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May I recommend this book:
Finding God in the Waves: How I Lost My Faith and Found It Again Through Science https://www.amazon.com/dp/1101906049/
It sounds like you're in a similar place to this author. His journey helped me with some of my toughest questions. What's great is while he provides some answers, what's more important is that he embraces discovery and faith.
The more I go to church, the more I doubt. I just read Mike McHargue's "Finding Faith in the Waves" and it's done more for me than any amount of church attendance has in the past 10 years.
Yes, yes, yes. If you're an iphone user I recommend the app called Breathe that will walk you through what to do. I also recommend "Silence" by Robert Sardello, and "Finding God in the Waves" by Mike McHargue of Ask Science Mike and The Liturgists fame (link to their enneagram episode). In his chapter on prayer McHargue goes through 3 forms of 'christian' meditation (which I'll pm to you immediately after posting this.) and Sardello speaks on the mystery and comfort in the companionship of Silence (meditation/the holy spirit/the tao).
I recommend the latter for this reason, "Among the things learned is the way out of the confines of the oppressive nature of our egotism, which takes innumerable forms, the most impressive being that of acting as if one's religious demeanor, acquired by reading and even studying what the mystics have experienced and the theologians have theorized about, qualifies one as a lover of Silence." There is some portion of your '3w2-ness' that pushes you to seek efficacious loving and acceptance, helping your S.O. here and at the same time fulfilling some ego fixation in the process.
Sorry for the unsolicited thoughts, hopefully the above resources point you to some peace!
Not really on topic as far as this subreddit goes, but read this book!. It's reeeeally good and I think it will speak directly to your background. It's the first thing I thought of when I saw the title of your post. I follow the author and his podcast and he is an incredible resource for those who have been atheists. Or if you don't read the book just listen to him on The Liturgists :)