The Big Picture on Thriving & Spiritual Health — Season One Wrap Up with Dr. Pam King & Dr. Jill Westbrook
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.
- Find the Center for Healthy Minds Innovations App (FREE)
- 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
- Lean into love for yourself—finding compassion and grace for yourself
- Find love in your relationships, co-creating meaning and purpose
- 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
- Learn more at thethrivecenter.org.
- Follow us on Instagram @thrivecenter
- Follow us on X @thrivecenter
- Follow us on LinkedIn @thethrivecenter
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.
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