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Positivity Matters

Positivity Matters

Conversations with scholars, organization leaders, and community builders focused on wellbeing, positive psychology, mental health, and human flourishing.

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00:52:00

Lakesha Green: Speaking Love into Community through...

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2025/10/31

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

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00:33:52

Amy Goodburn: Building the Good Life with Husker...

Positivity Matters ·

2025/10/27

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

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00:51:46

Amy Lanham: Creating Wellbeing Through Recreation

Positivity Matters ·

2025/10/27

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.

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00:26:08

Daryl Davis: How to be Prohuman with Music and...

Positivity Matters ·

2025/10/25

Daryl Davis: How to be Prohuman with Music and FriendshipRecorded 8/7/2025

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00:39:40

Becca Schusler: The Win-Win of Workplace Wellness

Positivity Matters ·

2025/10/24

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:

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00:49:15

Maital Neta: Positivity Matters to Our Brains!

Positivity Matters ·

2025/09/30

Maital Neta: Positivity Matters to Our Brains!Professor of Psychology at UNLCliftonStrengths: Empathy, Achiever, Responsibility, Relator, Learner Recorded: 7/23/2025

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01:04:40

Josha Sietsma: The Nebraska Capitol is a Question Mark

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2025/09/23

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

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00:39:42

Meghan Talarowski: Playfully Planning Playgrounds to...

Positivity Matters ·

2025/09/09

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.“

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00:54:08

Carlos Garcia: How to Take Bold Action and Remain...

Positivity Matters ·

2025/09/05

Carlos GarciaCo-Founder & CEO, True Progress LabVIA Strengths: Honest | Perseverance | Hope | Humility | SpiritualityRecorded on July 11, 2025

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00:32:51

Tracy Edgerton: Leveraging Our Unique Strengths to...

Positivity Matters ·

2025/08/09

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

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00:30:41

Zoya Awan - Creating Sparks of Hope

Positivity Matters ·

2025/08/08

Zoya Awan - Creating Sparks of HopeDirector of Public Affairs, WalmartZoya the Explorer!CliftonStrengths: Positivity | WOO | Includer | Adaptability | ConnectednessRecorded: July 9, 2025

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01:02:43

Andrew Hanna - Emerging Leadership, Life Design, & More

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2025/07/16

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!

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00:40:21

Kathryn Goetzke - How to S.H.I.N.E. Hope

Positivity Matters ·

2025/06/19

Kathryn Goetzke - How to S.H.I.N.E. Hope• Stress skills• Happiness habits• Inspired actions• Nourishing networks• Eliminating challengesKathryn's top VIA Strengths: Curiosity | Love of learning | Spirituality | Honesty | FairnessRecorded 6/19/2025

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00:26:11

Rebecca Davis, Director & Producer

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2025/06/05

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

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00:58:42

Rob Lion - Tune-up Your C.A.R. to Flourish

Positivity Matters ·

2025/05/22

Rob Lion - Black RiverC.A.R. from Self-determination Theory:CompetenceAutonomyRelatednessRecorded 2/18/2025

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00:33:59

Joshua Berry - Unleash the Difference Maker Within

Positivity Matters ·

2025/05/21

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

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00:47:30

Dan Martin - Compassion, Peer Learning, & More

Positivity Matters ·

2025/05/21

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

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00:59:22

David Feldman - On the Origin of Hope Science and...

Positivity Matters ·

2025/05/12

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 | KindnessHope science developed in a playful laboratory. Hope develops in the playful laboratory of the imagination.Recorded May 7, 2025

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00:27:45

Chan Hellman - The State(s) of Hope Rising

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2025/04/29

Chan HellmanFounding Director of the Hope Research CenterHope Rising USARecorded 4/29/2025

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00:46:14

Matthew Gallagher - Hope (Science) for the Individual

Positivity Matters ·

2025/04/25

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

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