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One of the greatest truths I've discovered from decades as a therapist hearing hundreds of painful and beautiful individual stories is that healing and transformation happen through vulnerability and relationship. I write from my own healing journey and continuing growth.
“Michael Cusick is the person you want to have in the room with you as your counselor, your mentor or your coach. I know, because he is the one I want to have in the room with me as my colleague and friend. On the journey of leadership, you can find no one better to be your guide.”
~ Curt Thompson, author of The Deepest Place, Anatomy of the Soul, and The Heart of Desire
SACRED ATTACHMENT
You’re not losing your faith; you’re shedding baggage. Your struggle to believe is not a barrier it’s the bridge to a restorative, embodied spirituality.
The gap between what you believe and the reality of daily life can often feel insurmountable. I call out the questions and contradictions at the core of living out an authentic faith. My goal was to speak honestly and vulnerably about my own story. My path to God looks less like a paved road and much more like the tangled zig-zag of switchbacks weaving through the Colorado front range outside my window.
One thing I know with greater certainty than ever is that brokenness and pain are precious gifts and can be God’s greatest bridge to experiencing joyful divine attachment.
- They provide an escape to experience God’s warm embrace.
- They map the gap between believing and knowing.
- They hold the key to being held and beheld by the Father.
- They help us to connect to our bodies and intimately connect to God.
- They provide a lens through which we learn that we’re simply broken, not bad.
- They help us become whole and lead us to becoming holy.
- They help us face our deepest desires and greatest fears.
- They give us new eyes to see with our heart, not our fears.
- They offer a path to an embodied connection with God.
- And they open our hearts to the vulnerability the people we love most long for.
My hope is that this book earns a place in your library’s story section. It’s not a how-to manual or another to-do list to fix your life. Sacred Attachment is the story of how I finally came to see the truth that Love does indeed have us.
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“This is a dangerous and beautiful book, filled with courage and hope. This book will set you free. The process Michael describes here works—I’ve seen it happen with many men. That’s why you should read this book. Then give it to every man you know.”
~ John Eldredge, Author of Wild at Heart and Beautiful Outlaw
Surfing
For God
Sometimes a great strategy isn’t enough. I’ve been there, and wrote Surfing for God for everyone who has tried everything and found themselves out of options.
I wrote Surfing For God from my own process of repairing the collateral damage I left in the wake of my choices and actions. The damage I caused stemmed from unhealed childhood trauma. That’s not an excuse, it’s simply the truth.
Over the last few decades, I’ve seen similar stories played out in the lives of leaders and high performers in almost every industry, from every social strata, and every ethnicity. Brokenness is not limited to your income, success, or genetic heritage—it is part of the human condition—and can include issues like any of the following.
- Professional, personal, or ministry burnout
- Broken relationships
- Past abuse or trauma and their effects on life today
- Anger or rage issues
- Addictive behaviors
- Feeling lost or stuck in life
- Lust and compulsive sexual behaviors such as pornography
- Serial affairs, strip clubs, or other forms of habitual sexual behavior
If any of the above issues sound familiar, Surfing For God offers hope and practical ways to re-frame the ways you respond to the world. You can repair the damage and find the healing and restoration your heart and soul long for.
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