3466: What is Flourishing - Learn How to Walk the 5-Part Path to Happiness by Kylee Lessard of Blue Sky Mind

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🗓️ 19 January 2025

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3466: Kylee Lessard explores Dr. Martin Seligman’s groundbreaking framework for flourishing, defined as thriving through fulfillment, meaningful tasks, and deeper connections. By focusing on the five pillars of well-being, Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment (PERMA), she offers practical strategies to nurture a flourishing life. With reflective prompts and actionable tips, this guide empowers you to design a daily routine that fosters long-term happiness. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.ablueskymind.com/blog/what-is-flourishing Quotes to ponder: “To flourish is to find fulfillment in our lives, accomplishing meaningful and worthwhile tasks, and connecting with others at a deeper level.” “Other people are the best antidote to the 'downs' of life and the single most reliable 'up.'” “Meditation gives me this incredible base from which to flourish, just like mindful movement and nourishment of my body do.” Episode references: University of Pennsylvania Positive Psychology Center: https://ppc.sas.upenn.edu Braid Mission volunteer program: https://braidmission.org Flourish by Martin Seligman: https://www.amazon.com/Flourish-Visionary-Understanding-Happiness-Well-being/dp/1439190763 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	This is Optimal Living Daily. What is flourishing? Learn how to walk the five-part path to happiness
0:37.0	by Kylie Lassard of a blue skymind.com.
0:40.7	And I'm your narrator, Justin Mollick, reading you blogs every single day of the year to help you live a more
0:44.9	meaningful life. We have a bunch of shows doing just this. Search for optimal living daily in the
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0:55.6	And today I have a more rare author for this show. She's been featured on optimal health
0:58.9	daily though. It's Kylie Lassard of a blue skymind.com. So with that, let's get right to it as we
1:04.3	optimize your life. What is flourishing? Learn how to walk the five-part path to happiness by Kylie Lassard of
1:15.7	A Blue SkyMind.com. Surely one of the most influential points on my positive psych journey
1:22.5	has been the reading of Flourish, written by Dr. Martin Seligman. Seligman is an accomplished American
1:28.1	psychologist, best known as a founder of modern positive psychology. Once the president of the
1:33.3	American Psychological Association, during which he heavily promoted the emerging scientific field
1:38.3	of positive psychology, he now serves as the director for the University of Pennsylvania Master of
1:43.4	Applied Positive Psychology Program, as well as the director for the University of Pennsylvania Master of Applied Positive Psychology Program,
1:46.2	as well as the director of the UPenn Positive Psychology Center.
1:50.3	This book, one of over 30, he's penned, is dense with information, but approachable in form.
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