I live in Auckland, New Zealand, am happily married to Rebecca Jarden, father of Sophia Jarden. I am currently employed half time as a Senior Lecturer at Auckland University of Technology, and half time as a wellbeing consultant and social entrepreneur. I am also 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.