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Emotions

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Want to become more present, healthy, and connected? Pay attention to your body (Part 2)

Our emotions are linked to how we make meaning of our lives, and attending to our embodied emotional selves leads to spiritual health.

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Want to become more present, healthy, and connected? Pay attention to your body (Part 1)

Thrive Fellow, Lauren Van Vranken, offers practices for reconnecting to our bodies and asks us to think about our relationship to our embodied selves.

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The Friendship Edit: Creating Meaningful Connections in a Digital Age

Our relationships are central to our thriving; ideas about how to “clean up” and improve the quality of relationships.  

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The Balm of Being Loved and Held

How does love contributing to thriving? The practice of the 5 B's of love is explained here.

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Can a Hug a Day Keep the Doctor Away?

You can get closer to those you care about with a little practice.

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A Practice in Emotional Regulation: Tending to our Inner Selves

Practice attention and emotion regulation using the following.

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Moral Elevation (Part 2): Practices for Elevating Ourselves and Our World

Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr. Susan Mangan provides research-based activities to help us experience the positive emotion of elevation.

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Moral Elevation (Part 1): The Snowball Effect of Small Inspirations

Dr. Susan Mangan explains the role and benefits of moral elevation in inspiring us to help our communities.

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A Practice: 4-Step Mindful Breathing Exercise

Practicing mindful breathing can help us pause, check in with our bodies, manage our emotions, and redirect our attention.

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Coping with Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Process Heartache We Don’t Understand

How can we make sense of loss and heartache? Guest blogger, Dr. Stephanie Trudeau, discusses ambiguous loss, sharing three ways we can cope with it.

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Resiliency Part 1: Bending not Breaking During Hard Times

Dr. Pam King shares 8 tips on how to simplify and thrive during challenging times.

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Resiliency Part 2: Thriving for the Long Haul

Dr. Pamela King reviews the elements of a thriving mindset, providing tips on how to pursue purpose and agility.