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Love
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Healthy Spirituality – The Focus is Love: Why is Love So Hard?
Healthy spirituality supports and develops the human capacity to love. Part 1 of a 2-part series.
Agility
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Roadmap to Joy
Love of God and love of neighbor provide the deepest values on the road to joy as we become more like Christ, as ourselves.
Agility
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Creating a Joy Habit with the 5 As of Agility
Joy is something you can habituate through practice. Pay attention to joy in your body and emotions, then activate into your purposes.
Practices
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Rhythms and Rest (Part 2)
How do rituals around rest help us to regulate? What does it mean to co-regulate? Why might rest be necessary for our spirituality?
Spirituality
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Rhythms and Rest (Part 1)
Why do we need spiritual practices like Sabbath? Is it enough to just rest? This 2-Part series answers these questions and more.
Agility
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Assess: Are you living your values?
A practice of Introspection, assessing how the day went, can be a valuable tool for understanding where you want to go.
Emotions
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Play is not a privilege, it’s a primal need
Americans spend a big part of their free time watching TV. You might need a different kind of play for wellbeing and spiritual health.
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Summer 2024: What we’re Reading about Identity & The Self
These books debunk popular culture's notion of the true self. Read from this list to understand more about who you are.
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Who Am I? Owning Your Story
"Tell me about yourself," turns out to be a loaded question. Can we understand ourselves outside of our contexts and relationships?
Spirituality
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The Churchgoing Bust: Rebuilding Spiritual Communities in 21st century America
Psychological resources can help leaders build stronger communities. Thrive offers a model of spiritual health for thriving communities.
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A Practice: Digging Deep to Forgive
Becoming a more forgiving person is a process. If you are ready to start healing, ask yourself the following questions. Make sure you have the support you need.
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