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Self-paced course

Learn the habits of a genuinely joyful life.

The 10 Habits of a Joyful Life, built from founder Jared Hippler's happiness booklet. Watch, read, reflect, and practice at your own pace. $297, lifetime access, and your enrollment sponsors a teacher.

Why this course

Screens drain your joy. This teaches you to earn it back.

Youth and adult mental health has been sliding since 2012. Screens hand you your four happy chemicals cheap, then leave you drained.

Those four chemicals are your DOSE: Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and Endorphins. Real happiness comes from earning them through simple daily habits, the way nature intended. This course is the playbook, and it is more hopeful than you think. Happiness is a set of skills, and skills can be learned.

A child playing outdoors instead of looking at a screen
From drained to earned
The daily DOSE habits.
What you'll learn

A clear path from the science to the habits.

Start with the foundation, then build one joyful habit at a time. Each module includes lessons, reflection prompts, and an action step.

Module 0

A Primer on Happiness

Before the habits, the why. We cover the science of happiness, the mental health crisis that began in 2012, and the DOSE framework, so every habit that follows makes sense and sticks.

The 10 Habits of a Joyful Life

1
Take radical responsibility for your health and happiness
2
Practice yoga and meditation
3
Practice gratitude
4
Play
5
Seek balance and actuate all your "bodies"
6
Expose yourself to nature and sunshine
7
Spend quality time with people who light you up
8
Serve a higher purpose
9
Know your priorities and align them with your habits
10
Focus on love and forgiveness

Bonus: the three life skills

Needs-Based Communication

"A Language of Life." Connect honestly, ask for what you need, and defuse conflict with compassion.

How to Meditate

A practical, beginner-friendly start to a calmer, clearer mind. No experience required.

The Four Agreements

Four simple agreements to free yourself from needless suffering and live with more peace.

The cover of the Happiness Booklet, a collage from the Foundation's teacher-training work around the world
Free to read
The magnum opus behind the course.
The booklet

Start with the book that started it all.

"The 10 Habits of a Joyful Life and the Life Skills to Attain Them" is Jared Hippler's 23-page magnum opus, the foundation this whole course is built on.

In a few honest pages it walks through the science of happiness, the four DOSE chemicals, the three types of happiness, the 10 habits, and the three life skills. Read it first, then let the course bring each idea to life with lessons, reflection, and practice.

  • The DOSE framework: Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, Endorphins
  • The 3 types of happiness, and which one is actually addiction
  • All 10 habits with simple, doable action steps
Download the booklet (PDF)

Free to read and share. The full course goes deeper on every page.

What's included

Everything you need to make it stick.

Doable on the busiest week, and good enough to come back to for years.

Video & written lessons

Self-paced video and written lessons for every module, so you can learn the way that works for you.

Reflection & action steps

Reflection prompts and a concrete action step for every habit, so learning turns into doing.

Knowledge checks

Short quizzes to lock in each idea before you move on.

Lifetime access

Pay once and learn on your schedule, forever. Revisit any module whenever life calls for it.

Works on any device

Phone, tablet, or laptop. Pick up right where you left off, at home or on the go.

You sponsor a teacher

Every purchase sponsors a teacher in our Happier Schools Program. Your enrollment does double good.

Enroll today

One price. Lifetime joy. Double the good.

The Happiness Course

The 10 Habits of a Joyful Life

$297

One payment · lifetime access

  • Module 0: A Primer on Happiness (the science, 2012, DOSE)
  • All 10 habit modules with lessons and exercises
  • 3 bonus Life Skills modules
  • Reflection prompts and action steps for every habit
  • Knowledge checks to lock it in
  • Lifetime access and free updates
  • Sponsors a teacher in a classroom that needs one
Enroll now · $297

Includes lifetime access and free updates. No subscription, ever.

Prefer to go deeper? 1:1 life coaching with Jared includes this course for free.

Good questions

A few things people ask.

Is it really self-paced?

Yes. There is no schedule and no clock. You get lifetime access, so you can move as fast or as slow as you like and return any time.

Do I need any experience?

None at all. Every habit and skill starts from the beginning, including a gentle intro to meditation. Just bring an open mind.

How does my purchase help kids?

$297 is exactly the cost to sponsor one teacher in our Happier Schools Program, so your enrollment funds a happier classroom too.

Can my whole team or class take it?

Yes. We would love to set up your team, school, or group. Reach out through Work With Us and we will help.

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