Is Happiness Coaching For Me?
D o you feel stuck, unfulfilled, or unhappy with some aspect of your life? If so, know that you're not alone! We grow up and have to learn how to do all kinds of things like math, science, and writing. But nobody really takes the time to teach us how to live a happy life. Here is where happiness coaching can help by teaching us mindsets and tools we can use to cultivate enduring, meaningful happiness.
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In this post, I want to share more about happiness coaching (and my own unique approach to it) and how it can help you transform your mindsets and practices to help you create a more fulfilling, meaningful life. To do so, I’m going to address some common questions about happiness coaching and specifically, my brand of philosophy-based happiness coaching.
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What is happiness coaching?
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There are tons of wellness professionals offering an abundance of life coaching tailored to specific needs and clients — career coaching, health & nutrition coaching, dating coaching, etc. Happiness coaching focuses on helping people actively cultivate a happier, more fulfilling life.
As a happiness coach, I help my clients recognize that happiness is not merely a disposition or character trait — it’s not something you either have or you don’t. Rather, happiness is something that can be cultivated with the right mindsets, practices, and guidance.
This doesn’t mean, however, that anyone can simply “be happy” by willing it so. Happiness is a wildly complex thing that encompasses many facets of our lives, including overall mental and emotional health. My role as a coach is to guide you and equip you with empowering mindsets and actionable tools you can use to take charge of your own particular happiness journey (which may include a variety of other supports and resources, like mental health treatment).
What ISN’T happiness coaching?
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Life coaching of any kind isn’t mental health treatment or therapy. Coaching should never take the place of treatment by a certified mental health professional. It’s also not just venting to someone or having the coach make major life decisions for you. An effective coach offers a structured program — much like a good class syllabus — and works with you to implement specific strategies, tips, and tools to help you identify and reach your goals.
Who is happiness coaching for?
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Anyone who is hungering for more in life and committed to taking action can benefit from happiness coaching. More specifically, my coaching clients are individuals who are eager to develop a meaningful sense of life fulfillment and happiness that empowers them to flourish and thrive in all aspects of life — even during the most trying of times.
This is a happiness that is not dependent on external factors or specific life benchmarks (like making a certain amount of money or finding the right romantic relationship). Rather, I help them create a happiness that allows them to truly delight in and enjoy life’s pleasures and victories — and that endures and flourishes through life’s difficulties.
Often, my clients have found success in their working lives, but still feel professionally unfulfilled. Or, they may have found professional fulfillment, but struggle with making meaningful personal connections. Some flourish personally, yet feel they are floundering professionally. Many of my clients are college-educated and/or have some prior familiarity with philosophy and psychology, but a college degree certainly isn’t required to get the most of philosophy-based happiness coaching.
Why philosophy-based happiness coaching?
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As a professional philosopher who’s spent nearly two decades studying what it means to live a good life and what it means to be happy, I firmly believe that philosophical thinking and appreciation cultivates an intelligent and empowering resourcefulness that enriches our experience of the everyday and helps us make better use of all this magnificent world has to offer. Through philosophical appreciation, we can live our best lives – benefiting from everything in the world as we give back and help others benefit in turn.
My approach to happiness coaching is based on this philosophical foundation. It also incorporates insights and approaches from psychology, self-improvement, and life design in order to offer you a robust wealth of resources and critical approaches for taking control of and creating your best, happiest life.
As your happiness coach, I work with you one-on-one to help you cultivate a better understanding of yourself and use that crucial information to design and continuously refine your own vision of the Good Life.
Do I really need a coach to be happier? Can’t I just read what you’ve read?
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Just like reading a book about mountain climbing doesn’t make you a mountain climber, reading about happiness doesn’t by itself make you happier.
Or, if your car breaks down and you’re not a mechanic, you know you need to take it to an expert to get it fixed. Chances are there are areas of your life you’re unhappy with and that you’ve tried to change in the past. But you've struggled making changes in them and have gotten stuck. Or maybe you worked really hard and finally reached that milestone only to find yourself feeling empty and unfulfilled. As your happiness coach, I help you identify what does and doesn’t work for you and help you find an effective way to a happier life.
The fact is that information alone will not get you to the next level of happiness. You need structure, guidance, and accountability. You need someone to help you avoid pitfalls, recognize powerful ideas you may not have considered, and gain new capabilities and self-understanding. Only then will you take the consistent, informed, and thoughtful action you need to reach that next level of happiness and fulfillment in life.
If you’re really committed to learning how to swim, you can’t just read a book about swimming. You have to come out and swim with someone who knows what they’re doing! If you’re really committed to being happier, you can’t just read a book about happiness. Come out and swim philosophically with me in the waters of a happier, more meaningful way of life!
How much does happiness coaching cost?
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When you’re paying for coaching, you are paying for that professional’s years (or even decades) of expertise and training. So coaching isn’t cheap.
The great news is that for a limited-time, I’m offering both of my coaching programs for a drastically reduced rate as part of a Fall special (until October 15th, act now)! I also offer special discounts for students (both undergrad and grad students).
So…does happiness coaching work?
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Like all coaching and education, happiness coaching works when you put in the work. If you do, you’ll implement mindsets and techniques that will give you a more meaningful and fulfilling way of moving through life and engaging with the world around you. If you put in the work, you’ll gain greater self-understanding and clarity about what you want in life and consistently live days that are much more fulfilling, engaging, and meaningful. And you’ll put a system in place to help you accelerate positive transformation in life.
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But don’t just take it from me, here’s what some of my clients have to say:
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"Santi goes beyond other self-help approaches in really digging deep beyond surface-level stuff. I was amazed at the depth of self-knowledge and insights about myself and my life that he helped me achieve." — T.B., age 37
“Santi’s positive energy is infectious and incredibly inspiring. He has a knack for understanding you and helping you feel seen and understood. Even better, he helps you figure out how to understand yourself.” — S.B., age 28
“What really helped me was how Santi paired philosophical and scientific knowledge with concrete, real-world actions I could implement in my daily life. As a mechanical engineer, this mix of theoretical and practical really hit home for me.” — M.T., age 32
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Ready to take control of your happiness? Email me at promiseofphilosophy@gmail.com with the subject COACHING to schedule your FREE Happiness Coaching Clarity Call. We’ll talk about where you are in life, where you want to go, and how I can help you get there.
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También ofrezco Coaching de Felicidad en español! Si estas listo para tomar control de tu nivel de felicidad y significado en la vida, envíame un email a promiseofphilosophy@gmail.com con el tema 'COACHING' y agenda una sesión totalmente GRATIS. Discutiremos dónde estás, a dónde quieres ir y cómo te puedo ayudar llegar ahí.
To your ongoing success & fulfillment,
Santi
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