Wholebeing Institute’s courses provide you with the opportunity to learn and apply the science of whole-person well-being. Our course formats include
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COURSES
Our Course Offerings
This 9-month, in-depth certification focuses on the personal and profession application of positive psychology tools to increase happiness and flourishing.
A flexible, modular certification, this path leads to being a Positive Psychology Coach—highly sought after for their ability to help clients successfully pursue goals for positive change in their lives, work, relationships, and well-being.
Learn From Home
Open Now
These online courses are instructor-led, meaning you join at a specific time for a live webinar with the instructor over a period of six to 10 weeks. You can choose to have direct interaction with subject matter experts, or watch recordings of the live events later, at your convenience.
Positive Psychology
Group Coaching
Limited to 8 seats
This 6 week group coaching process gives group members the space and tools each of us needs to begin to apply evidence-based tools to help group members clarify and make progress towards what they want to accomplish
Teaching for
Transformation
This online course introduces the essential principles of becoming a highly skilled presenter, one who can provide both information and inspiration to audiences in order to facilitate transformation. Taught live by Dr. Maria Sirois.
Learn From Home
Opening Soon
These online courses are instructor-led, meaning you join at a specific time for a live webinar with the instructor over a period of six to 10 weeks. You can choose to have direct interaction with subject matter experts, or watch recordings of the live events later, at your convenience.
Positive Psychology Coaching
Fundamentals
Fall Session
Learn the skills and concepts of Positive Psychology Coaching and the CHANGE model for helping clients successfully make positive changes in their lives, work, health, and relationships.
Taught live by Lynda Wallace.
Positive Psychology Coaching
Skill Building Intensive
Spring Session
This online course supports fluency and confidence in the steps, skills, and techniques used to help others successfully pursue goals for positive change.
Taught by Phoebe Atkinson and Jennifer Hanawald.
Authenticity
Building Capacity for a
Thriving Life
This three-week, online course examines research that supports the relationships between authenticity, resilience and thriving. Taught live by Dr. Maria Sirois.
Writing & Story
The Power of Words
This program has three courses.
- Writing Through Fear
- Storytelling
- Writing Toward Happiness
All are taught live by Dr. Maria Sirois.
Positive Psychology Coaching
Skill Building Intensive
Fall Session
This online course supports fluency and confidence in the steps, skills, and techniques used to help others successfully pursue goals for positive change.
Taught by Phoebe Atkinson and Jennifer Hanawald.
Positive Psychology Coaching
Mentorship
Spring Session
Hone your Positive Psychology Coaching skills with real clients, while participating in a small mentoring circle of fellow student-coaches. This course is only offered as part of the Coaching Certification program. Taught by Phoebe Atkinson and Jennifer Hanawald.
R3SET Stress
A Stress Resilience Course
Learn to unpack stress, understand your mindset and sensory cues, and masterfully engage with the stress response as a valuable and helpful feedback loop. Taught by Megan McDonough & Dr. Michelle McCoy Barrett.
Living Leadership
Leading for Stress Resilience
Learn to lead in an authentic way that makes life more fulfilling, meaningful, and fun, and that helps create a group of self-aware, engaged people who together cultivate an amazing culture. Taught live by Megan McDonough.
Learn From Home
Online Modules, Self-directed
These online courses are self-directed, meaning the video lessons are pre-recorded, allowing you to set the pace. You get weekly emails, helping you digest the material at a suggested rate, with action steps and reflections as part of the learning process. These courses are usually four to six weeks long.
Building a Thriving
Coaching Practice
This practical, action-oriented course is designed to help you earn a great living doing the work you love, whether you’re an experienced, new, or aspiring coach. Our comprehensive, step-by-step program walks you through every aspect of building your successful coaching practice. Taught by Lynda Wallace.
Introduction to
Wholebeing Happiness
This course gives you the science and skills to aim towards your highest and best, drawing from the diverse sciences of positive psychology, neurobiology, and the social and behavioral sciences, and using the SPIRE model of well-being. Taught by Megan McDonough.
Meaning in the Moment
Practical Exercises to See Everyday
Experiences in a New Way
Learn how to use everyday experiences, fleeting moments, mundane routines, and the simple fact of being alive—the small stuff—to deepen the meaning and purpose in your life. Taught by Dr. Michael Steger
Visioning 2020
A Year of Conscious Creation
Big dreams need daily actions. You can align your time to your values to create a schedule that supports you each and every day. This course teaches you how to sculpt the hours in your day. Taught by Gayle Huntress.
Learn From Home
Free Training
These events and programs are designed to introduce you to topics in the field of well-being, and to give you immediate tools to apply in your life and work.
Positive Psychology Coaching
This evidence-based program is designed to help you become an effective, confident, successful coach using the CHANGE framework for goal attainment. Taught by Lynda Wallace.
Creating Wholebeing Happiness
This program includes video lessons, a workbook, and an e-book, introducing you to the SPIRE model of well-being and a four-step process of engaging mindfully with each day. Taught by Megan McDonough.
Meaning in This Very Moment
Free Masterclass
Discover the
Meaning in This Very Moment.
Taught by Dr. Michael Steger.
International
In partnership with Henrique Bueno our Certificate in Wholebeing Positive Psychology is offered in Portuguese, with immersions held in Brazil.