UAE
Happiness Coach certification in Dubai
Become a certified Happiness Coach & Consultant, onsite in Dubai or live online: eastern wisdom, modern science, positive psychology and mindfulness in three practical levels.
About the programme
Start with your own happiness foundation, learn a coaching methodology for individuals and teams, then launch and deliver your own sessions — with a complete career toolkit.
Happiness isn’t a fixed trait or a lucky accident — it’s a set of skills and habits that can be learned. Positive psychology research and contemplative traditions from the East both show how gratitude, compassion, meaning and emotional balance build lasting wellbeing.
This certification brings eastern wisdom, modern science, positive psychology and mindfulness together in three practical levels. You start with your own happiness foundation, learn a coaching methodology for individuals and teams, then design and deliver your own sessions.
It’s built to help you launch: you’ll leave with a complete career toolkit — coaching toolkit, playbook, instructor manual and customisable PDFs — plus marketing guidance and the confidence that comes from mock coaching with your peers.
Three levels, one complete journey
Move from your own happiness practice to coaching others and delivering your own sessions.
Personal Happiness
Build your own happiness foundation and toolkit.
Happiness Coaching Methodology
Coach individuals and teams, and design workshops.
Make an Impact
Launch and deliver your own coaching sessions.
What you’ll learn
7 modules that take you from understanding to confident, practical application.
- Happiness models and sustaining happinessLeading models of happiness and wellbeing, and what helps happiness last.
- Gratitude, compassion and emotional processingPractices that shift attention towards what’s good and help you process difficult emotions.
- Atlas of Emotions and the Value-to-Behaviour modelTools for mapping emotions and aligning everyday behaviour with personal values.
- Stress management and emotional balancePractical techniques for reducing stress and restoring balance.
- Workshop design and deliveryDesign engaging happiness workshops for groups and organisations, and deliver them with confidence.
- Marketing and scaling a coaching businessPosition, price and promote your coaching services, and grow beyond one-to-one work.
- Peer learning and mock coachingPractise coaching and facilitation with peers, with feedback, before you work with clients.
Learning by doing
Every session balances clear teaching with practice, feedback and reflection.
Three progressive levels
Personal Happiness, then Happiness Coaching Methodology, then Make an Impact.
Experiential exercises
Try every practice on yourself first, so you coach from experience.
Mock coaching and facilitation
Rehearse coaching sessions and workshops with peers and get feedback.
Ready-made materials
Coaching toolkit, playbook, instructor manual and customisable PDFs to use with your own clients.
Is this programme right for you?
- Aspiring happiness and wellbeing coaches
- HR and OD professionals
- Anyone wanting to improve their own happiness and help others
What you’ll take away
- Expert guidance and a global network
- Practical coaching skills
- A holistic wellbeing framework
- A complete career toolkit: coaching toolkit, playbook, instructor manual and customisable PDFs
- Confidence built through mock sessions
Graduate with a verifiable certificate and digital badge
Complete the programme and you’ll receive your RISENLEAD certificate of completion, together with your digital badge.
- Every certificate carries a unique certificate number and a QR code anyone can scan to verify it
- Backed by IPHM, ICAHP accreditation
- Share your badge on LinkedIn, your website and email signature
- Shows clients and employers exactly what you’re qualified in
Put your certification to work
The skills you build apply far beyond the training room.
Happiness and wellbeing coaching
Work one-to-one with clients who want more joy, meaning and balance.
Corporate wellbeing and culture
Support HR and OD teams with happiness programmes and team workshops.
Workshops and speaking
Run your own happiness workshops using the instructor manual and materials.
Coaches and trainers
Add a happiness specialism to an existing coaching or training practice.
Your own wellbeing
Build habits that make your own happiness more resilient.
Learn with Aswin Sarang
Leadership trainer and certified life coach, known for a structured, results-oriented approach to personal transformation and executive development.
With a background spanning engineering, entrepreneurship and behavioural science, Aswin integrates modern psychology with practical coaching frameworks. He has trained and mentored hundreds of people using techniques rooted in NLP, hypnotherapy and sound therapy.
- Member, Forbes Technology Council
- Featured in Forbes, FOX, Business Insider and Entrepreneur
- Author of The Belief Bible (Vol. 1 & 2)
Choose how you learn
Fees are in AED. Cohorts run throughout the year — enquire for the next available dates.
In-person intensive
- Schedule
- 4 days × 8 hrs
- Location
- Dubai
- Next cohort
- Enquire
Interactive online sessions
- Schedule
- 7 days × 3 hrs
- Platform
- Google Meet
- Next cohort
- Enquire
Every enrolment includes
- Live, trainer-led sessions (onsite or live online)
- Coaching toolkit and playbook
- Instructor manual and customisable PDFs
- Mock coaching and peer feedback
- RISENLEAD certificate of completion and digital badge
- Lifetime access to the RISENLEAD alumni community
New dates for this programme will be announced soon. Ask to be notified or see the course calendar.
Happiness Coaching questions
How long is the programme?
Onsite · Dubai: 4 days × 8 hrs. Live Online: 7 days × 3 hrs. See the upcoming dates above, or contact us for the next cohort.
Is the programme accredited?
Yes. It is accredited by International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM), International Compliance Assurance for Holistic Practitioners (ICAHP).
What will I receive when I complete it?
Your RISENLEAD certificate of completion, with a unique certificate number and a QR code anyone can scan to verify it, plus a digital badge to share on LinkedIn and your website. You also join the RISENLEAD alumni community for life.
Can I run my own happiness workshops after the course?
Yes. Workshop design and delivery is part of the programme, and you receive an instructor manual and customisable PDFs to help you run your own sessions.
What are the three levels?
Personal Happiness builds your own foundation and toolkit. Happiness Coaching Methodology teaches you to coach individuals and teams and design workshops. Make an Impact prepares you to launch and deliver your own sessions.
Is happiness coaching based on research?
Yes. Much of the programme works like a practical positive psychology course: it draws on positive psychology research, alongside mindfulness and eastern contemplative traditions, and focuses on tools clients can use day to day.
Do I need coaching experience?
No. The programme starts with your own happiness practice and builds up to coaching others step by step.
Ready to take the next step?
Talk to us about dates, formats and whether this programme is the right fit for your goals.