Can food make you happier?

Social Biome – how you shape your daily relationships and interactions can enhance your wellbeing and help build social fitness.

We have all heard about ‘gut biomes’ and eating a wide range of foods but have you considered your social biome may be similar? A daily dose of alone time, communication types and relationships can help us thrive and flourish.

Joining us on the podcast is Jeffrey Hall who is a Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Kansas and a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. He is an internationally recognized expert on friendship, courtship, and mobile and social media. Jeffrey explains the practical steps we can all make to climb the ladder of communications and build more meaniful interactions into our lives

This is such an important idea for anyone looking to sharpen our communication and build better relationships.

An inspirational story about community and scientists working together to enhance marine ecosystems. Living seawalls have been recognised in the Prince of Wales Earth Shot awards with a runners-up award. The project had its humble start in Sydney Harbour but now has a global reach and operates across three continents. 

An incredible story of ocean restoration at Cabbage Tree Bay, Australia, one of the most marine biodiverse places on the planet, but this has only sometimes been the case.
During the 60s and 70s, pollution and runoff destroyed much of Sydney's underwater crayweed forests and the vital marine habitat. The podcast explores how a dedicated group of locals lobbied the government to create a marine sanctuary, collaborated with  scientists from Sydney Marine Institute and engaged the local community to restore one of Sydney's most famous beaches to its original glory.
It's a great story of hope and perseverance in restoring the ocean environment and provides a blueprint for others to do the same.

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Interview with Camilla Frumar, Senior consultant at Gallup. As Gallup’s research shows, to truly thrive, we need to find a balance between those five universal wellbeing elements seen worldwide.

Wellbeing is all about a healthy combination of loving what we do daily, the quality of our relationships, the security of our finances, the vibrancy of our physical health, and how we contribute to our community. 

And when it comes to the workplace, the best managers will lead with a holistic approach that focuses on the interconnectedness between engagement and wellbeing, and have a core understanding that thriving in one will influence the future state of the other.

How can we reconnect and build the kind of thriving communities were we want to live?

An interview with Andrew Leigh: parliamentarian, academic, author, podcaster and marathon runner about creating a connected and thriving Australia. His book 'Reconnected' is a community builders handbook and offers practical insights to help us all build a stronger society together

We all need to start moving more. Modern technology and changed working patterns have lead to an increase in inactivity and sitting. Research shows our sedentary patterns and high amounts of sitting are associated with an increased risk of early death but also an increased risk of a number of the major chronic diseases. 

Professor David Dunstan is the head of the Baker-Deakin Department of Lifestyle and Diabetes within the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition and talks with us about the health hazards associated with sitting and what we need to cancel out the risk.

Maybe we need to do this podcast walking?

Can you prevent a heart attack? – One man’s mission to remove, stop and prevent out-of-the-blue heart attacks.

An interview with Dr Warrick Bishop. A Tasmanian cariologist whose goal is to help prevent heart attacks and the diseases that cause them. Educating and supporting people to understand the importance of heart health. Challenging them to live heart-smart so they can stay alive to be their best possible selves. 

How might we shape work in small ways to align our passion, strengths and interests? By applying job crafting principles, we can make your current job a better fit for you and lift your enjoyment of work every day - interview with Rob Baker, chief positive deviant at workplace consultancy Tailored Thinking.

Have you ever wondered where the happiest people in the world live?  Professor John Helliwell the editor of The World Happiness Report shares his insights on what makes for a happy life and what we can learn from the countries who consistently feature in the top of the 157 country survey.

This year the report celebrated its 10^th anniversary. Interest in the beyond GDP and happiness is growing and the report reached over 9 million in 2021. It has an important message. The true measure of progress is the happiness of the people; that happiness can be measured; and that we know a lot about what causes it. Given this knowledge, it is now possible for policy-makers to make people’s happiness the goal of their policies and for people to understand more deeply their own happiness in life.

Creating the world we want to live in. How positive psychology can build a brighter future. Podcast with Felicia Huppert. A book about hope and call to action to make the world the kind of place we want to live in for individuals, leaders and organizations.