Lenore Lambert on Human Flourishing, People Against Rushing, and Building Resilience Through Personal Growth

Host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Sydney-based psychologist, former HR/leadership development director, and secular Buddhist teacher Lenore Lambert about her work Flourish Personal Growth and her “People Against Rushing” (PAR) intentions: a 20% time buffer, blank diary spaces, and “be where you are.” Lambert outlines her “nine elements of human flourishing,” adding safety factors to Seligman’s model: material security, autonomy, ease with uncertainty, and belonging, plus pleasure, engagement/flow, achievement, connection, and contribution. They discuss resilience as bouncing back/forward from setbacks, the risks of overdoing any element (especially money, power, and status), and research on “maximisers” vs “sufficers.” Lenore emphasises flourishing as both content and process, using learning, mindfulness, and Buddhist insight to reduce reactivity and respond rather than react. She directs listeners to flourishpersonalgrowth.com and suggests downloading her free self-assessment to improve the lowest-scoring element.00:00 Welcome From Sydney00:57 Background And Work02:57 People Against Rushing04:36 Neurodiversity And Difficulty05:24 Nine Elements Of Flourishing08:36 Building The Model10:35 Resilience And Setbacks11:52 Money Status And Meaning15:38 Workplace Leadership Effects16:26 Sufficiency Versus Maximising18:00 Paradox of Choice19:08 Perfectionism and Maximisers20:01 Learning as Resilience20:35 Flourishing Process Model22:09 Who Defines Flourishing24:33 Happiness Myth Spectrum27:32 Contentment and Comparison29:18 Tools Programs and Website30:26 Feelings as Body Sensations33:33 Buddhist Nonreactivity Practice37:15 How to Engage and Next Steps38:26 Final Task and FarewellYou can contact us at [email protected] can be found online or link to our website https://resilienceunravelled.com