Center for the Advancement of Well-Being

Thriving Together Series: Stress Relief Tips for Elections

  By: The Center for the Advancement of Well-Being Team One fact that most won’t debate is that an election season is stressful. While it’s […]

Thriving Together Series: Thriving in the Online Classroom

by Laura Dallman, Mason student “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will […]

Thriving Together Series: Our Environment, Our Health

by Seema Wadhwa, CEO, Net Positive Solutions “You can’t live a healthy life on a sick planet.” – John Replogle A unique and sacred relationship exists […]

Wake Up to Wonder through “15 Minute Mindfulness” from the Fall for the Book Festival

Learn about awe and well-being research, and wake up to the wonder around you, through a “15 Minute Mindfulness” event on YouTube from Mason’s Fall […]

Thriving Together Series: A Learner’s Perspective and Well-Being

By: Ethan Carter, Associate Director of Programs, Well-Being, & Assessment, Mason Recreation “Rediscovering the experience of inexperience is a way to counteract the misleading and […]

Thriving Together Series: Meaning and Well-Being

By: Nance Lucas, Ph.D., Executive Director and Chief Well-Being Officer There is nothing in the world, I venture to say, that would so effectively help […]

Thriving Together Series: Walking to Well-Being

  By: Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, author of the books Wake Up to Wonder and Wonder Through the Year, which discuss […]

Thriving Together Series: Communicating About Mental Health at Work During the Pandemic

This edition of the Thriving Together Series is adapted from The Well-Being Lab 2020 Workplace Report, a collaboration between our center and The Well-Being Lab […]

Thriving Together Series: Creativity and Poetry

By: Garrett Fojtik, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Academic Advisor, School of Integrative Studies “Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.” – Earl Nightingale Have you done something […]

Coaching Alumni Profiles: Preston Peterson

  by Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager Preston Peterson, founder and co-owner of Sail the Seven C’s, LLC, already had many years of leadership experience in his […]