Tag: thriving together social connection

  By: Susan Kehoe, volunteer puppy raiser for Canine Companions for Independence “If strength is love, then we weren’t strong enough. But if strength is […]

  By: Malik Merritte, Graduate Professional Assistant, Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, a graduate student in Mason’s Counseling program “Community is much more than […]

  By: Riverly Twardy, a Mason student majoring in Physics  “True belonging doesn’t require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who […]

  By: Colton Goodman, Assistant Director of Residence Life for Residential Academic Engagement, Housing and Residence Life and Zareena Khan, Assistant Director of Student Well-Being, […]

  By: Suvra Das, a Mason student majoring in Psychology “Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits […]

  By: Christie Michals, Development Associate, Safe Children Coalition “To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be […]

By: Melissa Schreibstein, Director of Well-Being Programs “I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when […]

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’ […]