Living With Purpose Featuring Christine Whelan, PhD, a Vail Health Learning Lab

Living With Purpose as a Pathway to Health and Wellbeing Featuring Christine Whelan, PhD
Vail Health Learning Lab: July 10, 2025

Join us for an engaging event on living with purpose! Discover how clarity of purpose can enhance your life, from meaningful relationships to healthy aging. Emory University’s “Purpose Professor,” Dr. Christine B. Whelan, will share insights on turning purpose into action through small, everyday steps.

In this interactive talk, you’ll learn how purposeful living supports mental health, organizational success, and a thriving community. You’ll leave with a daily purpose statement ready to put into action, taking that daunting concept and turning it into a positive exploration of possibilities. Your real-talk roadmap for “the good life” begins here.

A light lunch will be served following the talk.

Thursday, July 10, 2025
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Eagle Vail Pavilion
538 Eagle Road, Avon, CO 81620

RSVPs are also accepted at Events@VailHealth.org or (970) 569-7766. Kindly RSVP by July 1, 2025.

This event is presented in partnership with Vail Valley Partnership. The Learning Lab series is generously sponsored by Pat and Tony McMunn.

About Our Speaker

Dr. Christine Whelan

“Purpose Professor” Dr. Christine Whelan transforms purpose from an innocuous noun to a powerful verb, helping individuals ask what matters most, why it matters, and how to make it happen in their personal and professional lives. With a doctorate from Oxford and current faculty appointments at Emory University and the University of Wisconsin—Madison, Dr. Whelan has authored five books and a bestselling Audible Original.

She’s passionate about translating research into evidence-based strategies for thriving in everyday life as a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, the TODAY Show, and NPR’s Marketplace, among many other national outlets. She does her best to practice what she preaches, embracing Seneca’s motto, “Not for school, but for life we learn.” She lives in Madison with her husband, their five children, and their bernadoodle, juggling the chaos (most days) with a sense of humor… with purpose.