Matthew Iasiello is a Researcher and Project Co-ordinator at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. Matthew is also a PhD candidate at Flinders University, whose PhD focuses on the relationship between mental health and mental wellbeing. In this episode of The Mental Wellbeing Show, we discuss what mental wellbeing is, why it matters to everyone regardless of mental illness status, and strategies anyone can implement to improve their own mental wellbeing. 0:00 Intro 0:15 Dual-continua model of mental health 4:34 What is mental wellbeing? 8:44 Having low mental wellbeing 11:58 Effective interventions for your mental wellbeing 15:19 Finding the best intervention for you 19:01 The Be Well Plan 20:20 Examples of mental wellbeing strategies 26:46 Impacting mental wellbeing at scale 28:37 Matt's recommendations on mindfulness Further reading on resources and studies mentioned in this episode: New York Times article on mental wellbeing: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/we.... Image outlining the Dual Continua Model of Mental Health: https://opentextbc.ca/mhwframework/ba... The Be Well Plan: https://www.bewellco.io/ "A systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological interventions to improve mental wellbeing" (2021) by van Agteren et. al. "The protective effects of wellbeing and flourishing on long-term mental health risk" (2022) by Burns et. al. "A facilitated, Internet-based intervention to promote mental health and wellbeing in a vulnerable population of university students: randomised controlled trial of the Be Well Plan" (2022) by Fassnacht et. al.