Well-Being Experiment Cards

A playful, science-backed way to practice well-being in everyday life

Exploring the Art of Being

The Well-Being Experiment Cards® transform well-being research into lived experience through curiosity, play, and reflection.
Grounded in more than 26 years of studying, teaching, and researching the science of well-being, and refined through more than three years of real-world use, student feedback, and data collection, this 52-card deck includes 156 tiny, playful experiments designed to bring the science of well-being into everyday life.
Currently available as both a downloadable PDF and a professionally printed card deck with a custom box.

Tiny experiments. Playful exploration.

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Developed from multidisciplinary well-being research and refined through more than three years of real-world use, the Well-Being Experiment Cards® have been used by close to 5,000 students across two universities.
Preliminary research data shows improvements in overall well-being, along with growth in connection, insight, purpose, and curiosity through playful, science-based experimentation.
The findings suggest that bite-sized experiments may offer a practical and engaging way to strengthen well-being skills in everyday life.

Research Meets Everyday Life

Many people believe well-being requires a rigid plan and dramatic changes to work.
A big commitment to add to their to-do list. The science tells a different story.
Tiny works. Play works. Consistency works.
Well-being is a set of skills, not something to achieve.
And experiments change the question. Instead of asking "Will this work?", we begin asking "What happens when I run one tiny experiment?"
A pause. A smile. A look up. A shift in perspective.
These moments may seem small, yet over time they help shape how we experience ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us.

The Well-Being Experiment Cards® offer a different approach. Play opens doors. Curiosity encourages discovery. Experimentation creates opportunities to learn through lived experience.
Rather than just learning about well-being, tiny experiments bring it into daily moments— creating opportunities to practice, notice, reflect, and discover what unfolds through direct experience.
The cards invite exploration rather than perfection, play rather than pressure, and practice rather than performance.
No rigid program. No finish line. No pressure. No one right way to be well.
Only an invitation to begin.

A Different Approach

What If Well-Being Could Be Explored, Not Prescribed?

AWARENESS · CONNECTION · INSIGHT · PURPOSE

The Four Pillars of Well-Being

Cultivate kindness, gratitude, compassion, and meaningful relationships.

CONNECTION

Practice presence, attention, and self-awareness by noticing your mind, body, and surroundings.

AWARENESS

Clarify what matters and take tiny actions aligned with your values.

PURPOSE

Explore your inner world with curiosity and discover fresh perspectives.

INSIGHT

52 downloadable Well-Being Experiment Cards®

Four evidence-based well-being pillars

13 cards per pillar

Science explanation included on every card

156 tiny daily experiments

Three challenge levels per card

Printable PDF card deck

Playful, accessible one-day practices

Individual, coaching, educational, and group applications

What's Included...

SHOP THE CARDS
Built for Everyday  Life

Grounded in research from psychology, neuroscience, education, and well-being science.

Science-Based

Bite-sized practices designed to fit into everyday life.

Tiny

Centered on curiosity, experimentation, and reflection.

Playful

Adaptable to different people, settings, and ways of learning.

Flexible


There is no right way to begin. Follow your curiosity.


Choose Your Own Adventure

Broad Application Across Diverse Settings

Educator implementation resources are currently in development.

Classrooms & Courses

Choose a card

Pick one at random.

Explore a pillar that interests you.

Follow a four-week journey through the four pillars—Awareness, Connection, Insight, and Purpose.

K–12 Education & SEL Programs

Higher Education & Student Well-Being Programs

Professional Development

Coaching & Counseling

Employee & Corporate Wellness Programs

Workshops & Retreats

Community Well-Being Initiatives

“The Well-Being Experiment Cards took away my sense of complacency and made me realize that although I may not always have a choice when it comes to my circumstances, I always have a choice in how I view them.”

— CHS 300 Student

What Explorers are Saying

What customers are saying:

— Former Student


“The Well-Being Experiment Cards encouraged me to be more intentional about incorporating small, positive habits into my daily routine.”

What customers are saying:

— CHS 300 Student


“The environment you created in the classroom was a place of peace, learning, curiosity and growth.”

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Ready to explore? Download a free sample of the Well-Being Experiment Cards® and run your first tiny playful experiment for everyday well-being.

Free download of the Well-Being Experiment Cards®

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