Because Happiness Matters...

Designing Cities for Happiness with Dr. Louise

This episode highlights how urban planning affects happiness and explores what ingredients all great cities should have to make us feel good. From social places to quiet spaces, cities play a role in how we feel. Dr. Louise shares her experience in Dubai, reflecting on how thoughtful city design can foster wellbeing. Think about your city; does it deliver your happiness gains?

Where does Leadership fit into Employee Wellbeing?

In this episode on workplace wellbeing, Dr. Louise explores research showing that leadership involvement outperforms incentives in achieving higher participation in employee wellbeing programs, as well as employee health outcomes. Practical strategies for leaders wanting to maximize their returns from such programs are also discussed.

Fostering Wellbeing at UAE Universities

This episode delves into the unique challenges faced by university students, particularly those who are expatriates in the wider Arab region. Students face many adaptation barriers, including loneliness and mental health issues. Yet, there is much universities can do. By positioning themselves as "positive universities", institutions can create more supportive learning environments, create and apply mental health and wellbeing strategies, and nurture character development programs to enhance student happiness and employability. As positive education takes center stage, how might your institution benefit?

Student Happiness and the Future of Education

This episode investigates the significance of student wellbeing in schools, highlighting findings from global as well as UAE-based PISA studies on geographic and institutional disparities in adolescent happiness. We also explore the benefits of wellbeing to learning and life outcomes and describe one of the UAE's positive education programs and how it maintained student wellbeing, even during the pandemic. Join us as we discuss actionable strategies to improve emotional health and engagement in schools.

The Role of Happiness in Modern Healthcare

This episode examines how subjective well-being (SWB) can revolutionize healthcare by improving physical health, mental vitality, and patient outcomes. We discuss insights from the UAE study, the transformative "Happiness 101" program, and Dr. Lambert's initiatives, exploring how happiness strategies enhance care quality, reduce costs, and benefit providers and insurers. Learn how positivity is reshaping the future of healthcare.

Happiness Defined and Practiced

In this first episode, Dr. Louise unpacks what it means to be happy, addressing misconceptions and highlighting its role in success across life domains. She also explores why happiness is a more compelling choice than cynicism and despair, despite what the world is looking like these days. We're going to need all the human potential we can get in the coming years; happiness may just be that path forward.