JANUARY

Inspiration

FEBRUARY

Savoring

MARCH

Equanimity

APRIL

Resilience

MAY

Hope

Hope is more than just wishing things to be different. It is knowing that things will change, and that you have the power to influence and embrace that change. Feeling hopeful is a key contributor to better mental health. The good news: you don’t even have to classify yourself as an optimist to be hopeful.

JUNE

Curiosity

Why focus on curiosity? Curiosity is an Element that can quite rapidly reshape our brains. We become what we think, and by changing the way we think we can reframe how we see things. Curiosity can help us see things in different, positive ways that help us reprogram the neural pathways in our minds.

JULY

Awe

Awe might seem like a rare occurrence and entirely outside of your control... but, that’s not true! Awe is about letting in more of the good and allowing yourself to just be with that experience. And you don’t have to be in just the right place at just the right time to experience it.

AUGUST

Fun

Although Fun might seem like a light-weight topic compared to some of our other Elements, it's really not. Fun is one of the most overlooked factors for optimal mental and physical health. That's why we spend a whole month adulting-up and getting serious about having more fun.

SEPTEMBER

Love

Love is that genuine, deep connection that we all long for. And even though love is all around, it’s easy to close our hearts to love, in fear of becoming vulnerable and getting hurt. So how do we open ourselves up again, and how do we keep our hearts open? That's what we'll learn during our Experiments as we practice some key lessons on loving well and how we can keep our hearts and minds open to love. 

OCTOBER

Compassion

 Compassion is kindness in response to suffering. It involves being warm and understanding toward ourselves and others when experiencing pain, failure, or inadequacy. Rather than ignoring pain or being self-critical, compassion means recognizing that suffering and imperfection are inevitable parts of our shared human experience. It's about opening our hearts to pain without being overwhelmed by it, allowing us to be present with what is happening.

NOVEMBER

Gratitude

Gratitude isn't just saying "thanks"—it's a mental health powerhouse that can boost your happiness by 25% and improve everything from sleep to resilience to relationships. Perhaps most beautifully, gratitude gives us the strength to hold both joy and sorrow at once, allowing us to carry loss in one hand while celebrating what and who we love in the other. Throughout this month, we'll move through key experiments to help us anchor this skill of gratitude into our lives.  

DECEMBER

Sympathetic Joy

Sympathetic Joy is the simple practice of delighting in other people’s happiness. Of course, sometimes it doesn't feel so simple...

It can be especially tough when we feel others' accomplishments are unfairly earned or they receive something we want for ourselves. How do we overcome these negative responses? The biggest obstacle to overcome is the belief that we are fundamentally separate from each other and that our happiness is not interdependent with others. We'll work to move past these obstacle and more as we experiment with this powerful Element.