#40 - Professor Corey Keyes - Rediscovering Connection Beyond Languishing

About this episode

Professor Corey Keyes discusses the concepts of languishing and flourishing, emphasizing the importance of social wellbeing and connection.

In this episode of Rediscovering Connection, I sit down with Professor Corey Keyes - renowned sociologist, pioneering mental health researcher, and author of “Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down.” Corey shares the real story behind his work on languishing and flourishing, the power of social fitness, and why connection is far more than counting friends or likes. We explore: ✅ Why social wellbeing is always the hardest to achieve - and the most overlooked key to...

People in this episode

Host: Shelley Doyle

Guest: Professor Corey Keyes

Topics covered

• mental health
• social wellbeing
• languishing
• flourishing
• connection
• social fitness

Keywords

• languishing
• flourishing
• social fitness
• mental health
• connection
• wellbeing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Languishing: How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down

More episodes of Rediscovering Connection with Shelley Doyle

• #41 – Tristan Claridge: Social Capital in the 2020s - What Really Builds Connection · December 18, 2025 · 52 min
• #39 - Mark Saxby - Reclaiming Connection: Beyond Screens · April 2, 2025 · 39 min
• #38 - Amy Schroeder - Redefining Midlife: We Are in The Midst · March 5, 2025 · 17 min
• #37 - Brett Macdonald - The Power of Improv in Building Connections · February 12, 2025 · 40 min
• #36 - Pete Bombaci - Building a Human Connection Movement · January 22, 2025 · 52 min
• #35 - Trish Tonaj - Building a Global Entrepreneurial Community · January 14, 2025 · 23 min