Translating wellbeing science into positive community experiences.

www.PositivityMatters.org

Elements of Positivity Matters:

Organizing community events around major themes of wellbeing science:
- On March 20th, Nebraska celebrates the International Day of Happiness (2025: Lincoln | Omaha)
- On July 12th, Nebraska celebrates the International Day of Hope (2025: Lincoln and Omaha) 2025
- On Friday, December 5, 2025, Nebraska celebrates International Volunteer Day
Practical Hope Circles : a practical hope building peer-discussion format.
The Positivity Matters podcast (Spotify | Apple | YouTube | Amazon) (archive | formerly Community Matters)

The Major domains of wellbeing science can be summarized with the acronym H.A.P.P.Y. L.I.F.E.:

Health: physical and mental.
Aesthetic experience: natural and created beauty.
Play: experiencing that which we find to be interesting via curiosity, creativity, gameplay, humor, and though many other means.
Pleasure: liking, positive emotions, and happiness (emotional wellbeing).
Yes-saying: creating values we say ‘yes’ to in thought (goals thinking and pathways thinking) and through action.

H.A.P.P.Y. L.I.F.E. Advisory Council:

History of Positivity Matters:

Happiness Lincoln: celebrating the 15th anniversary of the founding of positive psychology when many threads of wellbeing research were brought together at an event that took place in Lincoln, NE in 1999.
Video clips of past Positivity Matters events and media coverage.