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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, […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Thriving Together Series: Kindness and Well-Being

by James E. Maddux, Ph.D, CWB Senior Scholar “Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.” – Charles Glassman, physician and author Senior Scholar James […]

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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 the […]

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Thriving Together Series: Altruism

by Philip Wilkerson, Manager, Industry Advising and Employer Development, University Career Services “The one who plants trees, knowing that he or she will never sit […]

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Thriving Together Series: Compassion

  By: Suzie Carmack, Ph.D., MFA, MEd, ERYT 500, NBC-HW, Senior Scholar, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, Assistant Professor, College of Public Health “Our […]