283: Patriarchy And Its Connection To Low Empathy In Men Latter Day Struggles podcast

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Transcending Church Rules on the Path Towards Genuine Christlike Discipleship w/Russ Hinckley Part I of IV Welcome to a beautiful series featuring guest author Russ Hinkley (who doesn't mind being referred to as Mr. Susan Hinkley of the "At Last She Said It" podcast) where Val and Russ explore his book "Beyond Belief" a radical reinterpretation of what Jesus likely would have those who gathered in his name focus on. In this episode Russ and Val riff a bit about early Christian history and why creeds (official belief statements) were made and why Jesus likely could not care less about what are in those creeds. The rest of the series tackles what Jesus would probably have us focus on as individuals, families, and congregations. Beyond Belief - Russ Hinckley https://valeriehamaker.com/one-one-consultations/ Support the show Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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🔒 324: Office Hours: Shifting the Focus from Abortion to Preventing Unwanted Pregnancy 1:00:18

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! In this timely conversation Valerie tackles Elder Anderson's recent general conference talk on abortion. In one hour she goes from the macro issue of abortion itself and offers some thought-provoking concepts about NOT focusing on abortion and instead focusing on how abortion is the prevailing solution to unwanted pregnancy only because we live in a patriarchal society. She also proposes that LDS women have valid reason to feel unique and acute transgenerational pain connected to marriage, s*exual misconduct, power, and self sacrifice. https://valeriehamaker.com/one-one-consultations/ Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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323: Sometimes Love Uses a Microphone 57:48

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Send us a Positive Review! In this episode Valerie is invited to be a guest on "Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt," a podcast where she shares many experiences leading to her choice to commit her career to the psychological and spiritual healing of those connected to her own Latter-day Saint faith tradition. Val shares some personal experiences, some of her reasons for beginning and staying in this nerve wracking space, about the ups and downs of the work she does. Mostly she shares her conviction that what she is doing feels deeply "right" to her core... that when one knows they are in their integrity, other concerns fall away. Join Valerie and host Meagan Skidmore for a fresh, heartfelt look at faith journey—through the eyes of someone who’s walking the path right alongside you. https://valeriehamaker.com/one-one-consultations/ Support the show Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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🔒 322: How Rootwork Brings us to Deep Kinship in this World & in the Mormon Cosmos w/ Kathryn Sonntag & Taylor Petrey 47:04

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Look into the Minds of Creators of The Mother Tree & Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part II of II] In this continuation of our conversation about modern Mormon feminist scholarship, Taylor and Kathryn riff about various schools of thought regarding the heavenly roll of a feminine divine in historical and contemporary Mormon scholarship and complicate these ideas with their own, connected to a potential heaven where humanity and our eternal creators may be an embodiment of masculine and feminine energies that defy our mortal conceptualization and definition. Settle in for some beautiful ideas by some beautiful, creative, and courageous current scholarship here in our tradition. The Mother Tree: Discovering the Love and Wisdom of Our Divine Mother - Kathryn Knight Sonntag Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos - Taylor G. Petrey https://valeriehamaker.com/one-one-consultations/ Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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321: The Feminine Divine in the Mormon Cosmos with Kathryn Sonntag & Taylor Petrey 57:08

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Look into the Minds of Creators of The Mother Tree & Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part I of II] Why is my job the very best? Because I get to sit down with two of the kindest, more brilliant and beautiful souls out there--Kathryn Sonntag and Taylor Petrey-- to facilitate a conversation about all things modern Mormon feminism, scripture, symbology, and the feminine divine. The Mother Tree: Discovering the Love and Wisdom of Our Divine Mother - Kathryn Knight Sonntag Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos - Taylor G. Petrey https://valeriehamaker.com/one-one-consultations/ Support the show Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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🔒 320: "Queering" the Garden Narrative in the Mormon Cosmos 1:08:16

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part IV of IV] Here's one final mindblowing conversation that will definitely leave you thinking "I never thought of the garden narrative THAT way! In this episode Taylor and Val peruse the various and sundry ways that the Garden Narrative has been used to justify all manner of unhelpful theology and social and political agendas throughout the ages and Taylor offers novel thoughts on ways in which we can see even in this narrative an opening for a heaven that welcomes of all of God's children able to form bonds of love through equality and kinship rather than through hierarchy and gender. Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos - Taylor Petrey https://valeriehamaker.com/one-one-consultations/ Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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319: "Queering" Ideas about Heavenly Mother in the Mormon Cosmos 44:12

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part III of IV] One definition of "queering" that Taylor uses in his book is to complicate or expand --and this episode does just that in the realm of the feminine divine. Buckle up as Taylor and Val walk through his fascinating ideas regarding what Latter Day Saints call Heavenly Mother. This episode addresses historical and current scholarship around this highly charged topic and offers new ideas on how we might see this part of our theology in a whole new and provocative way. Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos - Taylor Petrey https://valeriehamaker.com/one-one-consultations/ Support the show Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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🔒 318: "Queering" Ideas about the Godhead in the Mormon Cosmos 45:41

