The Happier Method™

The Happier Method

The science-backed Happier Method teaches happiness as a skill through simple practices that help you have more joy and greater resilience in work and life.

The Happier Method is based on 3 principles

These fundamental principles of the Happier Method redefine happiness and are the necessary mindset shifts for sustainable well-being.

• Happiness and emotional well-being are not extras -- they are the foundation for being your best self and doing your best work while navigating life’s ups and downs.
• To truly thrive, you need to stop trying to turn negatives into positives and learn to embrace the full range of human emotions.
• Happiness is a skill, not just a feeling, and you can strengthen that skill with practice!

And includes 5 Core Happier Skills

Backed by research, the 5 Core Happier Skills can be cultivated, accessed, and strengthened with practice to support your well-being and help you get through tough times with resilience.

• ACCEPTANCE: Learning to look at how you feel and how things are with clarity rather than judgement and allowing yourself to experience the full range of emotions, including the difficult ones.

• GRATITUDE: Making an active choice to notice the small, positive moments in everyday life–even when times are challenging–and sharing your appreciation for other people with them. 

• INTENTIONAL KINDNESS: Being actively kind to others with the intent to support or elevate them in some way, without expecting anything in return. 

• THE BIGGER WHY: Regularly connecting with your sense of meaning and purpose by identifying how your daily activities and tasks support bigger goals, help others, or contribute to a cause you believe in.

• SELF-CARE: Actively nurturing a kinder friendship with yourself by practicing self-compassion, learning how to rest and renew, and finding ways to fuel your mind, body, and soul.

Practice your Happier Skills!

There are numerous science-backed practices for work and life for each of the 5 Core Happier Skills. These proven, quick practices can easily fit into your existing daily routine and meet you wherever you’re at to help strengthen a skill, build on what’s working, navigate stress, or avoid burnout.

Pick the right learning and reinforcement tools for you!

The Happier Method meets you where you’re at:

Whether you are experiencing burnout, wanting to better deal with everyday stress, or looking to experience lasting personal and professional fulfillment in a sustainable way – the Happier Skills can help!

Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world have used the Happier Method to get more out of life – you can too.