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Gratitude

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The Power of Pausing in Gratitude
Gratitude affect happiness and wellbeing primarily through positive relationships. We finding that beliefs matters toward experiences and practices of gratitude.
Gratitude

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A Practice: Using the 5 A’s to Slow down and Offer Thanks
Practicing gratitude can change your life. Use the 5 As mindfulness practice to offer thanks and live into a practice of gratitude.
Practices

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A Practice: How might we access the transcendent? Â
Accessing the transcendent can be pursued with tangible practices.
Resilience

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Thriving through Trauma: Five R’s for Resilience and Recovery
Dr. Cynthia Eriksson offers a 5-tier framework for recovery from trauma and offers practices for regulation and reflection.
Emotions

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A Practice in Emotional Regulation: Tending to our Inner Selves
Practice attention and emotion regulation using the following.

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The Power of Transcendence and Spirituality in a Modern World
Pamela King reflects on the church of her youth and considers lessons from her current research findings about spirituality for the future.
Practices

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A Practice: Moments of transcendence
Transcendent experiences are emotional responses that inform how individuals see themselves in relationship to God, others, and the world. Here's how to get more of these experiences.
Spirituality

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Rethinking Traditional Church for a Modern Age
Pamela King reflects on the church of her youth and how it deeply formed her identity, sense of purpose, and belonging.
Agility

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A Practice: The Five A’s for Agility in the Face of Change
Finding joy requires practice. Learn how you can be agile and experience more joy in your daily life through our 5-step process.

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Deep Fulfillment Through the Practice of Joy
Joy is more than an emotion. Rebecca Baer reflects on true joy as being rooted in love, sharing a mindfulness practice.
Resilience

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A Practice: The Five R’s of Resilience and Recovery
Cynthia Eriksson's psychological and theological framework points to 5 self-care practices to developing resilience and recovery.
Practices

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Growing Through Hardship: Practices for Resilience and Purpose
How do we build resilience and stay connected to purpose in the midst of suffering? Lauren Van Vranken shares 3 practices.