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Latter Day Struggles

Valerie Hamaker

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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Episode 26: When Mom Feels like a Robot Part 2...Lets...

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2022/07/01

Join Val in a brief follow up to her last episode discussing the negative psychological, emotional, and relational, and spiritual impact that women often experience due to the LDS church's historical hyper-focus on marriage and childrearing as a woman's primary role in life. This episode focuses on how the men in these women's lives both impact and are impacted by this phenomenon. —————————————————————————————————————— SUBSCRIBE: All Friday episodes of Latter Day Struggles can be

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Episode 25: When Mom Feels like a Robot

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2022/06/28

Join Valerie in this episode as she breaks down a typical client that comes into her private counseling practice...the numb, exhausted, dutiful, mom. Our work together is to learn more about how she got here and how its possible that she can feel so crappy after having done all of the right things. —————————————————————————————————————— SUBSCRIBE: All Friday episodes of Latter Day Struggles can be accessed through ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠a paid subscription ($9.99/month)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thank you for supporting Valerie’s

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00:38:14

Episode 24: Inverted Spiritual Value Systems: Facial...

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2022/06/24

Join Valerie and Nathan as they address a podcast listener's question regarding "rules" about a variety of dress/grooming related issues that are given at church and seem random, unimportant, and even not appropriate to be dictating to a body of thoughtful, discerning human beings. In this episode they talk about the concept of the "inverted value system" where some churches involve themselves in the unimportant details of a clean-cut (and therefore

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00:30:28

Episode 23: PR*I*DE: The Harm Done in Intervening in...

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2022/06/22

Join Val and Nathan as they share some thoughts on why gender and sexuality is a topic that brings up strong feelings in just about everyone. And it should bring up strong feelings, because these are core parts of our individual identities. Each of us has a journey to discover the depths of ourselves---including who we are in the realms of sexuality and gender. And when other people or institutions meddle in this sacred process, it hurts people. Listen to their own process of how their theology

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00:32:26

Episode 22: Spiritual Rigidity, Sex, Word of Wisdom,...

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2022/06/17

Join Valerie and Nathan this week as they riff about obedience to rules as opposed to obedience to conscience and highlight how even those who are considered the most evolved are held hostage to their own culture's anxieties, fears, and quirks. The good news is that maybe we are all just beautifully messy and in need of self and other compassion and an increase in "chill". —————————————————————————————————————— SUBSCRIBE: All Friday episodes of Latter Day Struggles can be accessed

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Episode 21: Whose Wedding is this Anyway? When Faith...

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2022/06/13

Join Valerie and guest host Brannon as they talk about a struggle brought into Valerie's therapy practice where a bride and groom are working on making the hard choice to be true to themselves even if that means devastating extended family about their desire to not marry in the temple. Is it possible that their greatest act of integrity and growth is to do what feels right to them even in the face of massive social and spiritual pressures? —————————————————————————————————————— SUBSCRIBE: All

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Episode 20: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part V

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2022/06/10

In this final episode on Valerie and Nathan's series on the sacred nature of dissent, they talk about how paradoxically, dissent is the foundation of true peace. What? Yes, it is. True peace can only be attained through complex dialogue amongst parties who's ideas are all considered and welcomed. They also address how the ability to dissent safeguards all communities from eventual disintegration (walking away) and finally and most importantly how dissent is truly holy because it requires

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Episode 10: How do I Handle when my Spouse and I...

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2022/06/06

Join Brannon and Val in this comical and true-to-life (and perhaps familiar sounding) struggle between two spouses juggling the needs of their primary-aged children, less-active older children, and their own messy faith questions...all at the same time. How can couples authentically have their own very different journeys while also trying to cultivate faith in their kids? And not have a nervous breakdown in the process? —————————————————————————————————————— SUBSCRIBE: All Friday episodes of

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Episode 19: Nervous to Talk about Your Faith Journey?...

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2022/06/05

Join Valerie and Nathan as they talk about recent incidents related to their talking about dissent in the LDS faith. Their 5 Part "sacred nature of dissent" series (which is rudely interrupted by this episode...there IS one more episode left in this series) has brought up some angst in "concerned" listeners (because...dissent) and Valerie and Nathan share their experience processing through why they keep at this podcast, why you might be too anxious to share it but maybe still

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00:32:36

Episode 18: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part IV

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2022/06/03

Join therapist Valerie Hamaker and her husband Nathan as they tackle McMormonism's tendency to shame dissent and worship consent in the LDS faith. In this episode it is all about dissent and its power to heal blindness. They start with how a "consent only" culture develops people who are not introspective, curious, or challenging to systems and programs that ought to be thought about, challenged, and innovated.…for the betterment of all. Then they move on to how institutions of ALL

