BeWell'r uses a few coined terms. We define them once, plainly, and then reuse them. Here they all are.
Paneugenesis
The theory BeWell'r is built on, introduced by Craig M. Becker, PhD, in Frontiers in Public Health (2026). It is defined as the intentional creation of conditions that generate widespread benefit — creating better futures, on purpose. The emphasis is on conditions: better outcomes are generated by setting things up well, not forced by willpower.
Interbeneficence
"We improve our own outcomes by improving the outcomes of others." The observation that benefit tends to spread rather than shrink — helping others is not a cost paid against your own wellbeing but often part of how your own wellbeing is built.
The +3 idea
Also called the Standard. The idea that every action can be good in three directions at once: good for yourself, good for others, and good for the environment. A choice that scores all three is a "+3" choice — and everyday life offers more of them than we tend to notice.
SWPS
A structured self-assessment that reads your wellbeing across seven dimensions: Physical, Emotional, Social, Intellectual, Spiritual, Vocational, and Environmental. In the GPS metaphor, the SWPS is how you establish where you are — the honest starting point that makes guidance possible.
The Method
Define · Discover · Optimize · Plot. The four-step process at the core of the practice: define a better outcome, discover its precursors, optimize the process that produces them, and plot your progress along the way.
Precursors
The conditions and small actions that come before a good outcome and make it likely. Rather than chasing an outcome directly, the practice focuses on building its precursors — the things a better result grows out of.
Better-than-before
The destination, honestly sized. Not perfection, not a finish line — simply a day, a choice, or an outcome that improves on what came before it. Every day, a little better than before.