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Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast

Michelle McQuaid: Positive Psychology Teacher | Playful Change Activator | Huffington Post Blogger

If you believe as I do that by uncovering tested, practical ways to help people move from functioning to flourishing at work, we can better navigate the incredible challenges and opportuniti...

Episodes

20 of 277 episodes

BONUS SEASON: Leading Change Well

When change keeps coming, your leaders plan harder and work longer to protect their teams, and nobody counts the cost. In this fourth episod...

38:11Oct 2, 2026

BONUS SEASON: Shrinking Big Changes Into Smaller Moments

Are restructures causing distress and fatigue for your leaders and teams? We've found that whether people feel safe enough to be honest earl...

32:29Sep 21, 2026

BONUS SEASON: Sensing Into Self-Doubt With AI Tools

How are you protecting your team's strengths, confidence and connection as AI tools become part of everyday work? Our research found that bu...

29:58Sep 21, 2026

BONUS SEASON: The Grief Undercurrent

One in 3 workers are carrying grief about the changes happening at work — and our data suggests this runs deeper than just sadness: layers o...

41:40Apr 7, 2026

BONUS SEASON: The Complexity Conundrum

What if what's defeating us isn't the speed of change but the complexity — multiple crises amplifying each other in ways that no forecasting...

42:35Mar 31, 2026

BONUS SEASON: The Change Fatigue Continuum

Nearly 1 in 2 American workers are quietly fatiguing, cracking, or burning out right now — but the data reveals that these aren't just diffe...

33:49Mar 24, 2026

BONUS SEASON: The Self-Compassion Challenge

When change keeps coming, research suggests the way we talk to ourselves is making it harder. In this first episode of Season 7 — The Change...

33:09Mar 17, 2026

BONUS SEASON: Learn To Trust Yourself When Challenged

Understand what makes it safe enough to admit mistakes, ask for help, and learn alongside each other — even when you're struggling. In this...

42:04Jan 20, 2026

BONUS SEASON: Build Your Take-Anywhere Somatic Toolkit

Our bodies have to calm down before our thoughts can follow — and this is the step most of us skip. In this second episode of our special bo...

36:18Jan 13, 2026

BONUS SEASON: Decode Your Nervous System Signals

Discover why the pace of change has left so many of us quietly cracking — and why this isn't a personal energy or resilience failing. In thi...

35:54Jan 11, 2026

BONUS SEASON: Leading Human-Centered Change - Your HEART Check

While new data suggests 58% of changes fail, organizations using human-centered methods achieve 93% success rates. What's the difference? Th...

48:06Oct 23, 2025

BONUS SEASON: Take Tiny Steps – Sustaining Momentum

Change initiatives often start with such confidence - neat timelines, clear milestones, everyone aligned - yet within weeks things feel mess...

52:57Oct 16, 2025

BONUS SEASON: Reach Out – Connecting Ideas & Resources

Why do some teams emerge from uncertainty stronger and more connected, while others splinter into silos where everyone's fending for themsel...

40:57Oct 10, 2025

BONUS SEASON: Appreciate Strengths – Fuelling Confidence & Capability

Ever notice how some changes leave people feeling energized and capable while others leave them exhausted and overwhelmed? What creates this...

40:41Oct 3, 2025

BONUS SEASON: Engage Purposefully – Winning People's Commitment

Have you ever been in a meeting where someone shares a "big announcement" and you can practically hear everyone's minds turning off? Compare...

44:34Sep 25, 2025

BONUS SEASON: Honor Feelings - Your Nervous System's Navigation System

Why do some people thrive during change while others get completely overwhelmed? It comes down to whether their nervous system feels "safe e...

36:59Sep 18, 2025

BONUS SEASON: Navigating The Human Side Of Change

Ever wonder why change feels so much harder than it did in the past? We're in an unprecedented supercycle where disruptions collide and crea...

53:19Sep 11, 2025

Making Positive Psychology Work - Afterparty with Chelle, Paige and Michelle

In this week's episode - join us for a chat and a laugh as we reminisce about the highs (and lows!) of 250 episodes of Making Positive Psych...

31:10Sep 24, 2021

Do You Have A Wellbeing Strategy? with Dr. Peggy Kern

Dr. Peggy Kern is an associate professor at the Centre for Wellbeing Science within the University of Melbourne's Graduate School of Educati...

50:16Sep 3, 2021

Can You Unlock The Leader Within? with Halla Tómasdóttir

Halla Tómasdóttir is the CEO of the B Team, a group of courageous business and civil society leaders working together to transform business...

43:36Aug 27, 2021