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part II of IV] Get ready to have your mind blown just a little more as Taylor walks Val through more expansive ideas around a heaven that privileges "kinship" over all other types of covenant bonds and uses the deep and loving relationship within the Godhead as a model, opening doors of eternal connection that transcend current Mormon theology. Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos - Taylor Petrey Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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317: Ideas on a Heaven Large Enough for All Loving Connection 34:35

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part I of IV] In this episode Val and guest scholar and author Taylor Petrey set this series up by walking through the focus of Taylor's phenomenal new book, Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos. They set the stage to blow your mind in the many ways that an open-minded and close reading of scripture makes all kinds of space for a heaven packed with not just heterosexual love and connection. Welcome to the world of "kinship"! Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos - Taylor Petrey Support the show Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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🔒 316: "Office Hours" Exclusive: When Faith Crisis Destabilizes the LDS Marriage 51:47

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! In this Office Hours live session, members of the Latter Day Struggles community are asking their questions and Valerie brings her encouraging responses. Since February is the month where love is celebrated, this conversation centers around marriage, partnership and navigating the sometimes tumultuous waters of maintaining close relationships during a faith expansion journey. Don’t lose heart! It really is possible to maintain love, patience and mutual respect while honoring your faith expanding experience! Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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315: Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do 1:22:05

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Valerie & Nathan Hamaker Forced Resignation from the LDS Church [Part III of III] In this final episode detailing the tough events of Val and Nathan's last year trying to collaborate with their local priesthood leaders, they share why they chose to resign their membership instead of experiencing a disciplinary counsel. They also explore the fear that some LDS leadership experiences with mental health workers and conclude with their process of letting go of resentment or anger so that they can move forward with true freedom. Please SHARE these episodes. Val and Nathan want the narrative around their need to formally resign from the LDS church to be understood firsthand. Thank you for your love and support at this time! https://valeriehamaker.com/one-one-consultations/ Support the show Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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🔒 314: Devoted Listener/Supporter Q&A on Hamaker Forced Resignation 1:00:45

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Valerie & Nathan Hamaker Forced Resignation from the LDS Church [Part II of III] Join Val & Nathan in this episode answering questions that came in from listeners following their public announcement regarding their forced resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints due to local priesthood leaders' inability to understand the nature of their work and the healing intent of their hearts. Thank you all for your ongoing love and support. Valerie & Nathan are committed to this platform and are honored to be a voice for psychological healing in our Latter-day Saint and surrounding community. No regrets, only love. Books Referenced in this Episode: Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion - Gregory Boyle A Course in Miracles Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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313: Not Willing to be Burned at the Stake Center 2:10:16

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Valerie & Nathan Hamaker Forced Resignation from the LDS Church [Part I of III] Please join Valerie & Nathan in this tough 3-part conversation sharing the events that led to what felt to them like their forced resignation from LDS Church this past week. In today’s episode Val and Nathan walk through a timeline of a lot of painful experiences in the past eighteen months with multiple well-meaning local priesthood leaders who ultimately could not overcome their fear of the healing work happening on the LDS Church on the Latter Day Struggles platform. The episode ends with several truly beautiful testimonials sent to us by many of you, which were sent to all of these priesthood leaders, detailing the impact of our ministry—to no avail. COMING UP... PART II - Friday 3/21 episode: Special full-content listener Q&A episode answering your questions asked on @ latterdaystruggles.com Instagram stories today. PART III - Monday 3/24/25: Second half of Val and Nathan’s experiences, on their decision to resign, and their thoughts love, forgiveness, and moving forward with you. *** Please SHARE these episodes. Val and Nathan want the narrative around their need to formally resign from the LDS church to be understood firsthand. And thank you for your love & support friends. It means everything. We can proceed showing a different and better way. Love over fear. WE HAVE NO REGRETS “[They] drew a circle that shut me out, heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But LOVE and I had the wit to win: I drew a circle that took [them back] in." -Edwin Markham https://valeriehamaker.com/one-one-consultations/ Support the show Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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312: Why Gender-based Wounds Can Only be Healed in Mixed-Gender Communities 58:32

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part VIII of VIII] Join Valerie in the final episode of a series exploring the beauty of community healing in the context of an LDS faith crisis. In this episode you will meet two current members of Valerie's brand new advanced content group, processing the impact of growing up in a patriarchal world and church. This group dives deeply into how each and every one of us has been deeply impacted by the "Christianization of Patriarchy," and how awareness of our roots brings about healing and wholeness. Valerie made a point to invite both a woman and a man from the new group to join her in this episode, where they could not only share their own personal journeys of awakening but also reflect on what it was like to witness someone of the opposite gender go through their own process of learning and growth. https://valeriehamaker.com/one-one-consultations/ Support the show Share this episode Become a Monday & Friday Listener: Annual Friday Episode Full Access only $89/year Monthly Friday Episode Full Access : $9.99/month Join an LDSS Support Group Visit Our Website: https://valeriehamaker.com/ Want to support Valerie & Nathan? Make a donation: ⁠Venmo or Patreon⁠…

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311: By the Mouths of Four Witnesses: Community Healing in LDS Faith Crisis 1:04:17

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