Topic Archive
Wellbeing
Wellbeing
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The Gift of Mutual Relationships, with Dr. Jessica ChenFeng
Meaningful relationships are mutual. Balanced with give and take, equal influence between partners, and a vibrant dance of loving responsiveness and caring attention. Marriage and Family Therapist and professor Dr. Jessica ChenFeng is calling us toward a more justice-oriented approach to relationships and to mental health and well-being, She invites us to open-hearted and empathic perspective taking, and seeking an integrated wholeness that incorporates all of who we are—highlighting the gift of mutuality in our most intimate relationships in marriage and family life. In this conversation with Jessica ChenFeng, we discuss: The importance of integrated and whole experience of ourselves—allowing...
Love
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What’s Love Got to Do with It? Possibly, Everything!
Thrive Fellow, Rebecca Baer, explains why loving relationships are central to thriving and the qualities we need to get and give love.
Emotions
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How are mental, physical, and spiritual health related?
Physical, mental and spiritual health are interconnected as part of holistic health, with each facet influencing the health of the others.
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.
Emotions
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Why You Need to Make Time for Play
You might be surprised about the benefits of play for your wellbeing and your spiritual health. Here's how to get more in your life.
Mindfulness
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Screen Time: How Much Do We Pay for Our Screen Time Subscriptions?
What are the real costs of our screen time? How can you become more mindful for yourself and your children? Writer, Amy Dunn, explores this question and more in this series.
Mindfulness
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Screen Time: Here’s What Happened When I Took my Kids’ Screens
Writer Amy Dunn tells us that taking screens away marked her. "I watched my kids immediately become completely lost in their own imaginations for not just minutes, but hours and hours."
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
Agility
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An Integrated Life: Balancing Rigidity and Chaos
Thrive blogger, Amy Dunn, reflects on the concept of integration and how humans navigate the river of life, avoiding the rocky shores or rigidity and chaos.
Mindfulness
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A Practice: Reflecting on Love and Goodness Towards Others
This practice helps build compassion for the struggles of others by shifting our perspective and imagining how we can offer love.
Wellbeing
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Well-Being: Four Essential Pillars Backed by Science
Research has identified four aspects of the mind that exhibit plasticity, and it turns out that we can practice to make our minds healthier.
Practices
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A Radical Idea: Becoming Skilled in Our Own Well-being
Wellbeing is something we can actively cultivate through practice, or through a practice of "mental hygiene."
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