Today we spoke with Dr Nick Holton - Human flourishing thought leader, and Peak Performance Coach at Flow Research Collective

Co-director of human flourishing at The Shipley School, consultant, educator and international keynote speaker, Nicks' work is devoted to the study, dissemination and application of the science of human flourishing - feeling, behaving and functioning as our best selves and at our highest potentials. Nick coaches educators, elite athletes and executives - and his work with FRC is informed by principles of learning theory, humanistic psychology, motivational theory and interviewing, positive psychology coaching, cognitive behavioral skills, and context-specific application.

Today we unpacked the PERMA model from positive psychology, and what is the essence of human flourishing, plus how to identify if someone is flourishing. Nick shared why he loves working with younger people...impacting them, and the meaning of eudaimonia. Nick operates from the perspective offered by the famous quote from humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow, that “the story of human beings is the story of people selling themselves short”. Understand more about this today; also, please check out his podcast Flourish FM and The Antifragile Athlete - links in the shownotes.

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• ♾️ Getting in the zone - Flow State
• 📊 PERMA model of positive psychology
• 🤔 Why we are often selling ourselves short in life
• 🏃‍♂️ How young people can ignite a life of flourishing
• 🏋️ The Antifragile Athlete
• 🏈 Working with athletes to feel and perform better
  

Timestamps:

• (3:39) - How to identify a true Michiganer
• (4:40) - Nick's day to day
• (6:48) - Origin of Nicks's study of human psychology
• (9:56) - Finding passion and purpose that has no endpoint
• (12:00) - Meaning of life satisfaction and areas where people flourish
• (13:41) - Hedonia and levels of pleasure
• (14:53) - PERMA model from Open
• (16:58) - Hedonic adaptation
• (18:55) - The ingredients of living a better life
• (23:30) - Distributing your most precious resources 
• (22:95) - Helping young people become better
• (24:58) - How to do an audit of your own satisfaction
• (25:45) - Me, We and The
• (28:19) - Some people focus on behaviours (positive) to better enjoy their jobs
• (29:54) - Self actualization and transcendence
• (31:30) - A recipe for flow
• (34:06) - What is next for Nick
• (36:03) - What does high performance mean to you?