Topic Archive
Self-Care
Emotions
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How to Down-regulate in Times of Emotional Distress
Honing our emotional regulation abilities during good times can help us learn how to return to our baseline more quickly when we are faced with life's struggles.
Emotions
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Breathing Practices to Calm your Nervous System
Focusing on and regulating the pattern of our breath can help calm us during emotional storms and connect us more deeply with ourselves.
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Hacking our Habits
Changing a habit takes time and practice. Here's how to get started. Your moment by moment choices form the person you are becoming.
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Rhythms and Rest (Part 2)
How do rituals around rest help us to regulate? What does it mean to co-regulate? Why might rest be necessary for our spirituality?
Emotions
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Play is not a privilege, it’s a primal need
Americans spend a big part of their free time watching TV. You might need a different kind of play for wellbeing and spiritual health.
Emotions
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A Practice: Shift Your Inner Critic to an Inner Nurturer
Here's how to shift your inner critic to the inner nurturer by teaching your body that you can also find strength in being tender with yourself. Â
Joy
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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.
Practices
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Burnout Culture: Is it Possible to Rest and Achieve?
How do we address the problem of burnout in our modern society?
Self-Care
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Do your Habits Promote Growth and Support your Purpose?
Healthy practices help us live into our values, reflect on our choices, and connect us with others and God.
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.
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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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