Center for the Advancement of Well-Being

Thriving Together Series: Understanding Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

  By: Heba Saleh, founder and CEO of Key of Life Ventures; writer, entrepreneur, and educator; Mason alumna with an M.A. in English with a […]

Thriving Together Series: Mindful Writing for Well-Being

  By: Jenny Goransson, a Mason doctoral candidate in Writing and Rhetoric, Graduate Writing Coordinator at Mason’s University Writing Center, and Clinical Coach in Mason’s […]

Thriving Together Series: The Value of Mindfulness Retreats

  By: Laura Winkler, Graduate Internship Supervisor/Career Advisor, University Career Services “Do not pursue the past. Do not love yourself in the future. The past no […]

Thriving Together Series: Mindfulness for Well-Being

  By: Katie Clare, Associate Director for Resilience Programs for the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being “In the modern world, we live in an anti-mindfulness […]

Thriving Together Series: Mindfulness in College Life

Original illustration by Aditi GoelBy: Aditi Goel, a Mason student majoring in Public Administration “Recharge your inner battery with meditation.” – Sister Jayanti Have you […]

Thriving Together Series: Mindful Leadership in an Uncertain World

By: Steve Gladis, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scholar “What if rather than being disheartened by the ambiguity, the uncertainty of life, we accepted it and relaxed into it?” – Pema […]

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 […]

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, […]