Best Rootwork Podcasts (2025)

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🔒 322: How Rootwork Brings us to Deep Kinship in this World & in the Mormon Cosmos w/ Kathryn Sonntag & Taylor Petrey 47:04

11d ago47:04

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Look into the Minds of Creators of The Mother Tree & Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part II of II] In this continuation of our conversation about modern Mormon feminist scholarship, Taylor and Kathryn riff about various schools of thought regarding the heavenly roll of a fem…

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325: Why Jesus Likely Couldn't Care Less about Church Handbooks & Creeds 38:34

1d ago38:34

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Transcending Church Rules on the Path Towards Genuine Christlike Discipleship w/Russ Hinckley Part I of IV Welcome to a beautiful series featuring guest author Russ Hinkley (who doesn't mind being referred to as Mr. Susan Hinkley of the "At Last She Said It" podcast) where Val and Russ explore his book "Beyo…

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🔒 324: Office Hours: Shifting the Focus from Abortion to Preventing Unwanted Pregnancy 1:00:18

4d ago1:00:18

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! In this timely conversation Valerie tackles Elder Anderson's recent general conference talk on abortion. In one hour she goes from the macro issue of abortion itself and offers some thought-provoking concepts about NOT focusing on abortion and instead focusing on how abortion is the prevailing solu…

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323: Sometimes Love Uses a Microphone 57:48

8d ago57:48

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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 h…

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321: The Feminine Divine in the Mormon Cosmos with Kathryn Sonntag & Taylor Petrey 57:08

15d ago57:08

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Look into the Minds of Creators of The Mother Tree & Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part I of II] Why is my job the very best? Because I get to sit down with two of the kindest, more brilliant and beautiful souls out there--Kathryn Sonntag and Taylor Petrey-- to facilitate a conversation about all …

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🔒 320: "Queering" the Garden Narrative in the Mormon Cosmos 1:08:16

18d ago1:08:16

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part IV of IV] Here's one final mindblowing conversation that will definitely leave you thinking "I never thought of the garden narrative THAT way! In this episode Taylor and Val pe…

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319: "Queering" Ideas about Heavenly Mother in the Mormon Cosmos 44:12

22d ago44:12

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part III of IV] One definition of "queering" that Taylor uses in his book is to complicate or expand--and this episode does just that in the realm of the feminine divine. Buckle up as Taylor and Val walk t…

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🔒 318: "Queering" Ideas about the Godhead in the Mormon Cosmos 45:41

25d ago45:41

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part II of IV] Get ready to have your mind blown just a little more as Taylor walks Val through more expansive ideas around a heaven that privileges "kinship" over all other types o…

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317: Ideas on a Heaven Large Enough for All Loving Connection 34:35

29d ago34:35

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: A Deep Dive into the Fascinating Cosmos Found in Taylor Petrey's Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos [Part I of IV] In this episode Val and guest scholar and author Taylor Petrey set this series up by walking through the focus of Taylor's phenomenal new book, Queering Kinship in the Mormon Cosmos. They set…

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🔒 316: "Office Hours" Exclusive: When Faith Crisis Destabilizes the LDS Marriage 51:47

1M ago51:47

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! In this Office Hours live session, members of the Latter Day Struggles community are asking their questions and Valerie brings her encouraging responses. Since February is the month where love is celebrated, this conversation centers around marriage, partnership and navigating the sometimes tumultu…

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315: Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do 1:22:05

1M ago1:22:05

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Valerie & Nathan Hamaker Forced Resignation from the LDS Church [Part III of III] In this final episode detailing the tough events of Val and Nathan's last year trying to collaborate with their local priesthood leaders, they share why they chose to resign their membership instead of experiencing a disciplina…

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🔒 314: Devoted Listener/Supporter Q&A on Hamaker Forced Resignation 1:00:45

1M ago1:00:45

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Valerie & Nathan Hamaker Forced Resignation from the LDS Church [Part II of III] Join Val & Nathan in this episode answering questions that came in from listeners following their public announcement regarding their forced resignation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint…

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313: Not Willing to be Burned at the Stake Center 2:10:16

1M ago2:10:16

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Valerie & Nathan Hamaker Forced Resignation from the LDS Church [Part I of III] Please join Valerie & Nathan in this tough 3-part conversation sharing the events that led to what felt to them like their forced resignation from LDS Church this past week. In today’s episode Val and Nathan walk through a timeli…

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312: Why Gender-based Wounds Can Only be Healed in Mixed-Gender Communities 58:32

2M ago58:32

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part VIII of VIII] Join Valerie in the final episode of a series exploring the beauty of community healing in the context of an LDS faith crisis. In this episode you will meet two current members of Valerie'…

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311: By the Mouths of Four Witnesses: Community Healing in LDS Faith Crisis 1:04:17

2M ago1:04:17

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part VII of VIII] Join Valerie and four amazing guests who get really brave speaking about their LDS faith journey as they become acquainted with the concept of true community. In this episode Val invites tw…

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310: A "Masculine" Man's True Self Journey Home to His Healthy Feminine 46:02

2M ago46:02

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part VI of VIII] In this Friday episode you will meet Leo, another fellow listener to the Latter Day Struggles podcast and an ongoing participant in Valerie's healing communities. Leo and Val talk about Leo'…

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309: Love of Others Begins with Finding Unshakable Goodness Within 39:11

2M ago39:11

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Send us a Positive Review! Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part V of VIII] In this beautiful episode I welcome Devin (another graduate of my faith expansion growth and processing group) who was willing to share his experiences coming into deep connection with his true self as the…

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308: "I Am Not My Ability to Bear Children": A Tender Journey Towards True Self Discovery 40:00

2M ago40:00

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part IV of VIII] Join Val in this beautiful episode with guest Joy, who shares some tender elements of her faith journey which began long before joining one of the growth & processing communities. Val and Jo…

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307: On the Process of Awakening to Our Worthiness as the Factory Setting 54:54

2M ago54:54

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part III of VIII] In this episode, Valerie and Nathan set the stage for why those who commit themselves to Val's healing groups say that what they learn about the concept of the "true self" can be life chang…

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306: "I Didn't Think Feeling This Safe was Possible in a Group of People" 53:56

2M ago53:56

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part II of VIII] In today's episode Val and Nathan go deeper into what they have learned about the unique healing process of faith and trust crisis connected to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint…

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305: What? I Belong Here No Matter What I Believe? 47:06

2M ago47:06

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Community Healing: How our Greatest Wounds & our Greatest Healing Happens through Human Relationship [Part I of VIII] The LDS faith journey is not an 'individual sport' and although some of us try, we realize that it can't really be done alone. In this episode Val and Nathan walk you through why so many of u…

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🔒 304: The Invisible Cage: Patriarchy's Invisible Toll on Male True Self Development 45:24

2M ago45:24

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: The Profound Impact of Feminine Suppression on Men & their Churches [Part VIII of VIII] This is the final episode in a groundbreaking series diving deeply into what a lack of the feminine looks like in both LDS men and the LDS church itself. This episode explores the profound ways in …

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303: Alone Together: Redefining Masculinity & Femininity to Heal LDS Marriages 44:20

3M ago44:20

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: The Profound Impact of Feminine Suppression on Men & their Churches [Part VII of VIII] In this episode Valerie and Nathan get personal as they share their marriage journey awakening to the impact that patriarchal influences had on their ability to connect and really grow closer as a couple and family. They c…

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🔒 302: When Patriarchal Little Boys are Taught Not to Feel 44:41

3M ago44:41

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: The Profound Impact of Feminine Suppression on Men & Their Churches [Part VI of VIII]] In this heart-to-heart episode of Latter Day Struggles, Val and Nathan delve into the profound effects of patriarchal conditioning and its impact on men's abilities to become relationally and emotio…

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Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – February 2025 22:12

3M ago22:12

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Planets on ParadeBy Cory & Laine

