Center for the Advancement of Well-Being

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mason’s Resilience Model: Transforming Fear & Promoting Well-Being

by Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager Fear can seem like a thrill in movies and TV shows. But beyond its entertainment value, fear can be a […]

Workplace Well-Being: A Spotlight on the Research of Senior Scientist Mandy O’Neill

by Melissa Stiksma, Doctoral Research Fellow, and Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager Americans spend an average of 8.8 hours working each day. It is thus of […]

What’s the Science of Positivity?

by Dr. Steve Gladis, CWB Senior Scholar This is an excerpt from Gladis’ book Positive Leadership: The Game Changer at Work.  For many years, psychologists […]