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Getting Unstuck: Untangling the Tapestry Together (Part 2)

If our stories about ourselves are interwoven with shame, how can others provide insight to help us rewrite those stories?

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Getting Unstuck: Why You Need Help to Understand Your Story (Part 1)

How do the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves help us through life's transitions? Why do we need others to help us gain insight into who we are becoming?

Practices

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Dropping Anchor: How Can We Stay Steady During Change?

What support systems buoy us on our journeys? Blogger, Amy Dunn, offers some ideas and practices to keep us steady during times of change and transition.

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A Practice: Questions to Improve Communities

What can communities learn from the enormous success of the Eras tour about love, support, and meaning for their members?

Emotions

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Identity: We Not Me (Part 3)

Identity is not just about acknowledging who we think we are, it is about listening to the voices within our communities–listening for the stories they are telling about who we are collectively.

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Identity: We Not Me (Part 2)

How do our families shape our identities? By sharing our stories, or our tesimonios, we can gain insight into ourselves and communities.

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Identity: We Not Me (Part 1)

What is our identity? How do we discover it? What would it look like to define our identity through the communities we participate in?

Meaning

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A Practice: Questions for Life Review

These questions are intended to help you examine your life to discover meaning and purpose, no matter where you are in life's journey.

Practices

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A Practice: Centering Prayer of Awareness

Awareness is a practice that allows us to train our mind and body, reorienting to the world around us.

Agility

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An Integrated Life: Balancing Rigidity and Chaos

Thrive blogger, Amy Dunn, reflects on the concept of integration and how humans navigate the river of life, avoiding the rocky shores or rigidity and chaos.

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Dr. Dwight Radcliff’s Prophetic Hip Hop Playlist

Want some of Rev. Dr. Radcliff's greatest hits from the history of hip hop? Check out the playlist here!

Emotions

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A Practice: Lamenting with Movement

Lament is a constructive way to embrace suffering. It aligns our emotions and beliefs, and invites us to action.Â