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Spirituality

Spirituality

Episode

The Six Facets of Spiritual Health with Pam King & Dan Koch (You Have Permission)

Pam King joins licensed therapist Dan Koch on his podcast, You Have Permission, for a discussion of the six facets of spiritual health. Announcement! With & For Season 2 is dropping on January 5, 2025! And until then, every Monday from September to December, we’re sharing some shorter clips, practical features, and other talks or interviews featuring Dr. Pam King, to offer insight into what it means to thrive and pursue spiritual health.

Love

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Healthy Spirituality – The Focus is Love: The Role of Leaders

Healthy spirituality supports and develops the human capacity to love. Love of God and love of neighbor are central to the Christian tradition, and psychology points to the centrality of love for human thriving. Part 2 of a 2-part series.

Love

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Healthy Spirituality – The Focus is Love: Why is Love So Hard?

Healthy spirituality supports and develops the human capacity to love. Love of God and love of neighbor are central to the Christian tradition, and psychology points to the centrality of love for human thriving. Part 1 of a 2-part series.

Practices

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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?

Spirituality

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Rhythms and Rest (Part 1)

Why do we need spiritual practices like Sabbath? Is it enough to just rest? This 2-Part series answers these questions and more.

Spirituality

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The Churchgoing Bust: Rebuilding Spiritual Communities in 21st century America

Psychological resources can help leaders build stronger communities. Thrive offers a model of spiritual health for thriving communities.

Spirituality

Research Project

Study of Spirituality in America – Structural Topic Modeling

Our team uses cutting-edge structural model analysis to understand diverse spirituality in the U.S.

Hope

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Summer of Love: Is it Possible to Create a More Loving World?

Love is more than a feeling. It is a conscious decision, and requires practices and skills in order to live it out.

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.

Spirituality

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The 7 Cs of a Healthy Community

Does your Community Support Spiritual Health? Research indicates seven ideals.

Spirituality

Episode

The Big Picture on Thriving & Spiritual Health — Season One Wrap Up with Dr. Pam King & Dr. Jill Westbrook

Dr. Pam King and Dr. Jill Westbrook take a look back on the first season of With & For and its unique approach to exploring thriving and spiritual health. Together they draw upon insights from the twelve expert guests featured in this inaugural season—reflecting on their wisdom, and pulling key moments from each conversation to weave a tapestry of interdisciplinary scientific research, diverse spiritual perspectives, and practical guidance for a life of thriving.

Emotions

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A Practice: Lamenting with Movement

Lament is a constructive way to embrace suffering. It aligns our emotions and beliefs, and invites us to action.