Center for the Advancement of Well-Being

Famous Quotes on Lunchtime and Well-Being

Motivational Quotes on the Benefits of Eating Lunch by Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager Making time to eat well at lunch is vital to well-being. Research […]

Investing in Well-Being: Kerry D. Kirk

by Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager Well-being education is vital in today’s complex world, and it has the power to completely transform people’s lives for the […]

Book from CWB Senior Scholar Steve Gladis: “Self-Leadership: Become the CEO of Your Own Career”

CWB Senior Scholar Dr. Steve Gladis, who co-teaches our Positive Leadership program, has released the book Self-Leadership: Become the CEO of Your Own Career. Gladis, […]

Are There Different Types of Subjective Well-Being?

by James E. Maddux, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar This column is the second in a series that will deal with a variety of issues in […]

Theories of Subjective Well-Being

by James E. Maddux, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar In my last column on types of subjective well-being, I described hedonic and eudaimonic ways of thinking […]

Conversations on Diversity, Inclusion, and Well-Being Focus on Mason’s Future

Hundreds of people with diverse roles in Mason’s community – students, parents, alumni, employees, university partners and more – gathered for the Diversity, Inclusion, and […]

Gratitude and Well-Being

by Philip C. Watkins and Dan Schiebe Gratitude research was rare prior to the 21st century, but in recent years research on gratitude and its […]

Joy and Well-Being

by Philip C. Watkins, Brandy Hutton, and Robert A. Emmons Joy is one of the last major unexplored positive emotions, largely neglected by emotion scientists. […]

New CWB Senior Scholar: Lauren Kuykendall

Dr. Lauren Kuykendall, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, has joined our center as a senior scholar. Her teaching and research focuses on workplace […]

Mason’s Music and Well-Being Programs Use the Energy of Sound for Healing

by Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager It’s commonly known that music strengthens our emotional well-being when we enjoy listening to it. But music is much more […]