Center for the Advancement of Well-Being

Thriving Together Series: Sophrology Promotes Kindness for Well-Being

  By: Ayce Bukulmeyen Ozerdem, Well-Being Program Specialist, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being  “Human rights are a value inherent in human dignity, the essential value […]

Thriving Together Series: Why Generosity is Important for Well-Being

  By: Rick Beckwith, Executive Coach at KME3 “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – […]

Thriving Together Series: Kindness in the Workplace

  By: Christine Landoll, Professor of Practice, Costello College of Business (formerly the School of Business); Gretchen Hendricks, Senior Instructor, Costello College of Business; Jacquelyn Brown, […]

Thriving Together Series: Difficult Conversations and Well-Being

  By: Julia Morelli, Senior Fellow, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, and President, GMU Instructional Foundation “Anybody can become angry — that is easy, […]

Thriving Together Series: The Power of Forgiveness for Well-Being

  By Al Fuertes, Ph.D., Professor, School of Integrative Studies, and Senior Scholar, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being “Without forgiveness, there is no future.”- Archbishop Desmond […]

Thriving Together Series: Use the Science of Kindness for Stress Management

By: Celeste DiMilla, MS, LMFT, CAPP and Louis Alloro, M.Ed., MAPP, CWB Senior Fellow  “Helping others is the way we help ourselves.” – Oprah Winfrey If you’re […]

Thriving Together Series: How to Be an Ambassador for Kindness

By: Vanessa Thompson, Special Projects Coordinator, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act […]

Thriving Together Series: Kindness in the University Classroom

by Laura Dallman, graduate student, College of Education and Human Development “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thought creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates […]

Thriving Together Series: How Kindness Impacts Well-Being

  By: James E. Maddux, Ph.D, CWB Senior Scholar, University Professor Emeritus, and former director of Mason’s Clinical Psychology doctoral program “Kindness begins with the […]

Thriving Together Series: Kindness and Awe

  By: Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm […]