Assessment: How to Reflect on Our Progress Toward Spiritual Health with Dr. Pam King

28/10/2024 7 min Temporada 1
Assessment: How to Reflect on Our Progress Toward Spiritual Health with Dr. Pam King

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“How did it go?” As we pursue purpose and spiritual health, we need regular opportunities to take stock and understand how our efforts are making an impact in our lives and in the lives of others.In the process of pursuing purpose, cultivating joy, and connecting more deeply to ourselves, we need to learn how to audit and assess how its going as we live out our spirituality and refine our values.In this episode, Dr. Pam King explains assessment—the final (and absolutely essential) step in the process of cultivating agility and adaptivity for spiritual health. At this stage, we take stock, adapt, and flex, ready to start fresh and begin anew each day.Show NotesAudit and assessTake stock, adapt, and flex, ready to start fresh and begin anew each day.Consider cycles and frequencies of assessmentThe Ignatian Prayer of ExamenBecoming aware of where God is most fully active in our livesSlow down, connect with God, and take a different perspectiveWhat are we made and created to do?What is our purpose as full human selves?The importance of patience and pausingAccountabilityUtilize emotions as signpostsDrawing on the first step of attunementHow to facilitate the final step of the cycle and move toward beginning again
About the Thrive CenterLearn more at thethrivecenter.org.Follow us on Instagram @thrivecenterFollow us on X @thrivecenterFollow us on LinkedIn @thethrivecenter About Dr. Pam KingDr. 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 & ForHost: Pam KingSenior Director and Producer: Jill WestbrookOperations Manager: Lauren KimSocial Media Graphic Designer: Wren JuergensenConsulting Producer: Evan RosaSpecial thanks to the team at Fuller Studio and the Fuller School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy.

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