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Latter Day Struggles — 313 episodes
469: Five Truths About Love & Goodness that all Queer Mormons (Past & Present) Need to Know
467: Carol Lynn Pearson: Icon of Mormon Feminism
465: In Honor of Carol Lynn Pearson: Our Prophetess & Mystic
463: Sunstone 2026: Cracking the Code of Mormon Polarization
461: Stories of Healing Live Event Musings (from Val!)
459: Exploring Family Challenges when LDS Young Adults Disaffiliate w/ Liz Macdonald AUDIOBOOK
457: Prophet Worship Compassionately Explained
455: How & Why the LDS Church is BOTH Booming & Bleeding out Members
453: Listening & Learning: Why LDS Loved Ones Could Not Stay in the Church
451: A Changing Society is Starving for Religious Systems to Meet them Where they Are
449: Torn: A Book Written to Help Your Devout Loved One Understand You
447: Why We Stay Small & Hide our Greatest Strengths from the World
445: LDS Missionary Work and OCD Scrupulosity
443: Addressing Real Mental Health Needs for the Full-time LDS Missionary
441: The Politics of Jesus: Not Subtle, Not Silent, Not Neutral
BONUS EPISODE: Do you Want to Make a Difference? Join us!
439: Religious Silence is Complicity in Times of Social Unrest
437: Whose Life is Worth Protecting? Politics & Religion Weight in 2026
435: Why Some Religions Drag their Feet even when the Rest of Society is Ready to Embody More Love?
433: On Churches of Legitimacy & Churches of Transformation
431: LDS Strategic Political Engagement & the Upholding of Traditional Male Power Structures
BONUS EPISODE: Tired of Feel Stuck, Angry & Alone?
429: Is the Mormon Church Politically Neutral?
427: When Normal Growth Feels Like Rebellion
425: When LDS "Normal" isn't very Normal
423: If the Ensign Peak Fund isn't Your Donation Destination of Choice...
BONUS EPISODE: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship Audiobook
421: Why No Mixed-Gender Sunday School Presidencies? A Gender Equality Slippery-Slope Speculation
419: Formal Patriarchy & Inevitable Harm
BONUS EPISODE: Women in Ward Sunday School Presidencies: Progress, Breadcrumbs, or the “Near Enemy”?”
417: Confronting Men's Violence Against Women & Girls in the LDS Church
415: Presenting our Utah-Based Latter Day Struggles Faith Expansion Specialist
BONUS: How the World ACTUALLY Changes
413: Complexity of Clark Gilbert Call to the Q12
411: Inaugural Live Fellowship Recording
409: The Family Proclamation: Living Document or Unchanging Doctrine?
407: Is the Family Proclamation a Commentary or a Revelation?
405: Announcing: Biweekly LIVE Fellowship! More Healing & New Connection
403: A Tribute to our Former Bishop, Ken Glenn
401: A Response to Dallin Oaks' Desire for LDS Girls to Marry Younger
399: This Classic Episode Put Latter Day Struggles on the Map of Faith Crisis Healing
397: What Happens When Only One Kind of Latter-day Saint is Allowed to Exist in the Church
396: UNLOCKED for All Listeners: Shifting the Focus from Abortion to Preventing Unwanted Pregnancy!
395: We Need to Stop Calling Growth a Sin in the LDS Church
393: Quiet Conflict: What the Research Reveals About Active LDS Members
391: Why Mental Health Workers Became the Black Sheep of the 21st Century Church
389: Faith & Feminism: Valerie's Vision & Maxine’s Musings
BONUS EPISODE: Why the LDS Church is Vulnerable to Underreporting of Child S*x Abuse & What to Do
387: Mission Eligibility Age Dropped to 18 for LDS Young Women: A Conversation with Dr. Julie Hanks
385: Honoring Relationships AND your Nervous System Over the Holidays
383: Why We Care So Much about Transcending & Including Mormonism
381: Polygamy is Having its Mormon Moment (Again) in 2025
379: When Mormon Polygamy Comes to Primary in 2025
377: When One's Soul has the Audacity to Grow, Right there in Church
375: When God Refuses to Be Church-Correlated
373: What Caterpillars Can Teach us about Blind Conformity
371: To Find Divinity, Look No Further than the Mirror
369: Drowning in the Shallows: Fabricated Fellowship Explored
367: Faith on Fire: A Family’s Tragedy Becomes a Faith System’s Invitation to Awaken
365: Soul Sisters Unite: Q&A w/ Valerie & Dr. Julie Hanks about Their Faith Journeys
363: The Beautiful Simplicity of Minding our Own Underwear Drawers
361: I'm Sharing My Life with This Stranger?
