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Our Thrive Model in the simplest form posits that thriving cannot be achieved without practices that build virtuous habits and identity. Such practices may not only help you change your life, but also the world around you. Our goal is to convert our research into tools to promote thriving, and measure the impact of those tools on human thriving.
Articles
Dr. King offers 6 tips on how we can manage our emotions when we face moments of loss, grief, and pain.
Create a value-driven community that supports and helps youth thrive with these 9 principles.
Here are two important ways parents can play an integral role in youth sports.
A Thrive student researcher witnesses how service (e.g., building homes for others) can cultivate virtues in athletes.
A Thrive Scholars Fellow reflects how serving others (e.g., home building) can foster purpose in athletes.
Learn the traits coaches can adopt to positively influence young athletes' development.
Learn how the church can serve and empower youth facing trauma through a developmental systems approach.
Guides and Tip Sheets
8 tips to help fulfill our basic needs and thrive through extended stress.
5 parenting practices to help foster emotion regulation in youth.
A 4-step model to teach youth how to develop and practice patience.
Conversation starters to educate youth on the importance of patience.
Podcasts Episodes
Dr. King reflects on purpose, spirituality, and social connection as assets for overcoming failure.
Dr. Houltberg explains the impact performance and success have on overall well-being.
Dr. Houltberg shares lessons young athletes can learn from Michael Phelp's rehab trip.
Videos
Our moderators talk about the complexity of the DACA ruling and moving forward.
A Thrive Scholar explores how technology advances youth’s spiritual lives and virtues.
Experts consider the role of patience in positive youth development.
Experts discuss the relationship between patience and self-acceptance.
Dr. Houltberg shares how performance-based identity can distort faith.
Dr. Houltberg discusses performance-based identity and emotional regulation in youth.
Dr. Houltberg draws on elite athletes' experiences to examine what impacts their identities.
Dr. King shares the ways practitioners can help advance youths' telos.
Dr. King defines telos and the role it plays in youth development.
Dr. King explains how relationships can strengthen identity formation.
Featured on FULLER Studio
The Sacred and the Civic
Dr. Pamela King meditates on the birth of Christ as an invitation for us to join in God’s restorative work in the world.
COVID, ICE, and the Betrayal of Latino Children
Dr. Lisseth Rojas-Flores discusses the trauma inflicted on Latino kids by the immigration system and pandemic.
The Role of Mindfulness in the Midst of Pain
Dr. Joey Fung offers 5 ways mindfulness can help us stay present during seasons of pain.
Conversing About Thriving
Dr. Pamela King reflects on community, spiritual transformation, and growth as sources for thriving.
Conversing About DACA
Norma Ramirez reflects on her journey under DACA policy with mentors, Dr. Lisseth Rojas-Flores and Pastor Sonia Luginbuhl.
Interview with Michael Ebstyne
Dr. Pamela King interviews an artificial intelligence expert on the potentials and pitfalls of emerging technologies.
Telos, Technology, and Thriving
Dr. Pamela King offers 3 tips on how technology can serve as a source for thriving and transformation.
Conversing About Sports
Dr. Benjamin Houltberg discusses performance-based-identity, working with elite athletes, and the role of community in sports.
DACA and Immigrant Youth
Dr. Lisseth Rojas-Flores and scholars discuss the health challenges DACA recipients face and how to support them.
From Performance to Purpose
Dr. Benjamin Houltberg highlights ways caring adults can help youth develop a purpose-based identity in sports.
An Invitation for Youth to Thrive
Dr. Pamela King shares the importance of helping youth find the right coordinates that lead to their purpose.
Building Virtues in Youth
Dr. Sarah Schnitker and Dr. Benjamin Houltberg examine how spirituality and purpose influence youth thriving.
A Coach's Perspective
Dr. Nanyamka Redmond shares how coaches can make youth sports a positive experience for young athletes.
The Faith Factor: Kids and God
Dr. Pamela King draws on human relationality to answer why spirituality benefits young people.
New Beginnings
Dr. Pamela King emphasizes the importance of focusing on Christ's saving work over what we might achieve for ourselves.
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