Logo with three horizontal lines, the words 'Lift + Love' with a rainbow-colored heart replacing the 'o' in 'Love', and the tagline 'Strengthening Latter-Day Saint LGBTQ Individuals & Families'.

SYTSKE WOODHOUSE JR

MAINSTAGE PRESENTER

Sytske Woodhouse is a lesbian, a woman of faith, a girlfriend, and a life coach passionate about helping LGBTQ+ individuals navigate the intersections of sexuality, spirituality, identity, and belonging. Living at the intersection of these identities herself, she understands the vulnerability, complexity, grief, and beauty of navigating a path that doesn’t always fit the narratives we’ve been given. Her own journey has deepened her commitment to helping others question inherited beliefs, move beyond shame, and discover a more compassionate relationship with themselves, their faith, and their capacity to love.

At the heart of her work is a belief that many of our deepest struggles arise not because parts of us are inherently wrong, but because we have learned that certain parts must be hidden, silenced, or sacrificed in order to be accepted, loved, and safe. We become caught in a conflict between who we are and who we believe we must be. She observes that peace becomes possible when we no longer have to fight against ourselves to feel worthy of love and belonging.

Her approach is both compassionate and paradigm-shifting, inviting people to question whether the choices they’ve been given are the only choices available. Rather than prescribing a particular path, she creates space for people to reconnect with their own inner wisdom, discover what integrity means to them, and build lives that reflect their deepest values and truest selves.

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