World Happiness Press
The ideas shaping a more conscious, free, and happy world
Books, conversations, and insights that connect
personal transformation with collective impact
What is The World Happiness Press...
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We are surrounded by information. But starved of meaning.
World Happiness Press is the storytelling and thought leadership arm of the World Happiness Foundation. It brings together books, articles, podcasts, and conversations that explore the deeper dimensions of wellbeing, consciousness, and human flourishing. Through diverse voices—from scientists and educators to leaders and practitioners—it translates complex ideas into accessible insights that inspire reflection and meaningful change.
More than a publishing platform, World Happiness Press is a space to elevate the narratives that shape our world. It exists to amplify ideas that move us from awareness to action, connecting personal transformation with collective impact. Every piece of content is designed not just to inform, but to awaken a deeper understanding of what it means to live, lead, and contribute to a more conscious, free, and happy humanity.
Our Books & Authors
Happytalism
Luis Gallardo &
Javier García Campayo
Happytalism proposes a new societal model where wellbeing, consciousness, and collective flourishing replace purely economic measures of success. It integrates science, policy, and human development to reimagine how we live, work, and organize as societies, offering a pathway toward a more sustainable, meaningful, and inclusive future for humanity.
Meta Pets: The Portal of Integration
Luis Miguel Gallardo
This book expands the Meta Pets universe, offering a deeper exploration of emotional integration. Through creative narratives and symbolic tools, it supports individuals in understanding their inner world, embracing complexity, and transforming emotional experiences into opportunities for growth, connection, and personal development.
Hypnotherapy
Luis Miguel Gallardo
This book introduces hypnotherapy as a pathway to inner peace and expanded awareness. It combines practical techniques with deeper philosophical insights, helping readers access the subconscious mind, release limiting patterns, and cultivate a more conscious and harmonious state of being.
Quién estuviera aquí en este momento
Raúl Varela Barrios
This book explores presence, longing, and emotional awareness through poetic reflection. It invites readers to reconnect with the present moment and appreciate the subtle depth of everyday experiences, guiding them toward a more mindful and heartfelt relationship with themselves, others, and the fleeting nature of life.
Florecer en el Infierno
Gaspar Contreras
Florecer en el Infierno is a powerful exploration of resilience and transformation through adversity. It shows how moments of difficulty can become opportunities for growth, strength, and self-discovery, guiding readers to find meaning and possibility even in the most challenging circumstances.
Desparadigmas: Una filosofía de vida
Paulina Nava Villazón
Desparadigmas invites readers to question inherited beliefs and mental frameworks that shape their perception of life. Through reflection and accessible philosophy, it encourages a shift toward greater awareness, freedom, and authenticity, helping individuals reconnect with their essence and build a more conscious and intentional way of living.
The Meta Pets Method
Luis Miguel Gallardo
The Meta Pets Method presents an innovative framework for emotional education through symbolic storytelling and characters. It helps children and adults understand feelings, build emotional intelligence, and navigate inner experiences in a playful yet profound way, fostering wellbeing, empathy, and self-awareness.
Lara and the Protector
John Lack
A story-driven exploration of inner protection and emotional resilience, this book follows a character navigating challenges with the support of symbolic figures. It helps readers, especially younger audiences, understand fear, safety, and courage while developing emotional awareness and inner strength.
Lara and the Wishlings
John Lack
This book introduces readers to the emotional language of needs and desires through imaginative storytelling. It helps children and adults identify inner motivations, express themselves authentically, and build a healthier relationship with emotions, fostering empathy, communication, and personal growth.
The Handbook on Forgiveness
Paulina Nava Villazón
A practical and reflective guide to forgiveness, this book explores emotional healing and inner transformation. It provides tools and insights to release resentment, process pain, and cultivate compassion, helping readers move beyond past experiences and reconnect with peace, freedom, and deeper emotional wellbeing in their lives.
La Magia del Misterio
Cindy Fonseca
La Magia del Misterio explores uncertainty as a space for growth and transformation. It invites readers to embrace the unknown, trust the process of life, and find meaning beyond certainty, cultivating curiosity, openness, and a deeper connection with the unfolding journey of existence.
