Researching Happy

Welcome to Episode 43, Matt walks through the dual-continua model of mental health, which suggests that mental illness and mental wellbeing are separate, yet related, concepts. Starting with a clip from the Bad Friends podcast , Matt discusses the controversy around the relationship between mental health and mental illness - and what this means for our mental health care system. Show notes: - Keye...

Listen to Dr Naomi Kakoschke from CSIRO on Researching Happy talking us through reliable ways to set consistent habits for achievable goal setting.   We discuss the common pitfalls that let us down when it comes to goal setting and New Year's resolutions.   Show notes: Find  paper  and  app-based  habit trackers as well as a  Healthy Habits quiz  CSIRO developed and Naomi’s  CSIRO profile  

Why is wellbeing science like cage fighting? Find out here! Dr Matthew Iasiello reflects on the passing on some wellbeing science leaders in 2024, the differences and similarities between wellbeing science and the UFC, and considers the criteria for future leaders for the field. Link to Todd's substack article: https://toddkashdan.substack.com/p/why-do-smart-adults-downplay-hedonism Sign up for up...

Welcome to Episode 40. We are fortunate to have the very impressive Dr Lucy Grummit from the University of Sydney. We recorded this on just one of those days, nothing was going right, but fortunately Lucy carried us through with grace.  Lucy is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use. Her research focuses on the prevention of mental heal...

Episode 39 of Researching happy. I’m Matthew Iasiello, trying to bring you the latest ideas and evidence in wellbeing research, direct from the academics who create it. Dr Xavier SIMMONS is a Director of the Plunkett Centre for Ethics at ACU. Prior to this, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Human Flourishing Program in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University....

This episode is our first step into Neuroscience with Assistant Professor Sanne van Rooij from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University, and investigator and Associate Director of Scientific Outreach at the Grady Trauma Project.  Her research aims to identify neurobiological predictors for PTSD development and treatment response, and the investigation of novel neuro...

This Matthew Iasiello and Episode 37 of Researching Happy, a podcast focused on the latest science on mental health and wellbeing, DIRECT from the researcher who product it.  I’m trying something different where every episode will focus on one research paper, this will help keep me a bit on track, but also help you decide which episodes will be most interesting to you.  I’ve also launched the Jour...

Join the JOURNAL CLUB www.researchinghappy.com Prof Tony Jorm is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Melbourne and NHMRC Leadership Fellow. His research focuses on building the community’s capacity for prevention and early intervention with mental disorders. Prof Jorm is the author of 37 books or monographs, over 700 journal articles and over 40 chapters in edited volumes. He has been award...

Join the JOURNAL CLUB at www.researchinghappy.com/home Dr Mohsen Joshanloo is an Associate Professor in Psychology at Keimyung University, South Korea. He is a personality psychologist and cross-cultural psychologist, and has dedicated his career to understanding mental well-being and the role of culture in shaping it. We work through Mohsen’s longitudinal research, and the powerful implications o...

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Matt sits down with James Lathe, who is an exciting prospect for the future of mental health economics. This conversation is mostly Matt getting overexcited, with James tempering expectations. We walk through James' first PhD paper, published in Lancet Psychiatry available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2215036623004364 James' work is the answer to a lot of pe...

Learn more from an expert of economics and wellbeing, Professor Arthur Grimes. Find more information on Arthur's work here: https://www.motu.nz/about-us/people/arthur-grimes/ And a copy of his paper on Freedom of Speech and Wellbeing: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268123002007?ssrnid=4098909&dgcid=SSRN_redirect_SD

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Welcome to Episode 30 of Researching Happy. This week we chat with Associate Professor Aaron Jarden of the University of Melbourne Centre for Wellbeing Science. Aaron is a great friend of the show and we have a fantastic wide-ranging conversation. We talk about the International Journal of Wellbeing, an exciting, multi-disciplinary open-access journal that Aaron co-developed, the ethics of positiv...

Welcome to Researching Happy This week we sit down with Dr Suzy Green, CEO and Founder of the Positivity Institute and Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology Sydney. Suzy shares her valuable experience, talking about the early days of Coaching, the differences she experiences as a clinical psychologist vs being a coach, and working with a founder of coaching research Tony Grant. Find ou...

Welcome to Researching Happy with Dr Matthew Iasiello This is the weekly podcast, sharing the stories behind the studies of the wellbeing research world.  Welcome to Episode 28. This week we host Professor Jennifer Frey onto the podcast, who is the recently appointed Dean of Honors College at the University of Tulsa. Listen I get up pretty early for some of these conversations, and this week it wa...

Welcome to Researching Happy with Dr Matthew Iasiello This is the weekly podcast all about the stories behind the studies of the happiness and wellbeing research world.  Welcome to Episode 23. This is an exciting example of us learning about efforts to improve wellbeing coming from other fields than psychology - this time from architecture and the built environment.  Today we welcome Dr Jenna Miku...

Welcome to Researching Happy with Dr Matthew Iasiello This is the weekly podcast, sharing the stories behind the studies of the wellbeing research world.  Welcome to Episode 27. This week we go back to Italy, back to Milan in fact, to chat with Associate Professor Marta Bassi. Marta is FLOW researcher at the University of Milano, Her research interests primarily focus on optimal experience and its...

Welcome to Researching Happy with Dr Matthew Iasiello This is the weekly podcast, sharing the stories behind the studies of the wellbeing research world.  Welcome to Episode 26. This week we host Steve Peralta, the Co-Founder and Chief Wellbeing Officer of Unmind, an impressive workplace wellbeing company with offices in New York, London, and Sydney. https://unmind.com/ This was a great conversati...

Welcome to Researching Happy with Dr Matthew Iasiello This is the weekly podcast all about the stories behind the studies of the happiness and wellbeing research world.  Welcome to Episode 25. Coaching is massive these days, if you heard my wrap up from the IPPA conference you’d have heard me say that the conference felt like 60% coaches at the conference…  and I had a fantastic conversation with...

Welcome to Researching Happy with Dr Matthew Iasiello. This is the weekly podcast all about the stories behind the studies of the happiness and wellbeing research world.  Welcome to Episode 24. This week we have someone who came highly recommended to the show, Paul Tupou-Vea. Paul is the Director of Clifftop Wellbeing and the former President of the New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology. ...

My name is Dr Matthew Iasiello, welcome to Researching Happy This is the podcast all about the stories behind the studies of the happiness and wellbeing research world.  Welcome to Episode 22. We are very fortunate to have Professor Karina Jorritsma with us this week, Professor at Curtin university and leader of Thrive at Work which is a world-first well-being initiative centred on designing work...

This is the weekly podcast all about the stories behind the studies of the happiness and wellbeing research world.  Welcome to Episode 21, we take a different approach today. While this show is mostly about the researchers, there’s an entire ecosystem around mental health research that’s worth listening to. Today is a new aspect to that ecosystem for the show, human right’s advocacy.  This week we...

This is the podcast all about the stories behind the studies of the happiness and wellbeing research world. Support the show at: researchinghappy.locals.com This is episode 20 - a mini milestone - and really happy with the progress so far! It’s been an honour to chat with so many respected researchers all of whom are doing amazing things in the world. Thanks for all of the support for the show, fe...