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It helped to confirm everything that I knew and to have faith in myself

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The Happiness Course

happy childMost of us would say that we want to be happy

But the word can mean many different things. And it’s used so freely that for a lot of us it has lost its currency.

So can we find more happiness? What is happiness anyway? And is there more to life than just having a smiley face?

The Happiness Course is designed to address these questions, and many more.

A brief history

The course began life in SE London in 2009, as Andy worked with the community there. On discovering the recent wellbeing research, he began to translate it into a form that engaged directly with people’s felt needs.

He has run the course many times since then, in a great variety of contexts. As you can see from the quotes below, the response is regularly, “Thank you for opening my eyes, I really need to get hold of this more in my life.”

He has created a number of other courses, most recently the Lasting Happiness Course , online. But The Happiness Course remains the standard-bearer. Andy provides a training day for those who would like to run it locally themselves

Find out more

Four sessions

  1. A Happy life: what makes us happy, and can we be happier?
  2. A Successful life: what exactly constitutes a ‘Good Life’? How can we discover it?
  3. A Relational life: are relationships important? Why (not)?
  4. A Meaningful life: can we know purpose and meaning – and do they matter?

Train to run The Happiness Course

Andy has trained hundreds of people around the country to run the course where they live and work.

Find out how to be trained

What people say about The Happiness Course

  • “I wish I had done a course like this years ago”
  • “This course has changed my life. Thank you!”
  • “Brilliant course – very enjoyable and thought provoking”
  • “Really interesting course. Please persevere with it. The NHS needs to invest in the emotional state of their staff”

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