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Practices
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The Gift of Losing your Keys: A Story of Neurodiversity
Finding a good fit between our unique qualities and our environments helps us thrive.
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Take a Breath: How Breath Work Provides a Portal to Our Spiritual Lives
Paying attention to the pattern of our breath is a spiritual practice with power to gain insight into meaning and change our lives.
Agility
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A Practice: Observing the Body for Understanding
A daily spiritual practice focusing on embodied emotions provides insight into what matters most and informs purpose.
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.
Emotions
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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.
Emotions
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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: How might we access the transcendent?
Accessing the transcendent can be pursued with tangible practices.
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A Practice: Moments of transcendence
Transcendent experiences are emotional responses that inform how individuals see themselves in relationship to God, others, and the world. Here's how to get more of these experiences.
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Growing Through Hardship: Practices for Resilience and Purpose
How do we build resilience and stay connected to purpose in the midst of suffering? Lauren Van Vranken shares 3 practices.
Mindfulness
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New Rhythms: How Can I Grow my Daily Spiritual Practices?
Dr. Pamela King invites us to find daily spiritual practices that will draw us closer to ourselves, others and God.
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Slowing Down and Thriving This Advent
Dr. Pamela King highlights the importance of pacing during the holidays, offering self-awareness practices to refocus on what matters most.
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.
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