Center for the Advancement of Well-Being

Thriving Together Series: The Well-Being Benefits of Gratitude

  By: Millie Rivera, Ph.D., Director of Faculty Engagement and Well-Being, Office of the Provost “Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once […]

Thriving Together Series: Mindful Leadership in an Uncertain World

  By: Steve Gladis, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar and the CEO of Steve Gladis Leadership Partners “What if rather than being disheartened by the ambiguity, the uncertainty of life, […]

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 […]

Thriving Together Series: Focus is a Skill

By: Melissa Schreibstein, CWB Director of Well-Being Programs “Always remember, your focus determines your reality.” – Yoda   Surely, our collective attentional control has been decreasing […]

Mason panel interviews Yogi Sadhguru on well-being perspectives for higher education

By: Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being How can the George Mason University community thrive together despite the COVID-19 pandemic, racial […]

Thriving Together Series: Solitude – The Glory of Being Alone

By: James E. Maddux, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar “Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word ‘loneliness’ […]

Thriving Together Series: Mindset

  By: Beth Cabrera, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar, and author of the book Beyond Happy: Women, Work, and Well-Being. “Whether you think you can or […]

Healing Wounds: Lessons from Mason’s Veterans

by Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager Everyone goes through pain of some kind on a daily basis, and when crises hit, pain intensifies. Illness, injuries, relationship […]