Are Your Positive Interventions Synergistic? with Reuben Rusk

Reuben Rusk is the founder of Mind Quip, a social enterprise in Christ Church New Zealand whose vision is to create a happier and more productive workforce. Reuben is a lifelong learner and a big picture thinker who's passionate about teaching people to improve their lives and their wellbeing by distilling large amounts of research into down to earth training about what matters most. An experienced presenter and recognized expert in well being and resilience, Reuben’s research has been published in the Journal of Positive Psychology, the psychology of wellbeing, and the Journal of Happiness studies. In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about the five domains Rueben’s research has found lie at the heart of more than 18,000 peer-reviewed positive psychology intervention articles and how these can be combined to create a synergistic and holistic approach to create wellbeing behavior changes that work. Connect with Reuben Rusk: Website: mindquip.com [free_product_purchase id="24176"] You’ll Learn: [02:00] - Reuben identified more than 18,000 documents, and here talks about what he found that can help us to improve our well being? [03:47] - Reuben discusses the five clusters of terms that he identified. [07:09] - Reuben talks about how the synergistic change model might help to shape our wellbeing. [08:59] - Reuben explains how the synergistic change model provides a framework to think through some important complexities. [11:41] - Reuben talks about how he helps people understand how to navigate emotional and social complexities. [12:50] - Reuben discusses the concept of relapse. [14:45] - Reuben explains how to think synergistically across those five domains of emotions, attention and awareness, comprehension and coping, goals and habits and social relationships, when trying to make a positive intervention. [15:58] - Reuben talks about the environmental factors that can affect positive interventions. [18:38] - Reuben discusses how the simpler option is not necessarily easier, and how simplifying complex systems can do more harm than good. [21:37] - Lightning Round with Reuben Rusk Your Resources:  mindquip.com Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you Reuben!