Latter Day Struggles

By Valerie Hamaker

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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. 


Episode Date
🔒 262: Ask Val Anything: Finding Courage to Define My Own Spiritual Beliefs
Sep 20, 2024
261:Healthy Differentiation as Key to Wise Decision Making with Dr. Julie Hanks
Sep 16, 2024
🔒 260: Ask Val Anything: Juggling Faith Crisis and Parenting a Full-Time Missionary
Sep 13, 2024
259: Not Fearing Others’ Faith Journeys: A Crucial Conversation with Faith Matters
Sep 09, 2024
🔒 258: Introducing "ASK VAL ANYTHING!"
Sep 06, 2024
257: Creating Communities of Unconditional Belonging with Aubrey Chaves
Sep 02, 2024
🔒 256: Personal Reflections on the Beauty and Suffering of the LDS Enlightenment Journey [Plato's Allegory of the Cave-Part IV of IV]
Aug 30, 2024
255: Returning to the Cave: Facing Inner and Outer Conflict in the Enlightenment Journey [Plato's Allegory of the Cave-Part III of IV]
Aug 26, 2024
🔒 254: Breaking Free from the Chains: A Journey Towards Enlightenment [Part II of IV]
Aug 23, 2024
253: From Darkness to the Light: Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" & Latter-day Saint Faith Journeys [Part I of IV]
Aug 19, 2024
🔒 252: Latter-day Saint Spiritual Potential When Vertical Development is Understood, Valued, and Modeled [Part IV of IV]
Aug 16, 2024
251: Fostering Environments for Growth & Interdependent Thinking in the LDS Church [Part III of IV]
Aug 12, 2024
🔒 250: How Understanding and Encouraging Adult Psychological Development Could Heal our LDS Faith [Part II of IV]
Aug 09, 2024
249: A Modern Map for Psychological Growth in our Latter-Day Saint Community [Part I of IV]
Aug 05, 2024
🔒 248: Honoring and Expanding Spiritual Experiences in the Latter-day Saint Faith Journey [Part II of II]
Aug 02, 2024
247: Redefining Personal Revelation in the Faith Expansion Journey [Part I of II]
Jul 29, 2024
🔒 246: Practicing the Law of Love in Difficult Relationships: A Continued Conversation with Steve Young [Part II of II]
Jul 26, 2024
245: Moving from Transaction to Transformation: A Conversation with Steve Young [Part I of II]
Jul 22, 2024
🔒 244: How Loyalty can Hinder Love [Part II of II]
Jul 19, 2024
243: Exploring Loyalty: A Journey Towards Christlike Love [Part I of II]
Jul 15, 2024
🔒 Episode 242: Inviting a Universal Zion: Trauma, Healing, and the Evolution of Latter-day Atonement Perspectives with Fiona Givens [Part IV of IV]
Jul 12, 2024
Episode 241: Trauma-informed Atonement Theology for Wounded Christians and Criminals with Fiona Givens [Part III of IV]
Jul 08, 2024
🔒 Episode 240: The Evolution of Atonement Theology and Its Impact on American Penal Justice with Fiona Givens [Part II of IV]
Jul 05, 2024
Episode 239: Exploring Eastern and Western Atonement: A Journey from Woundedness to Sinfulness with Fiona Givens [Part I of IV]
Jul 01, 2024
🔒 Episode 238: Near Enemies in the LDS Church: Confronting and Healing from Hidden Barriers to Spiritual Growth (Part IV of IV)
Jun 28, 2024
Episode 237: Growing Beyond Near Enemy Tendencies in the Context of the LDS Faith (Part III of IV)
Jun 24, 2024
🔒 Episode 236: Growing Beyond Near Enemy Tendencies in the Context of LDS Faith [Part II of IV]-EXCLUSIVE
Jun 21, 2024
Episode 235: A Study of the Near Enemy and its Relevance in Spiritual Systems [Part I of IV]
Jun 17, 2024
🔒 Episode 234: Spiritual Scrupulosity [Part IV of IV]-Healing a Culture of Competition, Transactional Worthiness, and Perfectionism in LDS Full-time Missionary Service
Jun 14, 2024
Episode 233: Spiritual Scrupulosity [Part III of IV]-How Religious Teachings May Impact Anxiety and Self-worth
Jun 10, 2024
🔒 Episode 232: Spiritual Scrupulosity [Part II of IV]-On Confession, Sexuality, and Personal Authority
Jun 07, 2024
Episode 231: Spiritual Scrupulosity [Part I of IV]-Healing our Ideas about a Disappointed God
Jun 03, 2024
🔒 Episode 230: An Analysis of Conflicting Messages on Career & Motherhood
May 31, 2024
Episode 229: Rewriting LDS Women's History - An Overview of Camille Johnson's Women's Conference Address
May 27, 2024
Bonus!
May 26, 2024
🔒 Episode 228: LDS Faith Journey & the Birth of Complex Thinking
May 24, 2024
Episode 227: The Harder the Better? with "At Last She Said It!"
May 20, 2024
🔒 Episode 226: The Feminine Divine In-Depth [Part IV]: Branching Out: How the Tree of Life Symbolizes Spiritual Growth and Balance
May 17, 2024
Episode 225: The Feminine Divine In-Depth [Part III]: Finding Feminine Wisdom through the Cycles of Nature
May 13, 2024
🔒 Episode 224: The Feminine Divine In-Depth [Part II]: The Power of Feminine "Root Work" in a Church Privileging Masculine Energy
May 10, 2024
Episode 223: The Feminine Divine in Depth: [PART I] A Discussion on "The Mother Tree"
May 08, 2024
🔒 Episode 222: Unraveling the Threads-LDS Women Discuss the Personal Impact of Garment Policies w/ Maxine Hanks and Jody England Hansen
May 03, 2024
Episode 221: Supporting Spiritual, Psychological, & Relational Wellness if Stepping Away from the Church with Julie Hanks
Apr 29, 2024
🔒 Episode 220: A Deeper Look at the Sacrament-PART IV: Don't Make that Poor Kid Say the Prayer Again!
Apr 26, 2024
Episode 219: A Deeper Look at the Sacrament-PART III: Challenging Sacrament Exclusion
Apr 22, 2024
🔒 Episode 218: A Deeper Look at the Sacrament-PART II: Living Sacramentally & Rethinking "Setting Apart"
Apr 19, 2024
Episode 217: A Deeper Look at the Sacrament-PART I
Apr 15, 2024
🔒 Episode 216: Musket Fire, Academic Freedom, & Protecting LGBTQ people at BYU and Beyond-PART II
Apr 12, 2024
Episode 215: Musket Fire, Academic Freedom, & Protecting BYU LGBTQ Students-PART I
Apr 08, 2024
🔒 Episode 214: The Impact of Female True Self Development in a Patriarchal System-PART III
Apr 05, 2024
Episode 213: LDS Women Claiming their Worth by Not Engaging in Semantics Games-PART II
Apr 01, 2024
🔒 Episode 212: How Organizations Powerfully Communicate What and Who They Value-PART I
Mar 29, 2024
Episode 211: LDS Women Worldwide Vote "Opposed" to Institutional Claims of Female Authority
Mar 25, 2024
🔒 Episode 210: One Man's Latter Day Struggle with The Book of Mormon
Mar 22, 2024
Episode 209: Unshackling Shame-- When LDS Faith Expansion Brings Se*ual Healing
Mar 18, 2024
🔒 Episode 208: Healing Ideas and Harmful Ideas Connected to the LDS Practice of Prayer
Mar 15, 2024
Episode 207: Healing Ideas and Harmful Ideas about the Use of Scripture
Mar 11, 2024
🔒 Episode 206: Strengthening LDS Family Health: Understanding Adolescent Growth and Values Integration
Mar 08, 2024
Episode 205: Exploring Family Crisis Connected to being a "Covenantal" Faith System
Mar 04, 2024
🔒 Episode 204: When Parents Cannot Tolerate the Emerging Spiritual Self of their Young Adult Child
Mar 01, 2024
Episode 203: Love, Fear, and Faith: Exploring LDS Parental Challenges with Disaffiliated Youth
Feb 26, 2024
🔒 Episode 202: Unveiling the Weaknesses of Western Religious Power Structures
Feb 23, 2024
Episode 201: Bridging LDS Divides-The Church's Responsibility to See their own Outcasts
Feb 19, 2024
🔒 Episode 200: Divinity Meets Humanity-Connecting with our True Selves as Key to our Spiritual Healing
Feb 16, 2024
Episode 199: Redefining our Ideas about God: Crucial to Healing an LDS Faith Crisis
