Standing Up Strong
What are your superpowers?
Each of us have a unique profile of character strengths — values and traits that come naturally to us. When you know what they are and how to use them, you can rise to be an upstander — setting off incredible ripples of change in yourself and the world around you.
In partnership with the VIA Institute on Character, and hosted by character strengths expert Dr. Jillian Coppley, this special series of short podcast episodes will explore the science behind standing up. We’ll unpack the world of insights this character strengths framework can provide for all of us in our day-to-day lives — and how we can lean into what we naturally do well to do our small part in strengthening our communities and the world around us.
Standing Up Strong is generously supported by the Mayerson Family Foundation
Standing Up Strong
Latest Episodes
Grief can break your heart. Dr. Lucy Hone knows about living through the darkest days.
“I'm used to helping other people get through their darkest days, and suddenly, here I am, the grieving mum, wondering if anything that I've ever learned is going to be relevant and helpful to me now” - Dr. Lucy Hone After the sudde...
Take your relationships to the gym with Suzie & James Pawelski
Your relationships might be the most important thing you’re not training. "We should invest our relationships, like our health and well-being depends on it, because it does." - Suzie Pileggi Pawelski In this episo...
Turn your failures into your secret weapons with Fiona Macaulay
The most successful people aren’t the ones who manage to avoid failure. Entrepreneur and author Fiona Macaulay says they’re the ones who learn how to fail forward.“When we have a failure, it doesn’t make you a failure—it’s simply ...
Renee Moorefield is changing the way we think about thriving
What does it really mean to thrive—especially in a world full of complexity, pressure, and constant change? “The way we define thriving is to be internally well-resourced to meet your complexities and demands with a sense of vital...
Wellbeing isn't just for the wealthy with Steve Leventhal
“One of the most beautiful, sort of promising - and also tragic - statements that I heard very, very early on, when I started this work, nearly what 17-18, years ago was the girls would say, ‘Nobody ever told us we had strengths.’” - S...
