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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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All Episodes

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293: How the Powerhouses on "At Last She Said It"...

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2025/01/06

Send us a Positive Review!When someone starts a podcast in the LDS faith journey space, one question that is often asked is this: "Have You ALWAYS had this much courage?" Join Valerie in this episode as she asks this question to friends and colleagues Susan and Cynthia of "At Last She Said It". In this episode Susan & Cynthia share very different stories about their journeys that led them to the airwaves. Their stories are each unique in part because their temperaments are totally di...

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292: LDSP CLASSIC! The Impact of Female Development...

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2025/01/03

Send us a Positive Review!Happy holidays Latter Day Struggles listeners! For the next four episodes you will enjoy a few "Classic" episodes that have received some of the highest number of downloads and waves of feedback that these are among some of the most impactful episodes for many listeners.Also, as a way to share my love and gratitude for all of you during this holiday season, the classic episodes dropped on Friday 12/27/24 and Monday 1/3/25 will be open to ALL listeners! Th...

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291: LDSP CLASSIC! Women Worldwide Vote "Opposed" to...

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2024/12/30

Send us a Positive Review!Happy holidays Latter Day Struggles listeners! For the next four episodes you will enjoy a few "Classic" episodes that have received some of the highest number of downloads and waves of feedback that these are among some of the most impactful episodes for many listeners.Also, as a way to share my love and gratitude for all of you during this holiday season, the classic episodes dropped on Friday 12/27/24 and Monday 1/3/25 will be open to ALL listeners! Th...

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290: LDSP CLASSIC! Glimpse into the Spiritual Journey...

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2024/12/27

Send us a Positive Review!Happy holidays Latter Day Struggles listeners! For the next four episodes you will enjoy a few "Classic" episodes that have received some of the highest number of downloads and waves of feedback that these are among some of the most impactful episodes for many listeners.Also, as a way to share my love and gratitude for all of you during this holiday season, the classic episodes dropped on Friday 12/27/24 and Monday 1/3/25 will be open to ALL listeners! Th...

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289: LDSP CLASSIC! Feminine Visions, Divine Love, and...

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2024/12/23

Send us a Positive Review!Happy holidays Latter Day Struggles listeners! For the next four episodes you will enjoy a few "Classic" episodes that have received some of the highest number of downloads and waves of feedback that these are among some of the most impactful episodes for many listeners.Also, as a way to share my love and gratitude for all of you during this holiday season, the classic episodes dropped on Fridays 12/27/24 and 1/3/25 will be open to ALL listeners! Th...

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🔒 288: Helping LDS Men Become Who They are Capable of...

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2024/12/19

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!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 education on patriarchy's impact on the spiritual and psychological souls of boys and men can be a catalyst for individual, family, and systemic healing in our faith tradition. If we as a spiritual community do not see ...

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287: Why Patriarchal Men Cannot Tolerate Critique

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2024/12/16

Send us a Positive Review!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 patriarchy negatively affects men. This episode highlights how being raised in this "power-over model" hampers male emotional maturity, leading to issues like lack of empathy, rigid black-and-white thinking, and minimal self-reflection,...

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🔒 286: Why Patriarchal Men Struggle Giving and...

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2024/12/13

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!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 discussing the overlap between emotional underdevelopment and patriarchal socialization. They highlight how deeply socialized masculine norms restrict male emotional development beginning in boyhood, leading b...

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285: Why Patriarchal Men See the World Transactionally

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2024/12/09

Send us a Positive Review!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 negatively impact the spiritual and psychological development of men. They discuss why patriarchal men learn to see the world transactionally, why they might with listening skills, and how this all impacts their capacity to find connect...

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50:25

🔒 284: Why Patriarchal Men Struggle to See Others’...

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2024/12/06

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!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 men, making sense of why some of our men struggle to look squarely at historical realities and struggle with seeing another’s viewpoint or self-reflection. In this series Nathan is incredibly vulnerable, sha...

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283: Patriarchy and its Connection to Low Empathy in Men

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2024/12/02

Send us a Positive Review!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 affects men in the LDS Church. This series compares the attributes that emotionally underdeveloped people have in common with men socialized in an institutional patriarchy. In each episode Nathan candidly shares how he is slowly h...

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🔒 282: LDS Women Model Community over Ideological Purity

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2024/11/29

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!Series Title: Celebrating 50 Years Exponent II & Mormon Feminist Voices: Part II of IIIn this episode Valerie continues to visit with Heather Sundahl and Katie Rich about how the Exponent II community provided the. LDS patriarchal structure with a model of how organizations look when run by women and for women and gender minorities. What does this look like? • Rotating leadership structure that allows many voices, ideas, and opinions • The ...

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281: The Evolution of Strong Women’s Voices in the...

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2024/11/25

Send us a Positive Review!Series Title: Celebrating 50 Years Exponent II & Mormon Feminist Voices: Part I of IIIn this episode, Valerie speaks with Katie Ludlow Rich and Heather Sundahl, the co-authors of newly published book '50 Years of Exponent II'. They discuss the fascinating history of the original “Woman's Exponent” magazine in the late 1800s and its revival magazine “Exponent II”, both offering a place for Mormon feminists to gather, write, and share their experi...

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🔒 280: Post-General Conference “Office Hours”...

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2024/11/22

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!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 topics covered include: Emotions felt by many people in early, mid, and later LDS faith expansion journey Managing feelings of internal conflict …wanting to support more traditionally believing family ...

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279: Strategies to Heal Mixed-Faith LDS Couples

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2024/11/18

Send us a Positive Review!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 themselves in different places on the LDS faith spectrum. Valerie provides resources, insights, and tools around topics that range from how to establish emotional safety in frightening conversations, how to develop emotional intimacy, how...

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🔒 278: Why So Much Suffering in the LDS Marriage?

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2024/11/15

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!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 full blown tailspin? In this episode she offers ideas that stem from hundreds of professional hours working with LDS couples in deep pain. Topics covered in this episode include fear experienced due t...

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277: My Faith Journey Actually Made our Marriage...

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2024/11/11

Send us a Positive Review!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 isolation, and then profound personal and relational growth and intimacy as a couple and family. Emphasizing the importance of emotional safety, attachment styles, and healthy stress management, Through their candid discussi...

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56:13

🔒 276: Differentiation & Devotion: Building a...

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2024/11/08

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!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 time of transition as Katie was evolving in her relationship to God and spirituality. Val leads Katie and Jeremy in a conversation about their complex journey, focusing on creating a supportive and differentiate...

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275: An LDS Marriage in the Valley of the Shadow

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2024/11/04

Send us a Positive Review!Series Title: A Story of LDS Faith Expansion & Marital Resilience [Part I of III] In this episode, Valerie hosts a heartfelt and raw discussion with Katie and Jeremy about the complexities of navigating a mixed-faith marriage. They share personal stories, fears, challenges, and the journey they've taken to find common ground and love despite differing faith paths. This episode delves into the deep emotions of fear, hurt, shame, loneliness, and highlights the impo...

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🔒 274: On Becoming Truth Discerners

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2024/11/01

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!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 savvy discerner of information quality. In an age where we are inundated with information and people from all quarters of our lives wanting to persuade us to do things their way--this short series hopefull...

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