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.
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Episode 221: Supporting Spiritual, Psychological, & Relational Wellness if Stepping Away from the Church with Julie Hanks
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Episode 219: A Deeper Look at the Sacrament-PART III: Challenging Sacrament Exclusion
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Episode 217: A Deeper Look at the Sacrament-PART I
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Episode 215: Musket Fire, Academic Freedom, & Protecting BYU LGBTQ Students-PART I
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Episode 213: LDS Women Claiming their Worth by Not Engaging in Semantics Games-PART II
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Episode 211: LDS Women Worldwide Vote "Opposed" to Institutional Claims of Female Authority
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Episode 209: Unshackling Shame-- When LDS Faith Expansion Brings Se*ual Healing
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Episode 207: Healing Ideas and Harmful Ideas about the Use of Scripture
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Episode 205: Exploring Family Crisis Connected to being a "Covenantal" Faith System
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Episode 203: Love, Fear, and Faith: Exploring LDS Parental Challenges with Disaffiliated Youth
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Episode 201: Bridging LDS Divides-The Church's Responsibility to See their own Outcasts
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Episode 199: Redefining our Ideas about God: Crucial to Healing an LDS Faith Crisis
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Episode 197: A Story of Humanity, Reconciliation, and Growing Spiritual Empowerment with Dan Wotherspoon
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Episode 195: Transformational Spirituality at Richard Rohr's Living School with Jana Spangler
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Episode 193: Navigating LDS Activity, Differentiation, and Healthy Boundaries with Dr. Julie Hanks
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Episode 191: Questioning the Questions-The Evolution of LDS Temple Admission Process(Part III of IV)
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Episode 189: Latter-Day Challenges-Anxiety, Autonomy, & the Temple Recommend Interview Dilemma (Part I of IV)
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Episode 187: Demystifying LDS Hierarchy & Corporate Politics w/Greg Prince (Part III of IV)
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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BONUS: Navigating Mixed-Faith Parenting, Isolation in Faith Crisis, and Decisions to Stay or Go
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Episode 185: Science, Faith, Prop 8, and LGBTQ+ Advocacy with Greg Prince (Part I of IV)
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Episode 183: Progress, Pretense & the Gender Politics of the LDS Chapel Seating Chart
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Episode 181: One Who Wandered but Was Not Lost with Maxine Hanks (Part III of IV)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Episode 179: WOMEN & AUTHORITY: A Spiritual, Psychological, & Scholarly Work of Art with Maxine Hanks (Part I of IV)
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Episode 177: Protecting and Advocating for Those Called "Weak Links" (Part I of II)
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Episode 175: How a Shift in Atonement Theology Might Heal our Relationship with Christ with Adam Miller (Part III of IV)
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Episode 173: Grace as a Backup Plan or the Original Intention of God? With Adam Miller (Part I of IV)
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Episode 171: Celebrating Lavina Fielding Anderson’s Vision for a More Inclusive Church [Part I]
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Episode 167: Raising Kids with a Deep Spiritual World View Part I
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Episode 165: Unveiling LDS Adolescent Spiritual Potential Through a Progressive Seminary Classroom
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Episode 163: Parenting Adolescents in/around the LDS Church with Julie Hanks
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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BONUS: FREE Post-General Conference Group Processing Opportunity
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Episode 161: A Better Way to Mentor LDS Young Adults with Patrick Mason
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Episode 159: LDS University Students Pressured to Not Ask the Hard Questions—Part I
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Episode 157: The Spiritual Dangers of Magical Thinking with Chris Kimball
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Episode 155: Breaking the Binaries-Church as Neither Magic Kingdom nor Evil Empire with Christian Kimball
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Episode 153: The State of LDS Faith Crisis Ten Years Post Official "Faith Crisis Report"
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Episode 151: In Search of the Feminine Divine Since the Beginning of Time with Carol Lynn Pearson
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Episode 149: The Many Social and Political Forces that Inform Ezra Taft Benson's Infamous "To the Mother's of Zion" Talk
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Episode 147: Loving Those on the Margins as Personal Disciple and Public Advocate
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Episode 145: Turning Diversity into Institutionalized Marginalization
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Episode 143: The Psychology of the Creation of Power Hierarchies and Those they Dominate
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Episode 141: TABERNACLES Part III-Gender, Sexuality & Mormon Entry into Politics with Taylor Petrey
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Episode 139: TABERNACLES OF CLAY Part I-The LDS Church's Evolving Definition of a Legitimate Marriage with Taylor Petrey
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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BONUS: How to subscribe to Friday Latter Day Struggles Episodes
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Episode 137: Part V End of LDS Growth? The Downsides of a "Gathering" Legacy, An Itinerate Missionary Force, and the Accelerated Baptisms Program
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Episode 136: Part IV-End of LDS Growth? Young Adult Attrition, Lower Missionary Visibility, Gerontocracy
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Episode 135: Part III-End of LDS Growth? Privileging Prosperous Converts, Fertility Shifts, Contracting Missionary Force
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Episode 134: Part II-End of LDS Growth? Impressive Growth in Africa. Or Maybe Not.
