Episode 119: Healing Ideas about God's Nature that Hurt Us

In this episode Valerie is guest on Brannon Patrick's new podcast "The Brannon Patrick Show” where he invites her to dive into a two-part conversation about how some of our received ideas about God may hurt us here in and around the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 

These harmful [though possibly unintended] ideas includes the following:

God is unapproachable until we are worthy enough and we need an intermediary to protect us from him

We increase in lovability according to our righteousness

Fear of God’s anger or disappointment is an effective motivator for obedience

Pressure to “follow the covenant path” creates a high anxiety relationship with self, others, and God as well as a low sense of personal confidence,  autonomy, struggles with perfectionism, and struggles with shame.

In response to these fraught ideas about God, Val and Brannon talk about how a new understanding of God can heal us both psychologically and spiritual.  They discuss the following:

The only motivation that is transformative in our growth and development is love

Mistakes do not estrange us from God, they draw us towards God, provide experiential learning, embodied growth, and compassion for others’ struggles

Our natural disposition is towards goodness

When we experience ourselves as lovable, we simply become more of who we always were and therefore fear and shame have no healthy part in our life’s experiences

God blesses every part of our personal journey

Spiritual maturity creates resilience and decreasing need for validation

Next episode in this 2-part series:  Overcoming our Old-White-Guy-in-the-Sky Programming.

To check out Brannon’s new podcast:

The Brannon Patrick Show

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