Feb 12, 2024
🔒 Episode 198: Valerie's Unfolding Journey from Orthodoxy to Becoming a Voice for Love and Healing with Dan Wotherspoon
Feb 09, 2024
Episode 197: A Story of Humanity, Reconciliation, and Growing Spiritual Empowerment with Dan Wotherspoon
Feb 05, 2024
🔒 Episode 196: Embracing the Sacred in the Profane, Social Justice Advocacy, & Shadow Healing w/ Jana Spangler
Feb 02, 2024
Episode 195: Transformational Spirituality at Richard Rohr's Living School with Jana Spangler
Jan 29, 2024
🔒 Episode 194: From Struggle to Strength: Overcoming Psychological Strains in LDS Faith Crisis
Jan 26, 2024
Episode 193: Navigating LDS Activity, Differentiation, and Healthy Boundaries with Dr. Julie Hanks
Jan 22, 2024
🔒 Episode 192: Temple Recommend Historical Exploration: Purity Testing, Competing Oath-Bound Organizations, and Reimagining a Process Based on Love and Welcoming (Part IV of IV)
Jan 19, 2024
Episode 191: Questioning the Questions-The Evolution of LDS Temple Admission Process(Part III of IV)
Jan 15, 2024
🔒 Episode 190: The Evolution of the LDS Temple Recommend Interview: A Historical Perspective on Shifting Standards (Part II of IV)
Jan 12, 2024
Episode 189: Latter-Day Challenges-Anxiety, Autonomy, & the Temple Recommend Interview Dilemma (Part I of IV)
Jan 08, 2024
🔒 Episode 188: Bridging Generation Gaps--Conversations on Leadership, Age, and Adaptation with Greg Prince (Part IV of IV)
Jan 05, 2024
Episode 187: Demystifying LDS Hierarchy & Corporate Politics w/Greg Prince (Part III of IV)
Jan 01, 2024
BONUS: Navigating Mixed-Faith Parenting, Isolation in Faith Crisis, and Decisions to Stay or Go
Dec 31, 2023
🔒 Episode 186: Navigating Mormon Fundamentalism, the New Mormon History, and Spiritual Growing Pains with Greg Prince (Part II of IV)
Dec 29, 2023
Episode 185: Science, Faith, Prop 8, and LGBTQ+ Advocacy with Greg Prince (Part I of IV)
Dec 25, 2023
🔒 Episode 184: “Dear Mormon Man, Tell Me What Would You Do?” Reading and Analysis
Dec 22, 2023
Episode 183: Progress, Pretense & the Gender Politics of the LDS Chapel Seating Chart
Dec 18, 2023
🔒 Episode 182: Spiritually Called Home: Understanding Maxine Hanks' LDS Reconciliation (Part IV of IV)
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 181: One Who Wandered but Was Not Lost with Maxine Hanks (Part III of IV)
Dec 11, 2023
🔒 Episode 180: Shadow Workers of the LDS Faith Tradition with Maxine Hanks (Part II of IV)
Dec 08, 2023
Episode 179: WOMEN & AUTHORITY: A Spiritual, Psychological, & Scholarly Work of Art with Maxine Hanks (Part I of IV)
Dec 04, 2023
🔒 Episode 178: A Plea for Compassion on Parents in LDS Faith Expansion (Part II of II)
Dec 01, 2023
Episode 177: Protecting and Advocating for Those Called "Weak Links" (Part I of II)
Nov 27, 2023
🔒 Episode 176: Frogs, Toads, and Prodigals: A Lesson on Love's True Nature with Adam Miller (Part IV of IV)
Nov 24, 2023
Episode 175: How a Shift in Atonement Theology Might Heal our Relationship with Christ with Adam Miller (Part III of IV)
Nov 20, 2023
🔒 Episode 174: Responding to Woundedness and Embodying Love with Adam Miller (Part II of IV)
