Lea in the Media

Staying Positive During the Coronavirus Crisis: Keeping up your Exercise

Lea discusses the physiological and emotional benefits from keeping up (or developing) an exercise routine while self-isolating in the next part of the series.

How to Stay Positive During the Coronavirus Crisis: Expressing Gratitude

In the next part of the series, Lea discusses the beneficial power of expessing gratitude during times of stress and uncertainty.

How to Stay Positive During the Coronavirus Crisis: How to Use Your Spare Time

In the third part of the series, Lea shares some advice for how to utilise your newly found free time as social engagements and other activities are cancelled.

Lea on ABC Radio

Lea shares her ideas with Paula Kruger of ABC Canberra for how to keep your family happy while in self isolation at home . Listen here.

Staying Positive During the Coronavirus Crisis: Helping Others

In the second video of the series, Lea talks about how altruistic behaviours are vital for our mental health as we come to grips with the realities of Coronavirus. Read Lea’s article about how the impact of kindness here.

How to Stay Positive During the Coronavirus Crisis: Dealing with Cabin Fever

Watch the first of a series of videos looking at ways we can stay positive during the Coronavirus crisis and read Lea’s three top tips for fostering positive emotions during this time in her Silver Linings article.

Lea on The Project

Lea talks about how parents can help their children cope with anxiety related to global health issues. Read more here.

The family lockdown guide: How to emotionally prepare for coronavirus quarantine

Lea and other experts give insight on how to cope with self-isolation and how to make the most of this time. Read the article by Celina Ribeiro in The Guardian here.

7 Tips to Finding Happiness: How to Smile like a Bulanaire

Lea shares her seven guiding principles to living a life of happiness. Read the article here.

Wellbeing in Education with Professor Lea Waters

In this interview, Lea explains how we can help schools coordinate and evaluate the work they are doing on wellbeing. Listen to the podcast here.

Catching Feelings

In this article for ELLE Australia, Lea discusses emotional contagion and how it causes you lose your own mood and sense of perspective. Read the article here.

How to Use Your Strengths for a Better Life

Lea talks about the ‘what’, the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of the strength-based approach in this article written by Marianna Pogosyan for Psychology Today. Read the article here.

Lea on ABC Radio

As the festive season comes to a close and we all return to our normal routines, Lea talks to Libbi Gorr about how we can make work more enjoyable, energising and meaningful.

Lea on Evolving Families Summit

Lea shares how strength base science validates positive practices and creates emotional resilience in this interview with Natalie Syrmopolous.

Lea Appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM)

This honour has been given to Lea for her long-term work in addressing youth mental illness in Australia and for her leadership in building the field of positive psychology both in Australia and internationally. Read more here.

Lea’s Most-Listened to Interview

Learn about Lea’s childhood, the loss of her sister to suicide and how these motivated her to devote her life to helping families and children around the world. Listen to Lea’s interview with Jonathan Fields on the Good Life Project podcast.

Three Tips for Strengths-Based Parenting

Lea shares her top tips to become a Strengths-Based Parent.

Lea on Destination Happiness

Lea chats to Angie Hilton about her three key learnings from the World Congress of Positive Psychology 2019.

Schools focus on wellbeing

Three Mildura schools have joined forces to make wellbeing visible for their staff and students. Read the article here.