Latter Day Struggles
by Valerie Hamaker
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479: Stay in the Room: A Journey to Unconditionally Loving your Gay Child w/ Micheal & Jeff McLean
Oct 19, 2026
1h 36m 34s
477: The Problem with Leadership by Seniority
Oct 12, 2026
43m 43s
475: Mormon Women & Men Waking Up to Patriarchal Impact
Oct 5, 2026
1h 36m 40s
473: The Emotional Rollercoaster of General Conference Weekend
Sep 28, 2026
1h 05m 19s
BONUS EPISODE! Lowering Time & Financial Barriers to Mormon Faith Crisis Healing
Sep 24, 2026
19m 00s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/19/26 | 479: Stay in the Room: A Journey to Unconditionally Loving your Gay Child w/ Micheal & Jeff McLean | Send us a Positive Review! In this not-to-be-missed episode, Val interviews Michael McLean (of The Forgotten Carols and Mr. Kruger's Christmas) and his delightful son Jeff about a book they just co-wrote recounting their journey to unconditional love for self and one another in a religious tradition that still struggles to embrace the reality that the worth of EVERY soul (not just the married heterosexual soul!) is infinitely good, lovable, & 'enough'. This conversation is candid, ... | 1h 36m 34s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | 477: The Problem with Leadership by Seniority | Send us a Positive Review! In this episode, Val is joined by Greg Prince, and their focus begins with Hugh B Brown’s legacy of gutsy leadership & expands to an exploration of the broader implications of the LDS Church's aging leaders (due to their succession-by-seniority-policy multiplied by advancements in medicine in the past several decades). Does modern science about increasing life expectancy & therefore increased dementia risk in elderly leaders call for a conversation abo... | 43m 43s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | 475: Mormon Women & Men Waking Up to Patriarchal Impact | Send us a Positive Review! The news is getting out. Patriarchy harms everyone in its clutches. The women and children of course. But men too. Actually, it hurts them a lot. The more we have words for how this hurts us, the more we can advocate for change but also embody change in how we see ourselves, treat one another and live our lives. If you are just realizing that much of your faith crisis is connected to the massive impact that patriarchy has had on you and you're ready to ... | 1h 36m 40s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | 473: The Emotional Rollercoaster of General Conference Weekend | Send us a Positive Review! In this special Office Hours recording, a couple dozen people joined Valerie to talk about the emotional experience that only the former devout Mormon will understand. Why does this weekend bring up so much? Listen to Val & four of the guests that attended this Office Hours recording as they talk about grief, loneliness, fear, and confusion. They hit topics that likely hit home with you too: about parenting and mixed faith marriage emoti... | 1h 05m 19s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | BONUS EPISODE! Lowering Time & Financial Barriers to Mormon Faith Crisis Healing | Send us a Positive Review! Just a quick announcement to start a process of changing my philosophy here on Latter Day Struggles. I care deeply about two things: YOU... And offering psychologically healing content for your Mormon faith expansion journey. If time or resources have ever been a barrier in joining one of my deeply healing groups--this upcoming pilot experiment group is for YOU. To all of you licensed and graduate level mental health workers out there who so loyally support me... | 19m 00s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | 471: What Would You Say to Your Polygamous Great Grandmother? | Send us a Positive Review! Very few of us doubt that we have been profoundly impacted by the imprints of patriarchy in our early personality development. What most do not know is that this is not a 'life sentence'. In this episode Val walks through her passion, approach, and even a few specific activities built into her updated Healing from Patriarchy group curriculum. If you are not sure if this experience if for you, this episode is for you. If you are worried about sharing vulnerable... | 48m 46s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 | 469: Five Truths About Love & Goodness that all Queer Mormons (Past & Present) Need to Know | Send us a Positive Review! Patriarchy impacts people at a soul-wrenching level, and perhaps no other group is more stricken than our LGBTQ+ community. Please join us for a re-drop of a beautiful episode looking at Carol Lynn Pearson's breathtaking book, Goodbye, I Love You, which Valerie references to describe a 5 messages internalized by LDS queer people AND 5 healing counterpoints- deep truths about the divine identities of our queer loved ones and selves. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome an... | 1h 54m 41s | ||||||
