323: Sometimes Love Uses a Microphone

Latter Day Struggles

Valerie Hamaker

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

4.4 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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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 t...

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0:00.0	Hey there, friends. Did you know Valerie and her counseling team offer one-on-one consultations?
0:05.6	Sometimes we just need focused, personalized support without the commitment of ongoing therapy or the pressure of a group setting.
0:12.8	That's exactly what these one-on-one sessions are for. A safe, informed space to process your story on your terms.
0:19.9	Life can be hard. Talking helps. If you're ready to take
0:23.0	the next step, follow the link to consultations in the show notes or visit laterday struggles.com.
0:45.0	Welcome everyone to today's episode of Beyond the Shadow of Doubt. I'm Megan Skidmore,
0:51.4	your host, and so excited to introduce you to Valerie Hammaker. Many of you who are listening,
0:54.4	I am sure will know who Valerie is.
0:58.6	And I feel really privileged to get to have this one-on-one conversation with you.
1:04.6	Full disclosure, I joined one of your faith, we'll call it transition groups.
1:06.2	Faith expansion.
1:07.2	Expansion.
1:07.7	Okay.
1:08.3	Yes.
1:10.0	That's actually how I described my journey.
1:31.1	So that fits so much for me. It's been, I was adding it up actually. It's been close to two years ago now. And you have been a huge blessing to so many in this space. And so I love that you're able to come on and share with others about your own faith journey.
1:40.9	Sometimes that opportunity isn't so available to those that are in this space kind of advocating,
1:46.8	sharing, being a support in various ways. You have your own podcast,
1:54.6	Latter Day Struggles podcast. You have groups, as I've mentioned. And so I love when I'm able to have these conversations and get to know folks and their own personal stories.
2:01.2	Like I recently got to interview Emily Call and Ashley Sanders of That's Church podcast.
2:08.7	They were able to share some things that they hadn't yet on their own.
2:11.5	So I'm selfishly hoping we get to know a little bit, a little bit more about you, Valerie. So welcome and thank you so much
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