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode 133: Part I-End of LDS Growth? Fading Prospects for Latter-day Saint Expansion
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Episode 132: Speaking for LDS Sound Theology, Psychological Health, Institutional Integrity-Part II
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Episode 131: On Becoming an Advocate for LDS Sound Theology, Psychological Health, and Organizational Integrity--Part I
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Episode 130: Unlearning Fear, Shame, and Judgment & Learning LOVE: PRIDE Episode-Part II
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Episode 129: Learning to Expand the Capacity to Love: PRIDE Episode-Part I
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Episode 128: LDS Eternal Marriage Doctrine as Sometimes a Successful Failure Part II
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Episode 127: LDS Eternal Marriage Doctrine as Sometimes a Successful Failure Part I
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Episode 126: A Glimpse into the Spiritual Journey of LDS Theologian Fiona Givens
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Episode 125: Feminine Visions, Divine Love, and Differentiation with Fiona Givens
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May 29, 2023 |
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Episode 124: Five Components of Mature Spirituality
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May 26, 2023 |
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Episode 123: Mature Versus Less Mature Relationship to Spirituality
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May 22, 2023 |
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Episode 122: The Loneliness and Isolation of Faith Expansion
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May 19, 2023 |
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Episode 121: From Cynicism, Through Grief, Towards Radical Growth
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May 15, 2023 |
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Episode 120: The White Male’s Creation of the White Male God
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May 12, 2023 |
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Episode 119: Healing Ideas about God's Nature that Hurt Us
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May 08, 2023 |
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Episode 118: Stumbling Blocks and The Book of Mormon with Paul Toscano--Part IV
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May 05, 2023 |
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Episode 117: Stumbling Blocks and The Book of Mormon with Paul Toscano-Part III
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May 01, 2023 |
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Episode 116: Let’s Talk Book of Mormon with Taylor Petrey--Part II
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Episode 115: Let’s Talk Book of Mormon with Taylor Petrey--Part I
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Episode 114: “Peacemakers Needed" GC Talk Causing some Marriage Conflict!
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Episode 113: Non-Hierarchal Revelation as Foundational to a Healthy Faith Community
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Episode 112: When Past and Present Prophets Contradict One Another & Crunch up Water Bottles
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Episode 111: Making Sense of Post-Orthodoxy General Conference Emotional Experience
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Episode 110: This Might be One Reason Why Second Hour at Church is Challenging
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Episode 109: The Slippery Slope of Self Justification
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Episode 108: A Couple’s Guide to LDS Faith Crisis and Expansion--Course I OVERVIEW
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Episode 107: Can a Marriage Survive After one Partner Departs from their Plan of Eternal Orthodoxy?
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Episode 106: Gaining the Personal Sovereignty to Include Yourself in God’s Eternal Family Plan
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Episode 105: When a Too-Small Theology of Eternal Family Crumbles around Your Beloved Queer Child
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Episode 104: How LDS Marriage Theology Complicates Growth Potential for the Mixed Faith Couple
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Episode 103: A Single Woman’s Perspective on the LDS Theology of Eternal Marriage
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Episode 102: Personal Battles with Fear and Shame Due to LDS Eternal Marriage Theology
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Episode 101: Personal/Relational Impact of Institutionalized Patriarchy & Eternal Polygamy Theology
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Episode 100: Unprogramming the Dependency and Gender-Role Based Model of LDS Marriage and Family
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Episode 99: Part IV Eternal Marriage Health Check: Does Fear & Shame Motivate Belief & Practice?