Nov 17, 2023
Episode 173: Grace as a Backup Plan or the Original Intention of God? With Adam Miller (Part I of IV)
Nov 13, 2023
🔒 Episode 172: A Model of Faithful Dissent-Lavina Fielding Anderson [Part II]
Nov 10, 2023
Episode 171: Celebrating Lavina Fielding Anderson’s Vision for a More Inclusive Church [Part I]
Nov 06, 2023
🔒 Episode 170: THINK CELESTIAL-Challenging an Offendable God, A Harmful Addiction Paradigm, and Family Division Due to Spiritual Autonomy [Part II of II]
Nov 03, 2023
🔒 Episode 169: THINK CELESTIAL-A Thoughtful Examination of the Theological, Psychological, and Relational Implications [Part I of II]
Oct 30, 2023
🔒 Episode 168: Teaching Kids to Embrace Nuance in Diverse Spiritual Beliefs-Part II
Oct 27, 2023
Episode 167: Raising Kids with a Deep Spiritual World View Part I
Oct 23, 2023
🔒 Episode 166: Breaking the Cycle of Authoritarian Parenting
Oct 20, 2023
Episode 165: Unveiling LDS Adolescent Spiritual Potential Through a Progressive Seminary Classroom
Oct 16, 2023
🔒 Episode 164: Confessions of Two Formerly Rigid and Afraid Parents
Oct 13, 2023
Episode 163: Parenting Adolescents in/around the LDS Church with Julie Hanks
Oct 09, 2023
🔒 Episode 162: Can the LDS Church Embody a Body of Christ? with Patrick Mason
Oct 06, 2023
BONUS: FREE Post-General Conference Group Processing Opportunity
Oct 06, 2023
Episode 161: A Better Way to Mentor LDS Young Adults with Patrick Mason
Oct 02, 2023
🔒 Episode 160: LDS University Students Pressured to Not Ask the Hard Questions—Part II
Sep 29, 2023
Episode 159: LDS University Students Pressured to Not Ask the Hard Questions—Part I
Sep 25, 2023
🔒 Episode 158: Finally Letting Go of the "Mormon Parenting Scoreboard" with Chris Kimball
Sep 22, 2023
Episode 157: The Spiritual Dangers of Magical Thinking with Chris Kimball
Sep 18, 2023
🔒 Episode 156: From Baring your Shoulder to Bearing your Testimony—Differentiation Work with Chris Kimball
Sep 15, 2023
Episode 155: Breaking the Binaries-Church as Neither Magic Kingdom nor Evil Empire with Christian Kimball
Sep 11, 2023
🔒 Episode 154: Internal and Relational Anguish of Faith and Trust Crisis in 2023
Sep 09, 2023
Episode 153: The State of LDS Faith Crisis Ten Years Post Official "Faith Crisis Report"
Sep 04, 2023
🔒 Episode 152: A Different Kind of "Work for the Dead" with Carol Lynn Pearson
Sep 01, 2023
Episode 151: In Search of the Feminine Divine Since the Beginning of Time with Carol Lynn Pearson
Aug 28, 2023
🔒 Episode 150: The Impact of Benson's Talk "To the Mother's in Zion" with Julie Hanks
Aug 25, 2023
Episode 149: The Many Social and Political Forces that Inform Ezra Taft Benson's Infamous "To the Mother's of Zion" Talk
Aug 21, 2023
🔒 Episode 148: No One is Immune to Systemic Oppression--Here is Why
Aug 18, 2023
Episode 147: Loving Those on the Margins as Personal Disciple and Public Advocate
Aug 14, 2023
🔒 Episode 146: Strategies used to Justify Systemic Oppression and Stabilize Power Hierarchies
Aug 11, 2023
Episode 145: Turning Diversity into Institutionalized Marginalization
Aug 07, 2023