359: Holy Betrayal: When Men Betray Patriarchal Privilege
357: Hands Off My Soul!
355: Finding Myself in the Wilderness of LDS: A Tale of Vulnerability & Bravery
353: Introducing Latter Day Struggles 2.0: Transcending & Including Mormonism
351: Mormon Momma Turned Maverick
349: LIVE Q&A Recording: Val Talks Politics, Polarization & Peacemaking
347: Public Voices: Navigating an LDS Culture of Quiet Dissent
345: Heavenly Momma Drama: Navigating Fear & Embodying Faith
343: Not Fragile Like a Flower, Fragile Like a Bomb
341: Candid Conversation about Current LDS Patriarchal Structure & its Correlation to Child Abuse Risk
339: Patriarchal Church Structures & Heightened Risk of Violence/Abuse in Marriage
337: Patriarchy & its Connection to LGBTQ+ Violence and Abuse
335: Patriarchy and the Deeply Embedded "Female Fear Factory"
333: Patriarchy & Harm: Proven Connections to Abuse & Violence
331: Why Very Few Shout: "The Emperor Has No Clothes!"
329: The Official Faith Crisis Report: A Backstage Pass with Greg Prince
327: Jesus Eats with "Outcasts" to Embody that HE Knows No Outcast
325: Why Jesus Likely Couldn't Care Less about Church Handbooks & Creeds
323: Sometimes Love Uses a Microphone
321: The Feminine Divine in the Mormon Cosmos with Kathryn Sonntag & Taylor Petrey
319: "Queering" Ideas about Heavenly Mother in the Mormon Cosmos
317: Ideas on a Heaven Large Enough for All Loving Connection
315: Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do
313: Not Willing to be Burned at the Stake Center
312: Why Gender-based Wounds Can Only be Healed in Mixed-Gender Communities
311: By the Mouths of Four Witnesses: Community Healing in LDS Faith Crisis
310: A "Masculine" Man's True Self Journey Home to His Healthy Feminine
308: "I Am Not My Ability to Bear Children": A Tender Journey Towards True Self Discovery
307: On the Process of Awakening to Our Worthiness as the Factory Setting
306: "I Didn't Think Feeling This Safe was Possible in a Group of People"
305: What? I Belong Here No Matter What I Believe?
303: Alone Together: Redefining Masculinity & Femininity to Heal LDS Marriages
301: What Patriarchies Teach Men about Weakness & Vulnerability
299: What Happens When Collaboration & Connection are Neglected at Church
297: Two Wings of the Same Bird: Rediscovering Masculine & Feminine Energies
295: On LDS "Loyalists", "Leavers" & Everyone In Between! with Jana Riess
293: How the Powerhouses on "At Last She Said It" Found Their Backbones & their Voices
291: LDSP CLASSIC! Women Worldwide Vote "Opposed" to Institutional Claims of Female Authority
289: LDSP CLASSIC! Feminine Visions, Divine Love, and Differentiation with Fiona Givens
287: Why Patriarchal Men Cannot Tolerate Critique
285: Why Patriarchal Men See the World Transactionally
283: Patriarchy and its Connection to Low Empathy in Men
281: A Fascinating History of Feminism in the LDS Church
279: Strategies to Heal Mixed-Faith LDS Couples
277: My Faith Journey Actually Made our Marriage Stronger
275: An LDS Marriage in the Valley of the Shadow
273: 6 Crucial Questions When Evaluating Information
271: Introducing a NEW GROUP: Growing up in a Patriarchy!
269: When a Family Trusts Their Mom's Faith Journey
267: Will My Adult Children Reject Me as I Grow?
265: Leaning into the Messy of Uncertainty in Actual Life
263: How you Know You ARE Spiritually Growing Up!
