EPISODE · May 4, 2026 · 22 MIN
The Man Who Studied Happiness for 10 Years — Here's What He Found FT: Declan Edwards
from The Growth Concept With Keoni Upton · host Keoni Upton
This one was recorded live at Curtin University, and it did not disappoint.Declan Edwards flew in from the other side of Australia — partly to visit family and to run a guest lecture at Curtin on the skills and science of happiness. We'd connected on LinkedIn about 18 months prior and had been meaning to sit down ever since. This was that moment.Declan is one of Australia's leading voices in Positive Psychology a happiness researcher, speaker, and educator who has spent over a decade helping individuals and organisations build science-backed skills of happiness. He founded BU Happiness College in 2017 with a vision of making the skills and science of happiness more accessible to individuals, organisations, and the world as a whole. His work has been featured globally in the Harvard Business Review, Psychology Today, and Thrive Global. BU Happiness College + 2In this episode we go deep on some real stuff impatience, identity, the masks we wear, why adults forget how to play, and a line that genuinely stopped me mid-conversation: why are you in such a rush to get through life when the finish line is death?We also get into introspection as a skill, why fear yells while intuition whispers, and what it actually means to show up as the same person no matter the room you're in.This is a conversation I'll come back to.CONNECT WITH DECLAN 🌐 Website: declanedwards.com.au 🎓 BU Happiness College: buhappinesscollege.com 📺 YouTube: BU Happiness College 📸 Instagram: @declanedwards_bu 💼 LinkedIn: Declan Edwards
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This one was recorded live at Curtin University, and it did not disappoint.Declan Edwards flew in from the other side of Australia — partly to visit family and to run a guest lecture at Curtin on the skills and science of happiness. We'd connected on LinkedIn about 18 months prior and had been meaning to sit down ever since. This was that moment.Declan is one of Australia's leading voices in Positive Psychology a happiness researcher, speaker, and educator who has spent over a decade helping individuals and organisations build science-backed skills of happiness. He founded BU Happiness College in 2017 with a vision of making the skills and science of happiness more accessible to individuals, organisations, and the world as a whole. His work has been featured globally in the Harvard Business Review, Psychology Today, and Thrive Global. BU Happiness College + 2In this episode we go deep on some real stuff impatience, identity, the masks we wear, why adults forget how to play, and a line that genuinely stopped me mid-conversation: why are you in such a rush to get through life when the finish line is death?We also get into introspection as a skill, why fear yells while intuition whispers, and what it actually means to show up as the same person no matter the room you're in.This is a conversation I'll come back to.CONNECT WITH DECLAN 🌐 Website: declanedwards.com.au 🎓 BU Happiness College: buhappinesscollege.com 📺 YouTube: BU Happiness College 📸 Instagram: @declanedwards_bu 💼 LinkedIn: Declan Edwards
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