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For more on positive mental health research and what it looks like to use it in many contexts I’m at the @TempltonWorld Global Flourishing Conference with some awesome people and your awesomeness can be there too #FlourishingConf

We cooperate more when we share an identity, but we're drawn to define ourselves by our differences. "When people recognize that they share a common fate, this can bring us together." — Dr. Jay Van Bavel Jay Van Bavel, PhD, New York University at #FlourishingConf

"Part of where I start is the root of the word itself: poles. When you're talking about poles or polarity, you're talking about distance, not proximity." Polarization, then, is "not just the absence of proximity. It also denotes intensity." Mark Freeman, Institute for Integrated Transitions (IFIT),

Uma Viswanathan, New Pluralists, adds pluralism to the conversation: "How do we hold those higher-order shared identities that allow us to not tear apart at the seams, but not so that we flatten the ability to truly see each other?" #FlourishingConf

Heather Templeton Dill, President of John Templeton Foundation directs the conversation about depolarization and pluralism toward #HumanFlourishing: "How can we move towards a flourishing state, where our differences and our shared identities promote cooperation and social progress?"

Our final panel of the #FlourishingConf begins shortly: Planetary Flourishing: Inspiring Science, Wisdom, and Action. Featuring: Father Joshtrom Kureethadam, Salesian Pontifical University Dr. Marcelo Gleiser, Dartmouth 🌲 Dr. Britt Wray, PhD, Stanford Medicine Moderated by: Dr. Yuria

"Planetary flourishing is the recognition of the interconnectedness that binds us to Mother Earth's pluralities... This panel discussion aims to challenge us to view our home planet, not as a resource, but as the core living participant in the relationships that shape our

Our planetary flourishing session opens with a powerful poetry reading by Efraín Bartolomé. Thank you for sharing your words with us 🙏 #FlourishingConf

"We're in this moment of polycrisis as a result of the anthropogenic project. To be able to appreciate that as something much greater & grander than just addressing climate change is crucial. I think that at the root of all of these problems comes a realization that we must move

"The separation between the human and nature has its roots in our forgetting our relationship to the planet as a sacred place. And this to me is the real big missing link in this new narrative of planetary flourishing – we need to re-sacralize our planet." -Marcelo Gleiser

"We cannot solve a problem with the same mentality that created it in the first place. We need to expose the worldview that has brought us to this situation – this crisis – and heal these relationships. This is also an opportunity." -Father Josh Kureethadam #FlourishingConf

This from a wonderful panel that finished a few minutes ago and that reflects my ideas in my book DAWN of a MINDFUL Universe.

That's a wrap! Thanks for joining us for two days of dialogue, presentations, and networking. Conference recordings and materials will remain visible on the platform, so you can continue to watch (or re-watch) 2023 sessions on your own schedule. #FlourishingConf

Ikigai (生き甲斐) is a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose, a reason for living. Japanese have basically a word for any concept that in other languages require lots of words (except German, obviously). The term compounds two Japanese

The sessions from Global Flourishing Conference are online! Great discussions on human flourishing covering AI, art, religion, loneliness, polarization, and more: templetonworldcharity.org/global-flouris…

On #ValentinesDay, we share our third and final clip exploring the theme of love from Global Flourishing Conference. Mohammed Mohammed talks us through the physical, experiential feeling of love. ❤️ ⏸️ Hold on to that thought. 🔗 Watch more from the conference: buff.ly/46qEWbf "

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Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Global Flourishing Conference committee member and Greater Good Science Director, explores how cultural bias can affect world happiness rankings, and what can be done about it. greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/a…

#HappeningNow: Discover Forgiveness, Release Resentment - A #GlobalForgivenessDay conversation with Seth Godin, Christena Cleveland, and Dr. Shawne. Join us here!