I don’t know if I can adequately describe how deeply this book will change your life of you let it… it’s different to any other faith based book you’ll read.
I’m a therapist myself & I’ve also been listening to Summer Gross’s podcast for the past 4 years, and I now have her book in my hands… and let me tell you it has been the most profound experience.
Usually when you engage with any Christian teaching, without realising it, unconsciously, you filter it through a lense… the assumptions & believes formed about yourself in your very early relationships - beliefs that cloud how you see God. This book turns all of that on its head, gets you to get beneath these assumptions at a deeply emotional level that surpasses words. It brings together neuroscience and decades of solid attachment research and theology & invites you into a right brain, embodied connection to Jesus.
And then, it provides you with so many practical, real ways to practice Gods presence to heal deep wounds & connect at an intimate relationship level with God.
These spiritual practices have become the backbone to my daily routine…. Because of this teaching, I now know how to breathe in scripture as a breathe prayer when I’m in free fall anxiety. I know how to sow Lectio Divina, slow word immersion into my daily commute to work. I have experienced the touch of Jesus & His gaze upon me through Visio divina - the practices have really enabled me to deeply meet Jesus that surpasses my human understanding and…
