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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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273: 6 Crucial Questions When Evaluating Information

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2024/10/28

Send us a Positive Review!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 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 hopefully will assist you ...

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🔒 272: Recent LDS Temple Garment Style Change: A...

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2024/10/25

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!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 explore the psychological, theological, and historical implications of these updates, discussing the complexities around personal revelation, institutional control, and the evolution of the garment policy over tim...

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271: Introducing a NEW GROUP: Growing up in a...

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2024/10/21

Send us a Positive Review!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 and femininity looks like in all human beings and how this concept has been warped by being socialized in multiple layers of patriarchy. This group beginning on November 7th at 10:30a Central is for those who have already ...

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🔒 270: On Becoming a Safer Place for LDS Families to...

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2024/10/18

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!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. **More sensitive or more psychologically advanced themes are saved for paid Friday episodes to protect the content creators from being mischaracterized by less familiar consumers.**LEARN HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO FRIDAY EPISODES(Watch a 2-mi...

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269: When a Family Trusts Their Mom's Faith Journey

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2024/10/14

Send us a Positive Review!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 the face of terror that she might lose the love and trust of her children and grandchildren. This episode walks us through the steps she took to meet each of her adult children where they were while also standing in her own sacred truths. ...

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🔒 268: My Adult Child's Fear of Losing Me for Eternity

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2024/10/11

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!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 through a faith expansion journey. This episode empathetically shines a light on the very real existential crisis, concerns, and attachment fears evoked when one's caregiver grows in unexpected ways. This episod...

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267: Will My Adult Children Reject Me as I Grow?

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2024/10/07

Send us a Positive Review!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 traditionally believing adult children. They explore the unique stressors of this parent/child dynamic when the parent “goes first” on a faith journey, their fears, and some of their strategies intended to differentiate while staying in connecti...

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🔒 266: Finding the Sacred in All Shadow [Embracing...

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2024/10/04

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!In this final episode of a four-part series, Val and Nathan focus on how embracing AMBIVALENCE is evidence of radical, spiritual growth. In the context of this conversation, ambivalence is less about indecision and more about embracing paradox--the dark and the light-- within each soul, each idea, each collective. As we embrace our spiritual journey more and more deeply, we see that "wholeness" is more noble than "goodness" and a more noble goa...

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265: Leaning Into the Messy! [Embracing Anxiety,...

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2024/09/30

Send us a Positive Review!Remember when things were so simple? Back in the day when we were experts on pretty much everything related to life and eternity? Well, if you’re listening to Latter Day Struggles, you’ve likely let that go and are learning to embrace ambiguity. This episode [part three of a four-part series] tackles why certainty is so compelling but actually an illusion. The good news? Our growth turns mystery from terrifying to a beautiful adventure. Listen in and ...

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🔒 264: Embracing Growth-Oriented Anxiety! [Embracing...

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2024/09/27

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!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 into our faith journeys. They explore how detecting and letting go of fear-oriented theology, practicing mindfulness, and personally differentiating, helps us manage that super scary experience of becoming who we are here to become--deeply spiritual, unique selves--sometimes pushing up against ideas and p...

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263: How you Know You ARE Spiritually Growing Up!...

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2024/09/23

Send us a Positive Review!Join Val and Nathan in this fast-paced 4-part conversation walking you through some hard evidence that you ARE, in fact, growing up! This series tackles why humans long for certainty, and how early life is mainly focused on avoiding anxiety. It goes on to help you see that the faith journey offers you all of the ingredients for growth in ways that you could not have imagined possible. If you LOVE the psychology of the faith journey explained—here’s ...

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🔒 262: Ask Val Anything: Finding Courage to Define My...

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2024/09/20

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!Hey, amazing Friday subscribers! You have questions? Val has responses! For the next few Fridays (and other Fridays in the future) she’ll be answering YOUR questions. This episode’s questions and discussion points:- What is the hardest part of your work?- I'm about to file for divorce and I am so scared of all the unknowns.- What podcasts do you love?**More sensitive or more psychologically advanced themes are saved for paid Friday episode...

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261:Healthy Differentiation as Key to Wise Decision...

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2024/09/16

Send us a Positive Review!Join Val and colleague Dr. Julie Hanks as they dive into the topic of differentiation and how being differentiated is the key to our making healthy choices related to our relationship with the church. This episode is a wonderful “teaser” for those who want to jump into their FINAL 4-week Q&A session, focused on supporting those people perplexed about how to relate to the LDS Church. This session will not only include a Q&A but also include instruction on prac...

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🔒 260: Ask Val Anything: Juggling Faith Crisis and...

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2024/09/13

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!Hey, amazing Friday subscribers! You have questions? Val has responses! For the next few Fridays (and other Fridays in the future) she’ll be answering YOUR questions. This episode's questions: - How do I support a full-time missionary child when I'm struggling with some of the church's teachings? - How do I talk to my heartbroken father about my faith journey?- What is your exact education and background?**More sensitive or more ...

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259: Not Fearing Others’ Faith Journeys: A Crucial...

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2024/09/09

Send us a Positive Review!A couple of months ago Valerie was invited by the Faith Matters Podcast to speak about one of the toughest topics they’ve ever covered—how to navigate the faith journey of a loved one when that faith journey seems to be costing a marriage or family eternal life together with that loved one. When that episode dropped, both the Latter Day Struggles and the Faith Matters platforms were flooded with messages of gratitude from people grateful that important conversat...

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🔒 258: Introducing "ASK VAL ANYTHING!"

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2024/09/06

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!Hey, amazing Friday subscribers! You have questions? Val has responses! For the next few Fridays (and other Fridays in the future) she’ll be answering YOUR questions. This episode’s questions:- What are your thoughts about Gods controlling things and letting bad things happen to us? - How can I best support my significant other who feels he has lost all footing in or with the church? - What are the most life changing books you ha...

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257: Creating Communities of Unconditional Belonging...

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2024/09/02

Send us a Positive Review!Join Valerie and fellow podcaster Aubrey Chaves of the Faith Matters podcast as together they discuss the vision and purpose of the Restore Conference. A common belief among these two brave and compassionate women? True growth and connection is about being welcome and accepted wherever you are on your faith journey. No fine print. In their unique ways each are involved in efforts for their LDS and surrounding fellow travelers. Listen in to hear w...

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🔒 256: Personal Reflections on the Beauty and...

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2024/08/30

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!In this final, exclusive episode of a four-part series on Plato's “Allegory of the Cave”, Val and Nathan get more personal about how this allegory resonates with their own experiences. They share their thoughts on how spiritual development rooted in fear can hinder us from reaching true selfhood. They talk about some of the catalysts and “small fires” that ignited their own journeys toward enlightenment, and the complex, sacred, and sometimes l...

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255: Returning to the Cave: Facing Inner and Outer...

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2024/08/26

Send us a Positive Review!In this third installment of a four-part series on Plato's “Allegory of the Cave”, Valerie and Nathan delve into how faith journeys can be compared to the transformative experience of seeing the sun for the first time and the internal and external struggle that comes with returning to the cave. How does the hero of Plato’s story reconcile his new perspective in his old surroundings? Val and Nathan discuss how enlightenment changes our perspective and ignites a desire...

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🔒 254: Breaking Free from the Chains: A Journey...

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2024/08/23

Subscriber-only episodeSend us a Positive Review!In part two (of this four part series), Valerie and Nathan continue to explore Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” and the gradual steps in moving from distortion and darkness to enlightenment. They break down the individual elements described in the allegory, what they symbolize , and how these elements distort reality and hold us back from finding truth. They talk about why this process must be self driven, and while it may be terrifying, it...

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