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Foundational 5 Group

June 9  – July 7, 2025

7:30pm EST / 4:30pm PST

75 Minutes

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Email onlinecourses@thrivetdoay.org if you want to be contacted when our next group is scheduled.

Join us this Summer for 5 weeks and find practical solutions to everyday problems.

Life Can Feel Hard

Many of us are experiencing increasing levels of overwhelm, anxiety, depression, irritation, or a sense that something is missing. When life challenges feel bigger than we have the capacity to handle, our relationships suffer and we can struggle to find satisfaction in life. 

A Satisfying, Joy-Filled Life is Possible!

If you desire to live a life marked by joy, peace, and relational connection, even when life gets tough, we have good news! You can build your capacity and emotional reserves to remain steadier and more joyful by developing a handful of skills, which we call “relational skills”. No matter what life challenges you face or which areas you would like to grow in, these simple skills can make a big difference!

The Foundational 5 Group will help you on your journey toward real life transformation by taking you through the Foundational 5 Introductory Course with a facilitator. Every week you will review the 5 foundational skills you can develop to grow your capacity.

Join us as we learn together and practice how to:

  • Become more aware of your relational state.

  • Build joy with others.

  • Calm yourself from stress or busyness.

  • More naturally look for and appreciate the good in your life.

  • Connect with Jesus and gain His perspective on your life and the world around you.

Developing these foundational skills takes practice and intention, but the benefits are well worth it! 

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What's included?

  • 1-year access to The Foundational 5 Introductory Course.
  • 5 weeks of 75-minute online group sessions led by a trained facilitator.
  • Each session covers one of the introductory course lessons and includes:

An overview of the skill being covered that week.

A skill assessment.

1-2 exercises to practice the weekly skill.

Group discussion in breakout rooms.

Review of an example of this skill in scripture.

Weekly Schedule

A printable schedule to keep you on track.

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The details

Length: 75-minute Zoom call, weekly for 5 weeks.

Mondays: 7:30-8:45pm EST / 4:30-5:45pm PST

Cost: $59

To enquire about group or family rates, email onlinecourses@thrivetoday.org. Note: Only available for groups who view the classes together from 1 screen.

How to Enroll in the Group: Click the link and purchase the course. You will receive your Zoom link and other important details, upon registration.

Registration Deadline: Jun 5, 2025

REGISTRATION CLOSED

Note: In the unlikely event we don’t meet our minimum registration number and have to cancel, you will be refunded in full.

FAQs

Can I miss a session, and will they be recorded?
  • If you need to miss one session that is okay. But to get the most out of the group it is best if you can attend most/all of them.
  • We have not decided if these will be recorded, so we cannot guarantee that you can review a missed session via recording.
  • Yes, definitely! The content in the Intro Course is valuable no matter how many times you go through it. But this group is an especially great idea if:
    • You purchased the Intro Course but didn’t go through all of the content.
    • You went through the content but would like to be able to better understand the different skills and continue your practice.
    • You want people to practice the exercises with.
  • Yes! It might largely be a review for you, but it never hurts to review these foundational skills. The practice you will get in the group is always helpful because maintaining our skills requires that we continue to practice them.
  • This group is a highly suggested prerequisite for the NEW resources we are launching this year on managing unpleasant emotions. 
  • If you want your small group to join this weekly group with us we recommend you each purchase the group course individually, or if you’re gathering together in one room each week, please email us.
  • If you are curious how it would work for you to take your own group through this course another time, it would be great for you to join us and see it modeled!
  • Both this group and Habit Builder groups provide opportunities to practice and discuss with peers, but they differ in the following ways:
    • This group provides an overview of all Foundational 5 skills, while Habit Builder groups dive into one specific skill.
    • This group lasts 5 weeks, while a Habit Builder Group ranges from 8-10 weeks.
    • This course includes a little more teaching.
    • The Foundational 5 groups are typically larger.
  • While we have no way of knowing for sure, this group will most likely have around 30-50 participants. However, you will have an opportunity to discuss what you’re learning in small groups of 3-4 each week.

Skills Covered in this group:

Skill 0 - Relational Circuits​

A.K.A. The Joy Switch. Learning how to activate your brain’s relational circuits is a foundational practice for using the 19 skills. When your relational circuit goes off, you are severely limited in your ability to stay relationally connected. With practice, we can learn to live relationally and remain anchored in good and bad times . LEARN MORE ABOUT SKILL 0

Share Joy is the ability to build and share joy (a sense that we’re glad to be together) with others.  LEARN MORE ABOUT SKILL 1

Simple Quiet is a purposeful pause. This skill involves knowing when and how to look away and calm ourselves or downshift from higher energy levels.

LEARN MORE ABOUT SKILL 2

Packaged Joy as we like to call it, happens when we remember and savor the good things in our life in such a way that our brain responds like we are experiencing them again. Healthy minds are full of appreciation.

LEARN MORE ABOUT SKILL 4

Godsight is when we see people and events from God’s perspective. This gives us a life full of hope and direction.  LEARN MORE ABOUT SKILL 13

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