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Show Notes

• Visit thethrivecenter.org for more resources on thriving and spiritual health!
• Why podcast about thriving and spiritual health?
• Pam’s deep desire for people to thrive and become who they’re meant to be, with and for others
• Practical and applicable insights for personal growth and well-being.
• Bringing in experts from different research methods, spiritual traditions, and cultural backgrounds
• Richie Davidson on declarative and procedural learning
• Dan Siegel on integration
• Growing through the throes of difficulties
• Cultivating virtues and deepening relationships
• Pam’s personal experience halfway through the season: caring for a child with a medical emergency
• What helped Pam through the recent trauma?
• When under threat, we go to what’s automatic
• 5 x 7 breathing
• “Her crisis was exacerbated by the fact that her coping skill was not possible.”
• “My holding her hand was very calming for her.”
• Cynthia Eriksson on trauma and activating the parasympathetic nervous system for
• Alexis Abernethy on self-care, rest, and rhythms
• “Coming home to my body… listening to my body… aware of the natural rhythms of my body… trusting our bodies more.”
• “A nerd with lipgloss.”
• Feeling Alone
• Pam King’s deeply relational theology
• Becoming is linked to our belonging and connection with others?
• Shared and validated by another
• Pam King’s co-authored book, The Reciprocating Self
• Dan Siegel’s approach to “intraconnection” and research about attunement and awareness of others.
• Alexia Salvatierra: “If you’re community is not well, then you are not well.”
• Richie Davison on neuroplasticity: we have agency in our life changing and growing
• Engaging in psychological or spiritual practices to expand our attention, deepen compassion, gain more insight into our values, and identify our purpose.
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• Purpose and Life Review with Bill Damon
• Belle Liang on telling a story and finding your purpose through your own life narrative and “letting your life speak”
• Sarah Schnitker and t he virtue of patience as a relevant and timely approach to life today
• Miroslav Volf on joy and sorrow in the context of Christian faith and redemption
• Hope for God’s presence amidst the sorrow
• Psychology of belief
• Theology is not just the study of God, but the knowledge and love of God, and seeking the kingdom
• Life unencumbered and free
• The Black experience and longing for living and dreaming unencumbered
• Thriving involves systems of access and justice
• “True human thriving contributes to a flourishing world. And our world will not be flourishing until all people live unencumbered.”
• Dwight Radcliff on hip-hop theology and an embodied response
• “Art engages us at the sensory level.“
• Susan David on emotions as signposts
• Art and beauty
• Three tips for thriving based on Season 1 of With & For
  1. Lean into love for yourself—finding compassion and grace for yourself
  2. Find love in your relationships, co-creating meaning and purpose
  3. Lean into love in the narrative of your life and your place and purpose in your community and the larger, bigger story of the world
• “Beyond-the-self” purpose as a central podcast value
• What’s coming next for With & For
• Thank you to our expert guests this season, our wonderful production team, and the administration and faculty of the Fuller School of Psychology and Marriage & Family Therapy at Fuller Theological Seminary

About the Thrive Center

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About Dr. Pam King

Dr. Pam King is Executive Director the Thrive Center and is Peter L. Benson Professor of Applied Developmental Science at Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.  Follow her @drpamking.

About With & For

• Host: Pam King
• Senior Director and Producer: Jill Westbrook
• Operations Manager: Lauren Kim
• Social Media Graphic Designer: Wren Juergensen
• Consulting Producer: Evan Rosa

Special thanks to the team at Fuller Studio and the Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.