Brave Marriage Podcast

This week, I’m excited to introduce you to my Doctor of Ministry cohort professors and mentors, Geoff & Cyd Holsclaw. Cyd is a spiritual director and professional certified coach in private practice. Geoff is a professor and worship pastor with a PhD in religious studies. Together, they’ve written two books. Their second book releases August 5th and is available for pre-order now. Passionate about the integration of spiritual formation and trauma-informed practice, they recently launched The Center for Embodied Faith, where they offer “attachment-based, neuroscience-informed, and Jesus-centered tools for discipleship and spiritual formation.” Their episode is dropping today as the last interview of the summer on the Brave Marriage Podcast. If you like what you hear, you can find more conversations with them and others on the Attaching to God Podcast. Come, listen in, and you’ll get a sense of what it’s like to sit in class with them! Attachment Styles = Landscapes (a visual aid as you listen in): Secure = Pasture Avoidant (sometimes called Dismissive) = Desert Anxious-Ambivalent (sometimes called Preoccupied) = Jungle Disorganized = War Zone

Today, I’m talking with Rev. Dr. Erin Moniz about her new book, Knowing and Being Known: Hope For All Our Intimate Relationships. We discuss the relational problems she was seeing in her work with emerging adults, the better questions those problems led her to, a rich theology of intimacy, and its implications for our marriages, families, and faith communities. The book releases May 6, 2025 and is available for pre-order now! Buy on Amazon Buy from the Publisher Save on Bookshop! Mutuality Matters w/ Blake Dean and Rev. Erin Moniz

Happy spring of 2025, Brave Marriage listeners! Dropping into your podcast feed for a timely interview with Dr. Keith & Sheila Wray Gregoire on their new book, The Marriage You Want. Their matched pair survey revealed: -healthy habits for married couples -the importance of sharing mental load -the effect of entitlement on mindset and marriage Pre-order their book on Amazon or order through Baker Books for a 30% discount!

Hey Brave Marriage Podcast listeners! Dropping in an episode with friend of the show and former podcast guest, Sheila Wray Gregoire. Sheila and her team at Bare Marriage have written a new book for millennial mothers and daughters called She Deserves Better. Their latest book builds upon a lot of the research outcomes they published in The Great Sex Rescue, and answers the question that many are asking the evangelical church which is: “Where do we go from here?” If you’re not familiar with her work, Sheila Wray Gregoire is the face behind the largest single-blogger marriage blog, which was rebranded a few years ago to Bare Marriage. With her witty, no-nonsense approach, Sheila and her team are passionate about changing the evangelical conversation about sex and marriage to line up with kingdom principles. Sheila is based in Ontario, Canada, where she lives with her husband and has two adult daughters and two grandchildren.