36th Annual Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference

The Leading Edge of Well-Being Science: New Keys to Changing Your Brain for the Better

This interactive presentation will link lifelong well-being and health to the neuroscience of social connection, positive emotion, and resilience to stress while dynamically guiding people through the latest techniques for strengthening these capacities. In a world that sometimes seems to be going in the opposite direction, attendees of this session will both experience and learn the science behind validated well-being skills such as enhancing empathy to bridge differences, activating awe and collective effervescence, and embracing love and forgiveness. The session will share both scientific insights and practical strategies for attendees to improve their own and contribute to others’ well-being. This session is especially well-suited for leaders wanting to weave wellbeing into the fabric of their teams and uplift organizational productivity and success. Presenters will also share results from a cutting-edge global citizen science initiative: The Big Joy Project, a free online program that helps people understand the sources of and carve their own path to greater well-being in just one week. Attendees will both learn about discoveries from pioneering well-being science and actively engage in rigorously validated wellbeing strategies all in the service of dynamically, iteratively, and sustainably increasing it both during as well as beyond the conference. Come ready to engage, reflect, and walk away with wellbeing practices and rituals that you can immediately use in a variety of contexts.

Next Steps, New Possibilities: Multi-sector Perspectives on Neuroscience and Whole Person Health

Join health promotion professionals from diverse fields as they reflect on key takeaways from the Wired for Well-Being conference theme. Panelists will share how neuroscience and whole-person health insights—such as resilience, motivation, and the brain-body connection—can be applied in workplaces, schools, communities, and clinical care. Audience participation will spark a collaborative discussion on how to translate learning into action and advance healthier individuals, organizations, and communities.

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