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00:31:41

Episode 17: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part III

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2022/05/27

Join therapist Valerie Hamaker and her husband Nathan as they tackle McMormonism's tendency to shame dissent and worship consent in the LDS faith. In this episode they address the consent/dissent idea as core to developing our own powers of personal revelation and then go on to discuss how a "consent only" church is one that get lost in the weeds of irrelevancies and blind to true worship of God. And when we are not worshipping God but are worshipping anything or anyone

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00:40:11

Episode 16: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part II

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2022/05/20

Join Valerie and special guest (and her spouse) Nathan as they tackle McMormonism's tendency to shame dissent and worship consent. In this episode they break how dissent is sacred as it is essential to our personal salvation projects and because it is the backbone of spiritual maturation and personal responsibility. They highlight the need for us to both notice and gain personal courage as we engage in dissent as a an essential part of our spiritual journey while sometimes pushing up against a

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Episode 15: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part I

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2022/05/13

Are you a McMormon? Do you want fast-food-like religion, quick, simple, uncomplicated, black-and-white, and complete with all of the thinking and revelation done elsewhere? In this series Valerie will explore the temptation to worship the idea of consent and demonize the idea of dissent. Valerie will use the beautiful book titled "The Sanctity of Dissent" to argue that only through the ability to dissent can an individual or a faith community truly come closer to

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00:47:27

Episode 14 Are we Really Encouraged to Use our Free...

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2022/05/06

Join Val and Brannon this week as they talk about the gift of agency and how in principle it is taught as a concept fundamental to our faith tradition but how in actuality it is often not overly encouraged. They share personal examples of growing in their own capacities to practice agency and how when practiced it can become a principle that really moves us from fearful to fearless in our life's choices, relationships, and in coming closer to our divine heritage

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Episode 13: Are Those who Leave the Church in the...

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2022/04/29

In this episode, join Brannon and Valerie as they answer this question with an emphatic "NO" and develop this complex topic about staying and going. They talk about those who doubt quietly [and often judiciously] and finally need to step away, those who speak out, those who leave as an act of integrity, and those who might dissent and yet choose to stay as an act of integrity. And then there are those who are shown the door. Each of these reasons are unique, as deep as the ocean, and

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00:26:46

Episode 12: Do you Speak Up? Walk Away? Suck it Up?...

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2022/04/25

In this episode Valerie looks at an idea of organizational psychologist Adam Grant regarding 4 choices people make when confronted with challenging feelings in an institution that they care about (work place, church, etc). We either speak up, walk away, silently persist, or check out. Valerie breaks these down and talks a little about the impact that each choice has on us as individuals, on the institution, and on our ever-changing relationship with the divine. The bottom line? Institutions are

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Episode 11: Are Our General Leaders Connected to Us?

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2022/04/22

In this episode Val and Brannon look at the example of Winston Churchill and talk about what made him a truly great leader. The bottom line? He was interested in the ideas, thoughts, feelings, and experiences of the people he led. And even allowed himself to be persuaded by them. How much do we feel heard as "normal people" sitting in the pews at church? How much do our experiences, beliefs, and struggles impact those leading us at headquarters? Are we allowed to feel that a

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00:46:56

Episode 9: How Does Ignoring the Divine Feminine Hurt...

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2022/04/08

Join Brannon and Val as they look at how history has been trying to demonize and then erase the feminine divine for thousands of years and how the divine stature of women has morphed from holy and revered to marginalized and subservient. The bottom line: It hasn't always been this way. Our LDS culture's current interest in this topic may just be part of the restoration of lost truths. —————————————————————————————————————— SUBSCRIBE: All Friday episodes of Latter Day Struggles can be

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Episode 8: What does General Conference Bring up in YOU?

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2022/03/31

Join Valerie and Brannon this week as General Conference weekend approaches and they riff about the nostalgia of General Conference in years gone by with all of the accompanying orthodox "warm fuzzies" and how much more complex but also soul-stretching it is for them to watch, listen, and use our own God-Given discernment during these world-wide meetings as they discover sometimes differing truths--sometimes coming from those in the red satin chairs, but also from their own couches in

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00:37:44

Episode 7: Can my Calling be a problem?

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2022/03/23

In this episode, Valerie and Brannon break down the "subtle mandate" of church callings. They talk about how prioritizing callings over family can be problematic. They discuss the importance of being able to say no, to discern for oneself if a calling is really what God wants them to do. —————————————————————————————————————— SUBSCRIBE: All Friday episodes of Latter Day Struggles can be accessed through ⁠⁠a paid subscription ($9.99/month). Thank you for supporting Valerie’s

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