2025/2026 Duke Monthlies including optional Fellow Training
12PM EST/ 11AM CST / 10AM MTN / 9PAM PST
monthly webinar offerings plus optional well-being fellow sessions
October 16, 2025 | Evidence-based Sleep Hygiene: Advanced Insights on Rest for the Weary
Presented by Dr. J. Bryan Sexton
Building on our wildly popular “Science of Sleep” session, this session goes deeper, with the latest findings to guide us through getting the best rest possible, and how to manage fatigue when it is inevitable.
November 17, 2025 | Session 1: Well-B Ambassador Training
November 20, 2025 | Relationship Resilience: The Science and Practice of How Other People Matter
Presented by Dr. Carrie Adair
This session describes how cultivating meaningful relationships is a health behavior, and how loneliness puts us at risk for lower satisfaction at work and in life, poorer immune system functioning, and even reduced longevity. Importantly, it is the quality, not the quantity, of our relationships that appears to matter most.
November 24, 2025 | Session 2: Well-B Ambassador Training
December 1, 2025 | Session 3: Well-B Ambassador Training
December 8, 2025 | Session 4: Well-B Ambassador Training
December 15, 2025 | Session 5: Well-B Ambassador Training
December 18, 2025 | Enhancing Well-Being: Survival of the Kindest
Presented by Dr. J. Bryan Sexton
We summarize the research to explain that there are demonstrably powerful benefits to being altruistic, and provide a framework for how to use Random Acts of Kindness at the individual and work setting levels.
January 15, 2026 | Emotional Exhaustion before and after a Pandemic: The need for Well-Being that is Bite-Sized and Evidence-Based
Presented by Dr. J. Bryan Sexton
Emotional Exhaustion rates in healthcare are at historically high levels. In this session we will demonstrate what happens in our heads as our well-being is compromised, and how simple solutions can even be enjoyable.
February 19, 2026 | Neuroscience of Hope
Presented by Dr. J. Bryan Sexton
This session demonstrates the evidence behind optimism as a muscle that can be strengthened, and provides a surprisingly simple intervention for cultivating hope.
March 19, 2026 | Best Reset Button Available: The Science of Sleep with Tips and Tricks
Presented by Dr. J. Bryan Sexton
How long is a good nap? At what point is caffeine going to impact sleep quality? How important is a consistent sleep onset time? The answers might surprise you. Here we recognize, anticipate and respond to human limitations associated with sleep deprivation.
April 16, 2026 | Cultivating Well-being with Three Good Things
Presented by Dr. J. Bryan Sexton
The most popular of our well-being tools is back this month. This simple, enjoyable and remarkably effective tool can be used for 10-15 days, with measurable improvements across a variety of resilience metrics that endure for over a year.
May 21, 2026 | Signature Strengths at Work
Presented by Dr. J. Bryan Sexton
A deep dive into a part of our identities that we often overlook because we are so good at it. Interestingly, focusing more on what we do well (e.g., gratitude, creativity, love of learning, etc.) helps in a variety of ways across our relationships, career and well-being.
June 18, 2026 | Bite-Sized Mindfulness: Being Present in the Age of Distraction
Presented by Dr. Carrie Adair
The data are clear: Mindfulness matters. We demonstrate what it means to be in the “present moment” or mindful, review the research on mindfulness for well-being, and how mindfulness can help communication and relationships. An opportunity to practice mindfulness is offered, as well as strategies to boost everyday mindfulness.
July 16, 2026 | Dealing with Difficult Colleagues: Assessing, Understanding and Improving Teamwork
Presented by Dr. Kyle Rehder
Disruptive behaviors happen way too often. In this session, we take a deep dive into this familiar concept, looking at drivers and things that impact the frequency and severity of these events. Institutional and individual strategies for dealing with difficult colleagues are discussed.
August 20, 2026 | Grief, Growth or Both?: A Primer on Recovery after Emotional Upheaval
Presented by Dr. Tony Galanos
Most humans are in the process of recovering what was lost in recent years – in this session we will demonstrate the way our brains process and recover from emotional upheavals and look at the evidence for do’s and don’ts along the way.
September 18, 2025 | The Funny Thing about Well-being: Evidence for Humor
Presented by Dr. J. Bryan Sexton
Humor works – it’s good for our marriages, our physiologies, and our ability to bounce back with enhanced perspective. In this session we will share recent evidence and a popular tool for cultivating the ability to find more things funny.
October 15, 2026 | Evidence-based Sleep Hygiene: Advanced Insights on Rest for the Weary
Presented by Dr. J. Bryan Sexton
Building on our wildly popular “Science of Sleep” session, this session goes deeper, with the latest findings to guide us through getting the best rest possible, and how to manage fatigue when it is inevitable.
November 19, 2026 | Relationship Resilience: The Science and Practice of How Other People Matter
Presented by Dr. Carrie Adair
This session describes how cultivating meaningful relationships is a health behavior, and how loneliness puts us at risk for lower satisfaction at work and in life, poorer immune system functioning, and even reduced longevity. Importantly, it is the quality, not the quantity, of our relationships that appears to matter most.
December 17, 2026 | Enhancing Well-Being: Survival of the Kindest
Presented by Dr. J. Bryan Sexton
We summarize the research to explain that there are demonstrably powerful benefits to being altruistic, and provide a framework for how to use Random Acts of Kindness at the individual and work setting levels.
