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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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00:35:24

Grant Stonebraker: Building a Pay-It-Forward Culture

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2025/12/23

Grant Stonebraker: Building a Pay-It-Forward CultureSpeaker, coach, and author Grant Stonebraker shares how his signature strengths of honesty, kindness, and love fuel both his entrepreneurial work and his grassroots kindness movement, Operation: Pay It Forward. Grant discusses how spirituality and creativity guide his approach to building authentic connections and inspiring others to make progress through simple, intentional acts of goodness. This conversation offers practical wisdom for anyone

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01:08:52

Jacob Kendall: Curiosity, Creativity, and Rethinking...

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2025/12/23

Jacob Kendall: Curiosity, Creativity, and Rethinking How We Grow OlderDr. Jacob Kendall—gerontologist, social worker, and two-time open-heart surgery survivor—joins us to share a fresh lens for understanding health across place, and time. Drawing on his signature strengths of creativity, curiosity, and humor, Jacob challenges one-dimensional thinking about aging and advocates for a pro-aging mindset grounded in fairness and forgiveness. This conversation will transform how you think about growing

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00:41:18

Leo Louis II: Identity Formation, Community Building,...

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2025/11/15

Leo Louis II: Identity Formation, Community Building, and Cultural TransformationLeo recently co-authored the book: The Grownfolks and the Magic WandRecorded: November 14, 2025

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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...

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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

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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...

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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

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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!

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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...

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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...

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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

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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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