MASTERING HAPPINESS

The Challenge

Mastering happiness is an existential challenge. Echoing Aristotle’s words from over 2300 years ago more than anything else, men and women seek happiness. While happiness is sought for its own sake, every other goal - health, beauty, money, power - is only valued because we expect them to make us happy.

However, the various misguided ways we have sought happiness has failed our potential in enjoying happiness.

The Solution

As the challenge, that is much due to our own making, also the solutions are in our own hands. For this we will need to seek a deeper understanding of happiness and ourselves. Ultimately, our whole happiness discourse needs an existential twist.

It is not I HAVE happy

It is not I DO happy

It is I AM HAPPY!

Our Framework

At the heart of our approach is a powerful framework:

Connection Theory (CT) of Happiness

The Framework grounded in our "Connection Theory” (CT) of Happiness. It is inspired by the axiom “The happiness of our lives is dependent upon the quality of our connections”. Based on it we are adressing four fundamental dimensions of existential connection, i.e. connection with self, connection with others, connection with world and connection with time.

Presencia and the Triad of Well-Being

The Triad of Well-Being and the concept of “Presencia” on top complement the millenia old debate on “Hedonia” and “Eudaimonia” for human well-being. Providing a novel and more comprehensive way to understand our key sources of our well-being.

Glow

The framework is completed by the psychological state of Glow - a felt state of well-being, vitality, and warmth that arises when we are truly and deeply connected. Complementing Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of Flow and adding unique new insights to ultimate human flourishing and performance.

Mastering happiness

To learn more, the book Mastering Happiness: The Art of Connection will explore the ancient, and ever relevant topic of happiness through a fresh and uniquely articulated perspective. Its approach is deep and direct. For those interested in the forthcoming book, please sign up here.