Jodi Wellman MAPP

About

Jodi Wellman, MAPP, is a speaker, author, and facilitator on living lives worth living. She founded Four Thousand Mondays to help people make the most of the time they are lucky to be above ground.

Jodi has a Master’s of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, where she is also an Assistant Instructor in the Master’s program and a facilitator in the Penn Resilience Program. She is an ICF Professional Certified Coach and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach.

Jodi’s TEDx talk is called "How Death Can Bring You Back to Life"; with over 1.3 million views, it is the 14th most-watched TEDx talk released in 2022, out of 15,900!

Her book, You Only Die Once: How to Make It to the End with No Regrets, was published in May 2024 by Voracious (Little, Brown & Company).

Books by Jodi Wellman MAPP

Recent Posts

Do You Suffer From Existential "Specialness"?

The avoidance of death profoundly impacts our well-being and the ways we live our lives. Let's be on guard for "personal specialness"—a common way we deny our mortality.

Adopting a New Identity After Reaching a Goal

Reached a big goal recently but not sure how to integrate that accomplishment into your identity? You're not alone. Read on for tips to embrace this new version of yourself.

How We Manage Our Fears of Death

What's going on in our heads when we're reminded of our mortality? Terror Management Theory explains the good, the bad, and the ugly.

10 Profound Benefits of Embracing Your Mortality

In a world that often encourages us to ignore the undeniable fact of our own mortality, the practice of memento mori invites us to embrace this reality with profound benefits.

The Benefits of a Life Review Exercise, Long Before Death

Life reviews are highly reflective and transformative exercises typically reserved for the end of life. Why not benefit from this intervention now?

The Pursuit of Immortality: Achieving an Enduring Legacy

We are attracted to the idea of immortality and achieving a state of eternal existence.

How the Contemplation of Death Can Lead to Meaning in Life

Is there an upside to ontological confrontation—thinking about death? Anticipating death can be a powerful agent of change, helping us to grow and make meaning in life.

Embracing the Dark Side of Life

It's counterintuitive that struggles and losses in life have the potential to lead to more vitality and meaning, and yet the research is clear. Welcome to the dark side.

Regrets: Necessary for a Well-Lived Life

It's never too late to course-correct a regret in the making to live a life you'd be proud to look back on from your eventual deathbed.

Can Celebrity Deaths Help Us Live With More Intention?

How our awareness of celebrity deaths can counterintuitively wake us up to the lives we long to be living.