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With so many competing voices, how do you know what’s for real, what’s just a trend, and what will actually be helpful for you?
Dive into an accessible field guide for better emotional, mental, and spiritual health—based on an expert psychologist’s in-depth research. Whether you’re looking for more joy in your life or sustainable ways to thrive in hard times, Lasting Wellbeing will help you assess your well-being in five essential dimensions and identify which research-backed practices will open up your life to long-term happiness, clarity, and peace of mind. Drawing on data collected from more than 10,000 people across 25 countries, psychologist Matt Bloom distills three decades of research into clear, science-backed strategies for coping with the stress, burnout, and anxiety in our increasingly demanding world. Available now in hard cover, audio book and e-book formats. |
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Pastoral work can be stressful, tough, demanding, sometimes misunderstood, and often under-appreciated and under-paid. Ministers devote themselves to caring for their congregations, often at the expense of caring for themselves. Studies consistently show that physical health among clergy is significantly worse than among adults who are not in ministry. Flourishing in Ministry offers clergy and those who support them practical advice for not just surviving this grueling profession, but thriving in it.
Matt Bloom, director of the Flourishing in Ministry project, shares groundbreaking research from more than a decade of study. Flourishing in Ministry project draws on more than five thousand surveys and three hundred in-depth interviews with clergy across denominations, ages, races, genders, and years of practice in ministry. It distills this deep research into easily understandable stages of flourishing that can be practiced at any stage in ministry or ministry formation.
Matt Bloom, director of the Flourishing in Ministry project, shares groundbreaking research from more than a decade of study. Flourishing in Ministry project draws on more than five thousand surveys and three hundred in-depth interviews with clergy across denominations, ages, races, genders, and years of practice in ministry. It distills this deep research into easily understandable stages of flourishing that can be practiced at any stage in ministry or ministry formation.
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Select Academic publications
- Schabram, K., Bloom, M. And DiDonna, D. J. 2023. Breaking Away: The Life Changing Effect of Sabbaticals, Harvard Business Review, https://hbr.org/2023/02/research-the-transformative-power-of-sabbaticals.
- Schabram, K., Bloom, M. And DiDonna, D. J. 2023. Recover, Explore, Practice: The Transformative Potential of Sabbaticals, Academy of Management Discoveries, 9: 441-468.
- Wydick B, Zahid M, Manning S, Maller J, Evsanaa K, Skjoldhorne S, Bloom M, Das A, Deshpande G., 2022. The Impact of Cleft Lip/Palate and Surgical Intervention on Adolescent Life Outcomes. Annals of Global Health, 88(1): 25, 1–16.
- Bloom, M., Colbert, A. & Nielson, J. 2021. Stories of Calling: How Called Professionals Construct Narrative Identities, Administrative Science Quarterly, 66: 298-338.
- Bloom, M. and Guthrie, D. 2021. The Lived Experience of Dignity. In P. Carozza and C. Sedmak (eds.), Dignity and Development, Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.
- Bloom, Matt. 2017. The Joys and Paradoxes of Vocation in Middle Adulthood, In K. Cahalan and B. Miller-McLemore (eds.) Calling All Years Good: Vocation Across the Lifespan, pp. 123-147. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Essays
Trying to achieve work-life balance sounds like a great idea, but chasing it is counter-productive. There is a better way...
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The idea of accountability has a lot of merit, but the way we usually practice it actually undermines the very thing we want to create.
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Research has shown that a simple writing practice can be a very effective way to overcome difficult, even traumatic experiences.
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