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Meaning

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A Practice: Questioning Beliefs to find Meaning

This practice provides questions to help you explore the beliefs that help you make meaning of life's circumstances.

Mindfulness

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A Practice: Reflecting on Love and Goodness Towards Others

This practice helps build compassion for the struggles of others by shifting our perspective and imagining how we can offer love.

Wellbeing

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Well-Being: Four Essential Pillars Backed by Science

Research has identified four aspects of the mind that exhibit plasticity, and it turns out that we can practice to make our minds healthier.

Practices

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A Radical Idea: Becoming Skilled in Our Own Well-being

Wellbeing is something we can actively cultivate through practice, or through a practice of "mental hygiene."

Joy

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We Really Can’t Do it All: Destigmatizing Human Limitations to Reclaim Joy

Reclaim joy through examining the rhythms of your life. A series of questions will help you explore.

Practices

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Micro-dosing Rest to Avoid Burnout

How do we create regular rhythms between work and rest?

Practices

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Burnout Culture: Is it Possible to Rest and Achieve?

How do we address the problem of burnout in our modern society?

Practices

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A Practice: Examine the Presence, Absence, and Quality of Your Relationships

This practice can help you examine the presence, absence, and quality of the relationships in your life.

Agility

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A Practice: 5 As of Agility Worksheet

Download this worksheet and work through the practices. We recommend working with a friend and discussing your answers.

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Learning Who We Are: We Can’t Do it Alone.

Think of a coin—it has two sides, heads and tails. In the same way, individuality and relationality can be thought of as two sides of the same coin.

Self-Care

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Do your Habits Promote Growth and Support your Purpose?

Healthy practices help us live into our values, reflect on our choices, and connect us with others and God.

Meaning

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Meaning Making (Part 2): What Does Spirituality Have to do with Meaning-Making?

In order to assign meaning we must believe in a bigger picture.