This article traces the journey and outcomes of research undertaken by evaluating theoretical wellbeing models and practice research. The findings have culminated in the new Universal Wellbeing Model (UWM). Emerging from this UWM are innovative ways to support and inform higher and wellbeing education and social learning in praxis. The innovations described have been influenced by the value creation work of Wenger (1998) and Wenger-Trayner and Wenger-Trayner (2020, 2021) to support the importance of communities of practice in knowledge innovation. The UWM has achieved a vision and promoted pragmatic strategies that can support diverse disciplines and contexts.