Path Towards Genuine Christlike Discipleship w/Russ Hinckley Part I of IVWelcome to a beautiful series featuring guest author Russ Hinckley (who doesn't mind being referred to as Mr. S...
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Episode 325
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324: Office Hours: Shifting the Focus from Abortion to Preventing Unwanted Pregnancy
In this timely conversation Valerie tackles Elder Anderson's recent general conference talk on abortion. In one hour she goes from the macro issue of abortion itself and offers some thought-provoking concepts about NOT focusing on abortion and ...
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Episode 324
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323: Sometimes Love Uses a Microphone
In this episode Valerie is invited to be a guest on "Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt," a podcast where she shares many experiences leading to her choice to commit her career to the psychological and spiritual healing of those connected to her own La...
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Episode 323
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322: How Rootwork Brings us to Deep Kinship in this World & in the Mormon Cosmos w/ Kathryn Sonntag & Taylor Petrey
Series Title: A Look into the Minds of Creators of The Mother Tree & Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part II of II] In this continuation of our conversation about modern Mormon feminist scholarship, Taylor and Kathryn rif...
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Episode 322
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321: The Feminine Divine in the Mormon Cosmos with Kathryn Sonntag & Taylor Petrey
Series Title: A Look into the Minds of Creators of The Mother Tree & Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part I of II] Why is my job the very best? Because I get to sit down with two of the kindest, more brilliant and b...
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Episode 321
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320: "Queering" the Garden Narrative in the Mormon Cosmos
Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part IV of IV]Here's one final mindblowing conversation that will definitely leave you thinking "I never thoug...
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Episode 320
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319: "Queering" Ideas about Heavenly Mother in the Mormon Cosmos
Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part III of IV] One definition of "queering" that Taylor uses in his book is to complicate or expand<...
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Episode 319
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318: "Queering" Ideas about the Godhead in the Mormon Cosmos
Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part II of IV] Get ready to have your mind blown just a little more as Taylor walks Val through more expa...
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Episode 318
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317: Ideas on a Heaven Large Enough for All Loving Connection
Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part I of IV] In this episode Val and guest scholar and author Taylor Petrey set this series up by ...
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Episode 316
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316: "Office Hours" Exclusive: When Faith Crisis Destabilizes the LDS Marriage
In this Office Hours live session, members of the Latter Day Struggles community are asking their questions and Valerie brings her encouraging responses. Since February is the month where love is celebrated, this conversation centers around mar...
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Episode 316
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315: Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do
Series Title: Valerie & Nathan Hamaker Forced Resignation from the LDS Church [Part III of III] In this final episode detailing the tough events of Val and Nathan's last year trying to collaborate with their local priesthood lea...
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Episode 315
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314: Devoted Listener/Supporter Q&A on Hamaker Forced Resignation
Series Title: Valerie & Nathan Hamaker Forced Resignation from the LDS Church [Part II of III]Join Val & Nathan in this episode answering questions that came in from listeners following their public announcement regarding their f...
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Episode 314
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313: Not Willing to be Burned at the Stake Center
Series Title: Valerie & Nathan Hamaker Forced Resignation from the LDS Church [Part I of III] Please join Valerie & Nathan in this tough 3-part conversation sharing the events that led to what felt to them like th...
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312: Why Gender-based Wounds Can Only be Healed in Mixed-Gender Communities
Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part VIII of VIII]Join Valerie in the final episode of a series exploring the beauty of community healing in the cont...
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Episode 312
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311: By the Mouths of Four Witnesses: Community Healing in LDS Faith Crisis
Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part VII of VIII]Join Valerie and four amazing guests who get really brave speaking about their LDS faith journey as ...
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Episode 311
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310: A "Masculine" Man's True Self Journey Home to His Healthy Feminine
Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part VI of VIII]In this Friday episode you will meet Leo, another fellow listener to the Latter Day Struggles podcast...
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Episode 310
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309: Love of Others Begins with Finding Unshakable Goodness Within
Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part V of VIII]In this beautiful episode I welcome Devin (another graduate of my faith expansion growth and processing group) who w...
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Episode 309
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308: "I Am Not My Ability to Bear Children": A Tender Journey Towards True Self Discovery
Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part IV of VIII]Join Val in this beautiful episode with guest Joy, who shares some tender elements of her faith journ...
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Episode 307
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307: On the Process of Awakening to Our Worthiness as the Factory Setting
Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part III of VIII]In this episode, Valerie and Nathan set the stage for why those who commit themselves to Val's heali...
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Episode 307
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306: "I Didn't Think Feeling This Safe was Possible in a Group of People"
Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part II of VIII]In today's episode Val and Nathan go deeper into what they have learned about the unique healing proc...
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Episode 306
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305: What? I Belong Here No Matter What I Believe?
Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part I of VIII]The LDS faith journey is not an 'individual sport' and although some of us try, we realize that ...
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Episode 305
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304: The Invisible Cage: Patriarchy's Invisible Toll on Male True Self Development
Series Title: The Profound Impact of Feminine Suppression on Men & their Churches [Part VIII of VIII]This is the final episode in a groundbreaking series diving deeply into what a lack of the feminine looks like in both LDS men and t...
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Episode 304
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