This week’s episode explores religious addiction, what it is and how it can impact our emotions, our bodies, and our faith journeys in such harmful ways. My guest for this Two-part episode is Pastor David Ruybalid, former worship leader and musician, writer, podcaster, trauma-informed coach and academic. In this episode, we will be identifying signs and symptoms of religious addiction, defining addiction as a broad construct, the ways we see it manifests itself in Christian culture and the damaging aspects it has on our spiritual formation.

Resources:

www.davidruybalid.com, 
https://www.facebook.com/davidruybalidmusic/ https://www.instagram.com/david_ruybalid/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0SEycL9s3x2RMpdNZWPL2a?si=8c061657df554bc5, davidruybalid.wordpress.com

This week’s episode explores religious addiction, what it is and how it can impact our emotions, our bodies, and our faith journeys in such harmful ways. My guest for this Two-part episode is Pastor David Ruybalid, former worship leader and musician, writer, podcaster, trauma-informed coach and academic. In this episode, we will be identifying signs and symptoms of religious addiction, defining addiction as a broad construct, the ways we see it manifests itself in Christian culture and the damaging aspects it has on our spiritual formation.
Resources:
www.davidruybalid.com, https://www.facebook.com/davidruybalidmusic/ https://www.instagram.com/david_ruybalid/ https://open.spotify.com/show/0SEycL9s3x2RMpdNZWPL2a?si=8c061657df554bc5, davidruybalid.wordpress.com

Are you looking for resources to better understand yourself and grow spiritually? You've come to the right place. Join licensed therapist Carley Marcouillier each week as she tackles a common question related to therapy, mental health, and faith.

Therapy + Theology with Carley Marcouillier

Are you looking for resources to better understand yourself and grow spiritually? You've come to the right place. Join licensed therapist Carley Marcouillier each week as she tackles a common question related to therapy, mental health, and faith.

Therapy + Theology

Can Religion Become an Addiction?

Today’s episode was created during a 13.1-mile run with three of my dear friends. As we approached race day, we linked individual spiritual lessons we had learned from the embodied act of running.

Joining me today are my friends: Dane Rudy, Ellie Dicesare, and Carolyn Nascimento (Nas). Each shares their individual experience of running and its spiritual lesson: the process of enduring pain, the importance of our motivation, and the gift of community. We explore the power of connection, courage, and support found in running together and seeking to press on toward the upward call of Christ to run well. 

Today’s episode was created during a 13.1-mile run with three of my dear friends. As we approached race day, we linked individual spiritual lessons we had learned from the embodied act of running.
Joining me today are my friends: Dane Rudy, Ellie Dicesare, and Carolyn Nascimento (Nas). Each shares their individual experience of running and its spiritual lesson: the process of enduring pain, the importance of our motivation, and the gift of community. We explore the power of connection, courage, and support found in running together and seeking to press on toward the upward call of Christ to run well.

Spiritual Lessons I've Learned While Running with Friends

Today’s episode is the final solo episode of the season and sums up my personal journey with seeking to live an embodied life. This year we have looked at so many different angles related to what it means to embody our spirituality, name our pain, and connect with God in a whole new way. In concluding this season, I share about my spiritual journey of learning to pace and its connection to my love for running.

Connecting back to Hebrews 12 and trauma-informed somatic practice, I define and explore the importance of pacing in the healing process and the burnout that is inevitable when we disconnect from our bodies and push ourselves beyond our present limits.

Finally, we look at simple steps to PACE - Presence, Attunement, Capacity, and Expansion as a form of taking one step at a time in our unique healing journeys. 

Resources: 

Mind Body Stress Reset (Somatic practices) 

Emotionally Healthy Spiritually

The Body Keeps the Score

Today’s episode is the final solo episode of the season and sums up my personal journey with seeking to live an embodied life. This year we have looked at so many different angles related to what it means to embody our spirituality, name our pain, and connect with God in a whole new way. In concluding this season, I share about my spiritual journey of learning to pace and its connection to my love for running.
Connecting back to Hebrews 12 and trauma-informed somatic practice, I define and explore the importance of pacing in the healing process and the burnout that is inevitable when we disconnect from our bodies and push ourselves beyond our present limits.
Finally, we look at simple steps to PACE - Presence, Attunement, Capacity, and Expansion as a form of taking one step at a time in our unique healing journeys. 
Resources: 
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Body-Stress-Reset-Practices-Well-Being/dp/1684034272">Mind Body Stress Reset (Somatic practices) </a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Emotionally-Healthy-Spirituality-Impossible-Spiritually-ebook/dp/B01HAKH3IE/">Emotionally Healthy Spiritually</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma-ebook/dp/B00G3L1C2K/">The Body Keeps the Score</a>

Why Pacing Is Important to Your Healing Journey

In part two of my interview with Cyd Holsclaw, author, coach, and trauma-informed 

As spiritual directors, we explore the connection between embodiment and our attachment to God. Cyd outlines powerful examples of attachment history and its impact on how one connects with God or feels distant from God. We also explore practical steps for beginning to recognize our nervous system states, the importance of cultivating joy, and the hope found in attachment science. 

Resources: 

Does God Really Like Me? By Cyd and Gregg Holsclaw 

https://www.cydholsclaw.com/learning-cohorts

https://www.cydholsclaw.com/

https://www.embodiedfaith.life/podcast

DMin in Spiritual Formation and Relational Neuroscience

In part two of my interview with Cyd Holsclaw, author, coach, and trauma-informed 
As spiritual directors, we explore the connection between embodiment and our attachment to God. Cyd outlines powerful examples of attachment history and its impact on how one connects with God or feels distant from God. We also explore practical steps for beginning to recognize our nervous system states, the importance of cultivating joy, and the hope found in attachment science. 
Resources: 
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Really-Like-Discovering/dp/0830845968/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1830B21WZLALJ&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MXB0M6XJtDfGGoxG9BMEgw1Aqd8q_WU-hGvGMAPdFOZrl2AVW6gQA3ng0MJzR5eibpoPmveTt3sl9jWlQXw8ES_XY1jXr0AuQhrBTnbQIGG0wX4T0UP2QG04adw4oBGiSI8kEDX1_zESea-M1SSBJJpeBON3iP_zBTlqgDE-tXTwT2ml_naeURHQWNiskfofhUrB_l_huI9u-Pl4iM1EtFqJ5wMcry-gQ9Qfs-K39A8.28lPFus_xPYuVuYQVr28C2pd7JA99gd00dIQ-xow99k&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=does+god+really+like+me&amp;qid=1709301128&amp;sprefix=does+god+really%2Caps%2C118&amp;sr=8-1">Does God Really Like Me? </a>By Cyd and Gregg Holsclaw 
<a href="https://www.cydholsclaw.com/learning-cohorts">https://www.cydholsclaw.com/learning-cohorts</a>
<a href="https://www.cydholsclaw.com/">https://www.cydholsclaw.com/</a>
<a href="https://www.embodiedfaith.life/podcast">https://www.embodiedfaith.life/podcast</a>
<a href="https://sfrn.westernsem.edu/?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAloavBhBOEiwAbtAJOwSJQ8MtU5DcH6gUmSEGKWI9CBoB_1A7YXxhD5BsMto_Hhp3W-gR9xoCwT4QAvD_BwE">DMin in Spiritual Formation and Relational Neuroscience</a>

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