Welcome,
I'm Dr. Louise Lambert
A positive psychologist on a mission to improve the world’s happiness one person and one organization at a time through research and application. And fun. Fun matters.
I’m Dr. Louise Lambert, the leading expert in positive psychology in the Middle East/North Africa region.
I’ve published over 40 studies ranging from the predictors of happiness in the UAE using Gallup data, the relationships between happiness, health and healthcare satisfaction, the links between learning and happiness across the UAE’s curriculum types, to the fear of happiness and the impact of interventions on culture as examples. I’ve published the only regional positive psychology textbook, establishing two university courses from it. I am also the Editor of the Middle East Journal of Positive Psychology.
I am also a Canadian registered psychologist and before focusing on happiness, I worked for many years in mental health dealing with domestic and community violence, HIV/AIDS, eating disorders, suicide and depression, as well as drug and alcohol addiction among other things.
So, yes. I do know both sides of the human experience.
And it's from there that I developed and tested the first happiness course for mental health and primary healthcare patients, which remain in use today because the evidence still stands: happiness matters.
Now as a workplace consultant, I continue to develop programs for senior leaders, managers and employees in the private sector and government ministries across the Gulf (GCC) region.
All this to say, you’re in good hands.
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Aziz Mulay-Shah is the Managing Director of Global Communications Agency
Aziz Mulay-Shah is a former senior Canadian diplomat and now the Managing Director at Global Communications Agency in Dubai. Over the past 25 years, Aziz has been a governance and public policy planner with Global Affairs Canada and was a Director of Policy in the Office of the Privy Council.
As a diplomat, Aziz worked as a senior advisor on Strategic Communications and Middle East Policy for Canada's Prime Minister. For the last 20 years, he has lived and worked in Dubai, including four years as Canada’s Deputy Ambassador to the UAE.
More recently, he taught communications and diplomacy at a university in Dubai. He has since expanded his range of interest to the science of wellbeing, particularly at the national level of policy development, and he is co-author of a chapter on policy planning, as well as lead author of a chapter on the development of the commercial wellbeing model.
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What our friends and clients are saying
Dr. Meg Warren, Ph.D.
Professor, Western Washington University, USA, Co-Editor, International Journal of Wellbeing, Founding President, Work & Organizations Division, International Positive Psychology Association, Founder, Western Positive Psychology Association
"I have collaborated with Louise on many projects over the last 10 years and she always amazes me. She lives positive psychology in its true sense – pursuing excellence with passion, and with a desire to strive for wellbeing in the UAE, and more broadly in MENA. Louise is a leader who is unafraid to dive into unchartered waters. She has pioneered many ‘firsts’ – the first positive psychology journal in the Middle East, scholarly regional book on positive psychology, manual for positive psychology instructors, positive education program in the UAE and Kuwait, positive psychology division, etc. She is easy to work with, open to new ideas, and has immense determination to see projects through to the end – qualities that are fundamental to leading innovation. I look forward to seeing how her practical work unfolds and the positive impact she will make in the near future."
Mark Samways
Head of Positive Education (Year 7 to 10)
Dubai College, Dubai (UAE)
"Louise has been instrumental in getting our Positive Education program off the ground by helping us create a school wide curriculum. She is also leading the research that is taking place to measure wellbeing among our students to ensure that the program is effective. I really cannot speak highly enough of her and the impact she’s had at our school. She has led staff training and the response from staff was overwhelmingly positive. It was the perfect start to our school year and gave us the momentum and drive we were looking for. She is extremely professional and organised but above all else is very personable and diligent. Her subject knowledge is outstanding and she always presents the very latest research. We feel incredibly privileged to work with her and it is a relationship we hope will run long into the future."
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