The Top Positive Psychology Coaches
The Top Positive Psychology Coaches
/ 08th January 2023Have you ever wondered what sets apart the top positive psychology coaches from the rest? These experts don't just help individuals and organizations achieve their goals—they transform lives. From leveraging neuroscience and ancient wisdom to translating cutting-edge research into actionable strategies, each coach brings a unique approach to fostering mental fitness and wellbeing.
They navigate the complexities of personal and professional challenges with empathy and expertise, ensuring their clients not only meet their objectives but thrive in every aspect of life.
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In Brief : The Top Positive Psychology Coaches
- Dr Perpetua Neo- Dr. Perpetua Neo (DClinPsy, UCL; MPhil, Cambridge) coaches high-performing leaders globally to achieve KPIs and solve leadership challenges without burnout.
- Anna Glynn - Anna Glynn translates cutting-edge research, including Positive Psychology, into actionable strategies for organizations to thrive.
- Dr. Robert Biswas - Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, known as the "Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology," pioneers research on strengths, culture, and happiness.
- Lisa Jones - Lisa Jones, a positive psychology and NLP practitioner, facilitates personal and professional growth through evidence-based coaching.
- Melissa Barker - Melissa Barker, with a background in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, specializes in nurturing high-quality relationships and well-being.
Dr Perpetua Neo
Dr Perpetua Neo (DClinPsy, UCL; MPhil, Cambridge) coaches Type A+++ senior leaders with demanding lives and their organisations, to hit their KPIs and solve leadership problems, without burning out. DrP helps solve both personal and professional problems because each impacts the other. She works and speaks across six continents and is an author with Simon & Schuster.
What do you do differently or how is your coaching different from others?
I work with leaders in 8-week programs using neuroscience, sports/clinical psychology and ancient wisdom to support them through any mental health challenges and build mental fitness. With teams and organisations, we focus on how to wisely spend and gain your mental and physical energy, so that we get both productivity and wellbeing. The bonus? You sleep peacefully, like a cat.
What according to you has been the most critical thing that has contributed to your success as a coach?
A personal ethos of learning— this incudes studying extensively across fields, reflecting on my practice, and refining my methods to sync with my clients and the times. Writing for mindbodygreen and ThriveGlobal for many years, as well as public speaking, has taught me to keep refining the way I communicate, so that my clients get onboard straight away.
Anna Glynn
I’m a speaker, educator and coach on thriving workplaces. My key role is to translate the latest research (from fields including Positive Psychology) into relatable strategies for organisations to empower their people and performance to thrive. Having worked for a decade in the financial services industry including leading national sales teams.
I understand what it’s like to be responsible for driving engagement, wellbeing and performance in the workplace. It was during this time that I discovered Positive Psychology when trying to find answers to my leadership questions. In my practice, I have worked with over 1000 people from schools, not-for-profits and organisations across a range of industries both in Australia and overseas. I also teach undergraduate students at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Wellbeing Science.
Additionally, I am the Chair of the University of Melbourne’s MAPP student and alumni association and an expert content collaborator for Hodie, which teaches students and young people the human skills needed to survive in the workplace. I also advise organisations on their wellbeing initiatives as a subject matter expert including Puka Up’s app Alffie (alongside the University of Melbourne) and ANZ’s coaching capability framework (with Deakin Co.)
Dr. Robert Biswas
Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener is widely known as the “Indiana Jones of Positive Psychology” because his research has taken him to such far-flung places as Greenland, India, Kenya, and Israel. He is a leading authority on strengths, culture, courage, and happiness and is known for his pioneering work in the application of positive psychology to coaching.
Robert has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed academic articles and chapters, two of which are “citation classics” (cited more than 1,000 times each). Dr. Biswas-Diener has authored seven books, including The Courage Quotient, the 2007 PROSE Award winner, Happiness, and the New York Times Best Seller, The Upside of Your Dark Side.
Lisa Jones
I am a positive psychology and NLP practitioner and coach. I usually work with professionals who wish to work on personal and/or professional changes and challenges. I use my professional knowledge and creativity to facilitate the coachee in developing a deeper awareness and understanding of their values, strengths and personal identity, and support them to build psychological resources and skills to move positively forward in their chosen pathway.
The coaching techniques are informed by empirical research and practices, underpinned by my ongoing research (Ph.D.) into complexity and psychological wellbeing of aloneness in midlife adults. The Ph.D. research will result in a coaching intervention which will support midlife adults in their life transitions and psychological wellbeing. I am also a part-time Associate Lecturer of positive psychology (MAPP) at BNU supporting students in their positive psychology learning.
