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Latter Day Struggles

157: The Spiritual Dangers of Magical Thinking w/ Christian Kimball

Latter Day Struggles

Valerie Hamaker

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Religion

4.4721 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: “On the Inside of the Edge” Exploration w/ Christian Kimball [Part III of IV] In this episode Chris and Val talk about dangers of MAGICAL THINKING and how pervasive this is in the LDS church. They discuss how compelling a transactional understanding of life might feel (as all people crave certainty) but how damaging this is when churches offer simple if/then promises that crumble for many of us when things fall apart. What follows failed ...

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0:00.0

Hi, Latter Day struggles, friends and fans.

0:03.1

We know that navigating a faith crisis can feel overwhelming, especially when it impacts our closest relationships, our parents, our partners, and our kids.

0:13.2

That's why Valerie has created two online self-paced classes to help.

0:17.3

The first is a couple's guide to faith crisis and expansion.

0:20.7

This class is here for a partner

0:21.9

or couple who want to navigate faith shifts with mutual respect and deeper connection. Next is

0:26.8

a family's guide to mixed faith parenting. This class offers tools to help parents develop

0:30.7

greater harmony and understanding when belief differences arise within our families. Both classes are

0:35.7

packed with helpful tools and perspectives that can

0:37.9

give you hope and a way forward. So if you're looking for a little guidance on this,

0:41.6

visit laddarday struggles.com to learn more Day Struggles. This is Valerie. So grateful to be with all of you

1:03.7

once again today. And I'm really happy to have my friend here. Chris Kimball. Hello, Chris. How are you today?

1:08.6

I'm just fine. Thank you. No, good to be with you.

1:11.6

It is so much fun to have Chris here on the show. We have been, we're about halfway through

1:17.6

miniseries where we are really digging deep into Chris's book, living on the inside of the edge.

1:23.0

If you have not purchased this book yet, I would invite you to do so. It has been such a good, important

1:28.5

resource for me, just as a human, but also in the work that I do in my groups. I refer to this

1:34.8

fairly often. And it's just for anybody who is trying to learn or think about how to be in a healthy,

1:42.0

adaptive, individuated, or differentiated relationship with the Church of Jesus

1:46.8

Christ of Latterty Saints. It's about how to have an adult-to-adult relationship with the

1:52.3

institution and with people inside of the institution. And so, so far, we have had a lot of fun

1:58.5

talking about breaking the binaries, stopping being

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