All Episodes

What has Beyond Blue actually achieved? (A lot) | Dr Luke Martin

Uncomfortable truths about wellbeing (and what we can do about it) | Prof Carol Ryff

Why does wellbeing science ignore the sacred? | A/Prof Vic Counted

What if work was the solution not the cause of poor wellbeing? | Dr Kat Page

Is it Possible to Live Well with Cancer?

What If Asking the Right Question Could Improve Someone's Wellbeing? | Prof Christian van Nieuwerburgh

LIVE from ECPP26: Cleaning up the Mess of Measures in Positive Psychology

Flourishing with AI: Virtue Ethics and the Risks of Outsourcing Our Humanity

Building Societies for Human Wellbeing: Stress, Social Conditions, and Flourishing | Dr. Matthew Fisher

Time for a Reset: The Future of Positive Psychology | Prof Aaron Jarden

Are We Preventing Suicide in One Room and Assisting It in Another? A/Prof Kristin Collier

Compassion Isn't Weak or Soft, but What Is It? | A/Prof James Kirby

The Engineer Who Built a Single Network of Every Wellbeing Concept | Dr Reuben Rusk

Beyond symptom reduction: wellbeing in psychosis research | A/Prof Ana Blasco-Belled & Kiira Sarasjärvi

061 - BACK in 2026

060 - Researching Unhappy: The Harsh Reality of Research Funding in Australia | Dr Shane Huntington CEO of Australian Society of Medical Research

059 - We need to rehumanize the workplace | Dr Denise Quinlan

058 - Why don't governments take wellbeing seriously? Diane Bowles & Dr Kate Sollis

057 - Facebook VP to Stand-up Comedy: a search for reasonable happiness | Paul Ollinger

056 - The Science of Wellbeing, Resilience, and Health | Prof Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald

055 - WHO gets to define flourishing? And what are the stakes? | Professor Sarah Willen

054 - Self-care redefined, balancing the system and individual responsibility | Prof Narelle Lemon

053 - How grateful parents can transform family dynamics | A/Prof Katherine Nelson-Coffey

052 - A Call to Action for Positive Psychology | Prof Mike Steger

051 - Stop Phubbing Up Our Happiness: Smartphones, Social Connection, and School Bans | Dr Carli Ochs

E50! DEBATE: Are we LYING to ourselves in Positive Psychology? Prof Todd Kashdan, Dr Eri Mountbatten-O'Malley & Dr Matthew Iasiello

049 - Could pro-social behaviour be the FOURTH psychological need? A/Prof Frank Martela

048 - How can we avoid positive psychology's blindspots? Empathetic collaboration | A/Prof Mark Fabian

047 - Mental health crisis, politicians asleep: commentary on the Australian Federal budget | Dr Stephen Carbone

046 - The Wellbeing Revolution in Europe, social safety nets, and the Easterlin paradox | Dr Kelsey O'Connor

045 - LIVE from SPSP: A taxonomy and item bank of positive mental health | Dr Matthew Iasiello

044 - Does wellbeing have a marketing problem? Celebrating the LAUNCH of Be Well Co’s LANGUISHING campaign

043 - The hidden truth about mental health | Dr Matthew Iasiello

042 - New Year Same Me? Setting consistent habits for achievable goals | Dr Naomi Kakoschke

041 - Why is wellbeing science like the UFC?

040 - Childhood maltreatment is a public health emergency | Dr Lucy Grummitt

039 - Flourishing at the end of life (and dying) | Dr Xavier Symons

038 - Neural mechanisms that promote resilience to trauma | A/Prof Sanne van Rooij

A dedication to life-changing teachers

037 - Concept creep and the inflation of mental health language | Prof Nick Haslam

036 - Mental health literacy and priorities for prevention

035 - What happens when you use the right methodology | A/Prof Mohsen Joshanloo

E.34 Disillusioned about prevention? I want to hear from you!

E33. We MASSIVELY undervalue mental health | James Lathe

E32. Wellbeing as the core role of economics | Prof Arthur Grimes

E31. Implementing mental wellbeing promotion | Prof Margaret Barry

E30. Next steps for a stronger positive psychology | A/Prof Aaron Jarden

E29 | Life Coaching from a Clinical Psychologist? Dr Suzy Green

E28. Aquinas on Happiness | Dean Jennifer Frey

E23. Designing Eudaimonia using Architecture, Engineering, and the Built Environ | Dr Jenna Mikus

E27. All things FLOW | A/Prof Marta Bassi

E26. Workplace as an opportunity to shift population mental health

E25: EVERY QUESTION about coaching explained | Yannick Jacob

E24. Should we be more CONNECTIVIST? | Paul Tupou-Vea

E22. Want thriving at work? Let Good Work Design help! | Prof Karina Jorritsma

E21. Human rights, wellbeing, lived experience, and the LAW | Simon Katterl

E20. Scientism, wellbeing, and the future of education | Dr Jonathan Beale

E19. Lay conceptualisations of wellbeing | Annalise Roache

E18. Happiness through suffering and existential positive psychology | Dr Paul Wong

E17. Gad Saad on Happiness: A Book Review

E16. LIVE from IPPA World Congress 2023 and two of Matt's presentations

E15. Could wellbeing literacy be the key to population mental health? | Dr Lindsay Oades

E14. What’s God got to do with wellbeing? Theology, love of enemy, and more | Dr Brendan Case

E13. How to be practically more mindful | Dr Craig Hassed

E12. A wellbeing science repository for government, business, and community | Nancy Hey

E11. Eating Disorders, Help-seeking, Wellbeing, and Border Closures | Dr Kathina Ali

E10. Can wellbeing therapy and eudaimonia prevent relapse? | Dr Chiara Ruini

E9. What do YOU mean by Flourishing? | Dr Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley

E8. The many many benefits of wellbeing | Dr Ziggi Santini

E7. Genetics of wellbeing, and improving the scientific quality of positive psychology | Dr Meike Bartels

E6. A theory of wellbeing from psychology, philosophy, and economics | Dr Mark Fabian

E5. Researcher to CEO for real-world change | Dr Addie Wootten

E4. Fighting for prevention in mental health | Dr Stephen Carbone

E3. Social Anxiety, purpose, and upsetting the wrong people | Dr Fallon Goodman

E2. Turning research into sustainable real-world benefits | Joep van Agteren

E1. Languishing and the origins of Positive Psychology | Dr Corey Keyes

E0: Welcome to Researching Happy