Host Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Sydney-based psychologist, former HR/leadership development director, and secular Buddhist teacher Lenore Lambert about her work Flourish Personal Growth and her âPeople Against Rushingâ (PAR) intentions: a 20% time buffer, blank diary spaces, and âbe where you are.â Lambert outlines her ânine elements of human flourishing,â adding safety factors to Seligmanâs model: material security, autonomy, ease with uncertainty, and belonging, plus pleasure, engagement/flow, achievement, connection, and contribution.
They discuss resilience as bouncing back/forward from setbacks, the risks of overdoing any element (especially money, power, and status), and research on âmaximisersâ vs âsufficers.â Lenore emphasises flourishing as both content and process, using learning, mindfulness, and Buddhist insight to reduce reactivity and respond rather than react.
She directs listeners to flourishpersonalgrowth.com and suggests downloading her free self-assessment to improve the lowest-scoring element.
00:00 Welcome From Sydney
00:57 Background And Work
02:57 People Against Rushing
04:36 Neurodiversity And Difficulty
05:24 Nine Elements Of Flourishing
08:36 Building The Model
10:35 Resilience And Setbacks
11:52 Money Status And Meaning
15:38 Workplace Leadership Effects
16:26 Sufficiency Versus Maximising
18:00 Paradox of Choice
19:08 Perfectionism and Maximisers
20:01 Learning as Resilience
20:35 Flourishing Process Model
22:09 Who Defines Flourishing
24:33 Happiness Myth Spectrum
27:32 Contentment and Comparison
29:18 Tools Programs and Website
30:26 Feelings as Body Sensations
33:33 Buddhist Nonreactivity Practice
37:15 How to Engage and Next Steps
38:26 Final Task and Farewell
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