I live in Adelaide, Australia, am happily married to Rebecca Jarden, father of Sophia Jarden. I am currently employed as a Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University, and work full time as Head of Research at the Wellbeing and Resilience Centre at SAHMRI. I am also a wellbeing consultant and social entrepreneur, and co-founder and co-editor of the International Journal of Wellbeing, president of the New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology, lead investigator for the International Wellbeing Study, co-investigator of the Sovereign New Zealand Wellbeing Index, founder of The Tuesday Program, co-founder of Heart of Wellbeing,  and Senior Scientist for Work on Wellbeing,  Assessing Wellbeing in Education, and Plus Wellbeing.