Inner Work, Outer Life: Spirituality and Men's Mental Health

About this event

West LA Campus

Fri., Nov. 6, 2026, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. PST

The symposium will bring together practitioners and experts across the many fields connected to men's mental health, inviting each to reflect on the ways spirituality and faith help them meet the objectives of their work. Our aim is to identify the rich diversity of connections between spirituality and psychology as they appear in practice, whether in social work, therapy, psychology, community activism, volunteer and non-profit work, or religious, interfaith, and ecumenical work. From there, we want to highlight how leaders in these fields translate principle into practice. We invite students, faculty, and community leaders into a vibrant dialogue about how we help men build lives on "bedrock" values, drawing on the many "touchstones" of spiritual growth.

(in conjunction with Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology and its mission and values

gsep.pepperdine.edu…

)

Event type: Conference/Symposia

Event Location Type: In Person

Contact Name: Christopher Norris

Contact Email:

christopher.norris@pepperdine.edu

christopher.norris@pepperdine.edu

Speaker: Dr. Chris Norris (Pepperdine adjunct Professor,

www.bx411.com ) Dr. Jordan Smith (Adjunct Professor, UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures; The Center for Healthy Masculinity), Dan Griffin (https://dangriffin.com; The Center for Healthy Masculinity

www.thecenterforhealthymasculinity.org )