🔒 Episode 144: Obvious and Not-So-Obvious LDS Power Hierarchies
Aug 04, 2023
Episode 143: The Psychology of the Creation of Power Hierarchies and Those they Dominate
Jul 31, 2023
🔒 Episode 142: TABERNACLES Part IV-Sacred Imperative to Critique Unrighteous Dominion w/ Taylor Petrey
Jul 28, 2023
Episode 141: TABERNACLES Part III-Gender, Sexuality & Mormon Entry into Politics with Taylor Petrey
Jul 24, 2023
🔒 Episode 140: TABERNACLES Part II—Psychologists v LDS Authority in Sexual Issues w/ Taylor Petrey
Jul 21, 2023
Episode 139: TABERNACLES OF CLAY Part I-The LDS Church's Evolving Definition of a Legitimate Marriage with Taylor Petrey
Jul 17, 2023
BONUS: How to subscribe to Friday Latter Day Struggles Episodes
Jul 14, 2023
🔒 Episode 138: Part VI-End of LDS Growth? Mormon Determinism & Authoritarian Positivism
Jul 14, 2023
Episode 137: Part V End of LDS Growth? The Downsides of a "Gathering" Legacy, An Itinerate Missionary Force, and the Accelerated Baptisms Program
Jul 10, 2023
Episode 136: Part IV-End of LDS Growth? Young Adult Attrition, Lower Missionary Visibility, Gerontocracy
Jul 07, 2023
Episode 135: Part III-End of LDS Growth? Privileging Prosperous Converts, Fertility Shifts, Contracting Missionary Force
Jul 03, 2023
Episode 134: Part II-End of LDS Growth? Impressive Growth in Africa. Or Maybe Not.
Jun 30, 2023
Episode 133: Part I-End of LDS Growth? Fading Prospects for Latter-day Saint Expansion
Jun 26, 2023
Episode 132: Speaking for LDS Sound Theology, Psychological Health, Institutional Integrity-Part II
Jun 23, 2023
Episode 131: On Becoming an Advocate for LDS Sound Theology, Psychological Health, and Organizational Integrity--Part I
Jun 19, 2023
🔒 BONUS!
Jun 18, 2023
Episode 130: Unlearning Fear, Shame, and Judgment & Learning LOVE: PRIDE Episode-Part II
Jun 16, 2023
Episode 129: Learning to Expand the Capacity to Love: PRIDE Episode-Part I
Jun 12, 2023
Episode 128: LDS Eternal Marriage Doctrine as Sometimes a Successful Failure Part II
Jun 09, 2023
Episode 127: LDS Eternal Marriage Doctrine as Sometimes a Successful Failure Part I
Jun 05, 2023
Episode 126: A Glimpse into the Spiritual Journey of LDS Theologian Fiona Givens
Jun 02, 2023
Episode 125: Feminine Visions, Divine Love, and Differentiation with Fiona Givens
May 29, 2023
Episode 124: Five Components of Mature Spirituality
May 26, 2023
Episode 123: Mature Versus Less Mature Relationship to Spirituality
May 22, 2023
Episode 122: The Loneliness and Isolation of Faith Expansion
May 19, 2023
Episode 121: From Cynicism, Through Grief, Towards Radical Growth
May 15, 2023
Episode 120: The White Male’s Creation of the White Male God
May 12, 2023
Episode 119: Healing Ideas about God's Nature that Hurt Us
May 08, 2023
Episode 118: Stumbling Blocks and The Book of Mormon with Paul Toscano--Part IV
May 05, 2023
Episode 117: Stumbling Blocks and The Book of Mormon with Paul Toscano-Part III
May 01, 2023
Episode 116: Let’s Talk Book of Mormon with Taylor Petrey--Part II
Apr 28, 2023
Episode 115: Let’s Talk Book of Mormon with Taylor Petrey--Part I
Apr 24, 2023
Episode 114: “Peacemakers Needed" GC Talk Causing some Marriage Conflict!
