Welcome to a special episode of Live Happy Now.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, thanking you for joining us today for our preview of the International Positive Psychology Association's Sixth World Congress.

Every other year, IPA brings together leading researchers and well-being practitioners from around the globe

to share the latest research and best practices in positive psychology.

This year, the event is being held in Melbourne, Australia,

and IPA President Lee Waters sat down with Live Happy CEO, Deborah Heise,

to talk about what to expect from this year's event.

I'm excited today to welcome back for her third conversation on Live Happy Now podcast, Professor

Lee Waters. We've had the joy of talking to her before about Strength, States Parenting,

generally about positive psychology. But today we have her here to talk to us about the

sixth world Congress of Positive Psychology

because she has been in charge of putting this fantastic event together for the last couple

years. Welcome, Lee. Thank you so much for having me. It's great to be back.

I'm excited to have you back. And I'm really excited to talk about the World Congress

because when we were looking at Live Happy,

you know, way back when, not to date myself, but a long time ago, my introduction really to positive psychology came through attending the Second World Congress. That was my introduction.

So I know I know that there's been a lot done since then by IPA, the International Positive

Psychology Association. But I also know that this is then by IPA, the International Positive Psychology Association,

but I also know that this is like, you know, the event of events, so to speak, in the global

space. Can you tell our listeners a little bit about what goes on at one of these and who attends?

Yeah, sure thing. And you're right in saying it's kind of like the event of the event.

It's a Congress that's run by the International Positive Psychology Association.

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