Taking Care of Ourselves & Each Other

Health & Well-Being

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Stanford Living Education (SLED)

Wellness. Leadership. Life. 

Educating the whole student to live, lead, and create a flourishing world for all. 

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Education for Life. 

Wellness Education

Exploring the science and practice of wellbeing in all areas of life to support whole-person living.

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Leadership and Social Change.

LEAD

Developing leadership and changemaking capacities to support individual and community flourishing.

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Contemplate. Embody. Create. Integrate. 

LifeWorks

Cultivating “whole students” through the integration of creativity, scholarship, embodiment, and contemplation.

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Testimonials

Wellness Student
“I am in medicine and think this is one of the most beneficial, applicable, and important courses I have ever taken for both myself personally and as a provider…” 

LEAD Student
“You must take this course! Often, it is so easy to lose track of your values, meaning, and purpose, while at Stanford. This class will give you an opportunity to reflect on who you are and provide a sense of direction for where you want to go. One of the best courses at Stanford and the community we formed within the classroom is unparalleled to anything else.”

LifeWorks Student
“Being vulnerable to ourselves and in our journals, let alone in class, requires profound trust towards our peers and teachers. I don’t know what exactly it was about the instructors that made me trust them so much more deeply and quickly than any other Stanford community, but it is something you can’t fake. No other class at Stanford has had this large of an impact on the way I plan on living the rest of my life.”

About Stanford Living Education

Living Education offers courses and learning experiences that educate the whole student with ideas, skills, and experiences that enhance wellbeing and flourishing. Living Education’s curricular opportunities offer students relational, purposeful, creative, integrative, and proactive pathways to wellbeing and flourishing. Our instructors innovate in the fields of wellbeing, leadership, and flourishing by integrating teaching, scholarship, and practice. Our individual and collective work is grounded in living the values and practices we teach, and our activities and objectives are rooted in justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

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