Apr 21, 2023
Episode 113: Non-Hierarchal Revelation as Foundational to a Healthy Faith Community
Apr 17, 2023
Episode 112: When Past and Present Prophets Contradict One Another & Crunch up Water Bottles
Apr 14, 2023
Episode 111: Making Sense of Post-Orthodoxy General Conference Emotional Experience
Apr 10, 2023
Episode 110: This Might be One Reason Why Second Hour at Church is Challenging
Apr 07, 2023
Episode 109: The Slippery Slope of Self Justification
Apr 03, 2023
Episode 108: A Couple’s Guide to LDS Faith Crisis and Expansion--Course I OVERVIEW
Mar 31, 2023
Episode 107: Can a Marriage Survive After one Partner Departs from their Plan of Eternal Orthodoxy?
Mar 27, 2023
Episode 106: Gaining the Personal Sovereignty to Include Yourself in God’s Eternal Family Plan
Mar 24, 2023
Episode 105: When a Too-Small Theology of Eternal Family Crumbles around Your Beloved Queer Child
Mar 20, 2023
Episode 104: How LDS Marriage Theology Complicates Growth Potential for the Mixed Faith Couple
Mar 17, 2023
Episode 103: A Single Woman’s Perspective on the LDS Theology of Eternal Marriage
Mar 13, 2023
Episode 102: Personal Battles with Fear and Shame Due to LDS Eternal Marriage Theology
Mar 10, 2023
Episode 101: Personal/Relational Impact of Institutionalized Patriarchy & Eternal Polygamy Theology
Mar 06, 2023
Episode 100: Unprogramming the Dependency and Gender-Role Based Model of LDS Marriage and Family
Mar 03, 2023
Episode 99: Part IV Eternal Marriage Health Check: Does Fear & Shame Motivate Belief & Practice?
Feb 27, 2023
Episode 98: We do NOT ‘Consider the Matter Closed’—Tithing Wealth, Transparency, & Accountability
Feb 24, 2023
Episode 97: Part III Marriage Theology Health Check—The Toxic Twin Towers of Patriarchy & Polygamy
Feb 20, 2023
Episode 96: Part II Marriage Theology Health Check—A Focus on Gender/Sexual Minorities and Singles
Feb 17, 2023
Episode 95: Part I--A Candid Psychological Health Check on the Theology of Eternal Marriage
Feb 14, 2023
Episode 94: Claiming Spiritual and Psychological Agency as Women in/around a Patriarchal Church
Feb 10, 2023
Episode 93: Hamilton Response Part II: A Psychological Look at Shifting Power Dynamics, Relationship Growth, and Fear
Feb 06, 2023
Episode 92: Some Troubling "Take Aways" from Elder Hamilton's BYU Speeches Address
Feb 03, 2023
Episode 91: Ways to Actively Protect & Support our Queer Youth at Church
Jan 30, 2023
Episode 90: The Sacred Queerness of dawn, dusk, and Jesus Christ with Blaire Ostler
Jan 27, 2023
Episode 89: A Queer-Mormon Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow with Blaire Ostler
Jan 23, 2023
Episode 88: Institutional Christianity—Reasons to Leave. Reasons to Stay. Part V
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 87: Institutional Christianity—Reasons to Leave. Reasons to Stay. Part IV
Jan 16, 2023
Episode 86: Institutional Christianity--Reasons to Leave. Reasons to Stay. Part III
Jan 13, 2023
Episode 85: Institutional Christianity—Reasons to Leave. Reasons to Stay. Part II
Jan 09, 2023
Episode 84: Institutional Christianity—Reasons to Leave. Reasons to Stay: Part I.
