Embodied Faith: Neuroscience-informed Spiritual Formation

About Embodied Faith: 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

Publisher

Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw

Category

health & fitness · religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Apr 2021

Latest episode

17 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 142 episodes have a transcript.

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   17 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #136 The One Thing Your Soul Actually Wants

   In this new episode, Geoff and Cyd explore joy as a crucial part of practicing Lent, making Lent worthwhile by creating space for a deeper connection with God. They begin with a gratitude practice, and then reflect on Hebrews 12:1–2 and “the joy set before Jesus" as he endured the cross. They link this to wilderness experiences and the concept of spiritual bypassing. Dive deeper in our new book, Landscapes of the Soul: How the Science and Spirituality of Attachment Can Move You into Confident...

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   3 Mar 2026

   135 Tested with Jesus (3): "Worship Me" and the Attack on Love

   In this final Lent episode on Jesus’ temptations, Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw explore the third temptation as an attack on Jesus’ agency—shifting from anxiety-driven hyperactivation to independence-driven deactivation of attachment. They discuss how modern pressures like hustle culture, comparison, and radical self-reliance can pull people toward building “lesser kingdoms” instead of using their agency to love God and others. Jesus refuses Satan’s offer of power and chooses worship and service to ...

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   24 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   134 Tested with Jesus (2): Attack on Faith and Falling from the Temple

   The Attaching to God podcast continues a three-week Lenten series on the Temptations of Jesus. This episode reframes Jesus’ second temptation as an attack on his secure attachment to the Father—an attack on FAITH, provoking anxiety and testing whether God is really available. Geoff and Cyd talk about all the different reasons we develop “trust issues” and how they come out in our lives. They define faith as embodied reliance and lived loyalty, they share practical examples, and offer a practi...

Inside a recent episode

#136 The One Thing Your Soul Actually Wants

Published 17 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So that's pretty important. Yeah, for sure. And we're not really opposing joy to love. I would think something like joy is just the expression of love. It's the experience that we have. And so we're just trying to put more language around, because sometimes love can sound so vacuous or so abstract. And sometimes it's like, yeah, yeah, I know, I know, love, love, love, love. But it's like, well, no, joy is the experience of being with someone who's glad to be with you, no matter what's going on in your life. You're like, oh, that does sound like love. Well, yeah, that's what we're talking about. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

50 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

30 ratings

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