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Investing in Well-Being: Kerry D. Kirk

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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 […]

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

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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, […]

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Are There Different Types of Subjective Well-Being?

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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 […]

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Theories of Subjective Well-Being

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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 […]

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

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Credit: Lauren Green Graphic art produced during the summit, reflecting the conversations there

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

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Gratitude and Well-Being

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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 […]

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Joy and Well-Being

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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. […]

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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 […]

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

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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 […]

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Scholarship Winners Looking Forward to Well-Being Learning

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by Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager Six Mason students are winners of the Elena Prien Student Well-Being Scholarships for the academic year 2018-2019. The scholarships were […]