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Mindfulness
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Screen Time: Here’s What Happened When I Took my Kids’ Screens
Writer Amy Dunn tells us that taking screens away marked her. "I watched my kids immediately become completely lost in their own imaginations for not just minutes, but hours and hours."
Emotions
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A Practice: Small Acts of Love—An invitation to create and explore
Is it possible to create a more loving world? Practices that link us to our senses support our ability to love.
Hope
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Summer of Love: Is it Possible to Create a More Loving World?
Love is more than a feeling. It is a conscious decision, and requires practices and skills in order to live it out.
Agility
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Why Can’t I Change? How Flexibility Might Be the Key to Getting Unstuck (Part 2)
We can thrive by flexibly facing change, rather than avoiding it. This post is Part 2 of a two-part series.
Agility
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Why Can’t I Change? How Flexibility Might Be the Key to Getting Unstuck (Part 1)
We can thrive by flexibly facing change, rather than avoiding it. This post is Part 1 of a two-part series.
Emotions
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A Practice: Shift Your Inner Critic to an Inner Nurturer
Here's how to shift your inner critic to the inner nurturer by teaching your body that you can also find strength in being tender with yourself. Â
Agility
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A Practice: Values-Based Living
Identifying your values to figure out how you would like to show up in pursuit of what matters most to you
Agility
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Motherhood and Thriving: Navigating with Grace
What serves to ground, connect, and direct towards joy? Dr. Pam King asks this question as a guide for Mothers and others.
Spirituality
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The 7 Cs of a Healthy Community
Does your Community Support Spiritual Health? Research indicates seven ideals.
Meaning
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Pursuing Goals: The Castle, the Estate, and The Long Walk
Guest blogger, Amy Dunn, reflects on being present in the day to day of our lives as we pursue goals and purpose. The journey is where we live, even as we keep our eye on a telos.
Thriving
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Conversing About Patience
The Thrive Center for Human Development and FULLER Studio present Patience, a five-video series that will change the way you think about patience. Psychologists, Benjamin Houltberg and Sarah Schnitker lead a table discussion with Rabbi Sherre Hirsh, Tasneem Noor, and Harlan Redmond to share their thoughts on the meaning of patience within different cultural contexts, faith traditions, and individuals.   Working with Faith Traditions How do different faith traditions think about the practice of patience? Our moderators join Rabbi Sherre Hirsch, Tasneem Noor, and Harlan Redmond to reflect on the role of patience within their own faith, the patience of...
Emotions
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Practice Makes Patience
Patience is an important virtue to develop to achieve goals, including relationship goals. Here are some ideas to explore if you are feeling impatient.
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