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Episode 98: We do NOT ‘Consider the Matter Closed’—Tithing Wealth, Transparency, & Accountability
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Episode 97: Part III Marriage Theology Health Check—The Toxic Twin Towers of Patriarchy & Polygamy
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Episode 96: Part II Marriage Theology Health Check—A Focus on Gender/Sexual Minorities and Singles
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Episode 95: Part I--A Candid Psychological Health Check on the Theology of Eternal Marriage
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Episode 94: Claiming Spiritual and Psychological Agency as Women in/around a Patriarchal Church
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Episode 93: Hamilton Response Part II: A Psychological Look at Shifting Power Dynamics, Relationship Growth, and Fear
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Episode 92: Some Troubling "Take Aways" from Elder Hamilton's BYU Speeches Address
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Episode 91: Ways to Actively Protect & Support our Queer Youth at Church
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode 90: The Sacred Queerness of dawn, dusk, and Jesus Christ with Blaire Ostler
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Episode 89: A Queer-Mormon Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow with Blaire Ostler
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Episode 88: Institutional Christianity—Reasons to Leave. Reasons to Stay. Part V
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Episode 87: Institutional Christianity—Reasons to Leave. Reasons to Stay. Part IV
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Episode 86: Institutional Christianity--Reasons to Leave. Reasons to Stay. Part III
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Episode 85: Institutional Christianity—Reasons to Leave. Reasons to Stay. Part II
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Episode 84: Institutional Christianity—Reasons to Leave. Reasons to Stay: Part I.
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Episode 83: A Journey out of Orthodoxy Part II
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Episode 82: A Journey out of Orthodoxy Part I
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Episode 81: Jody England Hansen on Star Wars, Symbology, Temple Ritual, & the Hero's Journey
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Episode 80: Cyclical Growth and “Touchdown Jesus" versus “Crucification Jesus"
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Episode 79: Constricted Intellectualism and Cognitive Biases
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Episode 78: Spiritually Mature Parenting Means Letting Go
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Episode 77: Carol Lynn Pearson answers tough questions about navigating authentic membership in the LDS Church
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Episode 76: Two Images of the One God [And other works from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Episode 75: Matriarchal Blessing [and other works from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Episode 74: Jesus Remembered [and other works from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 73: Growing Up Godly [and other works from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 72: The Case of the Disappearance of our Mother God [and other works from from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Episode 71: I Live in a Motherless House [and other writings from from Carol Lynn Pearson's "Finding Mother God"]
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Episode 70: An Hour with Mormonism's Own "Joan of Arc"--Carol Lynn Pearson Part I
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Episode 69: BYU-Idaho Faculty Member and the Current University Climate
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Episode 68: Former BYU Professor's Arrival at Love over Loyalty
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Episode 67: Strength of Youth Final Analysis AND Is Mandate for Unity of Belief Helping or Hurting Us?
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Episode 66: Strength of Youth Part VI--Theology of the Body
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Episode 65: Strength of Youth Part V--Light, Discernment, Media, and Pornography Talk
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Episode 64: Strength of Youth Part IV: Expanding Concepts of Loving Self, Others, God
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Episode 63: Christ-Centered Activism Part II [A Psychological Look at Combative Discourse]
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Episode 62: Christ-Centered Activism Part I [A Response to Elder Corbitt's Address]
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Episode 61: Shame Paralyzes. True Atonement Understanding Heals: A Case Study
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Episode 60: Strength of Youth Part III: Imagine a Theology of Atonement Free of Fear, Shame, and Hustle
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Episode 59: What a Latter Day Struggles Support Group Looks Like
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Episode 58: Strength of Youth Part II--[Spoiler: We're Not Actually Better than "the World"]
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Episode 57: “For The Strength of the Youth” Time Machine…
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Episode 56: Young Women's and Men's Themes as Healthy Identity Statements?
