Heartbreak, love, compassion, and urgency can make creative endeavors become the work of great beauty. Listen with an open heart!

Shonda a Dartmouth College graduate challenges the Dartmouth College class of 2014 to do more than just dream. Focus on something outside yourself. She tells the graduates to devote their energies towards making the world suck less. This could certainly increase your sense of well-being. Remembering that, whether you are a legacy or the first in your family to go to college, the air you are breathing right now is rare air. Appreciation and gratitude will serve you well!

Dr. Edith Chen explains the theory of skin-deep resilience in this video. Her research show that young African American students from disadvantaged neighborhoods who attended college have higher positive scientific well-being markers. In general, students who engaged in lower levels of substance use still show higher levels of specific scientific markers. This study compared a small cohort of black and brown students with white students from less disadvantaged neighborhoods. The takeaway is that higher education has both academic and emotional benefits!

Lilly Singh speaks abut the power of positive thinking.

Author and creative, Lilly Singh thinks we need to build a better table. In this talk Lily tells us that women and girls are conditioned to believe success is "a seat at the table." In her career from up-and-coming YouTuber to history-making late-night talk show host, Lilly shares her ideas about ways to build a more inclusive society where girls are encouraged and empowered!

While teaching seventh grade math in New York City public schools Angela Duckworth noticed that her best students were not necessarily her smartest students. Now a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is is a teacher and researching psychologist. she seeks to better understand the role that foundational skills like self-control and perseverance play in achievement.