God Attachment Healing

Send Me Questions on Attachment Your anxiety might not be “too much emotion” it might be an attachment alarm that learned to expect rejection, abandonment, or being overlooked. Dr. Landa sits down with therapist Trevor Hanson to name those fears clearly, separate anxious attachment from generalized anxiety, and get honest about why logic alone rarely changes the way we show up in love. Trevor shar...

Send Me Questions on Attachment Calling every painful moment “trauma” can feel validating, but it can also train your mind to interpret normal stress like an emergency. We unpack that tension head-on by defining trauma in a clear clinical sense, exploring where “small t trauma” fits, and explaining why the language we choose can shape identity, relationships, and resilience over time. We also zoom...

Send Me Questions on Attachment A secret doesn’t stay small for long. When one partner is hiding pornography use or sexual addiction, the damage shows up everywhere: emotional distance, confusion, defensiveness, and that aching sense that you’re married to someone you can’t fully reach. We wanted to name that reality clearly and still hold out real hope, so we invited Matthew and Joanna Raabsmith...

Send Me Questions on Attachment If your spiritual life depends on how moved you feel on Sunday, you might be building your faith on weather instead of rock. We sit down with Dr. Tim Yonts to name a problem many Christians sense but struggle to describe: emotionalism in Christianity, where feelings become the test of truth, the proof God is present, or the reason we stay or leave.  We get specific...

Send Me Questions on Attachment If you’ve ever thought, “I know the right things about God, so why don’t I feel close to Him?” you’re not alone. That tension sits right at the crossroads of God attachment, church hurt, and spiritual maturity, and it’s exactly where this conversation goes. I’m joined by Dr. Tim Yonts, a theologian and ethics professor with a background that includes growing up in a...

Send Me Questions on Attachment Addiction doesn’t usually start with rebellion. It starts with relief. Then relief turns into compulsion, and compulsion starts stealing your joy, your relationships, and even your sense of who you are. I sit down with my friend and colleague, Louis Alvey, an addictions clinician and soon-to-be Dr. Alvey, to put clear words to what so many people live in silence: do...

Send Me Questions on Attachment The “psychology vs theology” fight sounds serious until you realize it often hurts the very people we’re trying to serve. I’m joined by Dr. Jichan Kim, associate professor of psychology at Liberty University and a researcher in forgiveness psychology, to map out a better way: a thoughtful integration of Christian theology, philosophy, and psychological science that...

Send Me Questions on Attachment Rejection doesn’t just hurt. For someone with anxious attachment, it can hijack your story about who you are. We got a listener question from Jameson in North Carolina: he asked a girl out, she turned him down, and now he keeps seeing her at church groups. The hardest part isn’t the no, it’s the constant reminder and the lingering feelings that won’t switch off. We...

Send Me Questions on Attachment Some stories force a question most of us try to avoid: what do you do with God after life takes something you can’t replace? Ashley Glader joins me to share a journey marked by layered loss, starting with her brother’s death in the Columbine shooting when she was 11, and continuing years later with the medical crisis of her newborn son, months in the NICU and PICU,...

Send Me Questions on Attachment Everyone seems to have an opinion about Jesus right now, but the hard question is the one most of us avoid: are we following the real Jesus or a version we’ve edited to fit our preferences? Sam sits down with Ryan Shieh, author of Counterfeit Christianity and a teacher of evangelism at Liberty University’s School of Divinity, to unpack how cultural Christianity crea...

Send Me Questions on Attachment Prayer can sound like a constant stream of words, worries, and requests but what happens when we actually expect a relationship on the other end of the conversation? I sit down again with therapist Maggie McCane to connect everyday communication skills to something many of us forget to practice: communicating with God in a way that builds trust, closeness, and spiri...

Send Me Questions on Attachment What if the secret to fewer fights isn’t better arguments, but better timing, safety, and words that actually fit what you feel? We sat down with licensed clinical social worker Maggie McCane to break down communication that heals—starting with self-awareness and moving all the way to how faith communities handle shame and support. We begin with a simple shift that...

Send Me Questions on Attachment Doubt, distance, and disappointment don’t have to be the end of your faith story. They can be the door back to a deeper, sturdier life with God. Today we sit down with pastor and church planter Patrick Hubbard to explore deconstruction with nuance—naming real wounds, clarifying core doctrines, and recovering the kind of church life that quietly forms people over tim...