| 9/7/26 | feminismMormonism+3 | Carol Lynn Pearson | Mother Wove the Morning | — | Mormon feminismCarol Lynn Pearson+3 | — | 1h 55m 39s | ||
| 8/31/26 | mentorshipwisdom+3 | — | — | — | Carol Lynn Pearsonmentorship+4 | — | 2h 19m 25s | ||
| 8/24/26 | Mormon polarizationfaith expansion+4 | — | LDS church | — | Mormonpolarization+5 | — | 1h 03m 44s | ||
| 8/17/26 | healingpersonal growth+3 | — | — | — | healinglive event+3 | — | 36m 15s | ||
| 8/10/26 | LDS disaffiliationfamily dynamics+3 | Liz Macdonald | LDS | — | LDSdisaffiliation+5 | — | 3h 44m 07s | ||
| 8/3/26 | prophet worshippsychology+3 | — | — | — | prophet worshippsychology+3 | — | 42m 53s | ||
| 7/27/26 | LDS Churchmembership growth+3 | — | LDS Church | — | LDS Churchmembership+3 | — | 49m 02s | ||
| 7/20/26 | LDS churchdisaffiliation+3 | Jeff Strong | Torn: Why People We Love are Leaving the Church & What We Can Learn from Them | — | LDSdisaffiliated+5 | — | 1h 12m 47s | ||
| 7/13/26 | religionchurch adaptation+4 | Jeff Strong | Torn: Why People We Love are Leaving the Church & What We Can Learn from Them | — | religious systemschurch+3 | — | 59m 14s | ||
| 7/6/26 | faith crisisLDS church+4 | Jeff Strong | Torn: Why People We Love are Leaving the Church & What We Can Learn from Them | — | LDSfaith+5 | — | 1h 02m 45s | ||
| 6/29/26 | human shadowstrengths+3 | Jana Spangler | — | — | shadow workself-discovery+3 | — | 1h 07m 41s | ||
| 6/22/26 | OCDscrupulosity+3 | Dr. Bryson Ensign | Mental Health Training CenterLDS | — | OCDscrupulosity+3 | — | 1h 13m 33s | ||
| 6/15/26 | mental healthLDS missionaries+4 | — | LDS | — | LDS missionmental health+5 | — | 1h 03m 54s | ||
| 6/8/26 | politicsreligion+4 | — | — | — | Jesuspolitics+5 | — | 51m 03s | ||
| 6/5/26 | LDS faithpsychological resources+3 | — | Latter Day Struggles | — | LDSfaith expansion+3 | — | 55m 26s | ||
| 6/1/26 | religionsocial unrest+3 | Nathan | Religion IS Political | — | religionsocial unrest+5 | — | 34m 54s | ||
| 5/25/26 | religionpolitics+3 | Nathan | — | — | religionpolitics+3 | — | 59m 21s | ||
| 5/18/26 | religionpolitics+3 | Nathan | Religion IS Political | — | religionpolitics+5 | — | 52m 30s | ||
| 5/11/26 | church developmentmoral consequence+3 | Nathan | Religion IS Political | — | churcheslegitimacy+3 | — | 43m 26s | ||
| 5/4/26 | LDS political engagementtraditional male power structures+3 | Nathan | LDS | — | LDSpolitical engagement+3 | — | 34m 31s | ||
| 5/2/26 | faith crisishealing+3 | — | Latter Day Struggles | — | faith crisishealing groups+3 | — | 39m 13s | ||
| 4/27/26 | religionpolitics+4 | — | Mormon ChurchLDS | US | Mormon Churchpolitical neutrality+4 | — | 43m 27s | ||
| 4/20/26 | normal growthrebellion+4 | — | LDS Church | — | normal growthrebellion+6 | — | 44m 44s | ||
| 4/13/26 | LDS Churchnormalcy+3 | CaseyWill | Pioneer Paradox PodcastLDS Church+1 | — | LDSnormal+5 | — | 1h 08m 25s | ||
| 4/6/26 | faith crisisLatter-day Saints+3 | Mark Crego | LDS church | — | faith journeyLDS+3 | — | 49m 14s | ||
| 4/1/26 | community healinghuman relationships+3 | — | Latter Day StrugglesCommunity Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship | — | audiobookcommunity healing+3 | — | 5h 54m 29s | ||
| 3/30/26 | gender equalityLDS news+4 | — | LDS | — | LDSgender equality+5 | — | 47m 38s | ||
| 3/23/26 | patriarchysexual abuse+3 | Nathan | LDS church | — | patriarchyLDS church+3 | — | 48m 25s | ||
| 3/23/26 | women in leadershipSunday School+3 | — | ChurchWomen in Ward Sunday School Presidencies: Progress, Breadcrumbs, or the “Near Enemy”? | — | women in churchSunday School presidencies+3 | — | 1h 01m 27s | ||
| 3/16/26 | men's violenceLDS Church+4 | — | Dialogue Foundation | — | LDSviolence against women+6 | — | 57m 50s | ||
| 3/9/26 | faith expansionLatter Day Saints+3 | — | LDS | Utah | Latter Day SaintsUtah+3 | — | 56m 33s | ||
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