In our latest Uplift Live series, Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife joined Michelle Larson, Uplift cofounder, to discuss how to talk to kids about sex. Dr. Finlayson-Fife is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois with a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology from Boston College. While she specializes in helping clients within her faith tradition, her insights are …
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Every parent knows that actions speak louder than words — that if you want your kids to be a certain way, you shouldn’t just talk about it. You should model it. As the psychologist Carl Jung once wrote, “If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and …
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In our most recent Uplift Live event, Uplift cofounder Drew Hansen spoke with Micheline Green, M.Ed., about the inner transformation of spiritual parenting. Micheline started her career in child protection services and then earned a master’s degree in counseling. After working as a counselor in Waldorf and Montessori schools, Micheline trained as an integral coach …
By Jon Ogden, Uplift Cofounder — Recently my spouse wrote about her German grandmother who was seven years old when Hitler rose to power. “Her youth was spent in war, though she didn’t speak of it very often,” my spouse writes. “But when she did, she always ended her stories the same: ‘War is hell,’ …
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In her book The Wisdom Way of Knowing, Cynthia Bourgeault tells the story of a group of monks who chanted together daily. One day a new abbot decided that the monks should replace chanting with other tasks he deemed more important. Soon enough, the monks fell into a state of depression and lethargy, such that the …
Navigating healthy spiritual development at home can be quite the task, especially if different family members have different beliefs (or a lack of beliefs). To explore insights around this topic, Thomas McConkie and Gloria Pak, founders of Lower Lights School of Wisdom, sat down with Drew Hansen, co-founder of Uplift. The conversation includes insights from …
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This week Uplift cofounder Drew Hansen sat down with Sara Hughes-Zabawa to discuss ways to rediscover your family’s values while parenting. Sara is a trauma-informed therapist who has worked extensively with couples in mixed-faith marriages and is a tireless advocate for LGBTQ+ youth. As a clinician and Uplift customer in a mixed-faith marriage herself, Sara …
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It can be difficult to know how to talk to kids about drugs — both when they are young and when they’re teens. How do you decrease the likelihood your kids will experiment with drugs? What do you do if you’ve discovered they’ve used drugs? This page will help you answer these questions. Our suggested approach …
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Healthy Spirituality Vs. Toxic Spirituality: What’s the Difference? Spirituality. It’s a mushy word. To us at Uplift, spirituality is when we align with our internal moral compass, connect with something beyond ourselves, and attune to our deepest values. It’s about exploring the ultimate mystery of life and following our individual purpose, whatever that may be. …
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Christmas After a Faith Shift: Ideas For the Whole Family Regardless of whether or not you belong to a religious community, if you’ve had a faith shift — if your view of your tradition has expanded from where it used to be — you may be wondering what to do during holidays, particularly Christmas. It can …
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