Attaching to God: Neuroscience-informed Spiritual Formation
Oct 7, 2026 · 44 min · 14 segments
*This episode is cross-posted from* Here, Not There*, by Colleen Ramser, where she…
Geoff HolsclawGuest
Colleen RamserHost
I, you know, it's interesting 'cause like the theology mixed with this attachment, um, you know, relational kinda neuroscience way of being, was there a moment for you where, you know, theology just seems so heady, right? Where-
it felt like your worlds were integrating in terms of like head and heart, um-
So like a year ago, we launched the Center for Embodied Faith, so that's kinda where all of our work has started.
I was kind of like, "Hey, like in discipleship, we really need to m- move from like a disembodied mind-
... uh, to an embodied faith." It's, and then that turn, I was like, "That's actually like, I think that's kinda getting at, um, a lot of what our work is." And so the m- the more kind of attachment theory, how children develop relationships-
... with their parents, how that kinda shapes their body and their brain and their nervous system, how kind of the larger relational neuroscience, social referencing, polyvagal theory, like all these different things-
I, you know, it's interesting 'cause like the theology mixed with this attachment, um, you know, relational kinda neuroscience way of being, was there a moment for you where, you know, theology just seems so heady, right? Where-
it felt like your worlds were integrating in terms of like head and heart, um-
So like a year ago, we launched the Center for Embodied Faith, so that's kinda where all of our work has started.
I was kind of like, "Hey, like in discipleship, we really need to m- move from like a disembodied mind-
... uh, to an embodied faith." It's, and then that turn, I was like, "That's actually like, I think that's kinda getting at, um, a lot of what our work is." And so the m- the more kind of attachment theory, how children develop relationships-
... with their parents, how that kinda shapes their body and their brain and their nervous system, how kind of the larger relational neuroscience, social referencing, polyvagal theory, like all these different things-
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