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301: What Patriarchies Teach Men about Weakness & Vulnerability 48:08

3M ago48:08

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: The Profound Impact of Feminine Suppression on Men & their Churches [Part V of VIII]. In this compelling episode Valerie and Nathan delve deep into the subtleties of benevolent patriarchy and how it places harmful pressures on men. They explore the unrealistic expectations for men to always be strong, the em…

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🔒 300: Unraveling the Patriarchal Male Superiority Complex 44:22

3M ago44:22

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! In this enlightening episode, Valerie and Nathan tackle another tough but important topic: the insidious issue of the male superiority complex fostered by systemic patriarchy. They discuss how patriarchal structures teach boys and men, both subtly and explicitly, that they are superior to women, im…

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Special Episode – Festival of the Snake 40:54

3M ago40:54

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Slither into a New YearBy Cory & Laine

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299: What Happens When Collaboration & Connection are Neglected at Church 44:17

3M ago44:17

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: The Profound Impact of Feminine Suppression on Men & their Churches [Part III of VIII] Glad you're back! In this episode Valerie and Nathan delve into the impact that the overemphasis on masculine energy has on the ideas and practices within the LDS church because it is an institutional patriarchy. Today the…

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🔒 298: Subtle but Profound Examples of Hyper-Masculine Energy within the Church 48:05

3M ago48:05

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: The Profound Impact of Feminine Suppression on Men and their Churches [Part II of VIII] In this episode Val and Nathan move from the theoretical to the practical and talk about what it actually looks like on the ground when divine masculine and feminine energies are not appreciated, b…

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297: Two Wings of the Same Bird: Rediscovering Masculine & Feminine Energies 49:20

3M ago49:20

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: The Profound Impact of Feminine Suppression on Men and their Churches [Part I of VIII] Val and Nathan's series tackling the common traits connecting psychologically/spiritually underdeveloped people with men strongly socialized in a patriarchy went NUTS in response, shares, and downloads (episodes 283-288) a…

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🔒 296: Are You a Bridge Between the LDS "Loyalist" & the "Leaver"? 1:05:02

3M ago1:05:02

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Cutting Edge Research on the LDS Faith Journey Experience [Part II of II] In this series' second half with the amazing author and researcher Jana Riess, you won't be disappointed in an abundance of aha moments and things to ponder after the closing music. Val and Jana delve deeply int…

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295: On LDS "Loyalists", "Leavers" & Everyone In Between! with Jana Riess 42:42

4M ago42:42

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Cutting Edge Research on the LDS Faith Journey Experience [Part I of II] You're in for a wonderful two episodes here as Valerie welcomes researcher and author Jana Reiss for a conversation brimming with details about Jana's current project (a forthcoming book!) centered around the diverse personal experience…

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Episode 256 – Rooted Folk Magic with Frankie Anne Castanea 50:23

4M ago50:23

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Of Veils and PolesBy Cory & Laine

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🔒 294: "Office Hours" Exclusive: Celebrating the Holidays on the Edge of the Inside 49:50

4M ago49:50

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! In this recording of the December's Office Hours special event offered to all of our "Full Content" Family of Listeners, Valerie answers a variety of questions from several listeners anxious about holiday events in the throes of the LDS faith journey. During the holidays (or any family event surrou…

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293: How the Powerhouses on "At Last She Said It" Found Their Backbones & their Voices 1:04:06

4M ago1:04:06

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Send us a Positive Review! When someone starts a podcast in the LDS faith journey space, one question that is often asked is this: "Have You ALWAYS had this much courage?" Join Valerie in this episode as she asks this question to friends and colleagues Susan and Cynthia of "At Last She Said It". In this episode Susan & Cynthia share very different …

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🔒 292: LDSP CLASSIC! The Impact of Female Development in a Patriarchal Structure 1:06:41

4M ago1:06:41

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Happy holidays Latter Day Struggles listeners! For the next four episodes you will enjoy a few "Classic" episodes that have received some of the highest number of downloads and waves of feedback that these are among some of the most impactful episodes for many listeners. Also, as a way to share my …

