Episode 384 - Sacred Attachment with Michael Cusick

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

What happens when our lived experience doesn’t align with what we believe about God? How do we hold on to faith when trauma, suffering, or loss shatters our spiritual foundation? Author and counselor Michael Cusick understands this tension intimately. As a survivor of childhood abuse, Michael found himself caught in self-destructive cycles that threatened his soul and relationships. Yet through his own healing journey, he discovered the profound impact our personal stories have on our attachment to God — and how restoring that attachment can transform our lives. Now, through his intensive counseling work at Restoring the Soul and in his new book, **Sacred Attachment: Escaping Spiritual Exhaustion and Trusting in Divine Love**, Michael helps others reconnect with a God who is both safe and loving — even in the wake of deep wounds.In this thoughtful conversation, Davey and Michael talk about what to do when your relationship with God feels fractured, why attachment is so important spiritually speaking, and why it seems like so many leaders are falling in our generation. If you've struggled in your relationship with God because of the pain you have experienced, this episode is an invitation to begin healing, to rebuild trust, and to rediscover a sacred attachment with the One who will never let us go. Website: michaeljohncusick.com www.restoringthesoul.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/michaeljcusick Facebook: www.facebook.com/michaeljohncusick Book: Sacred Attachment: Escaping Spiritual Exhaustion and Trusting in Divine Lovehttps://amzn.to/3GMXH1l Wondering where to get started on your journey towards healing? Join Davey on our next FREE, live Zoom call and find out how you can begin to take back your story and how Nothing is Wasted can help. Sign up today at: www.nothingiswasted.com/starthere Looking for help in navigating the valley of pain and trauma? Our Nothing is Wasted coaches can help: www.nothingiswasted.com/coaching Want a pathway through your pain? The Pain to Purpose Course can lead you through all you've been through: www.mypaintopurposeplan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Nothing is Wasted podcast, where we meet you in your pain and help you discover a pathway through.
0:10.2	No matter what you've faced or what you're walking through now, we believe your story isn't over.
0:15.7	Each week, you'll hear powerful conversations with people who've partnered with God to reclaim their stories of trauma, loss, and heartbreak.
0:23.7	And we'll chat with Christian experts who offer wisdom and practical tools for healing.
0:28.8	This is a place of hope, redemption, and the reminder that even in your darkest moments, God is still writing your story.
0:36.5	Because with him, nothing is wasted. I'm your host,
0:40.6	Davey Blackburn. Well, hello and welcome to the Nothing is Wasted podcast. I am thrilled
0:47.1	that you're taking some time this week to join us on this episode. We've got a great guest for
0:52.2	you today, Michael Chusick. he is a fascinating human being, highly qualified in this area of healing as a psychotherapist.
1:04.7	And let me just read his bio from his own words because it's just, it really shows you a little bit of his personality
1:11.6	I think you're going to really enjoy hearing my conversation with him but this is from his website
1:16.6	my life story is proof that truth is stranger than fiction I began attending Alcoholics Anonymous at age
1:23.5	five age five oh at age 10 I was participating in family drug rehab and living in a trailer park.
1:32.0	If reality TV existed when I was a kid, I probably could have had my own show.
1:36.4	Instead, I became a psychotherapist, a teacher, and an author.
1:41.3	Go figure. Despite entering a life of recovery at such an early age, my brokenness went
1:46.1	unchecked for almost three decades. I became a master in the art of living a double life.
1:52.5	I was the perfect Christian guy by day and a sex addicted binge drinker by night. In the summer of
1:57.6	1994, it all came crashing down.
2:03.3	And I thank God every day it did.
2:08.1	Now he is a licensed professional counselor, a spiritual director, a speaker,
2:14.8	and the author of three books, including the latest one that he has come out with that we're talking about today's sacred attachment.
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