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Emotions
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How are mental, physical, and spiritual health related?
Physical, mental and spiritual health are interconnected as part of holistic health, with each facet influencing the health of the others.
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Can Slow Living Improve Our Spirituality?
Modern culture emphasizes performance, but when we think about what truly matters, it might require us to slow down and notice.
Agility
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Trauma and the Human Brain: What happens in the wake of a disaster?
Why can’t I think straight? How natural disasters and other traumatic experiences affect the brain, and what you can do to recover.
Spirituality
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Can Enjoying Beauty Help us Connect to the Transcendent?
When we experience something or someone as beautiful, it creates a cascade of positive emotions and thoughts. Here's why you should seek beauty in your life.
Spirituality
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How to improve your spiritual health
Improving your spiritual health and wellness isn’t like flipping a switch. It takes time, effort, and requires practice.
Emotions
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How to Down-regulate in Times of Emotional Distress
Honing our emotional regulation abilities during good times can help us learn how to return to our baseline more quickly when we are faced with life's struggles.
Practices
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Becoming a More Competent Leader
Insights from Dr. David Wang's work with leaders point to what he calls inter-cultural competence. Learn more about how to grow as a leader with these practices.
Resilience
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Resources for Trauma Recovery: LA Wildfires
Communal Trauma Requires Communal Recovery. Here is a list of trusted resources to support you and your communities toward recovery compiled by Drs. Cynthia Eriksson and Pam King.
Practices
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A Practice: How to Co-regulate With Your Kids
Our kids can regulate when we help them feel safe, seen, soothed, but we have to start with ourselves. Use the 4 S's to explore your needs.
Thriving
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The Latest Parenting Research on Raising Resilient Kids
How do we raise more resilient kids? What advice can we get from research? Thrive writer, Amy Dunn explains.
Emotions
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A Practice: Using the 4 S’s to Reflect on our Childhood
The "north star" of parenting is to help our children feel safe, seen, soothed and secure. Learn more about this approach developed by Drs. Tina Bryson and Dan Siegel.
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Breathing Practices to Calm your Nervous System
Focusing on and regulating the pattern of our breath can help calm us during emotional storms and connect us more deeply with ourselves.
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