Topic Archive

Joy

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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.

Emotions

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Discovering Joy

This post is based upon an interview between Psychology Today and Dr. Pam King

Emotions

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Why You Need to Make Time for Play

You might be surprised about the benefits of play for your wellbeing and your spiritual health. Here's how to get more in your life.

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.

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We Really Can’t Do it All: Destigmatizing Human Limitations to Reclaim Joy

Reclaim joy through examining the rhythms of your life. A series of questions will help you explore.

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Unwrapping the Science of Joy

The story "Unwrapping the Science of Joy" is now published in Templeton Ideas!

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Research Project

The Joyride Project

This project seeks to integrate the theological and psychological perspectives of joy and flourishing.

Joy

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Cultivating Our Capacity for Joy

How can we cultivate our joy “muscles?” Pamela Ebstyne King, executive director at the Thrive Center, speaks on what is required for our joy training and the benefits of joy at the 2018 Future of Joy Conference, hosted by the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. Author’s Note This talk was given at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.

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Dreaming Again

This article is from the Peer Magazine issued in September, 2021.

Emotions

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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.

Emotions

Person jumping over the hill

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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.