Positivity Matters

Meghan Talarowski Founder and Executive Director, Studio Ludo A 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 Garcia Co-Founder & CEO, True Progress Lab VIA Strengths : Honest | Perseverance | Hope | Humility | Spirituality Recorded on July 11, 2025

Tracy Edgerton : Leveraging Our Unique Strengths to Achieve a Shared Vision President & CEO , Lincoln Community Foundation Lincoln Vital Signs | Prosper Lincoln CliftonStrengths : Learner | Input | Intellection | Developer | Achiever Recorded: July 1, 2025

Zoya Awan - Creating Sparks of Hope Director of Public Affairs, Walmart Zoya the Explorer! CliftonStrengths : Positivity | WOO | Includer | Adaptability | Connectedness Recorded: July 9, 2025

Andrew Hanna - Emerging Leadership , Life Design , & More Assistant 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 | Futuristic Recorded: June 25, 2025 Brought to you by Positivity Matters!

Kathryn Goetzke - How to S.H.I.N.E. Hope • S tress skills • H appiness habits • I nspired actions • N ourishing networks • E liminating challenges Kathryn's top VIA Strengths: Curiosity | Love of learning | Spirituality | Honesty | Fairness Recorded 6/19/2025

Rebecca Davis - Dimensions of Connectedness (Social Capital & Social Health) Director & Producer Rebecca 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 River C.A.R. from Self-determination Theory : Competence Autonomy Relatedness Recorded 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 | Individualization Recorded: 2/15/2025

Dan Martin VIA Strengths: Humor | Creativity | Love of Learning | Curiosity | Bravery Associate 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

David B. Feldman, PhD , is a clinical health psychologist and Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University.  Prof. Feldman's top VIA strengths: Love of learning | Curiosity | Hope | Judgement | Kindness Hope science developed in a playful laboratory. Hope develops in the playful laboratory of the imagination. Recorded May 7, 2025

Chan Hellman Founding Director of the Hope Research Center Hope Rising USA Recorded 4/29/2025

Matthew W. Gallagher, Ph. D. Updates in Hope Science Recorded 4/18/2025

Lorraine Besser Ready to Live Your Best Possible Life? Recorded 3/14/2025

Shigehiro Oishi What’s the real key to a fulfilling life? Recorded 3/12/2025

Omani (formerly Ron) Carson is the founder of the Carson Group and Omya . Omani shares about purpose, kindness, strengths, community, and more! Recorded 1/22/2025

Prof. Steger is the director of the Center for Meaning and Purpose at Colorado State University. Recorded 12/2/2024

Rose Liesveld: Building a Strengths-Based Law School Rose’s CliftonStrengths: Futuristic | Activator | Significance | Relator | Command | Belief | Focus | Maximizer | Communication | Self-Assurance Recorded: 11/25/2024

Carol Graham is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies program at Brookings , a College Park Professor at the University of Maryland , and a senior scientist at Gallup . In this episode, we discuss her most recent book, The Power of Hope , and she kindly reflects with us on our H.A.P.P.Y. L.I.F.E. meta-model of wellbeing models: Recorded: 2024-11-13

Meet Roger DeWitt and AI Coach Roger Roger’s Masters capstone: ADHD, Willpower, and Interest: A Positive Approach Roger’s top 5 VIA strengths : Perspective | Humor | Kindness | Love | Social Intelligence  Recorded: 9/4/2024

Guest: David Lay Williams is professor of political science at DePaul University and author of The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx Prof. Williams’ top five VIA Strengths : Perseverance | Love of Learning | Judgment | Curiosity | Appreciation of Beauty & Excellence Prof Williams and I converse about the nature and harm of economic ine...

Guest: Prof. Tim Hodges , Executive Director of the Clifton Strengths Institute and Assistant Professor of Practice in Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Prof. Hodges' top Gallup strengths: Maximizer | Relator | Belief | Woo | Positivity Recorded: June 19, 2024

Guest: Professor Isaac Prilleltensky , Director of the Community Leadership Doctoral Program at the University of Miami www.professorisaac.com Pillars of wellbeing and drivers of change: www.funforwellness.com Recorded: 6/7/2024

Guest: Bruce Smith , Associate Professor of Psychology at The University of New Mexico   Move from Surviving to Thriving: The Positive Psychology Workbook for Challenging Times https://shac.unm.edu/resources/counseling-resources/positive-psychology-workbook.html Prof. Smith’s top VIA strengths: Authenticity, Leadership, Creativity, Love, Spirituality VIA Inventory of Character Strengths: www.authe...

Guest: Cormac Russell , Co-Author of The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods Recorded: May 23, 2024