Attaching to God: Neuroscience-informed Spiritual Formation 072: How Your Attachment Style Shapes Reality (with Dr. Todd Hall)
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Oct 3, 2023 
Dr. Todd Hall, Professor of Psychology at Rosemead School of Psychology, discusses attachment filters and their influence on our perception of reality. They explore attachment relationships, the impact of past experiences, and healing self-criticisms through new relational experiences. The concept of attachment styles and their influence on relationships is explored, along with the characteristics of secure, anxious, avoidant, and fearful attachment styles. They also discuss the concept of real freedom and the ability to love, recommending Todd Hall's books.
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Reframe Insecure Attachment Strategies
- Understand that insecure attachment strategies were necessary coping mechanisms, not personal flaws.
- Develop a new understanding and seek new secure relational experiences to enable healing.
Dimensions of Attachment Styles
- Attachment styles exist on dimensions of relational engagement and emotional distress.
- Secure style balances regulated vulnerability and relational engagement with emotional composure.
Anxious Attachment Characteristics
- Anxious attachment features high relational engagement but emotional distress.
- It includes hypervigilance, fear of abandonment, and dysregulated vulnerability.