### 🧠 What *True* Well-Being Really Means
Most people think of well-being as just the absence of illness or stress.
But neuroscience and social science show it's much deeper — **it's about balance** and the **flexibility to manage yourself**.
#### 🔑 Key Takeaways:
- **Well-being is both a capacity and a state**: It’s not just a feeling, it’s a skill you build.
- **It's created from within**: Through your own actions and mindset, not something applied from outside.
### 💡 Practical Ways to Build Well-Being:
1. **Nurture strong relationships** – Prioritize time with people you care about.
2. **Take control of tech habits** – Limit addictive scrolling and overstimulation.
3. **Do what you love with people you love** – Joy and connection matter.
4. **Reflect regularly** – Ask yourself: What’s this all for? What matters?
5. **Give to others** – Acts of kindness reflect back to us emotionally.
### 🌱 A Modern View of Well-Being Includes:
- **Personal agency** – Feeling in control of your choices.
- **Connection to others** – A sense of belonging and shared meaning.
- **Purpose** – Living in alignment with what matters to you.
- **Shared storytelling** – Creating narratives of meaning and possibility with others.
About Mary Helen Immordino-Yang:
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD, is an expert on the psychological and neurobiological foundations of social emotion, self-awareness, and culture, and how they impact learning, development, and education.
She is a Professor of Education at the USC Rossier School of Education, a Professor of Psychology at the Brain and Creativity Institute, a faculty member in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Southern California, and the Director of the USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning, and Education (CANDLE).
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