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Conversations with scholars, organization leaders, and community builders focused on wellbeing, positive psychology, mental health, and human flourishing.
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Lakesha Green: Speaking Love into Community through the Arts and VisionLakesha is the Executive Director of the Union for Contemporary ArtCliftonStrengths: Self-Assurance | Learner | Input | Arranger | StrategicRecorded: October 30, 2025
Amy Goodburn: Building the Good Life with Husker P.O.W.E.R. Senior Associate Vice Chancellor & Dean of Undergraduate Education, University of Nebraska-LincolnCliftonStrengths: Learner | Achiever | Input | Discipline | ArrangerRecorded: September 10, 2025P.O.W.E.R. = Purpose, Ownership, Well-being, Engagement, and RelationshipsFrom the Inter-association Wellbeing Collaborative:We define well-being as an optimal and dynamic state that allows people to achieve their full potential. Our focus is on two interdependent types of well-being: 1) individual and 2) community.
Amy Lanham: Creating Wellbeing Through RecreationCampus Recreation Director, University of Nebraska-LincolnCliftonStrengths: Responsibility | Communication | Developer | Relator | BeliefRecorded: September 3, 2025From the Inter-association Wellbeing Collaborative:We define well-being as an optimal and dynamic state that allows people to achieve their full potential. Our focus is on two interdependent types of well-being: 1) individual and 2) community.
Daryl Davis: How to be Prohuman with Music and FriendshipRecorded 8/7/2025
Becca Schusler: The Win-Win of Workplace WellnessVIA Strengths: Gratitude | Learner | Hope | Forgiveness | Self-RegulationBorn in a struggle for justice (Horace Carter Fights the Klan), Atlantic Packaging works to build wellbeing (Atlantic Wellness) and a thriving planet (A New Earth Project)Core Values: Connection, Nourishment, Purpose, Movement, Nature, PreventionVision: To establish health, in all of its dimensions, as the fundamental guiding principle that informs all of our decisions.Mission: Health & well-being is the throughline connecting our employees, our business community, and the overall vision for our company.Recorded: July 25, 2025
Maital Neta: Positivity Matters to Our Brains!Professor of Psychology at UNLCliftonStrengths: Empathy, Achiever, Responsibility, Relator, Learner Recorded: 7/23/2025
Josha Sietsma: The Nebraska Capitol is a Question Mark The Nebraska Capitol asks us to respond to a series of profound questions:What does it mean to live a good life? How best to live a good life to the fullest together and transmit that wisdom to future generations in ways that expand that fullness?www.21panels.orgRecorded: July 17, 2025
Meghan TalarowskiFounder and Executive Director, Studio LudoA finding a the study that Meghan draws on to inform her playground designs: “Play builds grit, prevents burnout, ignites joy through movement, and helps us become better people together.“
Carlos GarciaCo-Founder & CEO, True Progress LabVIA Strengths: Honest | Perseverance | Hope | Humility | SpiritualityRecorded on July 11, 2025
Tracy Edgerton: Leveraging Our Unique Strengths to Achieve a Shared VisionPresident & CEO, Lincoln Community FoundationLincoln Vital Signs | Prosper LincolnCliftonStrengths: Learner | Input | Intellection | Developer | AchieverRecorded: July 1, 2025
Zoya Awan - Creating Sparks of HopeDirector of Public Affairs, WalmartZoya the Explorer!CliftonStrengths: Positivity | WOO | Includer | Adaptability | ConnectednessRecorded: July 9, 2025
Andrew Hanna - Emerging Leadership, Life Design, & MoreAssistant Professor of Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Prof. Hanna spoke at Nebraska's International Day of Hope celebration.CliftonStrengths: Woo | Relator | Input | Positivity | FuturisticRecorded: June 25, 2025Brought to you by Positivity Matters!
Rebecca Davis - Dimensions of Connectedness (Social Capital & Social Health) Director & ProducerRebecca speaks on the community engagement she has generated around the country with the documentary, Join or Die, and we also explore themes of wellbeing present in the film. Recorded 6/5/2025
Rob Lion - Black RiverC.A.R. from Self-determination Theory:CompetenceAutonomyRelatednessRecorded 2/18/2025
Joshua created Econic to partner with leaders who envision a better world and desire someone to help them build it.Joshua’s CliftonStrengths: Strategic | Maximizer | Ideation | Futuristic | IndividualizationRecorded: 2/15/2025
Dan Martin VIA Strengths: Humor | Creativity | Love of Learning | Curiosity | BraveryAssociate Professor of Management at California State University, East Bay.Director of Corporate Compassion Education at the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University.Recorded 2/4/2025
Chan HellmanFounding Director of the Hope Research CenterHope Rising USARecorded 4/29/2025
Matthew W. Gallagher, Ph.D.Updates in Hope ScienceRecorded 4/18/2025
Lorraine BesserReady to Live Your Best Possible Life?Recorded 3/14/2025
Shigehiro OishiWhat’s the real key to a fulfilling life?Recorded 3/12/2025
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