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Does your sense-of-self and narrative support healthy spirituality?
What is the story you tell yourself about your life? Does it help you or keep you from thriving?
Spirituality
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Do you have practices to support healthy spirituality?
Nurturing our spiritual health involves times of reflection and connection to our body, mind, and emotions.
Youth
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Kids and Community (Part 3): How Can We Keep Kids in Church?
How do we keep young people engaged in church? This is part 3 of a 3-part series.
Youth
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Kids and Community (Part 2): Adolescents and the Value of Loving Relationships that Display a Loving God
Why do kids need a community that models love, and what does emotional safety have to do with it. Part 2 of a 3-part series.
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Kids and Community (Part 1): How to Find the Right One for Your Kids to Thrive
How do you find a community to support your family? What kinds of support help families grow spiritually healthy and thrive.
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Created for Community (Part 2): The Human Connection in Healthy Spirituality
What does healthy spirituality have to do with our relationships? While our capacity for spirituality is hard-wired, our spirituality is in fact mostly developed relationally. We learn our beliefs and practices from others.
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Created for Community (Part 1): How We Moved Away From our Village
Humans thrive within community, but our modern age encourages poor relational habits. Think about the nature of your relationships with the help of the practice in this post.
Youth
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Adolescents and Spirituality: Do Mountaintop Spiritual Experiences Really Make a Difference?
A Thrive Scholars Fellow shares transcendent experiences along with caring adults can stimulate spirituality and virtue development in youth.
Emotions
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The Power of Positive Emotions: Pursuing Awe
Awe is a powerful positive emotion. Dr. Susan Mangan explains how pursuing awe can build resilience through difficulty.
Spirituality
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Transcendence (Part 2): How Transcendence Can Lead the Way to an Open Heart
Believing in Something Greater Than Ourselves is an integral part of our spiritual health.
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