Attaching to God: Neuroscience-informed Spiritual Formation
Attaching to God connects relational neuroscience and attachment theory to our life of faith so you can grow into spiritual and relational maturity. Co-host Geoff Holsclaw (PhD, pastor, and professor) and Cyd Holsclaw (PCC, spiritual director, and integrative coach) talk with practitioners, therapists, theologians, and researchers on learning to live with ourselves, others, and God. Get everything in your inbox or on the app: https://www.grassrootschristianity.org/s/embodied-faith
Podcasting since 2021 • 147 episodes
Attaching to God: Neuroscience-informed Spiritual Formation
Latest Episodes
142 When Believing Isn’t Blind, but It Doesn’t have Sight Either
During this Easter week, Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw talk about how we walk by faith, and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7), but that this isn't just blind faith. They discuss walking by faith, emphasizing that Christian faith is relational trust and...
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Season 8
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Episode 142
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141 Exchanging our Emotional Yo-Yos for Jesus's Yes
In this episode of the Attaching to God podcast, Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw explore the ancient Christian “Great Exchange”, that Jesus became what we are so we could become what he is—taking on humanity, sin, weakness, and death to give righteousne...
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Season 8
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Episode 140
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140 How Examined Weakness Becomes Formative (Voices from the Kellia—with David Clayton)
Geoff Holsclaw and regular guest David Clayton continue their monastic series, exploring how “unexamined strength becomes brittle” while "examined weakness becomes formative." Using desert monasticism as a “laboratory of revelation,...
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Season 8
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Episode 140
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139 Why A Doomscrolling World Needs a Return to Joy
Hosts Geoff and Cyd talk about how to return to joy in a doomscrolling world by creating small moments to turn toward God instead of compulsively turning to devices.They explore why people doom scroll—negativity bias, seeking control, do...
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Season 8
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Episode 139
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138 Is Humility Bad For Your Self-Esteem, or Good For Loving Others? (Voices from the Kellia)
In a world of self-promotion, self-esteem, and self-worth, is there a place for Christian humility? What can we learn from the monks of old and how they connected humility to love?Host Geoff Holsclaw welcomes back
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Season 8
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Episode 138
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