This week, licensed professional counselor and author of Attached to God, Krispin Mayfield joins the show to talk to us about:

• Attachment Science (previously called Attachment Theory) as a concept and helpful tool -- particularly as it pertains to spirituality and our relationship with God

• The three insecure attachment styles/strategies: anxious attachment, shutdown attachment/avoidant attachment, and shame-filled attachment

• and how we can move into secure attachment with God from each other the three insecure styles

Krispin also gives examples throughout the episode of some common messaging heard within Evangelicalism that contributes to insecure attachment with God and, then offers us a truer, more beautiful word in place of those harmful messages.

Krispin has generously partnered with the Let It Matter Podcast to giveaway two signed copies of his book. For details on how to enter to win one of those, stay tuned for the end of the episode or keep an eye on the show's IG account.

GUEST BIO: Krispin Mayfield has a background in full-time ministry and now practices therapy with individuals and couples as a licensed professional counselor with the state of Oregon. He has training in attachment-based emotionally focused therapy. His first book, Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience, was released in 2022. He and his wife have a podcast about 80's and 90's evangelical media called The Prophetic Imagination Station. You can find him on Twitter @K_Mayfield, on IG @krispinmayfield, and on his website at krispinmayfield.com.