The goal of this journal is for you, your communities and the world you live in to benefit from the many practical and preventative benefits of wellbeing. We could not have written it for you without studying the work of many forward-thinking professional researchers and practitioners. While we recognise that this is not an exhaustive list, we have been especially inspired by the work of the people below:
person |
organisation |
expertise |
| Fred Bryant, PhD | Loyola University/Chicago | Savouring |
| Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD | Claremont Graduate University | Flow |
| Ed Diener, PhD | University of Illinois/Urbana Champaign | Subjective Wellbeing |
| Charles Duhigg | New York Times | Habits |
| Angela Duckworth, PhD | University of Pennsylvania | Grit |
| Carol Dweck, PhD | Stanford University | Mindset |
| Robert A. Emmons, PhD | University of California/Davis | Gratitude |
| Barbara Fredrickson, PhD | University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill | Positivity |
| Jane Gillham, PhD | Swarthmore College | Rider and the Elephant |
| Jonathan Haidt,PhD | New York University | Resilience |
| Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD | University of Pennsylvania | Creativity |
| Barbara Kendall, Olympian | Oceania National Olympic Committees | Sport |
| Peggy Kern, PhD | Melbourne University | PERMA Profiler Research |
| Shane Lopez, PhD | Clifton Strengths Institute (d. 2016) | Hope |
| Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD | University of California/Riverside | Happiness |
| Kristin Neff, PhD | University of Texas/Austin | Mindful and Compassionate Living |
| Christopher Peterson, PhD | University of Michigan (d. 2012) | Strengths |
| Tayyab Rashid, PhD | University of Toronto | Strengths |
| Timothy Pychyl, PhD | Carleton University | Procrastination |
| John Ratey, MD | Harvard Medical School | Exercise |
| Tom Rath, MAPP | The Gallup Organization | Wellbeing |
| Karen Reivich, PhD | University of Pennsylvania | Optimism |
| Edwina Ricci | Maroondah VIC AU, City of Wellbeing | Community Partnerships |
| Martin Seligman, PhD | University of Pennsylvania | PERMA Wellbeing Model |
| Emma Seppala, PhD | Stanford University | Mindfulness |
| Lea Waters, PhD | Melbourne University | Positive Functioning |
| Jon Kabat-Zinn | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction |
| Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh | Plum Village, Southwest France | Mindfulness & Peace |
| Brandon Bays | The Journey | Mind/ Body Healing |
| Ajahn Brahm | Bodhinyana Monastery | Kindfulness |
| Shamash Alidina | The Museum of Happiness | Mindfulness & Happiness |
We thank the Oceania Australia Foundation and the Organisation of Sports Federations of Oceania for their support of the Positive Edge Journal project. We recognise the excellent research of the VIA Institute on Character whose strengths survey you take in the Positive Edge Journal section on Strengths. We would also like to thank our families whose sacrifice of nights and weekends helped us to move this project to completion.
Finally, we thank Edwina Ricci for her inimitable strengths and patience as the leader of this project. Without her global wellbeing vision, her commitment to collaboration and passion for making a difference to peoples lives, the Positive Edge Journal would not have become a reality.
