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THE SPIRITUAL CHILD; What Science Says for Families and Parents

THE SPIRITUAL CHILD; What Science Says for Families and Parents. Lisa Miller, Ph.D. Professor & Director of Clinical Psychology Teachers College Columbia University TheSpiritualChild@gmail.com. Natural Spirituality. Spiritual Compass Enthusiastic for Prayer, Ceremony

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THE SPIRITUAL CHILD; What Science Says for Families and Parents

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  1. THE SPIRITUAL CHILD; What Science Says for Families and Parents Lisa Miller, Ph.D. Professor & Director of Clinical Psychology Teachers College Columbia University TheSpiritualChild@gmail.com

  2. Natural Spirituality • Spiritual Compass • Enthusiastic for Prayer, Ceremony • Relationship with Living Beings • Family as a Spiritual Event • Comfortably Engage Life/Death • Spiritual Agency- Good Work, Giving • Dream and Mystical Experience

  3. Supporting & Building Natural Spiritual Awareness • Sacred Language- Transcendence • Practice of Direct Connection • Transparency into Adult Spiritual Life • Lived Spiritual Values- The NOD

  4. Universal Global SpiritualityChina, India & USA • Interconnectedness • Love in many places and relationships • Altruism, Giving and Service • Practice of Connection • Reflected Life, Commitment to Values

  5. Science of Spiritual Development • BORN SPIRITUAL, Twin Studies, MRI, Clinical Course Studies • SURGE IN ADOLESCENCE • SURGE CAN BE SUPPORTED • IF SO, STRONGEST SOURCE OF RESILIENCE AND CAPACITY FOR THRIVING

  6. Protective BenefitsPrevalent Suffering • 80% protective against substance dependence and abuse • 60% protective against Major Depressive Disorder • 70% protective against sexual risk taking in girls

  7. Spirituality & Character Strengths ARE THEY INDEPENDENT? OR LINKED? • Grit/Persistence • Optimism • Resilience • Ethics • Commitment • Forgiveness

  8. Character Strengths & Spirituality:A Portrait of Thriving Lisa Miller, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University, Teachers College | drlisamiller@gmail.com

  9. LIFE WITH & WITHOUT A SPIRITUAL CORE Lisa Miller, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Clinical Psychology, Columbia University, Teachers College | drlisamiller@gmail.com

  10. Adolescents Support, Show Up, CENTRAL to health and the set up for life! Spiritual Individuation, mirror the hunger, support the quest, deepen the practice by showing. MAP TO THE ROAD AHEAD

  11. Building Spiritual Awareness within and outside the family Family as a Spiritual Reality- Classroom Relationships as Spiritual Events Nature as a Teacher- Authentic Relationship Own Language & Multi-Lingual Spiritual Activism & Spiritual Values

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