Landscapes of the Soul: How the Science and Spirituality of Attachment Can Move You into Confident Faith, Courage, and Connection
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Does it feel like you experience life in a totally different way than others?
Like you are living somewhere else, and you can’t build connection or intimacy with God like others can?
There’s a good chance that you, like so many of us, have tried it all:
Read your Bible more, gone to church more, prayed more, and delved deeper into self-awareness. But you still struggle with discontent, anxiety, avoidance and doubt. You still feel stuck.
Whether you feel like you’re living in a spiritual jungle, desert, or war zone, in Landscapes of the Soul: How the Science and Spirituality of Attachment Can Move You into Confident Faith, Courage, and Connection, you will discover:
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how you are designed to grow good roots through healthy relational attachment
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how things go wrong through your often-distorted survival strategies
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how God repairs your faith, hope, and love for Him, others, and ourselves
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how Jesus quiets your anxious and avoidant faith
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how to incorporate practices for building your security with God
You aren’t meant to live in the anxiety of a jungle, the desolation of a desert, or the chaos of a war zone. God designed you to live in joy and peace in relationship with Him, as if you are in a pasture, under the protective care of the Good Shepherd.
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No matter where you find yourself emotionally, relationally, or spiritually, Jesus meets you there and helps you move toward a place of peace and rest.
God designed you for peace and joy.
Let's get back there together!
Landscapes of the Soul: How the Science and Spirituality of Attachment Can Move You into Confident Faith, Courage, and Connection is available now wherever books are sold, including your independent bookseller, Tyndale, Amazon, Audible, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, ChristianBook, and Books-A-Million.
what people are saying...
Dan White, cofounder of the KINEO center and author of Love Over Fear
“This book doesn't merely add to the cannon of spiritual formation, it absolutely breaks new ground! Landscapes of the Soul is a breakthrough resource."
Chuck DeGroat, PhD, therapist, professor, and author of When Narcissism Comes to Church
"It's rare to find a book with such pastoral wisdom, psychological depth, and theological substance. This book is deep but accessible. I hope it's read widely!"
Mandy Smith, pastor and author of Confessions of an Amateur Saint and Unfettered
"It's easy to bring the pain of human relationships into our relationship with God. In this practical guide, the Holsclaws invite Jesus into our experiences of disorded attachment to offer healing and hope."
Landscapes of the Soul
Table of Contents
1 : Surviving Trauma and Hoping for Change
PART 1: Good Roots: Designed to Attach
2 : One Desire: Joyful Connection
3 : Two Dimensions: Intimacy and Independence
4 : Three Defaults: Faith, Hope, Love
Interlude: Where You Are
PART 2: Gone Wrong: Distorted Attachments
5 : Jungle God: An Anxious Faith
6 : Desert God: An Avoidant Faith
7 : War Zone God: A Fearful Faith
8 : Pasture God
Interlude: Moving from Where You Are
PART 3: God’s Repair: Deeply Attached
9 : Baptized with Jesus: Encountering Joy
10 : Walking with Jesus: Building Intimacy and Independence
11 : Tested with Jesus: Forming Faith, Hope, and Love
12 : Dying with Jesus: Deconstructing Insecure Attachments
13 : Living with Jesus: Loving God, Loving for Others
Meet the Authors
Moving forward from their own DEEP WOUNDS and DISCONNECTED PATTERNS, Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw began learning about how our minds, memories, and bodies can keep us trapped in the past and fearful about the future—in our relationships and spirituality.
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Both Geoff and Cyd have been in pastoral ministry for over 20 years.
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Co-authors of Does God Really Like Me? Discovering the God Who Wants to be With Us.
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Co-hosts of the Attaching to God podcast focusing on neuroscience and spiritual formation.
Cyd Holsclaw: Integrative Coach & Pastor
Cyd Holsclaw is an author, spiritual director, and pastor. She is also a trauma-informed, Jesus-centered, professional certified coach (PCC) focused on embodied practices and building a secure attachment to God.
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She co-hosts the Attaching to God podcast, offering a neuroscience-informed spiritual formation. And she is the co-author of Does God Really Like Me? Discovering the God Who Wants to Be With You (InterVarsity Press).
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Trauma-informed training through The Power of Embodied Transformation and The Neuroscience of Coaching
Geoff Holsclaw: Visiting Professor of Theology & Pastor
Dr. Geoff Holsclaw is an author of multiple books, is a visiting professor of theology at Western Theological Seminary, and co-host of the Attaching to God podcast, which offers a neuroscience-informed spiritual formation.
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With Cyd Holsclaw, Geoff is the co-author of Does God Really Like Me? Discovering the God Who Wants to Be With You (Inter Varsity Press).
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Trauma-informed training through the Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate.