Center for the Advancement of Well-Being

Resilience Resources Weekly: A Personal Moral Compass

by Katie Clare, Associate Director for Resilience Programs, University Life Southwick and Charney encourage us to embrace a personal moral compass to increase our resilience. […]

Resilience Resources Weekly: Resilience Training

by Katie Clare, Associate Director for Resilience Programs, University Life Southwick and Charney encourage us to train regularly and rigorously in multiple areas to strengthen […]

Thriving Together Series: Human Energy Flow

By: Gregory C. Unruh, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar “Where attention goes energy flows; where intention goes energy flows!” – James Redfield, author This edition was […]

Thriving Together Series: Intentional Acts of Kindness

  By: Wilson Hurley, LCSW, Adjunct Professor in Mason’s Social Work Department, author of the book Compassion’s COMPASS: Strategies for Developing Kindness and Insight, and […]

Resilience Resources Weekly: Responding to Fear

by Katie Clare, Associate Director for Resilience Programs, University Life Southwick and Charney recognize a critical step in building resilience is recognizing fears. If you’re […]

Thriving Together Series: The Well-Being Benefits of Gratitude

  By: Milagros (Millie) Rivera, Ph.D., Director of Faculty Diversity, Inclusion and Well-Being, Office of Faculty Affairs “Gratitude is one of the most powerful human […]

Thriving Together Series: Mindful Leadership in an Uncertain World

By: Steve Gladis, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar “What if rather than being disheartened by the ambiguity, the uncertainty of life, we accepted it and relaxed into it?” – Pema […]

Young Koreans’ Well-Being Challenges and Newly Rising Pride

by Jung-Hyun Kim, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea Despite facing many old and new well-being challenges – including the COVID-19 pandemic – young Koreans seem […]

Resilience Resources Weekly: Optimism

by Katie Clare, Associate Director for Resilience Programs, University Life The final component of Southwick and Charney’s resilience strategy is optimism. As a colleague reminded […]

Thriving Together Series: Moving Toward Well-Being

By: Julia Morelli, Senior Fellow, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, President, GMU Instructional Foundation, and Instructor, yoga, qigong, and stress management classes “It is […]