# 447: Why We Stay Small & Hide our Greatest Strengths from the World

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Podcast: [Latter Day Struggles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/latter-day-struggles-5189030)
Published: 2026-06-29T15:00:00+00:00
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Send us a Positive Review! In this episode, Valerie & colleague Jana Spangler are guests on Dan Wotherspoon's Latter Day Faith podcast where they talk about a little known version of the human shadow. Many of us know about the 'classic shadow'...you know...parts of ourselves that we are ashamed of and seek to hide. What about parts of ourselves that we also hide...even though they are our our strengths, our superpowers and even manifestations of our unique spiritual gifts &am...

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