What is Thriving? – Season 2 Wrap Up with Dr. Pam King

21/07/2025 14 min Temporada 2 Episodio 14
What is Thriving? – Season 2 Wrap Up with Dr. Pam King

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Help inspire the future of With & For! Click here to take our short survey! The first five respondents will receive exclusive swag from the Thrive Center!Thriving is a relational journey that involves being deeply connected to others and the community.The importance of a "true north" and discerning what is most sacred to orient one's life.Understanding thriving as accepting a truer story of yourself, others, and the world.Engaging in mindset and behavior changes for flourishing, with self-compassion.Thriving as having resources built up in various domains (personal, family, social) to buffer from crisis.The concept of thriving begins with the love of God and love of neighbor.The alignment of purpose and practice is central to thriving, regardless of changes over time.Recognizing ourselves as "God's masterpiece" and finding joy and contentment in that.Thriving as a dynamic, meaningful engagement in purposeful living, adapting to changing contexts.The idea that one can be struggling or even mentally ill and still be thriving is a "both/and" process.Thriving as an internal state and relational reality marked by an open heart and meaningful relationships, even on a stressful day.The journey of thriving involves self-discovery and healing, acknowledging both strengths and weaknesses.Being "habituated to doing good" and demonstrating one's "best self" in relationships.Dr. Pam King’s Key TakeawaysThriving is relational and happens when we are deeply connected to other people, whether that be through our intimate relationships or our broader community.Thriving involves telling a truer story about life, that there is both beauty and brokenness.Thriving involves understanding who we are as God's masterpieces, that we all have strengths, and we all can thrive and find life in our weaknesses.Thriving involves discovering and pursuing what gets you up in the morning – your true north, what is most sacred to you.Thriving involves self-discovery and healing, which might mean being softer with ourselves so that we can find internal ease.
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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