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A guide to reinvigorating your spiritual practices 

If your spiritual life is feeling stuck, use this guide to explore spiritual practices that awaken meaning and connection.

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2025 Year in Review

Our annual list of the best of the best. Click through to see the most read, listened to, seen posts of 2025 from the Thrive Center.

Mindfulness

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Self-Compassion: The Gateway to a More Loving World

If you find yourself struggling with shame and negative thoughts when you make a mistake or fall short of expectations, read more.

Practices

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Finding Quiet Within: The Transformative Power of Time Alone

Intentionally spending time alone can become a practice of renewal and refreshment and connecting to what matters most.

Mindfulness

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Rewiring Your Brain with Meditation

If you find yourself resistant to meditation, read more to learn why you might want to reconsider this powerful spiritual practice.

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The Myth of Discovering Your True Self: Here’s What’s Real

Do we have a true self, one waiting to be discovered, or is the self something that evolves and is constructed over time?

Joy

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Joy: The Third Light

Where do you find joy? Is there a way to cultivate more of it in life? If you want more joy in life, explore the ideas below.

Hope

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Hope: The First Light

If you aren't feeling hopeful these days, intentionally practicing hope can propel your life forward in positive directions. Here's how.

Hope

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A Practice: The Hope Worksheet

This is a hope focused goal-setting guide to help you develop agency and make a plan for returning hope to your life.

Christian

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Longing for Home

Why is the longing for home so acute for some of us during the holidays? Guest writer, Laura Murray, explains.

Christian

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Goals: Are you becoming the person you want to be?

Instead of asking ourselves, "What do I want to achieve this year?" we would be better served by asking, “Who do I want to become?

Gratitude

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A Practice: Counting Your Blessings

A spiritual practice for "noticing the good" changes how we experience the world and can lead to more wellbeing and even physical health.