Why Don't I Feel Close to God? Interview with Krispin Mayfield

Learning about emotional and spiritual abuse is dangerous.

You start to see patterns in your marriage, your family, your friendships, your church…and your faith. You start to understand why God often doesn’t feel safe. Why you feel like a constant disappointment. A regular failure. A busted, broken, rejection-worthy woman.

You were taught that God is love…

And that God wants (and demands) perfection. That he loves you IN SPITE of you. That he has to look at Jesus to accept you. That negative emotions are a sign you’re in sin. And a high self-esteem (not hating yourself) is a sign you’re in other sin. That you deserve punishment even when you’re giving 100% to please him.

There’s no winning…

…Until we explore the core of how we approach EVERY relationship in our lives: through attachment style.

Krispin Mayfield and I explore healing our attachment to God:

- Why your faith struggles are likely not a lack of character but a result of poor theology (that you had no choice in learning)

- What attachment theory is and the three types of attachment

- How the three attachment types play out (with examples)

- A horrifying experiment that explains a lot of our freak-outs

- The connection between self-loathing and pleasing God (in most Christian communities)

- What’s so magical about getting things right only 30% of the time

- Resources for healing your attachment to God (see below)

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