261: Differentiation as Key to Wise Decision Making w/ Dr Julie Hanks
259: Not Fearing Others’ Faith Journeys: A Crucial Conversation with Faith Matters
257: Creating Communities of Unconditional Belonging with Aubrey Chaves
255: Returning to the Cave: Facing Inner & Outer Conflict on the Enlightenment Journey
253: From Darkness to the Light: Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" & Latter-day Saint Faith Journeys
251: Fostering Environments for Growth & Interdependent Thinking in the LDS Church
249: A Modern Map for Psychological Growth in our Latter-day Saint Community
247: Processing Former Spiritual Experiences after LDS Faith Crisis
245: Transaction as the "Pee Wee Level" of True Discipleship with Steve Young
243: Why a Call for Loyalty is a Red Flag
241: How Neuroscience Validates the Need for U.S. Prison Reform with Fiona Givens
239: How Christians Became Sinners with Fiona Givens
237: Near Enemy Behaviors that Creep into Missionary Work & Marriage
235: What is a "Near Enemy" & Why Exposing Near Enemies Matter
233: How Some Religious Teachings May Cause Anxiety & Harm Self Worth
231: Unlearning Beliefs about a Disappointed God to Heal from Scrupulosity
229: Rewriting LDS Women’s History of Motherhood
Bonus!
227: The Harder the Better? with "At Last She Said It!"
225: Finding Feminine Wisdom through the Cycles of Nature w/ Kathryn Sontag
223: Learning to Look at a Tree & Find Both Sides of God w/ Kathryn Sontag
221: Supporting Spiritual & Relational Wellness if Stepping Away from the Church w/ Dr Julie Hanks
219: Challenging Sacrament Exclusion for Any Reason
217: Sacrament Practices Across Time & Spiritual Tradition
215: Musket Fire, Academic Freedom, & Concerns about Scientific Progress at BYU
214: How Women’s Development is Compromised in a Patriarchal System
213: LDS Women Claim Their Worth by Not Engaging in Semantics Games
212: Gender & Opportunity: How Churches Communicate What & Whom they Value
211: Women Worldwide Vote "Opposed" to Institutional Claims of Female Authority
209: Unshackling Shame-LDS Faith Journey Brings Se*ual Healing
207: Healing Ideas & Harmful Ideas about the Use of Scripture
205: Exploring Disaffiliation Family Crisis Because the LDS Church is a ‘Covenant’ Religion
203: When Love, Faith Journeys & Fear Collide in an LDS Family
201: The Church’s Responsibility to See Whom They have Cast Out
199: Redefining God as Fundamental to Healing LDS Faith Crisis
197: A Story of Humanity, Reconciliation, & Spiritual Empowerment w/ Dan Wotherspoon
195: Expanding Truths Through Interfaith Learning w/ Jana Spangler
193: Navigating LDS Activity, Differentiation, & Healthy Boundaries w/ Dr. Julie Hanks
191: Temple Recommend Process as a Forum to Grant/Withhold Spiritual Privileges
189: Temple Worship Throughout the World & in Many Faith Traditions Worldwide
187: Demystifying LDS Hierarchy & Corporate Politics w/ Greg Prince
BONUS: Navigating Mixed-Faith Parenting, Isolation in Faith Crisis, and Decisions to Stay or Go
185: On Science/Faith, Prop 8, LGBTQ+ w/ Greg Prince
183: Progress, Pretense & the Gender Politics of the LDS Chapel Seating Chart
181: Post September Six: One Who Wandered but Was Not Lost w/ Maxine Hanks
179: ‘Women and Authority’: A Feminist Work of Art w/ Maxine Hanks
177: Advocating for Diligent Parents Called “Weak Links”
175. Why Human Suffering is Not Punishment from God w/ Adam Miller
173: Grace as the Original Intention of God-NOT the Backup Plan! w/ Adam Miller
171: Celebrating Lavina Fielding Anderson’s Vision for a More Inclusive Church
167: Raising Kids with a Deep & Broad Spiritual Worldview
165: A Seminary Teacher Who "Gets" What LDS Youth Need to Thrive Spiritually
163: Parenting Adolescents in/around the LDS Church w/ Dr. Julie Hanks
BONUS: FREE Post-General Conference Group Processing Opportunity
161: Young Adults Want the Hard Conversations w/ Patrick Mason
159: LDS University Students Pressured to Not Ask Hard Questions
157: The Spiritual Dangers of Magical Thinking w/ Christian Kimball
155: LDS Church as Neither Magic Kingdom nor Evil Empire w/ Christian Kimball
153: The State of LDS Faith Crisis Ten Years Post 2014 Official “Faith Crisis Report” Research
151: In Search of Mother God w/ Carol Lynn Pearson
149: Sociopolitical Forces that Led to Ezra Taft Benson's "To the Mothers in Zion"
147: Protecting Those on the Margins Out Loud
145: When & Why Diverse People Becomes Marginalized
143: How & Why Some People Oppress Others
141: Gender, Sexuality, & Mormonism's Participation in Modern Politics
139: A History of the Evolving Definition of a Legitimate LDS Marriage
BONUS: How to subscribe to Friday Latter Day Struggles Episodes
137: When 'Quick Conversion' Leads to Attrition Rather than Growth
135: Shrinking Missionary Force Means Shrinking LDS Church
134: Impressive LDS Church Growth in Africa, With some Caveats
133: LDS Growth Not Exponential as Predicted. Why?
