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Latter Day Struggles

Valerie Hamaker

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

4.4 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Living in a World of Hypernormalization [Part I of II] In this episode Val shares an update about how she is processing the recent events of her and Nathan's forced resignation in the face of excommunication by looking at this both as a personal issue for them but also plays with the idea that they are playing a symbolic role in a much larger narrative that is unfolding and colliding in both conservative Christian AND conservative political spaces and ...

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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.
0:57.2	Hey, everybody. Welcome to Latter Day Struggles. This is your host. Valerie, I am so excited to be here with each of you today. I'm excited to report that, well, when I, at the moment of this recording, it is, hmm, it's about six weeks post Valerie and Nathan Hamaker resignation drama. And I'm happy to report things have for the most part settled
1:03.6	down. And I'm just kind of happy to be here recording a podcast with you all. I have not done a lot of
1:10.5	recording for this show just because
1:12.2	I have been a guest on, I don't know, somewhere at least a dozen episodes in a variety
1:19.4	of different places. And that has been a lot of fun. And I have had a chance to actually kind of
1:24.2	process what I've been through with a lot of very, very kind and loving
1:28.4	and generous podcasters across the, I don't know, across the podcasting landscape.
1:33.9	So anyways, things have slowed down.
1:36.4	And before I even start jumping into this content that we're going to be talking about
1:42.1	both today and next time, I just wanted to offer my my profound love and gratitude and a deep appreciation to so many of you out there
1:49.5	who have reached out and some of you are continuing to reach out and just share love and
1:56.4	support. And you probably cannot ever appreciate fully what this has meant to me and to Nathan.
2:05.0	I anticipated we would get some TLC from people that we know closely, especially people that I
2:12.4	know personally, those with whom I have worked directly, but I could not have anticipated
2:16.4	the flood of love and support
2:18.5	from people all over the world. For you acknowledging the good that we're doing, I'm going to get
2:25.6	started right off the bat, getting emotional. But anyhow, I just, I'm grateful for you. And I think
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