Center for the Advancement of Well-Being

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 This edition was written by our center’s senior scholar Beth Cabrera, Ph.D., author of the book Beyond Happy: Women, […]

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 […]