Creating Joy with Charlie Engelmann of The Joyfulness Project

Creating Joy with Charlie Engelmann of The Joyfulness Project

From Creating Good with Matt Barnes by matt barnes

November 4, 2025 · 46 min · Episode 75

About this episode

Matt Barnes interviews Charlie Engelmann about his work on joy and The Joyfulness Project.

Welcome to this episode of the Creating Good podcast, brought to you by Rogue Creatives, made to connect with and learn from people who are passionate about creating good in the world and how they do it! On this episode, Matt Barnes, host and founder of Creating Good, sat down with Charlie Engelmann. In addition to his role as Senior Director of Operations for International Programs at Pepperdine University, Charlie started The Joyfulness Project–a community-building effort and analysis of his doctoral research about joy. Charlie’s passion for joy grew from a daily score in his journal as a teenager to his PhD dissertation topic 30 years and 150+ journals later. Now, he’s sharing what he learned with all of us while writing his own book about joy! Tune in today to hear from Charlie about the power of joy and fun! Charlie Engelmann: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlie-engelmann-b50773b/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_joyfulness_project/ Creating Good Website: creatinggood.co Creating Good on Instagram: @creatinggood.co Creating Good with Matt Barnes Podcast is handcrafted by our friends at Fame.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Barnes

Guest: Charlie Engelmann

Topics covered

  • joy
  • community building
  • personal development
  • happiness
  • research

Keywords

  • joy
  • community
  • PhD
  • happiness
  • personal growth
  • The Joyfulness Project
  • Matt Barnes

Sponsors

Rogue Creatives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Joyfulness Project, Pepperdine University

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