Our center offers a variety of opportunities to help you explore well-being, build skills and resilience, strengthen connections, and discover practices that can enrich your life at George Mason and beyond.
You’ll find options here to meet you where you are – whether you have just a few minutes to explore a new idea, want to engage more deeply in a well-being practice, are looking for opportunities designed specifically for students, or want to connect with resources offered by our university partners. We offer a range of science-backed well-being practices because well-being is an ongoing journey, and what we need can change from one moment, season, or stage of life to another.
Our opportunities are organized into four categories:
Brief Opportunities
Looking for a quick way to bring more well-being into your day? Brief Opportunities offer ways to boost your well-being without a significant time commitment.
Explore Colors and Connection, Integrating Well-Being in Academics, Music for Well-Being, Spring Into Well-Being, and the Thriving Together Series.
In-Depth Opportunities
Do you have more time to explore? In-Depth Opportunities require more time than just a brief, one-time activity, but they can have an even greater impact on your well-being and your ability to support the well-being of others.
Explore Book Discussion Groups, Bridge to Belonging, Mindfulness Meditation, Mental Health First Aid, the Resilience Badge, and Writing for Well-Being.
Just for Students
George Mason students have access to additional opportunities designed specifically to support their well-being, learning, and personal development.
Explore Elena’s Scholarships for Student Well-Being, Student Strengths Coaching, the Well-Being Learning Community, and Well-Being Minors and Certificates.
Partner Resources
Well-being is a shared responsibility across our university. Our center works alongside university partners who offer additional resources, programs, and services that support the well-being of students, faculty, and staff.
Explore resources from Human Resources, Risk, Safety, and Resilience, and University Life.
Find the Most Helpful Opportunities for You
Everyone’s well-being journey is unique. We offer many kinds of opportunities, so you can find those that help you the most. You might be looking for a brief experience to brighten your day, an opportunity to develop a new skill, a community in which you can belong, or a resource to support you through a particular challenge.
Wherever you are on your well-being journey, we invite you to explore these opportunities and discover what helps you – and those around you – thrive.
Pillars
At our center, we define well-being as building a life of vitality, purpose, resilience, and engagement. These four dimensions offer a framework for understanding the many ways we can cultivate well-being – for ourselves and for the people and communities around us. Our opportunities are designed to help you explore and strengthen these dimensions through evidence-informed practices, meaningful connections, learning, reflection, and action.
Vitality includes caring for our physical well-being, building positive relationships and social support, practicing healthy habits, and creating balance in our lives. It also means treating ourselves and others with respect and care.
Purpose grows when we clarify what matters most to us and align our choices and actions with our values. It includes finding meaning in our lives, engaging in work and learning that matter to us, and preparing to make meaningful contributions to our communities and the world.
Resilience helps us respond to stress and change in healthier ways. It involves self-awareness, reflection, psychological flexibility, and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances while staying connected to our values and what matters most.
Engagement means bringing our strengths to what we do, finding opportunities to do what we do best, and developing meaningful connections and a sense of belonging. It also includes contributing to the well-being of others through service, community involvement, and collective action.