What an awesome guest I have for you in this episode. He is truly the go-to person on the subject of happiness at work.

Come and listen as I talk to Matt Phelan, Co-founder and Co-CEO at ‘The Happiness Index’.

A few years ago, Matt gave a TEDx talk where he presented 12 million data points in happiness, from 1 million people in over 100 countries. Safe to say - what this man doesn’t know about happiness, particularly in a work context, is probably not worth knowing!

In our conversation we dig into what The Happiness Index is all about, and we talk through what the latest learnings are around happiness and engagement and what really drives us in these areas.

We also get into something called The Super Happiness Suit, and talk about whether happiness at work is different from happiness in our personal lives. Do we have separate drivers for those areas of our lives, or are there strong commonalities?

Come join us!

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𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Matt is the founder of The Happiness and Humans Community, host of The Happiness and Humans Podcast and author of ‘Freedom To Be Happy: The Business Case for Happiness’ and ‘The Happiness Index: Why Today's Employee Emotions Equal Tomorrow's Business Success’.

Matt has delivered a TEDx talk where he drew on a world of 12 million data points, and tells the story of our happiness in the workplace from 1 million human beings in 100+ countries in less than 15 minutes.

Matt Phelan is also a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of the Happiness Index, a business that helps organisations to thrive by understanding how their people think and feel, then use these insights to create a culture of high performance. In his day-to-day role, he's responsible for the strategic direction of the business.

𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate.

She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.

Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.

Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change.

When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.

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All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

I have invited my friend, Paul Spiers, back to talk about the subject of creativity.

When it comes to figuring out the life and career changes that will make us feel the happiest, most fulfilled and most alive, we need to be creative. We need to be able to free our minds up to think beyond our current set up and experience, and really allow ourselves to imagine what could be possible.

Sometimes that can be really hard to do, especially if you’re someone who feels trapped by your current circumstances, or weighed down by reality, or potentially deem yourself an uncreative person. All of this kills inspiration and ideas, making it impossible to conjure up your best life, which means you can’t then go after it.

Paul is a thought leader when it comes to the subject of creativity (although he’ll probably laugh at me using that description!) He’s genuinely one of the smartest and most creative people I know and that I’ve ever worked with.

Come join us as I pick his brains with questions like:

How can we ignite our curiosity?

How do we get into a creative zone?

Are there environmental factors that make a difference?

What do we do if we are not a naturally creative person? Then what?

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𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

A serial entrepreneur, Paul Spiers is the founder of The New P&L® Institute and host of the internationally respected top 5% podcast series, The New P&L® – Principles & Leadership in Business.

He is a speaker, trainer and consultant, and works at the intersection of leadership, culture, people and purpose. A naturally creative storyteller, he’s a highly engaging and inspiring speaker, panel moderator and roundtable facilitator.

Paul delivers keynotes and workshops filled with insightful and thought-provoking observations and offers practical examples of how to apply the true power of purpose, creativity, principles and leadership in business.

He helps senior leaders, employees and companies better prepare for the more complex Future of Work by advising on how they can transform and align their leadership, vision, strategy and culture to elevate business performance.

𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate.

She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.

Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.

Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change.

When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.

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All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.

I delve into the subject of REST. It’s a really interesting topic to talk about because I’m not just talking about sleep here. Oh no!

In fact, there are seven different types of rest that we all need to feel fully alive and completely ourselves.

I want to get into this subject because so many people I work with, and know personally, are struggling with fatigue.

Whether it’s a general malaise, a persistent level of tiredness that just won’t leave, or full-on burnout, it can make it really hard to figure out what happiness looks like, and what you want from a work and lifestyle point of view, if you’re just feeling exhausted.

So, in this episode, I’m going to get into the ins and outs of rest, covering the seven different types first introduced by Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith. I’m hoping this will help you to think about what you might potentially need more of, and the kind of actions you can take to top it up.

Because then, once you are fully tapped into all the different types of rest, you’ll be in the very best position to identify what makes you happy, so that you can go after it.

You ready? Great, come and join me!

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𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗢’𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗢:

Alison is a highly experienced, certified life and career coach and is an active ideal life advocate.

She’s the founder and designer of the Work Wonderland™ process, her proprietary model that helps people make career and life choices that truly align with their values, strengths, passions, skills and life goals.

Alison hails from a high-paced, London-based corporate background, working for more than 20 years in the field of PR and Communications, until she made her own radical transition to her ideal life, living and working from a remote mountainside in Wales.

Today she focusses her life coaching on supporting professionally successful people in making career changes that facilitate transformational life change.

When Alison is not working, you can find her outdoors - walking beaches at the crack of dawn; experimenting with the universe and consciousness; trying her hand at paragliding; and delighting in the magic of the superhero’s quest. She is also Marvel movie obsessed.

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All episodes are video recorded and can be watched in the website show notes, or on YouTube.