Latter Day Struggles
by Valerie Hamaker
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- 🇺🇸US · Mental Health#1995K to 30K
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465: In Honor of Carol Lynn Pearson: Our Prophetess & Mystic
Aug 31, 2026
2h 19m 38s
463: Sunstone 2026: Cracking the Code of Mormon Polarization
Aug 24, 2026
1h 03m 57s
461: Stories of Healing Live Event Musings (from Val!)
Aug 17, 2026
36m 28s
459: Exploring Family Challenges when LDS Young Adults Disaffiliate w/ Liz Macdonald AUDIOBOOK
Aug 10, 2026
3h 44m 20s
457: Prophet Worship Compassionately Explained
Aug 3, 2026
43m 06s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 8/31/26 | 465: In Honor of Carol Lynn Pearson: Our Prophetess & Mystic | Send us a Positive Review! In honor of our very beloved Carol Lynn Pearson (a bold, sassy woman and the dearest of mentors to me) I wanted to share this beautiful two-part conversation that we had early in the podcast. Listen in and take in what true wit, wisdom, courage, healthy personal authority and value of one's community looks like all wrapped up in one glorious woman. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro and Re-Release 03:29 Meet Carolyn Pearson 10:38 Writing as Calling 15:37 Goodbye I Love ... | 2h 19m 38s | ||||||
| 8/24/26 | 463: Sunstone 2026: Cracking the Code of Mormon Polarization | Send us a Positive Review! Join Val as her audience while she does a final run through on a topic that has come to be a passion project for her on Latter Day Struggles. In short, what can we do as faith-expanding people in and around the LDS church to ease the polarization between the fiery fundamentalist Mormon and the fiery Ex-Mormon? Oddly enough, these two "poles" exist as counterpoints to one another on the opposite extreme. If one pole chooses a "third way" balance is... | 1h 03m 57s | ||||||
| 8/17/26 | 461: Stories of Healing Live Event Musings (from Val!) | Send us a Positive Review! Have you ever done something for the first time and feel that pit in your stomach as it approaches? Well, here at Latter Day Struggles, pretty much EVERYTHING that we do is a first! And it always brings that insecure "what have I gotten myself into?" sensation! This episode is Val's candid reflections about an evening shared with over a hundred "in person" and "streaming" loved ones who have experienced growth and healing with her. A ... | 36m 28s | ||||||
| 8/10/26 | 459: Exploring Family Challenges when LDS Young Adults Disaffiliate w/ Liz Macdonald AUDIOBOOK | Send us a Positive Review! Lately there has been a lot of talk about the LDS disaffiliation crisis in the 21st century. Here at Latter Day Struggles we support open dialogue about what happening in our LDS homes and congregations. Please enjoy this special "audiobook" addition of a Latter Day Struggles series unpacking some groundbreaking research done by therapist Liz Macdonald exploring common LDS family dynamics shared by young adults whose disaffiliation experiences were the most c... | 3h 44m 20s | ||||||
| 8/3/26 | 457: Prophet Worship Compassionately Explained | Send us a Positive Review! In this episode Val digs into the concept of prophet worship [or any time humans hand over their discerning power to a formal authority figure] from the context of psychology and the “shadow”. While we tend to talk about our “shadows” from the context of that which we are ashamed of, sometimes we actually disown our greatest divine attributes. Tune in to this episode to learn why this happens and how to reintegrate our “golden shadows” back into our core... | 43m 06s | ||||||
| 7/27/26 | 455: How & Why the LDS Church is BOTH Booming & Bleeding out Members | Send us a Positive Review! In this episode Valerie tackles a seemingly contradictory pair of claims: The LDS church is experiencing record-breaking growth! The LDS church is experiencing record-breaking defection! Is one narrative simply not true? Interestingly, the answer is no, both narratives are true. Join Val as she unpacks these seemingly contradictory claims & breaks down how these claims reflect specific kinds of data collection. She also explores how... | 49m 15s | ||||||
| 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 45s | ||
| 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 13s | ||
| 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 43s | ||
| 6/29/26 | human shadowstrengths+3 | Jana Spangler | — | — | shadow workself-discovery+3 | — | 1h 07m 39s | ||
| 6/22/26 | OCDscrupulosity+3 | Dr. Bryson Ensign | Mental Health Training CenterLDS | — | OCDscrupulosity+3 | — | 1h 13m 32s | ||
| 6/15/26 | mental healthLDS missionaries+4 | — | LDS | — | LDS missionmental health+5 | — | 1h 03m 52s | ||
| 6/8/26 | politicsreligion+4 | — | — | — | Jesuspolitics+5 | — | 51m 02s | ||
| 6/5/26 | LDS faithpsychological resources+3 | — | Latter Day Struggles | — | LDSfaith expansion+3 | — | 55m 25s | ||
| 6/1/26 | religionsocial unrest+3 | Nathan | Religion IS Political | — | religionsocial unrest+5 | — | 34m 52s | ||
| 5/25/26 | religionpolitics+3 | Nathan | — | — | religionpolitics+3 | — | 59m 20s | ||
| 5/18/26 | religionpolitics+3 | Nathan | Religion IS Political | — | religionpolitics+5 | — | 52m 47s | ||
| 5/11/26 | church developmentmoral consequence+3 | Nathan | Religion IS Political | — | churcheslegitimacy+3 | — | 43m 43s | ||
| 5/4/26 | LDS political engagementtraditional male power structures+3 | Nathan | LDS | — | LDSpolitical engagement+3 | — | 34m 10s | ||
| 5/2/26 | faith crisishealing+3 | — | Latter Day Struggles | — | faith crisishealing groups+3 | — | 38m 51s | ||
| 4/27/26 | religionpolitics+4 | — | Mormon ChurchLDS | US | Mormon Churchpolitical neutrality+4 | — | 43m 05s | ||
| 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 | ||
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Chart history for Latter Day Struggles
Peaked at #199 in United States, currently #199 in United States.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| United States | — | #199 | #199 | — |
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.
Chart Positions
1 placement across 1 market.