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2022: Lessons Learned About the Savior Through My Experience With Same-Sex Attraction
Session Description: Having only recently come out and dealing openly with the complexities of same-sex attraction, Dr. Galke has been overwhelmed at how completely the Savior understands him, and...
2022: Finding Belonging & Community as a Gay Man in the Church
Session Description: Belonging and community sometimes don’t come easily if you identify as SSA or LGBT. Tradition and culture, together with shame and trauma, can create frustration for those...
2022: Spouses
Session Description: Come sit with spouses of those who experience same-sex attraction. During this session we will share about struggles and triumphs in our relationships. Whether you are a husband...
2022: Building & Maintaining Connections with Your LGBTQ+ Child
Session Description: It can be hard to balance the desire to love and support a child with a unique journey and your desire to cling to and teach true doctrine, especially when it feels like those...
2022: Life in Recovery: Dealing with Pornography & Addictions
Session Description: We will explore: How sexual, pornography, and romantic addictions can differ from other addictions; How these types of addictions tend to affect women differently than men; How...
2022: Creating Safe Spaces for LGBT/SSA Saints
Session Description: How do we create safe spaces for LGBTQ/SSA Latter-day Saints? The General Handbook states: “The Church encourages families and members to reach out with sensitivity, love, and...
2022: Naming & Caring for Male Body Shame
Session Description: Gay men are twice as likely as straight women to struggle with an eating disorder or subclinical levels of body shame, yet that shame keeps us from naming our pain and attending...
2022: Influences of Gender
Session Description: Gender affects all of us as a relational way to connect with one another. We will discuss a broad view of gender as expressed through masculinity and femininity, explore what...
2022: Parents of Gender Identity – Connecting With Each Other for Support & Understanding
Session Description: This closed door session is for parents of children who experience gender dysphoria. This is a time to ask questions and share experiences as we connect with each other. Parents...
2022: Evolving From Limiting Anxiety to the Great Calm
Session Description: Are you ready to evolve from limiting anxiety to limitless mental and physical transformational healing? Do you worry about the future and agonize over the past? Are you on...