Fostering Flourishing

About the Project

Mission

To help people

Think about & Talk about
Prioritize & Practice
Foster & Cultivate

Flourishing

The mission of this project is to provide people with a useful way to understand, learn about, think about, reflect on, talk about, discuss, prioritize, practice, cultivate, and foster flourishing, well-being, thriving, and "the good life".

The goal is to promote: (1) a theory, (2) a practice, and (3) a consensus.

A Theory

To give people a

Simple Universal Conceptual Practical
Theory Framework Model

of

Flourishing Well-being The Good Life

based on

Science & Philosophy

To propose a theory, framework, and model of flourishing, well-being, and "the good life" that is simple, universally agreeable, conceptual and practical, and based on science and philosophy.

A Practice

To help people

Prioritize & Practice
Fostering flourishing Cultivating well-being
Improving the quality of life Living a good life

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Nurturing & Loving

their relationships & themselves

To help people proactively prioritize and intentionally practice fostering flourishing, cultivating well-being, improving the quality of life, and living a good life.

  • Nurturing and improving themselves and their relationships
    • Loving others and themselves
      • Being present, aware, attentive, open, curious, understanding, accepting, trusting, grateful, appreciative, respectful, thankful, vulnerable, communicative, compassionate, caring, kind, benevolent, altruistic, empathetic, calm, peaceful, serene, equanimous

A Consensus

To help humanity

Build Consensus

on its

Priorities Values Goals

and on

What's most important

and

How to live a good life

To help humanity reach a consensus on:

  • Priorities, values, and goals
    • What's most important / What matters most
    • What is intrinsically valuable / What has intrinsic value
    • What is good / What a good life is
    • What the most universally important priority of life is / What all conscious beings strive for
      • The most fundamental, foundational, universal, transcendent, important, intrinsic, significant, and salient need, want, desire, drive, motive, priority, value, and goal of life
  • Flourishing, well-being, and "the good life"
    • The definition of flourishing (well-being, thriving, and "the good life")
  • Factors, dimensions, and determinants
    • What the most important determinants of flourishing are
      • The most fundamental factors, essential elements, and significant dimensions
    • What determines the quality of life
    • What has the greatest effect and impact on the quality of life
  • Fostering, cultivating, and nurturing
    • How to be well / How to live well / How to live a good life
    • How to foster flourishing, cultivate well-being, and improve the quality of life
    • How to nurture one's self and one's relationships