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 83: A Journey out of Orthodoxy Part II
Jan 02, 2023
Episode 82: A Journey out of Orthodoxy Part I
Dec 30, 2022
Episode 81: Jody England Hansen on Star Wars, Symbology, Temple Ritual, & the Hero's Journey
Dec 23, 2022
Episode 80: Cyclical Growth and “Touchdown Jesus" versus “Crucification Jesus"
Dec 19, 2022
Episode 79: Constricted Intellectualism and Cognitive Biases
Dec 16, 2022
Episode 78: Spiritually Mature Parenting Means Letting Go
Dec 12, 2022
Episode 77: Carol Lynn Pearson answers tough questions about navigating authentic membership in the LDS Church
Dec 09, 2022
Episode 76: Two Images of the One God [And other works from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
Dec 08, 2022
Episode 75: Matriarchal Blessing [and other works from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
Dec 08, 2022
Episode 74: Jesus Remembered [and other works from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
Dec 07, 2022
Episode 73: Growing Up Godly [and other works from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
Dec 07, 2022
Episode 72: The Case of the Disappearance of our Mother God [and other works from from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
Dec 06, 2022
Episode 71: I Live in a Motherless House [and other writings from from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
Dec 06, 2022
Episode 70: An Hour with Mormonism's Own "Joan of Arc"--Carol Lynn Pearson Part I
Dec 05, 2022
Episode 69: BYU-Idaho Faculty Member and the Current University Climate
Dec 02, 2022
Episode 68: Former BYU Professor's Arrival at Love over Loyalty
Nov 28, 2022
Episode 67: Strength of Youth Final Analysis AND Is Mandate for Unity of Belief Helping or Hurting Us?
Nov 25, 2022
Episode 66: Strength of Youth Part VI--Theology of the Body
Nov 21, 2022
Episode 65: Strength of Youth Part V--Light, Discernment, Media, and Pornography Talk
Nov 18, 2022
Episode 64: Strength of Youth Part IV: Expanding Concepts of Loving Self, Others, God
Nov 14, 2022
Episode 63: Christ-Centered Activism Part II [A Psychological Look at Combative Discourse]
Nov 11, 2022
Episode 62: Christ-Centered Activism Part I [A Response to Elder Corbitt's Address]
Nov 07, 2022
Episode 61: Shame Paralyzes. True Atonement Understanding Heals: A Case Study
Nov 04, 2022
Episode 60: Strength of Youth Part III: Imagine a Theology of Atonement Free of Fear, Shame, and Hustle
Oct 31, 2022
Episode 59: What a Latter Day Struggles Support Group Looks Like
Oct 31, 2022
Episode 58: Strength of Youth Part II--[Spoiler: We're Not Actually Better than "the World"]
Oct 28, 2022
Episode 57: “For The Strength of the Youth” Time Machine…
Oct 24, 2022
Episode 56: Young Women's and Men's Themes as Healthy Identity Statements?
