Peak Living with Dr Jennifer Wortham - Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University.

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Peak Living - Poonacha Machaiah (CEO - The Chopra Foundation) in conversation with Dr.Jennifer Wortham - Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University.

The conversation is about Peak Living and how it can be achieved. Dr. Jennifer Wortham a researcher on religion, spirituality and forgiveness, is interviewed by the host, Poonacha Machaiah (CEO - The Chopra Foundation)

The conversation starts with the host explaining her new definition of Peak Living which is the wisdom of age and the vigor of Youth. Dr. Wortham then introduces herself and her current research at Harvard University which focuses on the impact of moral and spiritual injury on health outcomes.

They then delve into the details of Harvard University’s Human Flourishing Program. Dr. Wortham explains that the program defines flourishing as a state where all aspects of a person’s life are good. She also mentions a global flourishing study which is being conducted by the program in collaboration with Harvard, Gallup and Baylor University.

The conversation then goes on to Dr. Wortham's personal journey and how it influenced her professional path. She explains how her experience with clergy abuse in her family motivated her to focus on the impact of religion, spirituality and forgiveness on health.

Dr. Wortham talks about the terms moral and spiritual injury and how they can impact a person’s health. She also shares her story of writing a letter to the Pope about forgiveness and her efforts to establish a United Nations World Day for Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Violence.

The conversation ends with Dr. Wortham sharing a prayer for a conference on moral injury and how to heal from it.

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Jennifer S. Wortham, Dr.PH, is a religion, spirituality, and forgiveness research associate for the Flourishing Program at Harvard University. She earned her doctorate in public health at the UCLA, Fielding School of Public Health, and she teaches graduate-level courses in health services quality management and patient safety methods. She has extensive experience in health system transformation, and she has served as a strategy and population health consultant for leading healthcare organizations in the public and private sectors for over 30 years. Dr. Wortham's current research focuses on the impact of moral and spiritual injury on health outcomes, and she is leading research on the development of psycho-social-spiritual interventions for victims of adverse childhood experiences, trauma, and moral injury. In 2018, she authored a memoir on forgiveness titled A Letter to the Pope: The Keeper of the Nest, based on her family's experience with clergy abuse. She founded a Global Collaborative, and in 2022, she was responsible for leading the establishment of a United Nations World Day for the Prevention of, and Healing from of Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence.