{"podcast":{"title":"Nine to Thrive: The Well-Being Podcast","slug":"nine-to-thrive-the-well-being-podcast-6727471","podcast_index_feed_id":6727471,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/ninetothrivewellbeingpodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://ninetothrivewellbeingpodcast.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17595602/Julie_Cover_Art_p74zba.jpg","author":"Julie Fischer","episode_count":66,"summary":"Welcome to Nine to Thrive: The Well-Being Podcast, where we explore what it means to thrive and flourish in this complex world we are living in.. Join Julie Fischer, Positive Psychology Practitioner, Coach and Well-Being Advocate for meaningful and lively conversations with experts, thought leaders, authors, business leaders and more. We dive into the “un-well-being crisis” we are experiencing as a collective, and share tools and strategies that foster increased mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and financial well-being. Ready to connect with a community of people who strive to thrive? Tune in every other week for inspiration, insight and maybe what feels like a nudge from a friend to keep moving, keep uncovering and keep transforming yourself, your life and your sense of well-being.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T18:17:48.709095+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nine-to-thrive-the-well-being-podcast-6727471"},"episode":{"title":"Flourishing in a Complex World with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya","slug":"flourishing-in-a-complex-world-with-emiliya-zhivotovskaya","published_at":"2026-05-26T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nine-to-thrive-the-well-being-podcast-6727471/flourishing-in-a-complex-world-with-emiliya-zhivotovskaya","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nine-to-thrive-the-well-being-podcast-6727471","url":"https://ninetothrivewellbeingpodcast.podbean.com/e/flourishing-in-a-complex-world-with-emiliya-zhivotovskaya/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yt3vrgbkycjw9hfj/5232026_positive_psycology_mixdown8j3g0.mp3","summary":"What does it really mean to flourish — not just survive, not just keep up, but genuinely thrive from the inside out? In a world of political polarization, chronic stress, loneliness, and uncertainty, that question feels more urgent than ever. In this episode Julie sits down with Emiliya Zhivotovskaya — founder of The Flourishing Center, pioneer of the PERMA-V model, and one of the world's leading voices in the science of human flourishing — for a conversation that is equal parts practical, filled with tools and practices you can use today, and deeply human. What you'll hear in this episode: Emiliya's origin story — a deeply moving account of losing her brother at 14 and her mother to ovarian cancer a decade later, and how those experiences of grief and adversity became the foundation of her life's work in positive psychology. The PERMA-V model — Emiliya walks us through the evolution of positive psychology's foundational framework, from the original PEM model to PERMA, and explains why she pioneered the addition of Vitality — and why Martin Seligman ultimately endorsed it. The body is not separate from well-being. It is an integral part of it. What flourishing actually means — while some definitions might be setting the bar impossibly high, Emiliya offers a more accessible and deeply resonant definition: flourishing is being able to show up in the world the way that you want to. Flourishing in a poly-crisis — how do we define and pursue flourishing in a world of political polarization, loneliness, climate anxiety, AI disruption, and social media overwhelm? Emiliya and Julie explore why the answer lies not in bypassing the difficulty but in holding both the hardship and the possibility at the same time. The neuroscience of helplessness — one of the most surprising and i…","meta_description":"What does it really mean to flourish — not just survive, not just keep up, but genuinely thrive from the inside out? In a world of political polarization,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3626,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nine-to-thrive-the-well-being-podcast-6727471/episodes/flourishing-in-a-complex-world-with-emiliya-zhivotovskaya/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nine-to-thrive-the-well-being-podcast-6727471/flourishing-in-a-complex-world-with-emiliya-zhivotovskaya.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}