Building a Life of Wellness: The Science of Fostering Happiness and Health Span
Who Is This Program For?
Everyone deserves a chance to be happy, healthy, and live a meaningful life. That's why Harvard Medical School Executive Education has designed the Building a Life of Wellness program for every wellness enthusiast seeking advanced skills and evidence-based structures for improved well-being and longevity. This program is also relevant for:
HR executives and people managers aiming to foster a positive work environment by boosting employee productivity and morale and enhancing personal wellness through effective evidence-based strategies
Wellness and health coaches seeking evidence-based frameworks and knowledge that set them apart from the competition
Mental health professionals and other health care specialists looking to assist their patients better with new techniques and advance their expertise in evidence-based wellness practices to improve their patients’ social wellness and their own mental and physical health
Learning Outcomes
Gain an understanding of how to enhance well-being and longevity with research-based frameworks and align goals with life actions and values.
The Building a Life of Wellness program will help you:
Analyze evidence-based research on wellness, happiness, and longevity to develop frameworks for overall well-being
Design and implement impactful action plans by incorporating evidence-based techniques proven to enhance personal and others' well-being
Cultivate supportive relationships and successfully navigate major life transitions
Build resilience and coping mechanisms to transform challenges into opportunities for personal growth
Establish well-being metrics and use them to critically evaluate progress and adapt approaches as needed
Examine life stages, personal values, and risk factors to align actions with fulfillment and goal achievement
Articulate the central role relationships play in well-being
Curriculum
The program’s cutting-edge curriculum integrates research-based strategies on well-being with proven techniques, helping you enhance your quality of life.
The key topics include:
Learning Experience
Engage in hands-on activities to transform your theoretical concepts into practical experiences and build a personalized tool kit.
Take part in discussions with global peers from diverse backgrounds and gain diverse perspectives.
Personalize your learning journey through reflection exercises, carefully crafted to align with module objectives.
Leverage supplemental resources, including workbooks and scientific papers, to apply program learning to practical, personalized needs.
Develop a personalized action plan that integrates your values, social connections, and self-care activities to foster health, happiness, and longevity.
Leverage guest speaker Margaret Moore’s expertise to gain insights into the latest industry trends and discover new ways to implement wellness strategies.
Interact with the course facilitator during weekly office hours to align your goals with the learning journey and synthesize key program learnings.
Receive a certificate of completion from Harvard Medical School Executive Education upon successful completion of the program.
Daily Well-Being Compass Journal
Develop a personalized daily well-being practice throughout the program to enhance your overall health. In this plan, you will integrate core values, social connections, challenge management, and self-care activities to create a sustainable approach. Upon program completion, you will have a road map to foster health and happiness for your well-being.
The WISER Model
The program curriculum includes the WISER model — Watch, Interpret, Select, Engage, Reflect — which is based on the 85-year-old Harvard Study of Adult Development. This model is a powerful framework for navigating complex situations and helps you understand how to react when you are facing an emotionally challenging situation.
Note: This image serves only as an example of the WISER model.
Faculty
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Robert Waldinger is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and Zen priest. He is the director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest-running studies of adult li...
Guest Speaker
Co-Founder and Chairperson, Institute of Coaching
Margaret Moore has a 17-year-long career in the biotechnology industry in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and France. In 2000, she founded Wellcoaches Corporation, ...
Note: Guest speakers are subject to change.
Certificate
Upon completion of this program, you will receive a verified certificate from Harvard Medical School Executive Education.
Your digitally verified certificate will be issued in your legal name and emailed to you, at no additional cost, upon completion of the program, per the stipulated requirements. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of Harvard Medical School Executive Education.
Note: This program does not grant academic credit or professional certifications from Harvard Medical School.
FAQs
Didn't find what you were looking for? Write to us at learner.success@emeritus.org or schedule a call with one of our Program Advisors or call us at +1 315 284 5718 (US) / +44 204 538 5575 (UK) / +65 3129 7741 (SG).
Early registrations are encouraged. Seats fill up quickly!
Flexible payment options are available.
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