Master the Skill of Happiness with BU Happiness College

Personal Happiness

Become 57% happier by working with your own Personal Happiness Coach

Workplace Happiness

Stand out as an Employer of Choice and get the best out of your team by becoming an Accredited Happy Workplace.

Declan Edwards
Happiness Researcher & Founder
of BU Happiness College

Learn How to Grow Your Happiness At
BU Happiness College

The idea that happiness is a skill has been gaining traction over the past few decades. Positive psychology, mindfulness, and studies on the neuroplasticity of the brain all back it up, happiness is something we can learn and cultivate within ourselves.

The science of how to be happy is out there, but it's not being taught.

The vast majority of people have no idea how to build and strengthen these skills. They didn't learn about these skills at school, they didn't learn them from their parents. And they often don't learn them at their workplace. Skills such as:

Emotional Intelligence

Feeling in control of your mind and emotions

Healthy Habits

Being disciplined and feeling motivated to make positive change.

Finding Purpose

Knowing what is meaningful to you and being confident enough to pursue it.

Emotional Intelligence

Feeling in control of your mind and emotions

Healthy Habits

Being disciplined and feeling motivated to make positive change.

Finding Purpose

Knowing what is meaningful to you and being confident enough to pursue it.

This is the purpose of a Happiness College.

We're here to provide the space, the tools, and the accountability for you to learn the skills that matter most in life.

We're here to help you master the skills to be your best, happiest self.

Our Vision is to Grow Global Happiness .. and we can't do that alone.

Whether you like it or not your happiness (or unhappiness) impacts those around you.

By mastering the skills of happiness you become a better partner, a better parent, a better friend, a better colleague, a better leader, and the best version of yourself.

To put it simply - your happiness makes a difference.

And it's through impacts like this that we can achieve our vision together. We'd love for you to be part of this movement toward a happier world.

We would love for you to be part of this ripple effect.

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Knowledge you can rely on.

All of our services are upheld by 5 fields of research:

Positive Psychology

"The scientific study of human flourishing, and an applied approach to optimal functioning."

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

"Psychotherapy (talking therapy) based on the idea that how you think and act affects how you feel."

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

"A psychological intervention technique that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies"

Neurolinguistic Programming

"A system of therapy intended to model and change your patterns of mental and emotional behavior."

Mindfulness

"The human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we're doing, and not being overly reactive or overwhelmed."

Our Team
Declan Edwards - Head of Vision and Impact

Founded BU Happiness College in 2017 with a vision of making the skills and science of happiness more accessible to individuals, organisations, and the world as a whole. Declan sets the vision and direction for BU.

- Bachelor of Health, University of Newcastle
- Postgraduate Degree in Positive Psychology, Central Queensland University
- Practitioner Certificate in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, ACT Mindfully Institute
- Practitioner Certificate in Neurolinguistic Programming, The Coaching Room
- Practitioner Certificate in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Australian Mindfulness Institute

FUN FACT: Declan has a fiery distaste for tomatoes. In his words “they’re the snot of the vegetable world, and trying to rebrand them as a fruit isn't fooling anyone."

Click here to book a FREE connection call with Declan.

Our Team
Ami Rankin - Head of Personal Happiness Coaching

Hired in 2018 for her passion and drive to help people thrive and 'get their sparkle back'. Ami is responsible for the ongoing success of the Personal Happiness Coaching arm of BU.

- Practitioner Certificate in Neurolinguistic Programming, The Coaching Room
- Practitioner Certificate in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, ACT Mindfully Institute
- Practitioner Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Academy of Modern Applied Psychology

FUN FACT: Ami loves Harry Potter so much she organised a 3 month trip to America around her 30th Birthday and spent her Birthday in Universal Studios at Harry Potter World walking through Diagon Ally and getting photos on platform 9 and 3/4

Click here to book a FREE connection call with Ami.

Our Team
Nick White - Happiness Coach

Hired in 2022 for his commitment to helping others find a path to a happier life, Nick specialises in helping people become better versions of themselves while pursuing a life of purpose, confidence, happiness & success.

- Internationally Certified Results Coach
- Practitioner Certificate in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, ACT Mindfully Institute
- NeuroLinguistic Programming, Neurological Repatterning, Process Communication Model, Ericksonian Hypnosis, Timeline Therapy
- Founder of The Happy Human Project social movement

FUN FACT: Nick is a big travel buff and has been to 35 countries (so far!)

Click here to book a FREE connection call with Nick.

Results we are proud of.

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Worldwide coaching clients & graduates.

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Coaching sessions delivered since 2017.

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Accredited Happy Workplaces

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Workplace Happiness Workshops since 2010

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How improving your happiness improves the world.

We are proud to be a social enterprise that stands for making the world a better place. Thanks to our partnership with B1G1 every action you take with us to improve your happiness also funds a charitable cause that supports the United Nations Global Goals.

Some of Our Awards and Recognition

Some of Our Awards and Recognition

3

Social Movement
of the Year

Winner

5

Outstanding Specialised Business

Finalist

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Coaching Business
of the Year

Winner

3

Excellence in Customer Service

Highly Recommended

2

Employer of
Choice

Finalist

"The first step to a life of happiness is to embrace the fact that happiness is a skill" - Declan Edwards, Founder of BU