Oct 21, 2022
Episode 55: Deep Psychological Costs of Institutionalized Queerphobia
Oct 17, 2022
Episode 54: Why Science May Pressure Policy Change on Homosexuality
Oct 14, 2022
Episode 53: Patriarchy & Fear of the Feminine Face of God
Oct 10, 2022
Episode 52: Faith Crisis Report Part V--Recommendations to the Church to Help Heal Faith Crisis Suffering
Oct 07, 2022
Episode 51: Faith Crisis Report Part IV—The Tragic Relational Cost of Faith Crisis
Oct 03, 2022
Episode 50: Faith Crisis Report Part III—A Sobering View of Stages of Crisis
Sep 30, 2022
Episode 49: Faith Crisis Report Part II—Who, What & Why of LDS Faith Crisis
Sep 26, 2022
Episode 48: Official LDS Faith Crisis Report Analysis—Part I
Sep 23, 2022
Episode 47: Processing the Trauma and Grief of Faith Crisis
Sep 19, 2022
Episode 46: Let’s Talk: “The Prophet will Never Lead You Astray"
Sep 16, 2022
Episode 45: Please Stay in Your Lane, Bishop
Sep 12, 2022
Episode 44: We're Skeptical about Having our Children Baptized
Sep 09, 2022
Episode 43: A Case of Subservience over Conscience
Sep 05, 2022
Episode 42: Lulled by the Status Quo
Sep 02, 2022
Episode 41: Diagnosing Spiritual Abuse Part III
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 40: Diagnosing Spiritual Abuse Part II
Aug 26, 2022
Episode 39: Diagnosing Spiritual Abuse Part I
Aug 22, 2022
Episode 38: Standing up Against Chicken Patriarchy
Aug 19, 2022
Episode 37: The Current Culture of Mandated Missionary Service
Aug 16, 2022
Episode 36: Thoughts Following Recent AP Article on Sex Abuse Reporting
Aug 11, 2022
Episode 35: The Shadow of Joseph's Polygamy and its ongoing Institutional Reverberations
Aug 07, 2022
Episode 34: Sunstone Symposium: Love, Openness, Acceptance
Aug 02, 2022
Episode 33: Stages of Faith Development, Why We are Stuck, How to get Unstuck
Jul 28, 2022
Episode 32: How One Gay Man “Stays”
Jul 26, 2022
Episode 31: I Am an ADULT of God [New Version of the Classic Primary Tune]
Jul 22, 2022
Episode 30: Why Do We Speak Up? And Why Every Voice Matters
Jul 19, 2022
Episode 29: Moving from Judgement to Non-judgement
Jul 15, 2022
Episode 28: Why the "A la Carte" Approach to Faith Formation is Good for Everyone
Jul 12, 2022
Episode 27: The "If/Then" Temptation: Resisting the Urge to Oversimplify the Complex
Jul 08, 2022
Episode 26: When Mom Feels like a Robot Part 2...Lets Talk about Dad Now
Jul 01, 2022
Episode 25: When Mom Feels like a Robot
Jun 28, 2022
Episode 24: Inverted Spiritual Value Systems: Facial Hair, Double Piercings, and other Distractions
Jun 24, 2022
Episode 23: PR*I*DE: The Harm Done in Intervening in Another's *I*dentity
Jun 22, 2022
Episode 22: Spiritual Rigidity, Sex, Word of Wisdom, and How even Ghandi is a Work in Progress
Jun 17, 2022
Episode 21: Whose Wedding is this Anyway? When Faith Transition Meets Temple Wedding Traditions
Jun 13, 2022
Episode 20: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part V
Jun 10, 2022
Episode 10: How do I Handle when my Spouse and I aren't on the Spiritual "Same Page"?
Jun 06, 2022
Episode 19: Nervous to Talk about Your Faith Journey? So am I!
Jun 05, 2022
Episode 18: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part IV
Jun 03, 2022
Episode 17: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part III
May 27, 2022
Episode 16: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part II
May 20, 2022
Episode 15: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part I
May 13, 2022
Episode 14 Are we Really Encouraged to Use our Free Agency?
May 06, 2022
Episode 13: Are Those who Leave the Church in the Path to 'Spiritual Death'?
Apr 29, 2022
Episode 12: Do you Speak Up? Walk Away? Suck it Up? or Check Out?
Apr 25, 2022
Episode 11: Are Our General Leaders Connected to Us?
Apr 22, 2022
Episode 9: How Does Ignoring the Divine Feminine Hurt Us?
Apr 08, 2022
Episode 8: What does General Conference Bring up in YOU?
Mar 31, 2022
Episode 7: Can my Calling be a problem?
Mar 23, 2022
Episode 6: How does Patriarchy damage healthy development
Mar 14, 2022
Episode 5: Is doubt a Sin (part II)?
Mar 11, 2022
Episode 4: Is doubt a sin?
Mar 09, 2022
Episode 3: Why Own our Mistakes?
Mar 07, 2022
Episode 2: What are bad thoughts?
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 1: Is Gods Love Contingent on Righteousness?
Feb 22, 2022