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Spirituality
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
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.
Christian
Episode
Life Worth Living: Faith, Flourishing, and What Matters Most with Dr. Miroslav Volf
Miroslav Volf (Yale University) wants to reorient theology around human flourishing. For too long, theology has left practical transformation and lived experience out of the picture. But when we draw together Christian faith and spirituality within a holistic framework of understanding who we are, why we’re here, what we’re called to, and how we should live—we’ll find a life that is truly worth living. (Includes a meditative spiritual exercise by Dr. Pam King, “Creating Space.”)…
Spirituality
News
What Does Spirituality Mean to Us? A Study of Spirituality in the United States Since COVID
Study: Spirituality boosts mental health during isolation and despair
Christian
News
Christian Association for the Psychology of Faith in Hong Kong
Lecture: How Christians deal with life’s uncertainty Date & Time: 13 January 2024 (Sat, HK time), 9:00am – 6:00pm Where: Room 11.18, 11/F, Jockey Club Teaching Building, University of Hong Kong, physical, no online meeting How to participate: Click the link https://forms.gle/4hN3mQ9oGTzxGzAS8 or scan the poster to register online with QR code. Welcome to free dedication. In human growth, whether health, education, career, marriage or family, there are many variables in themselves or in…
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