Joslyn Chulski is a self-described realistic optimist who loves to learn. Her day job is in a corporate legal department where she is a program manager responsible for strategy and implementation of learning and development, knowledge management, change management, and inclusion, diversity & equity programs. She recently graduated with a Masters in Organizational Leadership and is fascinated with human behavior in the workplace. She lives in Midland, MI with her husband Joshua and three furbabies: Piper, Stella, and Rufus.

In this episode, we find out how Joslyn Chulski’s team impact became a force for change within workplaces around Midland county, Michigan, through just 10 minutes of wellbeing practice for work teams per day.

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You’ll Learn:

• [03:32] - Joslyn details her journey to her work in positive psychology
• [06:15] - Joslyn talks about how positive psychology has impacted her personally, starting with when she first heard the idea, “Emotions are data,” and what that meant to her.
• [08:04] - Joslyn describes how a coalition of change agents doing work in positive psychology has impacted her community to increase wellbeing
• [10:02] - Joslyn discusses her impact project, moving from a sort of “Happy Hour” to a quicker, ten minute, “Take Ten for Wellbeing,” to give a microburst of wellbeing, and how this translates well to both the work environment and to one’s personal life.
• [16:40] - Joslyn shares observations about what else has worked well in terms of bringing positive psychology into corporations, including the grounding of practices in documented science and research
• [18:30] - Joslyn talks about how health and wellbeing are prioritized at Dow, independent of this positive psychology work
• [20:39] - Joslyn shares what’s next for her in terms of having a positive impact on the world
• [22:03] - Joslyn gives a specific example of a Take Ten, “The Name Game”
• [23:40] - Lisa enters the lightning round...

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Until next time, take care! Thank you, Joslyn!