To find and share the practices and philosophies from around the world that bring about the most individual and collective well-being.

Well-being is what is good for an individual and/or a system. 

In the past, general definitions of well-being have been reductive and exclusive, isolating pieces of well-being from one another and not recognizing the interrelationship of the web of well being:

1. The hedonic perspective is one that implies that what is good for an individual is their ratio of pain vs. pleasure. Hedonic well-being hinges on minimizing pain and maximizing pleasure for the individual, typically at any expense. This creates a selfishness that causes a vicious cycle of harm as one disregards the well-being of another in favor of their own. If everyone is looking out for their own pleasure, they would have no qualms harming each other for it, and in the end everyone is at greater risk of experiencing more pain. 

2. The eudaimonic perspective sees well-being as human flourishing, that one’s happiness, health, and fulfillment is impacted by the happiness, health, and fulfillment of every other person, thus true well-being is shared well-being as a society. This collaborative perspective frees us of the ignorant pain caused by hedonism, but still fails to be inclusive of the rest of the planet which has great influence on our well-being as a species. 

3. My perspective sees well-being as multidimensional and integrative. There are four main dimensions of well being: Spiritual health, physical health, cultural health, and environmental health. Well-being is personal and it is shared. The well-being within us is in direct relationship with our culture and environment, and the well-being of our culture and environment is impacted by each of our levels of spiritual and physical health in turn.

Thus, my approach to well-being research takes into consideration both individual solutions as well as systemic remedies.