131: Choosing Love & Healing Over Silence & Fear
130: More Latter-day Saint stories of overcoming queerphobia
129: How Someone Like You Can (or Maybe Did) Overcome Queerphobia
127: When it Feels Like Your Spouse Chooses the Church over Your Marriage
125: Feminine Visions of Julian of Norwich w/ Fiona Givens
123: A Study of Immature Versus Maturing Spirituality
122: On the LDS Faith Expansion Journey & the Painful Loss of Community
121: On the LDS Faith Expansion Journey & Cynicism Spirals
120: The White Male’s Creation of the White Male God
119: Is Your God Disappointed, Demanding, & Punishing?
118: The Unbelievability of Mystic Texts Throughout Time w/ Paul Toscano
117: The Book of Mormon Was Never about LDS "Truth Claims" w/ Paul Toscano
116: Harm Done in Oversimplifying the Book of Mormon w/ Taylor Petrey
115: The Book of Mormon: Myth or History? w/ Taylor Petrey
114: Exploring Different Interpretations on "Peacemakers Needed" Address
113: A Call for Non-Hierarchical "Grassroots" Revelation w/in the LDS Church
112: When Past & Present Prophecy is Contradictory
111: Processing General Conference During/Post Faith Crisis
110: This Might be One Reason Why Second Hour at Church is Challenging
109: The Slippery Slope of Self Justification
108: Is Your Marriage on Life Support Due to Your Faith Journey? Listen Here for Support!
107: Can a Marriage Survive After one Partner Departs from their Plan of Eternal Orthodoxy?
106. Including Your Queer Self (or Loved One) in God’s Eternal Family Plan
105: When a Too-Small Eternal Family Theology Crumbles around Your Beloved Queer Child
104: How LDS Marriage Theology Complicates Growth Potential for the Mixed-Faith Couple
103: A Single Woman’s Perspective on the LDS Theology of Eternal Marriage
102: Personal Battles with Fear & Shame Due to LDS Eternal Marriage Theology
101: The Personal & Relational Impact of Patriarchy & Eternal Polygamy Theology
100: Unprogramming the Dependency & Gender-Role Based Model of LDS Marriage/Family
99: Does Fear & Shame Motivate Belief & Practice?
98: We do NOT ‘Consider the Matter Closed’—Tithing Wealth, Transparency, & Accountability
97: The Toxic Twin Towers of Patriarchy & Polygamy
96: A Focus on those on the Margins: Gender/Sexual Minorities & Singles
95: Our Primary Task in Life is Not Marriage!
94: Claiming Spiritual & Psychological Agency as Women in/around a Patriarchal Church
93: Understanding a Healthy Dynamic Between Church Leaders & Members
92: Closed Channels of Communication & its Impact on Some LDS Members
91: Ways to Actively Protect & Support our Queer Youth at Church
90: The Sacred Queerness of Dawn, Dusk, & Even Jesus w/ Blair Ostler
89: A Queer Mormon’s Walk through the Valley of the Shadow w/ Blair Ostler
88: God is So Tired of Being an Old White Guy
87: On Superiority Complexes & Christian Nationalism
86: On the Power of Money & Confronting the Cult of Innocence
85: On Colonization, Company Men, & Christianity as an Infant Religion
84: Christianity: Reasons to Stay & Reasons to Leave
83: How Early Faith Crisis Divides the Human Brain
82: The Discomfort of Seeing our Former Self Righteousness
81: Temple Symbolism & the Hero's Journey w/ Jodi England Hansen
80: On Your Faith Journey & Your Many Births, Deaths & Rebirths
79: On Waking up to Constricted Intellectualism & Cognitive Biases
78: On Maturing Spiritually as Parents & Letting Go of Control
77: Answers to Tough Questions about Authentically Navigating LDS Membership w/ Carol Lynn Pearson
76: Two Images of the One God
75: Matriarchal Blessing
74: Jesus Remembered
73: Growing up Godly
72: The Case of the Disappearance of our Mother God
71: I Live in a Motherless House
70: An Hour with Mormonism’s Own Joan of Arc, Carol Lynn Pearson
69: BYU-Idaho Faculty Member & the Current University Climate
68: Former BYU Professor's Arrival at Love over Loyalty
67: Is a Mandate for Unity of Belief Helping or Hurting Us?
