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Event Announcement: A Community in Crisis: Moving through Grief into Disaster Response

On Thursday, January 16, 2025, Pam King, Executive Director of the Thrive Center for Human Development, will be joining a special Civitas meeting to address the community’s response to the recent fire disaster. The event, titled A Community in Crisis: Moving Through Grief into Disaster Response, will offer an opportunity to reflect on the collective grief and urgent need for action in the wake of this unprecedented tragedy. Dr. King, along with Jennifer DeVoll, CEO of the Pasadena Community Foundation, will lead the discussion on how our community can navigate this crisis and mobilize for recovery. The meeting will take...

Mindfulness

Episode

A Practice: Dr. Cynthia Eriksson Body Scan for Awareness

Dr. Eriksson guides you through a practice of scanning the body to cultivate awareness of sensation present there. This technique is an important first step – regulation – of building a resilience practice.

Practices

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Dropping Anchor: How Can We Stay Steady During Change?

What support systems buoy us on our journeys? Blogger, Amy Dunn, offers some ideas and practices to keep us steady during times of change and transition.

Resilience

Episode

Responding to Trauma: Psychological Tools for Resilience and Recovery with Dr. Cynthia Eriksson

Whole human thriving includes the ability to feel, deal, and heal when we encounter trauma. Psychologist Cynthia Eriksson (Fuller School of Psychology) wants to help us understand the human response to pain, suffering, tragedy, and grief. She’s finding that resilience and recovery comes through a spiritually and therapeutically informed approach that prizes vulnerability, honesty, emotional grounding, attention to our bodies, and mutual presence with and for others. Includes a Meditative Exercise: Cynthia Eriksson guides listeners through a Grounding Practice for Emotional and Embodied Connection. Note: This episode contains content about trauma. Listener discretion is advised.

Meaning

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Meaning Making (Part 2): What Does Spirituality Have to do with Meaning-Making?

In order to assign meaning we must believe in a bigger picture.

Practices

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A Practice: How might we access the transcendent?  

Accessing the transcendent can be pursued with tangible practices.

Resilience

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Thriving through Trauma: Five R’s for Resilience and Recovery

Dr. Cynthia Eriksson offers a 5-tier framework for recovery from trauma and offers practices for regulation and reflection.

Agility

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A Practice: The Five A’s for Agility in the Face of Change

Finding joy requires practice. Learn how you can be agile and experience more joy in your daily life through our 5-step process.

Practices

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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.

Resilience

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A Practice: The Five R’s of Resilience and Recovery

Cynthia Eriksson's psychological and theological framework points to 5 self-care practices to developing resilience and recovery.

Resilience

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Recovering from Hardship

Dr. Pamela King discusses how tapping into our faith and contributing to a flourishing world can help us thrive through difficulty.

Resilience

Video

The Church and Trauma in Times of the Pandemic (A Workshop for Clergy and Faith Leaders)

Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extraordinary emotional turmoil and stress in the United States and globally. As first responders in crises, clergy and faith leaders have to contend with increasing grief and trauma reactions in their faith communities. Faith leaders must understand and recognize trauma, and its multidimensional impact in times such as these. This webinar provided practical and faith-based tips to reduce stress and promote resilience and trauma healing in the clergy and their faith communities. Psychologists, Lisseth Rojas-Flore and Joseph Currier and theologian, Tommy Givens also address critical theological insights in responses to trauma and recovery.  ...