flourishing
Type: Concept
As of November 2026, flourishing has been mentioned in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts, first heard Oct 2025 on Young and Profiting. In the episode "Daniel Coyle on BUILDING Teams That Flourish," John R. Miles discusses flourishing as joyful, meaningful growth that is enhanced by community practices and relational attention. Additionally, the Young and Profiting episode "Pleasure Isn’t Happiness... Here’s Why" presents flourishing as a desirable target, suggesting that mere pleasure-seeking may not lead to a truly flourishing life.
Flourishing, or human flourishing, is the complete goodness of humans in a developmental life-span, that includes positive psychological functioning and positive social functioning, along with other basic goods.
| Mentioned in | 2 episodes on 2 podcasts (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Oct 2025 on Young and Profiting |
| Field | positive psychology |
What do podcasts say about flourishing?
2 quotes, recorded on John R. Miles and Young and Profiting.
What really defines flourishing is joyful, meaningful growth.
John R. Miles · · Hear itPleasure seeking alone might not lead to the most flourishing of lives. (flourishing presented as the desirable target).
Young and Profiting · · Hear it
How do different shows talk about flourishing?
2 shows discussed flourishing in these episodes.
- John R. Miles — 1 episode
What really defines flourishing is joyful, meaningful growth.
Daniel Coyle on BUILDING Teams That Flourish | Daniel Coyle - Young and Profiting — 1 episode
Pleasure seeking alone might not lead to the most flourishing of lives. (flourishing presented as the desirable target).
Pleasure Isn’t Happiness... Here’s Why
Who talks about flourishing on podcasts?
flourishing came up; the most recent mention was Feb 2026 on John R. Miles.
What is flourishing mentioned alongside?
flourishing is most often mentioned alongside happiness, pleasure and affective states.
Mentioned together: happiness, pleasure, affective states