66: Se*ual Thoughts, Feelings & Expressions: Tattoos, Piercings
65: Light, Discernment, Media & Pornography Talk
64: Expanding Concepts of Loving Self, Others, & God
63: A Psychological Look at Combative Discourse
62: Jesus was a Model of Christ-Centered Activism
61: Healthy Atonement Theology & the Healing of Lifelong Se*ual Sin
60: Imagine an Atonement Theology Free of Fear, Shame & Hustle
59: What You'll Experience in a Latter Day Struggles Growth & Processing Group
58: We're Not Actually More Special than "the World"
57: Strength of Youth Time Machine
56: Are the Young Women's & Young Men's Themes Healthy Identity Statements?
55: On the Deep Psychological Costs of Institutionalized Queerphobia
54: Why Science May Pressure Policy Change on Homosexuality
53: On Patriarchy & the Feminine Face of God
52: Recommendations to Help Those Suffering in LDS Faith Crisis
51: The Perpetual Cycle of Disaffection in LDS Crisis
50: A Sobering View of Stages of Crisis
49: Who, What & Why of LDS Faith Crisis
48: An Overview of the 2014 Official LDS Faith Crisis Report
47: Processing the Trauma and Grief of Faith Crisis
46: The History & Context of "The Prophet Will Never Lead You Astray"
45: Please Stay in Your Lane, Bishop
44: On Skepticism of Having Your Children Baptized
43: Mormon Women's History & the ERA: A Case of Subservience Over Conscience
42: Why Humans & Latter-day Saints are Lulled by the Status Quo
41: On Paranoia, Misdirected Worship & Image Management
40: On Overstepping on Personal Life Choices
39: On Accountability Struggles, Performance Focus, & Unspoken Rules
38: Standing up Against Chicken Patriarchy
37: The Current Culture of Mandated Missionary Service
36: On the Associated Press's Recent S*x Abuse Underreporting Article
35: The Shadow of Joseph's Polygamy & its Ongoing Institutional Reverberations
34: Sunstone Symposium: A Weekend Experiencing Big-Tent Mormonism at its Finest
33: HIGHEST RATED EPISODE: Stages of Faith Development, Why We are Stuck, How to get Unstuck
32: Honoring One Gay Man's Reasons for Staying
31: On Finally Becoming an "Adult" of God
30: On Finding Our Voices & Advocating for Christ-Like Change
29: On Moving Away from Judgement in the Second Half of Life
28: On the "Cafeteria Approach" to Spirituality & its Value
27: The "If/Then" Temptation: Resisting the Urge to Oversimplify the Complex
26: Dad's Contribution to Mom's Numbness
25: Why Moms Might Feel Numb
24: On Inverted Spiritual Value Systems: Facial Hair, Piercings, etc.
23: PRIDE: On Honoring or Interfering with Another's Essential Identity
22: On Spiritual Rigidity, Word of Wisdom, & Gandhi as a Work in Progress
21: On Temple Marriage & the Weight of Family Tradition
20: Dissent as the Greatest Catalyst of Systemic Integrity
10: On Normalizing & Honoring Separate Faith Journeys in LDS Marriage
19: On Speaking the Truth, Even When My Voice Shakes
18: Why Consent-Only Cultures Do Not Thrive
17: Dissent as Core to Personal Revelation
16: Dissent as the Backbone of Our Spiritual Maturation
15: Dissent as Fundamental to Consent
14: Are We Really Encouraged to Use our Free Agency?
13: Does Disaffiliation Lead to 'Spiritual Death'?
12: Do you Speak Up? Walk Away? Suck it Up? or Check Out?
11: On Feeling Mutual Respect & its Relationship to Strong Leadership
9: On the Harm of Ignoring the Feminine Divine
8: On General Conference, Complicated Feelings & LDS Faith Expansion
7: On Church Callings...Can They be a Problem?
6: On Patriarchy's Impact on Healthy Development
5: On the Value of Doubting Our Doubt
4: On Doubt as Valuable to True Belief
3: On Owning Our Mistakes
2: On "Bad" Thoughts
1: Is Gods Love Contingent on Righteousness?