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b'Has the mental health pendulum swung too far?\\n\\nDistress is a contentious topic. We no longer accept \'toughen up, don\'t cry\' as the appropriate message for our kids, schools, even workplaces but my guest today argues that \'medicalising\' distress and jumping too quickly to diagnoses and clinical support might not be helping either.\\n\\nProfessor Lindsay Oades is the Director of the Centre for Positive Psychology at The Melbourne Graduate School of Education. He firmly believes that "wellbeing is everybody\'s business" and his mission is to enable others to enable others. \\n\\nIn this episode of The Potential Psychology Podcast Lindsay and I discuss:\\n\\n \\u2022How we learn to thrive and the complexity of well being\\n \\u2022Sharing the language of well being\\n \\u2022Putting well being on the agenda at a national and international level\\n \\u2022Aiming for more than the prevention of illness\\n \\u2022How our schools and communities act as a lever for healthier generations\\n \\u2022Lindsay\'s \'thrivability theory\'.\\n\\nIt\'s a conversation that will inspire you to think about preparing future generations for mental health, happiness and well being.\\n\\nLearn more at Potential Psychology or follow Ellen and Potential Psychology on Facebook or Instagram\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSend in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/potentialpsychology/message'