About WalkWell4Life.
Walking as a way of living: courses, a free explorer of the wisdom of the walk, and free tools, for walkers at every stage.
Not beginners on the way to running: walkers, from the first walk round the block to the multi-day trek, at every age.
Every course carries its sources, and every finding on this site comes from a dated study. See the evidence.
A tool you can open in ten minutes, a plan for this week, and a line to take on today’s walk.
Dr Alten du Plessis.
WalkWell4Life was founded by Dr Alten du Plessis, a creator of wellbeing tools and courses for many years: an educator, a lifelong runner and a longtime builder of multimedia learning, known to many of his students simply as Dr Flourish. His work brings the science and the soul of flourishing to the people and the pursuits he loves.
He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics and specialised training in positive psychology: the Certificate in Applied Positive Psychology (CAPP), with certifications as a Flourishing Skills Group trainer, a resilience trainer, a wellness coach, a sports psychology coach, a golf psychology coach, a running coach and a brain health coach.
Since 1995 his work at a South African university has combined student support with institutional research. His mission is to develop evidence-based, blended learning that combines technology with psychological science, and he specialises in individualised and gamified mental skills training, designed to optimise performance and development across educational, sporting and organisational settings. His work rests on the view that so-called “soft factors” are essential for academic and workplace success.
Across 32 years his record runs to 100 conference presentations and 19 peer-reviewed publications, with work presented at the European Conference on Positive Psychology and the World Engineering Education Forum. His BeWell Mentor Wellness Project, a peer mentoring system, received a Silver Medal for Africa at the Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards (2015).
WalkWell4Life is part of the family of brands he created, alongside FlourishIQ, FlourishTalk and InspireWell4Life, and its courses run on the FlourishIQ platform. Find more at altenduplessis.com.