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Episode 55: Deep Psychological Costs of Institutionalized Queerphobia
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Episode 54: Why Science May Pressure Policy Change on Homosexuality
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Episode 53: Patriarchy & Fear of the Feminine Face of God
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Episode 52: Faith Crisis Report Part V--Recommendations to the Church to Help Heal Faith Crisis Suffering
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Episode 51: Faith Crisis Report Part IV—The Tragic Relational Cost of Faith Crisis
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Episode 50: Faith Crisis Report Part III—A Sobering View of Stages of Crisis
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Episode 49: Faith Crisis Report Part II—Who, What & Why of LDS Faith Crisis
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Episode 48: Official LDS Faith Crisis Report Analysis—Part I
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Episode 47: Processing the Trauma and Grief of Faith Crisis
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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Episode 46: Let’s Talk: “The Prophet will Never Lead You Astray"
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Episode 45: Please Stay in Your Lane, Bishop
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Episode 44: We're Skeptical about Having our Children Baptized
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Episode 43: A Case of Subservience over Conscience
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Episode 42: Lulled by the Status Quo
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Episode 41: Diagnosing Spiritual Abuse Part III
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Episode 40: Diagnosing Spiritual Abuse Part II
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Episode 39: Diagnosing Spiritual Abuse Part I
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Episode 38: Standing up Against Chicken Patriarchy
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Episode 37: The Current Culture of Mandated Missionary Service
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Episode 36: Thoughts Following Recent AP Article on Sex Abuse Reporting
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Episode 35: The Shadow of Joseph's Polygamy and its ongoing Institutional Reverberations
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Episode 34: Sunstone Symposium: Love, Openness, Acceptance
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Episode 33: Stages of Faith Development, Why We are Stuck, How to get Unstuck
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Episode 32: How One Gay Man “Stays”
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Episode 31: I Am an ADULT of God [New Version of the Classic Primary Tune]
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Episode 30: Why Do We Speak Up? And Why Every Voice Matters
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Episode 29: Moving from Judgement to Non-judgement
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Episode 28: Why the "A la Carte" Approach to Faith Formation is Good for Everyone
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Episode 27: The "If/Then" Temptation: Resisting the Urge to Oversimplify the Complex
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Episode 26: When Mom Feels like a Robot Part 2...Lets Talk about Dad Now
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Episode 25: When Mom Feels like a Robot
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Episode 24: Inverted Spiritual Value Systems: Facial Hair, Double Piercings, and other Distractions
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Episode 23: PR*I*DE: The Harm Done in Intervening in Another's *I*dentity
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Episode 22: Spiritual Rigidity, Sex, Word of Wisdom, and How even Ghandi is a Work in Progress
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Episode 21: Whose Wedding is this Anyway? When Faith Transition Meets Temple Wedding Traditions
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Episode 20: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part V
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Episode 10: How do I Handle when my Spouse and I aren't on the Spiritual "Same Page"?
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Episode 19: Nervous to Talk about Your Faith Journey? So am I!
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Episode 18: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part IV
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Episode 17: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part III
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May 27, 2022 |
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Episode 16: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part II
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode 15: The Sacred Nature of Dissent—Part I
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May 13, 2022 |
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Episode 14 Are we Really Encouraged to Use our Free Agency?
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May 06, 2022 |
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Episode 13: Are Those who Leave the Church in the Path to 'Spiritual Death'?
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Episode 12: Do you Speak Up? Walk Away? Suck it Up? or Check Out?
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Episode 11: Are Our General Leaders Connected to Us?
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Episode 9: How Does Ignoring the Divine Feminine Hurt Us?
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Episode 8: What does General Conference Bring up in YOU?
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Episode 7: Can my Calling be a problem?
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Episode 6: How does Patriarchy damage healthy development
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Episode 5: Is doubt a Sin (part II)?
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Episode 4: Is doubt a sin?
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Episode 3: Why Own our Mistakes?
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Episode 2: What are bad thoughts?
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Episode 1: Is Gods Love Contingent on Righteousness?
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Feb 22, 2022 |