¿Quién soy? ¿Qué quiero?
José Cueto
Un viaje introspectivo hacia la identidad, el propósito y el sentido de la vida. José Cueto invita al lector a cuestionar condicionamientos, explorar su autenticidad y reconectar con lo que verdaderamente desea. A través de reflexiones profundas y humanas, el libro abre un espacio para la conciencia, la claridad y la transformación personal.
Our Podcast
Conversations to awaken consciousness, cultivate
inner peace, and inspire
human flourishing.
Build the capabilities of individuals, communities, organizations, and governments to help accelerate progress toward enhancing happiness and well-being for all people. We do this through offering a robust toolkit of training programs, transformational experiences, policy forums, round tables, community-building initiatives, and educational resources.
Provide you with access to the latest innovations, initiatives, policies, experiences, research, technology, and tools that are positively changing the way we feel, understand, and act. We do this through our Observatory, Fest events and Awards. We hope you will explore and take advantage of these dimensions of the Foundation.
Our 2024-2027 Goals
Provide you with access to the latest innovations, initiatives, policies, experiences, research, technology, and tools that are positively changing the way we feel, understand, and act.
To advocate for and equip purpose driven organizations with the resources to create workplace happiness culture and well-being.
To champion the integration of new Happiness Curriculums in Educational Institutions.
To advocate for and support Governments in their initiatives to include Gross Global Happiness (GGH) as a measure of societal well-being.
To create a conducive environment for advocacy for Gross Global Happiness.
To build Global awareness of the work of individuals, organizations and institutions in the field of Happiness and Well-Being.
To provide a platform for knowledge and experience sharing in the field of Happiness and Well-Being.
Our Strategic Choices
Focus on capacity building through education, training and mentoring.
Focus on advocacy with government, legislatures and corporations for Gross Global Happiness and the inclusion of Happiness curriculums in education.
Layer multiple interventions and projects in select countries based on overall goals, to maximize impact, optimize resources and build a conducive environment for advocacy.
Pilot Project Happiness in the education sector in select countries, and generate evidence. Advocate for it and scale up in the next phase.
Walk the talk! Introduce happiness and well-being initiatives for the Foundation’s team.
Focus on six components of the Foundation’s ecosystem – Academy, Public Policy, Fest, Awards, Observatory & Community.
High visibility through strategic marketing and partnerships plan with the goal of reaching and impacting 10 billion people.
Why We Must Focus on Happiness, Now!
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Nelson Mandela
We are thrilled that you are here and that you want to bé a part of this movement for positive change.
It is clear that the world we live in is not the world any of us want to pass down to our children. There are growing inequalities, pandemics, sectarianism, environmental destruction, unrest, and a lot of unhappiness. However, at the World Happiness Foundation we believe that it is possible for us all to be free, conscious and happy. To do this, we must work together. That is why our entire ecosystem is built as a polycentric, interconnected network of government leaders, policymakers, researchers, educators, business leaders, artists, activists, and changemakers. Collectively we can realize the future of happiness through innovation, learning, cooperation, and the achievement of more effective, equitable, and sustainable societies.
Discovery
We believe that curiosity leads to discovery and discovery leads to wisdom and innovation. Get curious about your inner and outer worlds, the micro and the macro. Learn from experience, and expand your comfort zone.
Connection
On your journey of discovery, it is essential to ground your experience in connection. “I am because you are.” The key here is to bridge your own lived experience with the experiences of others. The suffering and the joy, successes, and failures. Only when working together can we all live happier lives and create thriving communities.
Gratitude
Gratitude is a fundamental component of happiness. We must express gratitude for ourselves, our communities, and the planet. It is through this act of consistent thankfulness that we physically and emotionally experience well-being.
Compassion
Compassion is the ultimate act of kindness. It is an empathetic embrace of the “other” and a clear act of leadership. The root of transcendental change and growth is compassion, a value needed now, more than ever.
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From our Values to our Goals
10 Billion Free, Conscious and Happy People by 2050
Freedom
The ability to be yourself
Consciousness
The opportunity to expand and evolve
Happiness
The lived experience of being well