Send Me Questions on Attachment A cracked façade can still shine on Instagram, but it cannot carry a soul. Elysse joins us to peel back the layers of anxious attachment, approval chasing, and meticulously controlled routines that unraveled into a full-blown mental breakdown and an involuntary hospital stay. What followed wasn’t a polished comeback; it was a raw surrender that reframed pain as lovi...

Send Me Questions on Attachment What if our arguments about politics, ethics, and identity are symptoms of a deeper amnesia about what a human being is? We sat down with ethicist and professor Jason Glen to rethink the Image of God from the ground up—why it matters now, where classic theology helps, and how a richer view can heal the way we live, lead, and speak. We unpack three major angles that...

Send Me Questions on Attachment What if the Bible’s clearest portrait of God starts with compassion, not condemnation? We sit down with Dr. Gary Yates—professor and pastor—to trace a through-line of mercy and comfort running from Sinai to the Psalms, and all the way through exile and return. Beginning with Exodus 34, where God introduces himself as merciful and gracious, slow to anger and aboundin...

Send Me Questions on Attachment When faith and harm collide, the quiet question under the surface is often the hardest: why would God allow this? We sit down with therapist Carley Marcouillier to name moral injury, trace the subtle red flags of spiritual abuse, and map a steady, humane path back to safety and a secure attachment to God. This is not a takedown; it’s a toolkit for survivors, friends...

Send Me Questions on Attachment Ever been told to “just get over it” when church wounds still ache in your body? We sit down with therapist Carley Marcouillier to unpack spiritual abuse and religious trauma with clarity and compassion—naming how coercion, control, and scripture misuse can fracture trust in God and community. Instead of dismissing pain as church hurt, we explore a fuller frame: tra...

Send Me Questions on Attachment A bigger crowd doesn’t mean a brighter lampstand. We dive into the seven churches in Revelation to uncover what faithfulness looks like right now: encouragement for the steady, warnings for the compromised, and hope for those who feel lukewarm or misled. With Dr. Paul Cooke, we explore how ancient letters expose today’s soft doctrines, from antinomianism to the pros...

Send Me Questions on Attachment What if your hunger for God is influenced by mistaking a bad shepherd for a good one, and you don't even realize it? That’s the tension Dr. Paul Cooke lived for nine years inside a communal Christian movement that slowly shifted from gospel language to leader loyalty. He walks us through the moments that felt noble, the verses that sounded convincing, and the t...

Send Me Questions on Attachment What if your relationship with God could actually change how your nervous system handles stress, grief, and trauma? We close the year by wrestling with two essential questions: does a secure attachment to God reduce distress, and how do we move toward that security in the real world of loss, pressure, and unanswered prayers. Drawing on research, lived experience, an...

Send Me Questions on Attachment Ever feel like you’re doing everything “right” and still can’t shake the sense that God is far away? We dig into three core questions many Christians carry in secret: why we can feel anxious or avoidant with a God we call our secure base, how early attachment wounds color our view of His heart, and what’s going on when faithful practices don’t translate into felt cl...

Send Me Questions on Attachment Fear knows how to sound reasonable. It hides inside “what if” spirals, budget math that never adds up, and prayers that feel stuck on repeat. We sat down with prophetic healing coach Heather O’Brien to ask a bold question: what if fear isn’t the root at all, but a symptom pointing to what we believe about God’s character and our worth? We trace the crucial differenc...

Send Me Questions on Attachment Your anxiety isn’t random noise; it’s an alarm. The real question is what it’s warning you about. We explore the line between general anxiety and anxious attachment, showing how one spreads across life’s domains while the other flares when intimacy gets close enough to test old maps. With clear definitions of GAD, social anxiety, separation anxiety, and panic attack...

Send Me Questions on Attachment What if healing doesn’t happen in isolation, but in the friction and tenderness of a committed relationship? We take a clear-eyed look at why romantic commitment can catalyze growth in ways friendship and mentorship rarely reach, and how that truth fits with a robust, Christ-centered life. Starting in Genesis, we revisit the line “it is not good that man should be a...