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Special Episode – Folk Magician’s Notebook – January 2025 40:47

4M ago40:47

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Ashes and AgnesesBy Cory & Laine

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291: LDSP CLASSIC! Women Worldwide Vote "Opposed" to Institutional Claims of Female Authority 1:30:20

4M ago1:30:20

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Send us a Positive Review! Happy holidays Latter Day Struggles listeners! For the next four episodes you will enjoy a few "Classic" episodes that have received some of the highest number of downloads and waves of feedback that these are among some of the most impactful episodes for many listeners. Also, as a way to share my love and gratitude for a…

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🔒 290: LDSP CLASSIC! Glimpse into the Spiritual Journey of LDS Theologian Fiona Givens 44:58

4M ago44:58

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Happy holidays Latter Day Struggles listeners! For the next four episodes you will enjoy a few "Classic" episodes that have received some of the highest number of downloads and waves of feedback that these are among some of the most impactful episodes for many listeners. Also, as a way to share my …

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289: LDSP CLASSIC! Feminine Visions, Divine Love, and Differentiation with Fiona Givens 1:18:38

4M ago1:18:38

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Send us a Positive Review! Happy holidays Latter Day Struggles listeners! For the next four episodes you will enjoy a few "Classic" episodes that have received some of the highest number of downloads and waves of feedback that these are among some of the most impactful episodes for many listeners. Also, as a way to share my love and gratitude for a…

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Episode 255 – Yuletide Cheer! 2024 48:41

4M ago48:41

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Wassail! Wassail! All over the town!By Cory & Laine

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🔒 288: Helping LDS Men Become Who They are Capable of Becoming 38:51

4M ago38:51

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: The Shocking Correlation Between Men Socialized in Patriarchies & Emotional Underdevelopment [Part VI of VI] In this final episode of this incredibly important six-part series, Valerie and Nathan focus on why an education on patriarchy's impact on the spiritual and psychological souls…

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287: Why Patriarchal Men Cannot Tolerate Critique 42:56

4M ago42:56

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: The Shocking Correlation Between Men Socialized in Patriarchies & Psychological/Spiritual Underdevelopment [Part V of VI] In this episode, Valerie and Nathan continue to discuss how being spiritually formed in a patriarchy negatively affects men. This episode highlights how being raised in this "power-over m…

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Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour: Fixing Gifts with Mama Vergi of AIRR 12/15/24 1:30:00

4M ago1:30:00

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The Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour is a real, live call-in show where the general public gets a chance to ask about actual problems with love, career, and spiritual protection, and we recommend and fully describe hoodoo rootwork spells to address, ameliorate, and remediate their issues. We begin this show with a Tutorial on Fixing Gifts. You will …

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🔒 286: Why Patriarchal Men Struggle Giving and Receiving Love 40:39

5M ago40:39

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Subscriber-only episode Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: The Shocking Correlation Between Men Socialized in Patriarchies & Psychological/Spiritual Underdevelopment [Part IV of VI] In this episode, Valerie and Nathan continue their exploration of how patriarchy harms men by discussing the overlap between emotional underdevelopment and patria…

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285: Why Patriarchal Men See the World Transactionally 43:55

5M ago43:55

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Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: The Shocking Correlation Between Men Socialized in Patriarchies & Psychological/Spiritual Underdevelopment [Part III of VI] In this episode Valerie and Nathan continue to explore how patriarchal systems can negatively impact the spiritual and psychological development of men. They discuss why patriarchal men…

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Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour: New Year's Magic with Mama E. of AIRR 12/8/24 1:30:00

5M ago1:30:00

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The Lucky Mojo Hoodoo Rootwork Hour is a real, live call-in show where the general public gets a chance to ask about actual problems with love, career, and spiritual protection, and we recommend and fully describe hoodoo rootwork spells to address, ameliorate, and remediate their issues. We begin this show with a Tutorial on New Year's Magic. You w…