What's Well & Good in Spirituality

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Spirituality and wellbeing beyond the private sphere

This week’s work treats spirituality, spiritual health, and related wellbeing practices as relevant to clinics, campuses, public health, ecology, and screens. Several papers ask what changes when wellbeing is understood as embodied, relational, holistic, or place-based.

Indigenous and local-theology models frame wellbeing and ethics in holistic, ecological, and place-based terms, not merely individual or clinical ones.
Cancer, infertility, and university counseling papers place spirituality or spiritual health alongside psychosocial support, mental health, and quality-of-life concerns.
Digital spirituality and vaccine-decision studies examine how belief systems interact with platforms and health institutions.

Wellbeing as relationship

A systematic scoping review for decolonial public and global health: Indigenous frameworks and models of wellbeing from Turtle Island and Moananuiākea

It matters because it maps Indigenous-developed wellbeing frameworks from Turtle Island and Moananuiākea, challenging public health models that individualize wellbeing.

The Worship of Shiva in the Context of Local Theology: The Integration of Spirituality and Ecology in Gobleg Village, Bali

It matters because the Bali ethnography links Shiva worship, local wisdom, sacred space, and ecological ethics amid environmental crisis.

Spirituality in health and student services

A practical theology case for integrating pastoral counselling into student counselling services at South African universities

It matters because it argues South African student counselling should include pastoral counselling for spiritual needs that are often neglected.

The interplay of social support and spirituality in active cancer treatment: A mediation model of quality of life.

It matters because it tests whether spirituality helps explain the link between perceived social support and quality of life during active cancer treatment.

Association of spiritual health with mental health status, and quality of life among women with infertility: A systematic review

It matters because it systematically reviews how spiritual health relates to mental health and quality of life among women with infertility.

Everyday practices, platforms, and health decisions

From Screens to Souls: The Possibilities and Limits of Digital Spirituality

It matters because it weighs the accessibility of prayer apps, online communities, and digital retreats against risks of algorithmic mediation.

Evaluation of Spiritual Well-Being, Vaccine Hesitancy, and Vaccine Advocacy Among Parents of Children Aged 0–2 Years

It matters because it examines spiritual well-being alongside vaccine hesitancy and vaccine advocacy among parents of children aged 0–2 years.

Nourish to Flourish: A mindful eating intervention for older adults improves dietary awareness and well-being.

It matters because it evaluates a community mindful-eating program for older adults aimed at dietary awareness and wellness.

Summary written from this week's papers and fact-checked against their abstracts.