Happiness isn’t just something you feel — it’s a skill you can learn and improve through practice. We’re here to help you do it in just a few minutes a day.

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.

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!

 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.

HAPPIER AT WORK SKILLS

  • Improve emotional well-being
  • Increase resilience through challenges and change
  • Help avoid burnout and overwhelm
  • Facilitate collaboration and creativity
  • Build and strengthen a culture of appreciation and psychological trust within your organization.